This film is the fifth in the Bond series. The Americans believe the Russians have
taken an American space capsule aboard their own spaceship. This action nearly causes the start of World War 3. The British are mediating between America and Russia and they think SPECTRE is involved
because the ship was lost over Japan.
Bond is sent to find out what happened to the ship and the motives of
those involved. Time is of the
essence because of the current verbal hostilities between the America and the
Russians.
The scenes of the
spaceship doing the capturing don't seem real? The unknown spaceship seems more like a shark with unusual
jaws? The volcano set was a large
expense but it’s not that great either.
I thought the disguise of the volcano where it’s located was
interesting. This film must have
seemed to be cutting edge technology in 1967? 3* (This movie is OK)
117
min, Action directed by Lewis Gilbert with Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie
Hama, Tetsuro Tanba, Teru Shimada, Karin Dor, Donald Pleasence, Bernard Lee,
Lois Maxwell. Desmond Llewelyn, Charles Gray.
Note: Imdb 6.9 out of 10, 72% critic 69%
audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Amazon 4.3* out of 5* with 416 reviews.
Special Note: This movie was filmed in Japan, Spain,
Bermuda, Gibraltar, China, Norway, England, Scotland and Florida. As one of the screenwriters, Roald Dahl
was able to do everything his own way except for the character of Bond and the
Bond girl formula. Nancy Sinatra
sings the theme song.
Ken
Adams created the volcano set and the cost was 1 million dollars. Different versions were used in The Spy
Who Loved Me and Moonraker.
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