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Never Say Never Again

  • 19831983
  • PGPG
  • 2h 14m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
70K
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POPULARITY
2,721
631
Kim Basinger, Sean Connery, and Barbara Carrera in Never Say Never Again (1983)
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A S.P.E.C.T.R.E. agent has stolen two American nuclear warheads, and James Bond must find their targets before they are detonated.A S.P.E.C.T.R.E. agent has stolen two American nuclear warheads, and James Bond must find their targets before they are detonated.A S.P.E.C.T.R.E. agent has stolen two American nuclear warheads, and James Bond must find their targets before they are detonated.
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
70K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,721
631
  • Director
    • Irvin Kershner
  • Writers
    • Kevin McClory(based on an original story by)
    • Jack Whittingham(based on an original story by)
    • Ian Fleming(based on an original story by)
  • Stars
    • Sean Connery
    • Kim Basinger
    • Klaus Maria Brandauer
  • Director
    • Irvin Kershner
  • Writers
    • Kevin McClory(based on an original story by)
    • Jack Whittingham(based on an original story by)
    • Ian Fleming(based on an original story by)
  • Stars
    • Sean Connery
    • Kim Basinger
    • Klaus Maria Brandauer
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 295User reviews
    • 92Critic reviews
    • 68Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 3 nominations

    Videos3

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    Sean Connery in Never Say Never Again (1983)
    Kim Basinger and Sean Connery in Never Say Never Again (1983)
    Sean Connery and Barbara Carrera in Never Say Never Again (1983)
    Klaus Maria Brandauer in Never Say Never Again (1983)
    Sean Connery in Never Say Never Again (1983)
    Sean Connery in Never Say Never Again (1983)
    Kim Basinger and Sean Connery in Never Say Never Again (1983)
    Sean Connery and Bernie Casey in Never Say Never Again (1983)
    Max von Sydow in Never Say Never Again (1983)
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    Kim Basinger in Never Say Never Again (1983)
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    Sean Connery
    Sean Connery
    • James Bond
    Kim Basinger
    Kim Basinger
    • Domino Petachi
    Klaus Maria Brandauer
    Klaus Maria Brandauer
    • Maximilian Largo
    Max von Sydow
    Max von Sydow
    • Blofeld
    • (as Max Von Sydow)
    Barbara Carrera
    Barbara Carrera
    • Fatima
    Bernie Casey
    Bernie Casey
    • Leiter
    Alec McCowen
    Alec McCowen
    • 'Q' Algy
    Edward Fox
    Edward Fox
    • 'M'
    Pamela Salem
    • Miss Moneypenny
    Rowan Atkinson
    Rowan Atkinson
    • Small-Fawcett
    Valerie Leon
    Valerie Leon
    • Lady in Bahamas
    Milos Kirek
    • Kovacs
    • (as Milow Kirek)
    Pat Roach
    Pat Roach
    • Lippe
    Anthony Sharp
    Anthony Sharp
    • Lord Ambrose
    Prunella Gee
    Prunella Gee
    • Patricia
    Gavan O'Herlihy
    Gavan O'Herlihy
    • Jack Petachi
    Ronald Pickup
    Ronald Pickup
    • Elliott
    Robert Rietty
    Robert Rietty
    • Italian Minister
    • Director
      • Irvin Kershner
    • Writers
      • Kevin McClory(based on an original story by)
      • Jack Whittingham(based on an original story by)
      • Ian Fleming(based on an original story by)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      A young Steven Seagal was the movie's martial arts instructor. One day, he broke Sean Connery's wrist during training. Connery went along with that injury for a number of years, thinking it was just a minor pain.
    • Goofs
      Fatima Blush skis with one ski, but when she skis into James' arms, she has two.
    • Quotes

      James Bond: Still here, Moneypenny? You should be in bed.

      Miss Moneypenny: James, we *both* should be!

    • Alternate versions
      UK version (rated 'PG') is cut by 8 secs to remove animal cruelty - a horse landing on its back in water after a high jump from a cliff.
    • Connections
      Edited from Ice Station Zebra (1968)
    • Soundtracks
      Never Say Never Again
      Music by Michel Legrand

      Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman

      Performed by Lani Hall

    User reviews295

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    7/10
    Ringing the Changes on a Familiar Theme
    The year 1983 saw a strange phenomenon; two rival Bond films. "Octopussy", starring Roger Moore, was part of the official Cubby Broccoli Bond franchise. "Never Say Never Again", made by a rival producer, is, apart from the awful "Casino Royale", the only Bond movie which does not form part of that franchise. Its big attraction was that it brought back the original Bond, Sean Connery; its title reputedly derived from Connery's remark after "Diamonds Are Forever" that he would never again play the role. Some have complained that Connery was, at 53, too old for the role, but he was in fact three years younger than his successor Moore, who not only made "Octopussy" in the same year but went on to make one further Bond film, "A View to a Kill", two years later.

    The film owes its existence to the settlement of a lawsuit about the film rights to Ian Fleming's work. It is perhaps unfortunate that the terms of the settlement included a clause that the new film had to be a remake of "Thunderball", as that was perhaps not the greatest of the Connery Bonds. (A remake of "Dr No" or "Goldfinger" might have worked better). The plot is much the same as that of the earlier film; the terrorist organisation SPECTRE, acting together with a megalomaniac tycoon named Largo, have stolen two American nuclear warheads and are attempting to hold the world's governments to ransom by threatening to detonate them unless they receive a vast sum of money. It falls to Bond, of course, to save the world by tracking down the missing missiles.

    The film is fortunate in that it has not just one but two of the most beautiful Bond girls of all, Barbara Carrera as the seductive but lethal Fatima Blush and Kim Basinger as Largo's girlfriend Domino who defects to Bond's side after learning of her lover's evil plans. A number of the Bond films have a plot that hangs upon the hero's ability to win over the villain's mistress or female accomplice- there are similar developments, for example, in "Goldfinger", "Live and Let Die" and "The Living Daylights". In the official series, Bond's ally is normally regarded as the female lead, but here Carrera, playing the villainess, is billed above Basinger, who was a relatively unknown actress at the time. Basinger, of course, has gone on to become one of Hollywood's biggest stars, whereas Carrera is one of a number of Bond girls who have somewhat faded from view.

    Of the villains, Max von Sydow makes an effective Blofeld, the head of SPECTRE, but Klaus Maria Brandauer seemed too bland and nonthreatening as Largo, except perhaps during the "Domination" game, a more sophisticated variant on those violent computer games such as "Space Invaders" that were so popular in the early eighties. Brandauer can be an excellent actor in his native German, in films such as "Mephisto" and "Oberst Redl", but he does not comes across so expressively in English.

    One of the film's features is that it both follows the normal Bond formula and, at times, departs from it. There is the standard world-in-peril plot, chase sequences, a series of exotic locations, glamorous women, sinister villains and a specially written theme song based on the film's title. There is, however, no extended pre-credits sequence, and we see some familiar characters in a new light. For example, Bond's boss M becomes a languid, supercilious aristocrat, his American colleague Felix Leiter is shown as black for the only time, and the scientist Q is portrayed by Alec McCowen as a disillusioned cynic with (despite his characteristically upper-class Christian name of Algernon) a distinctly working-class accent. There is also an amusing cameo from Rowan Atkinson as a bumbling British diplomat. Although Connery was perhaps not quite a good here as he was in some of his earlier films in the role, this ringing the changes on the familiar theme makes this one of the more memorable Bonds. 7/10

    A goof. Rowan Atkinson's character states that he is from the British Embassy in Nassau. As, however, the Bahamas is a Commonwealth country, Britain would have a High Commission in its capital, not an Embassy.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 7, 1983 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official Site
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
      • Spanish
      • Arabic
    • Also known as
      • Warhead
    • Filming locations
      • Malta
    • Production companies
      • TaliaFilm II Productions
      • Woodcote
      • Producers Sales Organization (PSO)
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $36,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $55,432,841
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $10,958,157
      • Oct 10, 1983
    • Gross worldwide
      • $55,432,841
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 14 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • 70 mm 6-Track
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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