- A NATO Vulcan bomber carrying two atomic bombs has crashed in the Caribbean. To make a serious situation even more critical, SPECTRE then informs the British government that it has hijacked the plane's cargo. Unless a ransom of 100,000,000 British Pounds is paid in seven days, a major city in England or the US will be laid to waste by the atomic bombs. MI6 calls in all its top agents, but only one has a lead; James Bond, 007. With only four days to complete his mission, 007 flies to the Bahamas where a femme fatale (as usual), a beautiful avenger (typical), and a shark in human form called Emilio Largo awaits him.
Release Date:
- December 9, 1965
Plot:
- The theft of two nuclear warheads and the blackmail of NATO
Box Office Results:
- $141.2 million
- Walther PPK
Running Time:
- 2 hours, 10 minutes
Gadgets:
- Bell Textron Jetpack
- Underwater Breather
- Camera Geiger Counter
- Underwater Jetpack
- Modified Rolex Submariner/ Geiger Counter
Director:
- Terence Young
Screenplay:
- Richard Maibaum
- John Hopkins
- Based on the original story by Ian Fleming, Kevin McClory, Jack Whittingham
Starring:
- Sean Connery as James Bond
Villains:
- Adolfo Celi as Emilio Largo
- Anthony Dawson as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Henchmen:
- Luciana Paluzzi as Fiona Volpe
- Philip Locke as Vargas
- Guy Doleman as Count Lippe
- Bob Simmons as Colonel Jacques Bouvar
- George Pravda as Ladislav Kutze
- Bill Cummings as Quist
- Paul Stassino as Angelo Palazzi
Bond Girls:
- Claudine Auger as Domino Derval
- Molly Peters as Patricia Fearing
Supporting Cast:
- Bernard Lee as M
- Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny
- Desmond Llewelyn as Q
- Paul Stassino as Francois Derval
- Rik Van Nutter as Felix Leiter
- Martine Beswick as Paula Caplan
Filming Locations:
- Paris, France;
- Shrublands, South of England, UK;
- MI6 HQ, London, UK;
- Nassau, Bahamas;
- Miami, USA
Thunderball Soundtrack:
- Released by United Artists Records in 1965
- Composed and Performed by John Barry
- The Original Soundtrack LP only featured 12 Tracks
- The Soundtrack was re-released on CD in 2003 with Seven Extra Tracks not included on the Original Release (see link above for explanation)
- The Theme Song 'Thunderball' sung by Tom Jones was written by John Barry and Don Black
Best Quote:
- Bond: "That looks like a women's gun."
- Largo: "Do you know a lot about guns, Mr. Bond?"
- Bond: "No, but I know a little about women."
- Bond (after taking off the jet pack):"No well dressed man should be without one"
- Bond (after killing Vargas with a spear): I"I think he got the point."
- Bond (after leaving the "Irrigation Station" at Shrublands): "See you later!....irrigator."
Best Mistake: (According to mi6.co.uk)
- Bond's jet pack proves to be too big for the boot of the Aston Martin
Distinguishing Feature:
- It is the only film in which all the Double-O's are seen together
- The first film to use the actor playing bond in the gun barrel
Around The World With 007:
- Thunderball was shot primarily in the Bahamas, where producer Kevin McClory resided. Consequently, McClory was able to suggest locations for many key sequences of the film. The home of a local millionaire couple, the sullivans, served as Largo's estate, Palmyra and the SPECTRE underwater assault begins in the grounds of another millionaires' home. The pre-credits sequence was filmed at the Chateau d'Anet near Paris, while interiors were shot at Pinewood.
Vital Statistics: (According to mi6.co.uk)
- Conquests: 3
- Martinis: 0
- Kills: 22
- "Bond, James Bond": 0
- FILM IN A FILM (Where they mention the film in the film) The operation is called THUNDERBALL
Trivia:
- Out of all 21 Bond films Thunderball is the most remembered by people, due to fact that the directors and producers of this film used a new technique for that time to film the underwater scenes. It was those scenes and that technology that made this film a huge hit throughout the world.
Preceded by: Goldfinger
Followed by: You Only Live Twice
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