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Never Say Never Again (1983) -- A SPECTRE agent has stolen two American nuclear warheads, and James Bond must find their targets before they are detonated.

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Director:
Writers:
Kevin McClory (story) &
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Release Date:
7 October 1983 (USA) more
Tagline:
If you haven't seen Sean Connery in 'Never Say Never Again' then you haven't seen James Bond 007! more
Plot:
A SPECTRE agent has stolen two American nuclear warheads, and James Bond must find their targets before they are detonated. full summary | full synopsis
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Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 2 nominations more
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(29 articles)
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The only Bond remake. Pointless but fun. more (172 total)

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Also Known As:
James Bond 007 - Sag niemals nie (West Germany)
James Bond of the Secret Service (UK) (working title)
James Bond, Secret Agent (UK) (working title)
Warhead (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
134 min | Germany:121 min (cut version)
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.20 : 1 more
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70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)
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It is rumored that Sean Connery had an alternate ending to the "wink" in mind. As the characters walk down the street, a man brushes by them, causing them to double-take and look back at him. The camera angle shifts, and we see that it is Roger Moore, who turns to look at them and says "NEVER say never again!". Roger Moore and Sean Connery were good friends, and both were willing to do it, but they were never able to convince the director and producers. more
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Continuity: In between the time Fatima sees Bond and his "fishing" partner posing with their catch, and when she runs into the hotel to plant the bomb under Bond's bed, she somehow manages a complete change of clothes. more
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Fatima Blush: Jack must do as he's told to keep his FAST CARS and his PRETTY CLOTHES. And if he wants to keep his sister alive...
Jack Petachi: You leave Domino out of this or I'll...
[He attacks Fatima but she quickly beats him up]
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Une Chanson D'amour more

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41 out of 57 people found the following comment useful.
The only Bond remake. Pointless but fun., 3 October 2003
Author: Jonathon Dabell (barnaby.rudge@hotmail.co.uk) from Wakefield, England

Never Say Never Again got its title because Sean Connery had said in the 1970s (shortly after Diamonds Are Forever) that he would "never" do another Bond film. However, in 1983 he was persuaded to return to the role for a one-off special, a remake of his fourth entry Thunderball, and his wife rather humorously said to him that in the future he should make a point never to say never again. This film actually came out close to a Roger Moore entry in the series (Octopussy), and although Connery had more admirers as 007 than Moore, it was surprisingly Octopussy that scored a bigger box office hit.

Connery's Bond is older and more vulnerable than we remember him. His boss, M, doesn't hold him in very high regard and actually suggests that he take some time off in a plush health spa. During his time here, Bond uncovers a strange plot and the further he delves into the mystery the more he discovers. It seems that his old adversaries SPECTRE, fronted by the nefarious Blofeld (Max Von Sydow) have stolen two nuclear warheads which they will detonate if they are not paid an extortionate ransom. Chief overseer of this hideous plan is Emile Largo (Klaus Maria Brandeur), and Bond pursues Largo around the globe in an attempt to stop him, visiting such places as Monte Carlo and North Africa during the course of the mission.

The music by Michel Legrand is poor by series standards. It sounds rather similar to his music for the sleazy 1981 movie Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid, and is really ill-suited to this Bond production. However, in terms of villains, they've come with a couple of great ones for this film. Largo, as personified by Brandeur, is smooth but deadly, and hench-woman Fatima Blush (the sensual Barbara Carrera) is uncommonly disturbing. Rowan Atkinson also has a fairly good role as a dim-witted agent assigned to "help" Bond. The big action sequences are quite good, especially the horse chase around the North African sea-fortress and the motorbike chase, although some of the underwater moments are tough to understand because it's hard to figure out who is who behind the diving masks.

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