Thunderball (1965)
Country: GB
Technical: col/scope 132m
Director: Terence Young
Cast: Sean Connery, Adolfo Celi, Claudine Auger
Synopsis:
SPECTRE's Number Two steals some nuclear missiles and hides them under water. 007 sets off for the Bahamas to retrieve them, armed with the slenderest of leads: a photograph of Claudine Auger in a swimsuit!
Review:
The first Bond in Panavision, and there is a slight deterioration in narrative discipline, with the first half kept simmering thanks to the most contrived of perilous situations. The archly sexist quips and process shots have not aged well, with a speeded up back projection finale somewhat risible surely even back then. But all the best elements are still there: Connery on form, Young's stylish direction, smart production design, Ted Moore's excellent underwater photography, the touch of callousness that the lighter Moore films lack and, not least, John Barry's music.
Country: GB
Technical: col/scope 132m
Director: Terence Young
Cast: Sean Connery, Adolfo Celi, Claudine Auger
Synopsis:
SPECTRE's Number Two steals some nuclear missiles and hides them under water. 007 sets off for the Bahamas to retrieve them, armed with the slenderest of leads: a photograph of Claudine Auger in a swimsuit!
Review:
The first Bond in Panavision, and there is a slight deterioration in narrative discipline, with the first half kept simmering thanks to the most contrived of perilous situations. The archly sexist quips and process shots have not aged well, with a speeded up back projection finale somewhat risible surely even back then. But all the best elements are still there: Connery on form, Young's stylish direction, smart production design, Ted Moore's excellent underwater photography, the touch of callousness that the lighter Moore films lack and, not least, John Barry's music.
Country: GB
Technical: col/scope 132m
Director: Terence Young
Cast: Sean Connery, Adolfo Celi, Claudine Auger
Synopsis:
SPECTRE's Number Two steals some nuclear missiles and hides them under water. 007 sets off for the Bahamas to retrieve them, armed with the slenderest of leads: a photograph of Claudine Auger in a swimsuit!
Review:
The first Bond in Panavision, and there is a slight deterioration in narrative discipline, with the first half kept simmering thanks to the most contrived of perilous situations. The archly sexist quips and process shots have not aged well, with a speeded up back projection finale somewhat risible surely even back then. But all the best elements are still there: Connery on form, Young's stylish direction, smart production design, Ted Moore's excellent underwater photography, the touch of callousness that the lighter Moore films lack and, not least, John Barry's music.