Never Say Never Again (1983)

Director:

Irvin Kershner

Writers:

Kevin McClory (story) &
Jack Whittingham (story) ...

Release Date:

7 October 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

Tagline:

If you haven't seen Sean Connery in 'Never Say Never Again' then you haven't seen James Bond 007!

Plot:

A SPECTRE agent has stolen two American nuclear warheads, and James Bond must find their targets before they are detonated.

Plot Keywords:

Bond | James Bond | British | Steal | Bahamas

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Sean Connery	...	James Bond
Klaus Maria Brandauer	...	Maximilian Largo
Max von Sydow	...	Ernst Stavro Blofeld (as Max Von Sydow)
Barbara Carrera	...	Fatima Blush
Kim Basinger	...	Domino Petachi
Bernie Casey	...	Felix Leiter
Alec McCowen	...	Q 'Algy' Algernon
Edward Fox	...	M
Pamela Salem	...	Miss Moneypenny
Rowan Atkinson	...	Nigel Small-Fawcett
Valerie Leon	...	Lady in Bahamas
Milos Kirek	...	Kovacs (as Milow Kirek)
Pat Roach	...	Lippe
Anthony Sharp	...	Lord Ambrose
Prunella Gee	...	Patricia Fearing

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)
Älä kieltäydy kahdesti (Finland) [fi]
007 - Nunca Mais Outra Vez (Brazil) [pt]
Agente 007, mai dire mai (Italy) [it]
Asla asla deme (Turkey: Turkish title) (TV title) [tr]
Bond No. 1 (India: Hindi title) [hi]
Insan gibi yasa (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Jamais plus jamais (France) [fr]
James Bond, praktor 007: Pote min xanapeis pote (Greece) [el]
Mai dire mai (Italy) [it]
Neka aldrig två gånger (Finland: Swedish title) [sv]
Never Say Never Again (Denmark) [da]
Nigdy nie mów nigdy (Poland) [pl]
Nikad ne reci nikad (Croatia) [hr]
Nunca Digas Nunca (Portugal) [pt]
Nunca digas nunca jamás (Spain) [es]
Soha ne mondd, hogy soha (Hungary) [hu]

Runtime:

134 min | Germany:121 min (cut version)

Country:

UK | USA | West Germany

Language:

English | French | German

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

Certification:

Canada:PG (Ontario) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Iceland:12 | South Korea:15 | West Germany:12 (f) | Netherlands:12 | Brazil:12 | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG | Australia:M | Singapore:PG | UK:PG (cut)

Filming Locations:

Alpes-Maritimes, France

Company:

PSO International

Trivia:

First ever James Bond movie made without a title originally written by Ian Fleming.

Goofs:

Factual errors: U.S. Air Force Officers never wore silver chin straps on their blue service caps.

Quotes:

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]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Eddie Izzard: Unrepeatable (1994) (V)

Soundtrack:

Never Say Never Again

Fun Unofficial Bond Flick.

While Roger Moore was still parading around as Bond in the eighties, Sean Connery returned to the role in this "unofficial" Bond film that is as much fun as it is corny. Much more tongue-in-cheek humor than the previous installments with Connery, but not nearly as great as "Goldfinger."

3.5/5 stars -

John Ulmer