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Date of release: |
World Premiere 6th October 1983 Mann
National Theatre Westwood, Los Angeles, USA.
UK Royal Charity Premiere
14th December 1983
Warner Theatre, Leicester Square, London. |
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Running Time: |
134 minutes |
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James Bond: |
Sean Connery |
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Plot: |
SPECTRE agents under the command of
Ernst Stavro Blofeld infiltrate a US air force base situated in the UK and
steal two Tomahawk cruise missiles. When NATO is held to ransom, the
British reactive their "00" agents and send James Bond to recapture
the warheads and kill Blofeld. |
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Bond’s Women: |
Domino Petachi (Kim Basinger)
Patricia Fearing (Prunella Gee) |
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Bond’s Enemies: |
Maximillian Largo
(Klaus Maria Brandauer)
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
(Max von Sydow)
Fatima Blush (Barbara Carrera)
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Bond’s Allies: |
Felix Leiter (Bernie Casey)
Q 'Algy' Algernon (Alec McCowen)
M (Edward Fox)
Miss Moneypenny (Pamela Salem)
Nigel Small-Fawcett
(Rowan Atkinson)
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Bond’s Car: |
4½ litre Bentley |
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Bond’s Gadget: |
Explosive-firing Fountain Pen |
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Main Title Music: |
‘Never Say Never Again’ by
Michel Legrand, Sung by
Lani Hall |
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Vocals featured within the film: |
‘Une Chanson d'Amour’
Music by Michel Legrand
Lyrics by Jean Dréjac
Performed by Sophie Della |
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End Title Music: |
‘Never Say Never Again’ by
Michel Legrand, Sung by Lani Hall |
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Music Score: |
Michel Legrand |
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Production Designers: |
Stephen B. Grimes &
Philip Harrison |
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Art Directors: |
Roy Stannard &
Michael White |
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Main Titles Designer: |
Greenberg & Associates |
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Costume Designer: |
Charles Knode |
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Special effects supervisor: |
Ian Wingrove |
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Stunt Coordinators: |
Glenn Randall &
Vic Armstrong |
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Supervising film editor: |
Robert Lawrence |
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Editor: |
Ian Crafford |
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Screenplay: |
Lorenzo Semple Jr.
Based on an original story by
Kevin McClory, Jack Whittingham &
Ian
Fleming.
Dick Clement & Ian La
Frenais (uncredited)
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Director of
Photography: |
Douglas Slocombe |
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Director: |
Irvin Kershner |
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Producers: |
Jack Schwartzman (producer)
Michael Dryhurst
(associate producer)
Kevin McClory (executive producer)
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Never
Say Never Again is an
unofficial James Bond film and not part of the EON Productions series (although
the rights to the film are now owned by EON). There was no trademark
gun barrel sequence or use of Monty Norman's James Bond theme. |
