Never Say Never Again was released by Warner Bros. Filming locations included France, Spain, the Bahamas and Elstree Studios in the United Kingdom. As Connery was 52 at the time of filming, although nearly three years younger than incumbent Bond Roger Moore, the storyline features an aging Bond who is brought back into action to investigate the theft of two nuclear weapons by SPECTRE. The film's title is a reference to Connery's reported declaration in 1971 that he would "never" play that role again. McClory retained the filming rights of the novel following a long legal battle dating from the 1960s.Ĭonnery played the role of Bond for the seventh and final time, marking his return to the character 12 years after Diamonds Are Forever.
Unlike the majority of Bond films, Never Say Never Again was not produced by Eon Productions but by Jack Schwartzman's Taliafilm in association with Kevin McClory, one of the original writers of the Thunderball storyline with Ian Fleming and Jack Whittingham. The film is based on the 1961 James Bond novel Thunderball, which had been previously adapted in a 1965 film under that name. A View to a Kill Source Never Say Never Again is a 1983 spy film starring Sean Connery and directed by Irvin Kershner.
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