English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit), EnglishSDH, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, EnglishSDH, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish(. After that, you need to convince them that they need to have it. "[55] Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune wrote the film is "not merely bad Bond, it is a bad movie. The film stars Sean Connery as James Bond in the actor's sixth and final official film appearance as the spy. A British spy ship has sunk and on board was a hi-tech encryption device. Bond infiltrates a research station in an effort to find out where a cache of diamonds is going, and what their true purpose is. Built by custom car fabricator Dean Jeffries on a rear-engined Corvair chassis, it was capable of road speeds. See production, box office & company info, (novel "Diamonds Are Forever") (uncredited). Having suffered a devastating blow in the Swiss Alps while. [49], Diamonds are Forever was number one in the United States for seven consecutive weeks and went on to gross $116million worldwide,[3] of which $43million was from the United States and Canada. And he doesn't seem fazed by his hiatus. Diamonds Are Forever 1971 GP 2 h IMDb RATING 6.5 /10 109K YOUR RATING Rate POPULARITY 2,047 181 Play trailer 3:39 1 Video 99+ Photos Action Adventure Thriller A diamond smuggling investigation leads James Bond to Las Vegas, where he uncovers an evil plot involving a rich business tycoon. During location filming, Ken Adam visited several funeral homes in the Las Vegas area, and the inspiration behind the gaudy design of the Slumber Mortuary, for example the use of tasteless Art Nouveau furniture and Tiffany lamps came from these experiences. Bond won't be satisfied until Sanchez is defeated, and to accomplish this aim he allies himself with a beautiful pilot and Sanchez's sexy girlfriend. This triggers a car chase sequence through the streets of Las Vegas where Bond drives along sidewalks, flies through busy intersections, and tears through a crowded parking lot before making a spectacular getaway jump off the back of a trailer. Locations included Las Vegas, California, and Amsterdam. The original soundtrack was once again composed by John Barry, his sixth time composing for a Bond film. Maxwell and Connery filmed their lines separately for the short scene. [38] The Las Vegas Hilton doubled for the Whyte House, and since the owner of the Circus Circus was a Bond fan, he allowed the Circus to be used on film and even made a cameo. You don't review James Bond movies, you evaluate them, rate them according to how well they meet expectations. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. Bond scales the walls to the Whyte House's top floor to confront Whyte. and E.L.C. "It'd take more than Crabmeat Ravigotte to get me into bed with a man. Now 007 must take on this evil mastermind in an adrenaline-charged battle to end his reign of terror and prevent global pandemonium. [15], Picker was unhappy with this decision and made it clear that Connery was to be enticed back to the role and that money was no object. You will say-so to Mr Saye, the top man there. It is the sixth and final Eon film to star Sean Connery, who returned to the role as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond, having declined to reprise the role in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969). Gangsters ambush them, throwing O'Toole out the window and into the pool. Bond kills a test subject who is lying in a mud bath. James Bondagent 007pursues Ernst Stavro Blofeld and eventually finds him at a facility where Blofeld look-alikes are being created through plastic surgery. The opening act of Diamonds Are Foreveris quite different from the novel source material, and finds Sean Connery getting back into form as James Bond. Bond escapes, then calls Blofeld, using a similar electronic device to pose as Saxby. Diamonds Are Forever is a 1971 spy film, the seventh in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions. A little while later the General is kidnapped from the Secret Service leading 007 to be suspicious. Unfortunately, Bond got the wrong guy, with the real Blofeld left to work his sinister plot into the film. You can also optionally receive an email notification (sent only once), Spectre 2015 IMDB Rating: 6.8 Daniel Craig as James Bond Monica Bellucci as Lucia La Seydoux as Madeleine Naomie Harris as Eve Moneypenny Christoph Waltz as Blofeld It's hard work to get ingratiated into the good graces of a clever diamond smuggler, which meant Bond would have to pull out all the stops. Musician Paul Williams was originally cast as Mr. Wint. James Bond is sent to investigate after a fellow 00 agent is found dead with a priceless Faberg egg. Hence, the character of Willard Whyte was created, and Tom Mankiewicz was chosen to rework the script. James Bond will return in LIVE AND LET DIE. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE. Serena Scott Thomas as Dr. Molly Warmflash. Unbeknownst to him, the two are accosted by Blofeld's assassins, Wint and Kidd, who are out for revenge. The franchise seems almost embarrassed by its showcasing real emotion last time out. Wood, being a certified diver, took some water but remained calm during the ordeal, although she later admitted to a few "very uncomfortable moments and quite some struggling until they pulled me out."[46]. It's a spectacular action sequence with helicopters, high-powered machine guns, and Blofeld's getaway submarine. The real Franks shows up on the way, but Bond intercepts and kills him, then switches IDs to make it seem like Franks is Bond. Now, Bond must resist the wiles of a beautiful smuggler and survive the machinations of Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd, Blofeld's two best assassins so that he can uncover Blofeld's sinister plot. James Bond follows the mystery and uncovers a smuggling scandal and a Russian General who wants to provoke a new World War. The moon buggy was inspired by the NASA lunar rover, but with additions such as flailing arms since the producers didn't find the design "outrageous" enough. It's there that he discovers the building of a satellite, the first piece of his puzzle. [40] While shooting in Las Vegas, Connery dated his co-star Lana Wood and Jill St. this is specified in your, The Ultimate James Bond Collection + Spectre Bundle, Best Blu-ray Movie Deals, See All the Deals . He may have changed his looks, but is he linked with the heist? That is what this latest in the series lacks, and for this reason there can be no suspense. The best (or, anyway, the best worst) of the classic formulaenotably, gimmickry and exoticism a go gohave been retained, some updating elements have been added and other elements have been fudged. Jimmy Dean was cast as Willard Whyte after Saltzman saw a presentation of him. Betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. He praised the Las Vegas car chase scene, particularly the segment when Bond drives the Ford Mustang on two wheels. As the countdown to disaster begins, Bond must go to Jamaica, where he encounters beautiful Honey Ryder, to confront a megalomaniacal villain in his massive island headquarters. It's an excuse for Bond to infiltrate the base and learn how Blofeld controls the diamond super-laser satellite, which he tries to foil. They gang up on Bond and attack him using an array of acrobatics and martial arts moves, before dumping him into the pool. [61], According to Danny Peary, Diamonds are Forever is "one of the most forgettable movies of the entire Bond series" and that "until Blofeld's reappearance we must watch what is no better than a mundane diamond-smuggling melodrama, without the spectacle we associate with James Bond: the Las Vegas setting isn't exotic enough, there's little humour, assassins Mr. Kidd and Mr. Wint are similar to characters you'd find on The Avengers, but not nearly as amusing and the trouble Bond gets into, even Maxwell Smart could escape. The film is based on Ian Fleming's 1956 novel of the same name and is the second of four James Bond films directed by Guy Hamilton. It ends with Bond knocking Franks over a railing, where he falls to his death. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. I mean, not everything must be mutable. Sign up for 007 news from the world of James Bond. [24] Producers contemplated replacing him with John Gavin, though actors Clint Eastwood, Adam West, Burt Reynolds, Robert Wagner, Brett Halsey, Malcolm Roberts, and Ranulph Fiennes had also been considered; Eastwood, Reynolds, and West had stated that Bond should not be played by an American actor. Tiffany reneges on her deal and flees, passing off the diamonds to the next smuggler. Bond hurls him overboard with the bomb, which promptly explodes before he hits the water,making it one of the most violent Bond films ever made. He joins up with Tiffany Case, and acts as if he is smuggling the diamonds, but everyone is hungry for these diamonds. [27] After both sides agreed to the deal, Connery used the fee to establish the Scottish International Education Trust, where Scottish artists could apply for funding without having to leave their country to pursue their careers. DOWNLOAD OPTIONS download 7 files . http://www.thecasinoexperience.co.uk hopes you enjoy this clip - James Bond (Sean Connery) and the beautiful Lana Wood play Craps in 'Diamonds are Forever'For more Great Casino and Gambling movie scenes visit our channel casinoexperience1000Hire your very own Craps table in London - The Casino Experience is London's premier Fun Casino Party specialists. He eventually makes his way onto a sound stage, where the staff is creating what appears to be a simulation of a moon landing. James Bond movie clips: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFH8w5zP4HY7c_0SLuyjig6YxsFwzHkQwBUY THE BOND 50 BLUE-RAY BOX SET: http://www.amazon.com/Bond-. After being left for dead by assassins Mr Kidd and Mr Wint, Bond and Tiffany follow Blofeld to his oil-rig base. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the ravishing Tatiana to lure Bond into helping them. on July 26, 2021, There are no reviews yet. Peterson admits in her autobiography that she was in the film but believes she didn't make the final edit. He now brings his veteran pop culture XP to ScreenRant. For entertainment purposes only, I do not claim ownership or rights of this product. He manages to dodge the local staff by playing the part as sincerely as possible, which is enough to throw them off. 2023 Danjaq, LLC and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. 007, James Bond and related logos are trademarks of Danjaq, LLC. Eventually, Wood was submerged but was noticed by on-lookers and rescued before actually drowning. After a fight, Bond kills Blofeld by throwing him into another mud pool. Apparently Messrs. Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, who have made a fortune producing these Ian Fleming-inspired mellers, have reached that point where a sustained story means little in prepping an 007 picture. This programme is not currently available on BBC iPlayer. Bond goes undercover as Peter Franks, diamond smuggler. 3rd Floor, Reguliersgracht 36, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. While Bond believes it's another sexual escapade waiting to happen, Bambi and Thumper have a different idea in mind. They subtract one from the other." Ian Fleming, Diamonds Are Forever tags: marriage 42 likes Like "Before a man's forty, girls cost nothing. But action there is, plenty of it in the familiar Bond manner. The producers of Diamonds Are Forever managed to get Connery back for one final (at the time) outing as Bond, with some fans split down the middle as to whether the campier tone worked in comparison to previous films. [47][48] The film had its UK premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square on 30 December 1971. After being knocked out, Bond is deposited in a piece of giant metal piping at a construction zone outside of Vegas by larger-than-life henchmen, Mr. Kidd and Mr. Wint. Bond uses a process of elimination (with a little help from Mr. Whyte) to determine that Blofeld is hiding out on an oil platform in Baja, California. [54], Jay Cocks, reviewing for Time magazine, felt Diamonds Are Forever was "in some ways the best of the lot. After escaping the station security personnel, Bond hightails it out with Tiffany in a red Mustang Mach 1, which is spotted heading down the highway. He finds out Whyte's location and rescues him, Saxby being killed in the gunfight. He starts out by impersonating an assassin named Peter Franks in order to get close to diamond smuggler Tiffany Chase, but in order to sell it, he needs to put on a good show. Plot Summary Refine All Photos By Type Still Frame (130) Bond is nearly killed by Wint and Kidd when they try to cremate him, but Tree stops the process when he discovers that the diamonds in Franks' body were fakes, planted by Bond and the CIA. Plenty ends up thrown into the pool below Bond's suite by three henchmen. Director Guy Hamilton Writers Richard Maibaum (screenplay by) web pages 17 December 1971 (USA), 30 December 1971, Odeon Leicester Square, London, Las Vegas, Nevada; California; France; Amsterdam, Holland; Pinewood Studios, UK, Diamonds Are Forever performed by Shirley Bassey, lyrics by Don Black, composed and arranged by John Barry, Peter Franks Triumph Stag; Blofelds Bath-o-sub; Tiffanys Ford Mustang Mach 1 Fastback, moon buggy, The original script featured Goldfingers twin brother as the villain, The idea for the film came to Cubby Broccoli in a dream, The South Africa scenes were actually shot in the desert outside Las Vegas, The crew shut down the Las Vegas strip for five nights to film the iconic car chase, During re-shoots, the crew accidentally filmed the car on the wrong two wheels, resulting in a last-minute addition of an interior shot of the car switching wheels. To entice the actor to play Bond once more, United Artists offered two back-to-back films of his choice. About Diamonds Are Forever Song. The scene shifts to different locales where Bond ruthlessly roughs up and interrogates several associates of his arch-nemesis, Blofeld, the head of the infamous criminal syndicate, SPECTRE. 1971 1 Diamonds Are Forever (Remastered 2015) Shirley Bassey 2:42 2 Bond Meets Bambi and Thumper (From "Diamonds Are Forever" Soundtrack / Remastered 2015) 2:06 3 Moon Buggy Ride (From "Diamonds Are Forever" Soundtrack / Remastered 2015) 3:13 4 A fortune in stolen diamonds sends James Bond to Las Vegas, where he discovers that Blofeld is trying to build a deadly laser satellite. Diamonds Are Forever (2,543) 6.5 2h 1971 X-Ray UHD PG. We shot every night, I caught all the shows and played golf all day. With Connery back in the lead role, the "James Bond Theme" was played by an electric guitar in the somewhat unusual, blued gun barrel sequence accompanied with prismatic ripples of light, in the pre-credits sequence, and in a full orchestral version during a hovercraft sequence in Amsterdam. On the weekend I collapsed boy, did I collapse. [13] Peter R. Hunt, who had directed On Her Majesty's Secret Service and worked in all previous Bond films as editor, was invited before Hamilton, but due to involvement with another project could only work on the film if the production date was postponed, which the producers declined to do. The pool was steeped in a way that made the block move deeper with each take. Special agent 007 comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, and now he must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to prevent him from cashing in on a devious scheme to raid Fort Knox -- and obliterate the world's economy. The, Outstanding stories objectively and diligently selected by 40+ senior editors on ILLUMINATION, Learn how to think and live better. Gallery of movie screencaptures featuring all screencaps tagged Diamonds Are Forever . The story has Bond impersonating a diamond smuggler to infiltrate a smuggling ring and soon uncovering a plot by his old enemy Ernst Stavro Blofeld to use the diamonds to build a space-based laser weapon. After interrogating several of Blofeld's associates worldwide, Bond traces him to a facility where he is surgically creating lookalikes of himself. The women are unappealing even to Bond, judging from his lack of ardor and the villains are hardly threatening. A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million pound ransom in the form of diamonds in seven days or they will use the weapons. Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Dean was very worried about playing a Howard Hughes pastiche, because he was an employee of Hughes at the Desert Inn. James Bond infiltrates a smuggling mission to find out whos guilty. This song is sung by Shirley Bassey. The website's consensus states, "Diamonds are Forever is a largely derivative affair, but it's still pretty entertaining nonetheless, thanks to great stunts, witty dialogue, and the presence of Sean Connery. Realizing he can't outrun it, Bond leaps onto the machine and grabs two of its electrified tendrils, touching them to each other to short it out. A mysterious space craft kidnaps a Russian and American space capsule and brings the world on the verge of another World War. M's authority and position are challenged. Pursuing his determination to uncover the truth, Bond and M interrogate Mr. White, who reveals that the organization that blackmailed Vesper is far more complex and dangerous than anyone had imagined. But during the drive through the alley, Bond can be seen wrenching the wheel over to flip the car in the other direction on a second ramp. The new diamond jewellery will start at 250 ($350). [45] A continuity mistake during the same car chase made it into the film's final cut: when Bond drives the Mustang on two wheels through a narrow alley, the car enters the alley on its right side tires and exits driving on its left side. Bond spends the rest of the night with Tiffany, instructing her to retrieve the diamonds at the Circus Circus casino. NEXT:10 Best Classic Spy Films From The Golden Age Of Hollywood. Bond is pulled over, but soon realizes what's happening, and decides to flee. A lot of things have changed since You Only Live Twice (1967), the last real Bond adventure, but 007 has remained a steadfast agent for the military-industrial complex, a friend to the C.I.A. Diamonds Are Forever is a solid James Bond film with a long list of great moments. TV Shows. "[58], The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound for Gordon McCallum, John W. Mitchell and Al Overton. [42] The exterior shots of the Slumber Mortuary were of the Palm Mortuary in Henderson, Nevada. Diamonds Are Forever (1971) Photo Gallery 1-48 of 201 photos 1 2 3 4 5 Next 1-48 of 201 photos 1 2 3 4 5 Next Trailers and Videos See 1 video Storyline A diamond smuggling investigation leads James Bond to Las Vegas, where he uncovers an evil plot involving a rich business tycoon. The case leads Bond to Amsterdam, where he poses as criminal Peter Franks and meets Tiffany Case, a glamorous gemstone smuggler. James Bond: The Ultimate Collection (1962-2012) + James Bond Individual Films + Digital HD | 09/15/1 James Bond Steelbook Collection (Best Buy Exclusiv 007 Wave Steelbooks (Zavvi Exclusive) (UK), Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody. He also played the slot machines, and once delayed a scene because he was collecting his winnings. When the British Government suspect the existence of a worldwide diamond smuggling operation, James Bond is called in to investigate. Diamonds Are Forever song from the album Playlist: The Best of Shirley Bassey is released on May 2016. Diamonds Are Forever Watch Now Synopsis MI6 assign Bond to investigate who is hoarding the world's supply of diamonds.

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