This story was retold in "Never Say Never Again". Perhaps a candidate for watching out of order. You may consider researching the story behind the production as this was during Roger Moore's tenure as Bond. Kim Bassinger was the female lead
@@martensjd hmm I don't know about not worth watching. He's not my favorite Bond either but the movies are still fun. There's more comedy in them than the other Bond movies. 🙂
THANK YOU for picking this movie it gave me nice Memories. This was the last movie my brother and I went to go see together. He was home for two weeks before he left for VIETNAM after he joined the USMC. He did not make it home. My brother was 20 years old I was 9years old...
Please keep carrying on with the 007 movies Coby. You make these events so much more fun as we continue to rewatch and review these films. It’s great to see that you really liked the first four films and the newer ones. I think that you will really enjoy especially the next 2 films coming up for even different reasons. (No spoilers here). I really thank you for “these events” as I’ve had a rough couple of years myself and this really helps take my mind off of things. The producers ought to call you up for a roll in the next Bond film. Cheers to Coby!
I agree, keep going with Bond, Coby. However, be prepared to be a little disappointed with Diamonds Are Forever. I believe it's a lot of people's least favorite. It sure is mine.
19:06 I absolutely love Luciana Paluzzi as Fiona Volpe. She is one of the best henchpeople in Bond films. She is very smart and exudes danger, yet at the same time, Fiona is very sensual and feminine. She never lets men boss her around. She even berates Largo, Spectre's number two, for his mistakes, and she is perhaps the only character in the film who genuinely has the upper hand, even with Bond.
Coby, the jetpack was a real thing and could only go about that far before running out of fuel. The shots with Connery were rear projection but the shots of it flying with the stunt guy were for real.
Handle like eggs is real. Retired aircraft mechanic here. Many things like gyros are maked with this. We always joked that it means to scramble the part.
I graduated H.S. in 1965 & worked after school & summers as a mechanic at a Honda Motorcycle dealership in Houston. One of the other mechanics was from the Miami area. He told me that the production co. for "Thunderball" posted flyers at all of the local dive shops for licensed divers for the underwater battle scene. He said it was a lot of fun but didn't pay much.
Low pay for starting in the background is one thing but, you’d think for highly specialized, dangerous extra work they would pay a bit more? That’s the Hollywood trap for ya🤪
Claudine Auger passed away a few years ago.She was very flirtatious and suggestive towards the (very married) Sean Connery on the set...So much so that an exasperated Connery said at one point to "Stay away from me you French barracuda!" Luciana Paluzzi (who played Fiona Volpe) is still alive and follows the Bond series.She loves the idea of Henry Cavill as the next Bond.
@@guileniam I saw Paluzzi interviewed and she said she liked Henry Cavill.The post about Auger flirting with Connery was from a book about the Bond films I read a number of years ago.
@@asianoramaagain2269Cavil is already 41 years old and no one wants another guy looking too old like Rodger Moore , 6 movies in looking too old for bond.
This is my 2nd favourite Connery Bond, after FRWL. Connery is so settled into the role after Goldfinger and is having the time of a life here. This is the peak of Connery's Bond performance for me.
Thunderball is one of my favorite James Bond movies. It has it all: sharks, Sean Connery at his peak, two of the best Bond girls, beautiful ocean scenery, and Bond is very outdoorsy in this episode: he gets to do a lot of action.
1:02:40 Actually, Claudine Auger's voice is dubbed in this movie. She spoke English with such a thick French accent that her voice ended up being dubbed. The voices of the Italian Adolfo Celi, who plays Largo, and the German Gert Fröbe, who played Goldfinger in the previous Bond movie, are also dubbed. You can find original, undubbed clips on RUclips, and they are fun to listen to.
Have loved all your James Bond reactions. I’m 50 and have seen them all but has been great to see your reactions to them seeing them for the first time, especially the early ones. Hope you continue with the series as they are fun, entertaining and never lack action😊
If you want a treat, watch Sean Connery in "Never Say Never Again," which is a non-canon Bond film from 1983 based on the same book. Barbara Carrera knocks it out of the park, giving us one of the most delightful villains in the history of Bond films.
Connery had bought the film rights to the book. I was young and impressionable when that film came out and Fatima Blush is still my favourite evil Bond girl of all time.
Felix is played by a different actor in every movie that he makes an appearance, with exception of Jeffrey Wright (Craig era) and David Hedison who you are yet to meet. Back in Dr. No, the 1st actor to play him was Jack Lord, best known as the lead role of Steve McGarrett in the original *Hawaii Five-O* : A perfect fit for the smooth, chisel jawed, CIA agent type.
With a deadpan delivery, "Don't flatter yourself, what I did this evening was for king and country" has got to be one of my favourite Bond lines. Loved this watchalong with you, can't wait for the more!
Those old jetpacks were real, not an effect, but they had a very limited range. As for Austin Powers, yes, now it's hard to watch these early Bond films without thinking of the similar scenes in Austin Powers. "Thunderball" is particularly well represented.
Sean Connery Bonds were my favorites. Now ya gotta watch You Only Live Twice and Diamonds Are Forever. The Thunderball underwater battle was epic, and Bond does it again in space in Moonraker. Never doubt that you have the beauty of any Bond gal, but with more genuine personality 😊
24:51 In the books Bonds favourite card game was always Chemin de Fer, a variation of the card game baccarat. Chemin de fer is a French phrase meaning ‘railway’ or ‘railroad’. Literally’ iron path’.
Fun fact: The shot where Bond looks freaked out as the shark swims through the tunnel toward him was real fear. The shark was supposed to be on the other side of a glass wall, as seen in the next shot.
Miss Coby, the Vulcan bomber under the water, was a full sized model. The remaims still sit on sea bed to this day. Also, if you were sitting in Domino's seat, in the pool seating area, where she tells Bond, "What sharp little eyes you have," and turned your head left. You would see a hotel construction site that would eventually be discontinued. It would be used for the Casino Royale Parkor chase 40 years later. The Girl Bond grabs to dance at the Kiss Kiss club, is a Bahamas resident, and appears at the poker game in Casino Royale, where Bond wins the Aston Martin DB5 I've met Martine Beswick (Paula) a couple of times. She's a total love.
That was a real, working jetpack, called the Bell Rocket Belt, I think. The stuntman couldn't fly it very far because it only had about 60 seconds of fuel. When it runs out of juice you don't want to be high above the ground! It was also used a lot in the show Ark II.
What happened to the ship, Disco Volante? It was purchased for the film for $500,000 and brought from Puerto Rico to Miami for refitting and refurbishment. The hydrofoil never sailed again after the filming. It was rented as a stationary houseboat, docked at a marina on Miami's MacArthur Causeway, until it sank at the dock in the early 1980s.
Actually, no; I'm pretty sure the Disco Volante actually was BLOWN UP. Was the largest explosion in film, at that point; they used ROCKET FUEL, and broke all the windows in the buildings on Nassau's High Street because the debris overshot the cameras WIDELY.
Good reaction Coby. Domino is one of my favorite Bond Girls. So gorgeous. And if you didn't notice, Paula was played by the same actryas one of the fighting gypsy girls in From Russia with Love. Also, Felix gets played by several different actors in the early years.
I think this was the first time Connery did the opening gun barrel himself. All the times before that it was his stun double. This is one of my favorite bond films. & one of the best Bond girls. Claudine Auger. It was the 60s it was kind of acceptable. Women wanted to be with him & men Wanted to be him.
That is correct. The other times Bob Simmons did the gun barrel sequence. Bob is also the "guy in the dress' that Bond fights in the beginning. Bob and Sean tangled again during the big underwater fight. After Thunderball, Bob went on to do ALOT of stunt work in all the Bond films.
It's why he put the landing gear down on the Vulcan, after it landed on the water, so that when it sank and hit the bottom, they had enough clearance under the plane, to open the bomb bays doors and get the bombs out.
Thunderball is up there amongst the best of the Bond films. Filled with gadgets, action and humor. Keep going with the Bond films. "You Only Live Twice" is another gem in the series.
I saw it at the NY World's Fair too. The Bond films constantly tried to incorporate new technology into his adventures, even if it didn't make much sense.
It was commissioned by the Army but it was rejected because the Army thought it was too noisy and it occupied both users' hands making him incapable of using a weapon.
Yep Felix is played by a different actor in most of the films, except for David Hedison and Jeffrey Wright. The actor playing Felix here is Rik Van Nutter.
I laughed so loud when Coby realized the bombs were taken from the bottom of the Vulcan and not another boat that you could have heard me in Hawaii. So looking forward to your reaction to You Only Live Twice. My favorite Bond movie because it is so over the top. I will make you a deal...I'll become a patreon member if Coby reacts to the best comedy ever made...It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World. 😁
Fiona Volpe (Lucianna Paluzzi) is my all-time favorite Bond femme fatale /crush. Also, I have to say Thunderball is for me the most entertaining Connery Bond. Hard to explain, but the double entendre dialog is the best, and as Coby observed , the underwater fight scene, if you really stay with it, is epic.
"Don't drink, don't smoke, what do you do?" ~ Adam and the Ants - 1982. Caroline Munro who starred in the James Bond film, "The Spy Who Loved Me" is the woman dancing with Adam Ant in his "Goody Two Shoes" video. "DDDSWDYD?"is also a phrase used in the 1966 movie, "Grand Prix," between Francoise Hardy, and Antonio Sabato. This quote originates from a 1954 movie called, Johnny Guitar.
The scene when Bond, with a beautiful woman in a exotic place, kills the henchman with the speargun is one of the best moments in the franchise. Pure Bond territory.
This is the 3rd actor to play Felix. There will be another one later. The first Felix was Jack Lord (From Hawaii Five-O). He got greedy and asked for more money after Dr. No and more prominent credit. The producers said no.
There is a long story about the behind-the-scenes problems with this film that led to a "remake" almost 18 years after it came out. The problems were between co-writer Kevin McClory and Bond's creator, Ian Fleming. The fundamental problem was that Fleming, McCrory, and Jack Whittingham devised this story as a screenplay before EON productions started and got the rights to make the Bond films. Fleming novelized the screenplay as Thunderball in 1961 and did not give credit to the other two writers in the book. There was a trial, and the matter was settled out of court. When the film was made, EON brought on both McCrory and Whittingham, and McCrory produced the movie for EON. Part of the settlement allowed McCrory to try his hand at another Bond film after 10 years...which he tried several times, finally making his one and only Bond film in 1983, Never Say Never Again, starring...Sean Connery and directed by Irvin Kirschner (The Empire Strikes Back). The whole story is a lot more complicated...these are the bare bones. Never Say Never Again was one of two Bond films made in the summer of 1983, the other being Octopussy, starring Roger Moore as Bond. Ironically, both Bond actors were real-life friends. The last note that Tom Jones sang of the theme song was so high and lasted so long that Jones collapsed after singing it. Largo's yacht is called the Disco Volante, meaning "Flying Saucer" in Italian. Many references played for laughs in Austin Powers come from Thunderball...almost too many to enumerate. Almost all of the Bond films have different actors playing Felix Leiter. They maintained continuity with Jeffrey Wright as Felix only during the Craig era. Rik Van Nutter plays Felix in this one. Only one actor before the Craig era played Felix more than once. David Hedison played Felix in Live and Let Die (1973) with Roger Moore's first adventure as Bond and returned to the role in 1989 in License To Kill, Timothy Dalton's second and last film as 007. Fun fact: David Hedison is Jodie Foster's father-in-law, as Jodie is married to Alexandra Hedison, David's only child. He passed in 2019. The final shot of the film showed Bond using the Fulton Surface-to-Air Retrieval System (STARS) or Skyhook. The CIA and the military have used this method to retrieve people since the 1950s. This was the first time it was seen on film; three years later, it was used in the John Wayne movie The Green Berets. It wouldn't be seen again in a movie until 2008's The Dark Knight when Batman used it.
By the way Broccoli and Salzman aren’t even credited as producers here (they get a Presents credit at the beginning). Kevin McClory is the credited Producer instead. Something tells me the legal issues led to this situation.
The hydrofoil boat explosion at the end did not go as planned...the production crew had good contacts with the US Armed Forces from their previous movies, and SFX coordinator John Stears managed to get hold of a supply of rocket fuel. But they didn't have any experience with it, so they went overboard and literally doused the boat with the volatile liquid. The resulting blast was so violent, it shattered windows in Bay Street, Nassau, some 20 miles away. But Stears was still awarded with the Oscar for Special Effects. Peter Lamont, who was a junior member of the Art Department in this film (he later went on to be Production Designer for 9 Bond movies from the early 80s up to "Casino Royale" and won an Oscar for "Titanic"), remembered that after the movie came out, the military inquired about the little rebreather device and they asked for how long it could be used. The answer was "well, as long as you can hold your breath!" as of course it was just a prop.
Claudine Auger's voice was dubbed by Nikki van der Zyl. Nikki also provided the voice of Honey Ryder in Dr No and many others especially in the 60's Bonds.
@@phila3884 Yes, you're right. Robert Rietti did a lot of the voices in the 60s Bonds too including Largo's and Tiger Tanaka in You Only Live Twice. Rietti also did Strangway's voice in Dr No.
Always my favourite bond movie, partly as this was the first ever one that I watched aged 7 or 8 and I was so excited to see it. it was the talk of the school the next day as it was pretty much all of our first bond movie.
27:08 We first met Felix Leiter in Dr No, then played by Jack Lord, Goldfingers Felix was Cec Linder, here he is Rik Van Nutter. In all 7 different actors play Felix Leiter including Norman Burton, David Hedison (twice) and of course Jeffrey Wtight.
33:17 by the way that scene is mirror image if you noticed Connery's hair parting. Not for sure was that even small budget movie because it was James Bond movie.
Great reaction as always, Coby! Thunderball is my favorite Bond film, and I must say the three main reasons are 1) the fantastic performance by Sean Connery, 2) the great plot with SPECTRE stealing the nuclear bombs, and 3) my favorite Bond girl of all time - the incredible Claudine Auger as Domino. She is just stunning.
Hi Coby, glad you enjoyed this film, as much as I did when I saw it first. It was the first underwater fight scene I had ever seen & made a big impression on me. For me Sean will always be he greatest Bond. :) As for the love interests, don`t forget it was the swinging `60`s, "make love, not war" was the mantra in use. Bonds behaviour in the `60`s is the most believable for me, later it get`s more fanciful. Although, we are led to believe all suave & sophisticated spies, should be able to use their magnetism in their line of work.
So excited to watch this video! My favorite Bond film of all. It was the pinnacle of fun, had the best quips, great scenery, and cool fashions. This, to me, is the quintessential Bond film!
Love this video! Your reactions and commentary make the experience even better! It really is funny some of the dated womanizing. Bond is supposed to be a womanizer but not quite the way it was done then lol. They'd never get away with that today. I think you'll like the next one, too. You Only Live Twice. In that one, Donald Pleasance plays Blofeld, and you'll recognize right away that the Dr Evil look is based on him. A bit of trivia: Never Say Never Again was made in the 80s and was a remake of Thunderball (the screenwriter owned the rights), but it was from a different studio so they weren't allowed to use the Bond music, etc. At the same time, Octopussy (yes, that's the title) with Roger Moore was in theaters, so we had two competing Bond films out at the same time. Anyway, I hope you keep doing Bond films! I'm thoroughly enjoying these!
Claudine Auger's swimsuits all look good (anything would on her), but that one-piece with the wrap around mesh panel and a glimpse of under boob was the one that figured heavily in my adolescent fantasies. Classic. Everyone likes to say that "Goldfinger" perfected the Bond formula, but "Thunderball" was where they went BIG. 30:00 Yes, that's what wetsuits looked like, usually in basic black. The bottom half, for colder water, was like a pair of high-waisted neoprene tights. The tail of the jacket fastened between your legs and kept the bottoms from slipping down and the jacket from riding up.
Gotta remember, back when this came out, all that underwater footage was pretty groundbreaking and audiences loved it. Today, for me at least, it starts to drag a bit after the first 10-15 minutes of scuba, by 20-25 minutes it really starts to drag. Still LOVE this movie but it’s WAY TOO MUCH S.C.U.B.A. that makes this one number 6 on my all time list.
Agreed. Technically the underwater battle is fantastic and looks gorgeous but boy does it drag on too long. But I give it a pass because as you say it was new and spectacular for its time and audiences loved it. Plus great John Barry score.
Thunderball is a fantastic Sunday movie, where you can just put it on in the background and dip in and out of it. I find that a great way of getting through the sloooooow underwater sequences.
@@SirHilaryManfat Good call, it’s perfect for that. I do the same with some of the odd-ball ones too, like Moonraker. Every time I come back to it makes me smile.
Yeah it's interesting she likes it cos most people these days usually call it boring, mainly cos you can't tell who is who with all the masks on and cos being underwater the action is slow. But Bond is in the navy so ofcourse he should be involved in sea battles and adventures.
@@countgeekula9143 that music used for the battle is called 007, technically that is Bond's theme not the other tune but they only used it in a couple of films then ditched it which is a shame. I was hoping they'd resurrect it in a modern version for the new films but of all the nods back to the old canon they never did the 007 theme.
THE quintessential Bond movie. It has everything to expect from one from an awesome high stakes plot, great villain, awesome machines (Vulcan and Disco Volante), beautiful location, babes, great stunts etc.
Hi Coby, you are doing a fantastic job critiquing "Sean Connery -bonds and my favourite films- a couple more official bonds to go. The last unofficial "never say never again" is a remake of "thunderball." I really love Sean doing the Bonds, but it must be said- its a couple hours you won't get back in your life! Keep up great work❤
Best part of my day Beautiful Coby, and fantastic reaction. Love all BOND films. Butt, my favorite is LIVE AND LET DIE. GOLDENEYE also. Great video, keep it up 👍
"Where's the Polish guy??" Me watching this film for the first time. A director's note says that Kutze was rescued at the same time - and by the same plane - as Bond and Domino, off-screen. I'm glad he survived seeing as he fully redeemed himself. He realised Largo was mad and threw the arming device into the sea. He also released Domino - thus saving Bond's life.
The Vulan Bomber was an actual underwater movie set in the Bahamas. Remains of the set is still there to this day. It was just a prop though, not a real Vulcan Bomber. Thunderball and Diamonds Are Forever are my favorite Sean Connery Bond movies. Keep em coming Coby.
Very nice, Coby! Enjoyed a lot this one. The game in casino is Chemin de fer, French card game played mainly in European and Latin American casinos. Chemin de fer derives from the Italian game baccarat, differing from it in that players bet one at a time against each other instead of against the house. As a casino game in the United States, chemin de fer was displaced by baccarat in the late 1950s.
Claudine Auger's job leading up to the start of filming was to tan for three weeks at a resort. Both the her and Luciana Paluzzi seem to have had a real fun time making this movie, Luciana initially wanted to play Domino.
This is my favorite Connery Bond pic. The villain is more active & personally dangerous vs Goldfinger, who had to have Oddjob as his enforcer. This movie is very much like "The Big Sleep" with Bogart and Bacall. Bogart's a detective and every girl he runs into while investigating the case is gorgeous. 3:40 That jet pack was actually flown by the inventor in this film. It uses hydrogen peroxide for fuel and uses the fuel vary rapidly so it can't go far. 7:19 I saw a press photo of Connery golfing without his rug, taken in 1964. 15:03 A landing like that on the open ocean would we impossible. Real waves ocean waves are far too volatile.
I'm loving these Bond reactions. The man with the cat is Ernst Stavro Blofeld, although he isn't explicitly named here. You mention how great Christoph Waltz was and he does indeed play Blofeld in SPECTRE and No Time to Die. if you watch carefully you'll even see he has a white Persian cat in SPECTRE, although it's not on screen for long.
The game they were playing in the casino is baccarat. It’s similar to blackjack with some differences in the rules and card values. That’s also what we first see him play in Dr No. Also yes, that is a different actor for Felix. He’s played by a different actor in each of the older films until License to Kill, when David Hedison reprises the role after playing him once in Live and Let Die. Jeffrey Wright is the only actor to play Felix Leiter in multiple consecutive films
Definitely one of the few entries in the franchise that I didn't appreciate much when I was a little younger, seemed a bit slow until the action kicked in during that final quarter. Though now that I'm in my late 20's, I definitely enjoy it a lot more.. don't know why that is, but I do haha. As you know, the opening theme is performed by one of Wales finest son's: Sir Tom Jones, who also happens to be my favourite Simpsons Guest star (That episode when he's kidnapped by order of Mr. Burns - "“Get help love, call Interpol, get me a hacksaw ANYTHING!"😂😂😂) Happened to be watching his small performance at the D-Day 80th anniversary ceremony in Normandy this past June. 83 years old and the man's still got it..
Coby + Connery -- Round 4 ;)
This story was retold in "Never Say Never Again". Perhaps a candidate for watching out of order. You may consider researching the story behind the production as this was during Roger Moore's tenure as Bond. Kim Bassinger was the female lead
Nuclear weapons need to be detonated in a specific way. Otherwise they don't explode with a nuclear explosion.
It's brilliant that you're doing this! 🙂
@@thomasschmidt1836 IMHO, none of the Roger Moore Bond films are worth watching. He was by far the worst Bond.
@@martensjd hmm I don't know about not worth watching. He's not my favorite Bond either but the movies are still fun. There's more comedy in them than the other Bond movies. 🙂
I love that Coby totally gets it. The old Bonds are the best Bonds: mostly fun and some frolics.
Coby reacting to Bond's interactions with the ladies is enough to justify this series.
THANK YOU for picking this movie it gave me nice Memories. This was the last movie my brother and I went to go see together. He was home for two weeks before he left for VIETNAM after he joined the USMC.
He did not make it home. My brother was 20 years old I was 9years old...
Condolences for your loss
What a beautiful memory.
Please keep carrying on with the 007 movies Coby. You make these events so much more fun as we continue to rewatch and review these films. It’s great to see that you really liked the first four films and the newer ones. I think that you will really enjoy especially the next 2 films coming up for even different reasons. (No spoilers here). I really thank you for “these events” as I’ve had a rough couple of years myself and this really helps take my mind off of things. The producers ought to call you up for a roll in the next Bond film. Cheers to Coby!
I agree, keep going with Bond, Coby. However, be prepared to be a little disappointed with Diamonds Are Forever. I believe it's a lot of people's least favorite. It sure is mine.
19:06 I absolutely love Luciana Paluzzi as Fiona Volpe. She is one of the best henchpeople in Bond films. She is very smart and exudes danger, yet at the same time, Fiona is very sensual and feminine. She never lets men boss her around. She even berates Largo, Spectre's number two, for his mistakes, and she is perhaps the only character in the film who genuinely has the upper hand, even with Bond.
Thunderball won the academy award for best visual effects.
these sean connery bonds are so good...the campy-ness, the womanizing, the playfulness, with that great style of the period. what little gems.
Coby, the jetpack was a real thing and could only go about that far before running out of fuel. The shots with Connery were rear projection but the shots of it flying with the stunt guy were for real.
"Sharks with frickin' lazer beams attached to their heads..." Dr. Evil
Sea bass.
48:04 if you look, all of her outfits in the film are black and/or white. Like a domino.
One of the best bond films
This is an excellent entry in the franchise. Domino was so beautiful! My favorite Bond girl!
she's super underrated
Handle like eggs is real.
Retired aircraft mechanic here.
Many things like gyros are maked with this. We always joked that it means to scramble the part.
I graduated H.S. in 1965 & worked after school & summers as a mechanic at a Honda Motorcycle dealership in Houston. One of the other mechanics was from the Miami area. He told me that the production co. for "Thunderball" posted flyers at all of the local dive shops for licensed divers for the underwater battle scene. He said it was a lot of fun but didn't pay much.
Low pay for starting in the background is one thing but, you’d think for highly specialized, dangerous extra work they would pay a bit more? That’s the Hollywood trap for ya🤪
Claudine Auger passed away a few years ago.She was very flirtatious and suggestive towards the (very married) Sean Connery on the set...So much so that an exasperated Connery said at one point to "Stay away from me you French barracuda!" Luciana Paluzzi (who played Fiona Volpe) is still alive and follows the Bond series.She loves the idea of Henry Cavill as the next Bond.
Where is this sourced from lmao
@@guileniam I saw Paluzzi interviewed and she said she liked Henry Cavill.The post about Auger flirting with Connery was from a book about the Bond films I read a number of years ago.
@@asianoramaagain2269 hmm I dunno how accurate the Auger stuff is haven't seen it anywhere else ever
@@asianoramaagain2269Cavil is already 41 years old and no one wants another guy looking too old like Rodger Moore , 6 movies in looking too old for bond.
The next bond is going to be aaron Taylor Johnson
This is by far my favorite Sean Connery , James Bond film.
Mine too! Connery at his best.
This is my 2nd favourite Connery Bond, after FRWL. Connery is so settled into the role after Goldfinger and is having the time of a life here. This is the peak of Connery's Bond performance for me.
James Bond is a Naval Officer. He's a Lt. Commander in the Royal Navy. He's an SBS Comando.
@@1funkyflyguy Most people have never read the original novels, so they don't know his backstory.
18:13 Connery's line "another time, another place" was a subtle reference to his 1958 film, Another Time, Another Place.
Thunderball is one of my favorite James Bond movies. It has it all: sharks, Sean Connery at his peak, two of the best Bond girls, beautiful ocean scenery, and Bond is very outdoorsy in this episode: he gets to do a lot of action.
I'm pretty sure this and Goldfinger are chock full of the tropes that get parodied and played straight in other media.
1:02:40 Actually, Claudine Auger's voice is dubbed in this movie. She spoke English with such a thick French accent that her voice ended up being dubbed. The voices of the Italian Adolfo Celi, who plays Largo, and the German Gert Fröbe, who played Goldfinger in the previous Bond movie, are also dubbed. You can find original, undubbed clips on RUclips, and they are fun to listen to.
Same with Ursula Andreas in Dr. No, who is a Swiss actress that also has a thick accent
Have loved all your James Bond reactions. I’m 50 and have seen them all but has been great to see your reactions to them seeing them for the first time, especially the early ones. Hope you continue with the series as they are fun, entertaining and never lack action😊
If you want a treat, watch Sean Connery in "Never Say Never Again," which is a non-canon Bond film from 1983 based on the same book. Barbara Carrera knocks it out of the park, giving us one of the most delightful villains in the history of Bond films.
Connery had bought the film rights to the book.
I was young and impressionable when that film came out and Fatima Blush is still my favourite evil Bond girl of all time.
I met Barbara Carrera in last June in France on the set of NSNA. She is an absolutely delightful person
Sean Connery spent his last years living in Nassau! Great place!
The gentleman with the iconic eye patch playing the villain was the Italian actor Adolfo Celli. The eye-patch made his character unforgettable.
Thanks!
Thank YOU !
Felix is played by a different actor in every movie that he makes an appearance, with exception of Jeffrey Wright (Craig era) and David Hedison who you are yet to meet. Back in Dr. No, the 1st actor to play him was Jack Lord, best known as the lead role of Steve McGarrett in the original *Hawaii Five-O* : A perfect fit for the smooth, chisel jawed, CIA agent type.
Claudine Auger..who played Domino is up there as one of my favourite all-time Bond girls.
With a deadpan delivery, "Don't flatter yourself, what I did this evening was for king and country" has got to be one of my favourite Bond lines. Loved this watchalong with you, can't wait for the more!
For the Queen. Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor had succeeded her father on the throne for 12 years by that time.
untill his passing THE MOST ALLURING MAN ON DA PLANET.
ONLY ONE BOND.
He had it all. And More than Bond could ever encompass.
RIP LEGEND.
By far, my favorite Bond movie poster.
Those old jetpacks were real, not an effect, but they had a very limited range.
As for Austin Powers, yes, now it's hard to watch these early Bond films without thinking of the similar scenes in Austin Powers. "Thunderball" is particularly well represented.
They are not jetpacks they are rocket packs.
Flight time was like 40 seconds.
Today we had jetpacks but not back then.
@@AdurianJeveryone calls them jet packs and they didn’t even have 40 seconds worth of propellant. More like 12 seconds in the early 60s
@@theonewhoknows2 They are still rocket packs
Sean Connery Bonds were my favorites. Now ya gotta watch You Only Live Twice and Diamonds Are Forever. The Thunderball underwater battle was epic, and Bond does it again in space in Moonraker. Never doubt that you have the beauty of any Bond gal, but with more genuine personality 😊
24:51 In the books Bonds favourite card game was always Chemin de Fer, a variation of the card game baccarat. Chemin de fer is a French phrase meaning ‘railway’ or ‘railroad’. Literally’ iron path’.
Fun fact: The shot where Bond looks freaked out as the shark swims through the tunnel toward him was real fear. The shark was supposed to be on the other side of a glass wall, as seen in the next shot.
Miss Coby, the Vulcan bomber under the water, was a full sized model. The remaims still sit on sea bed to this day.
Also, if you were sitting in Domino's seat, in the pool seating area, where she tells Bond, "What sharp little eyes you have," and turned your head left. You would see a hotel construction site that would eventually be discontinued. It would be used for the Casino Royale Parkor chase 40 years later.
The Girl Bond grabs to dance at the Kiss Kiss club, is a Bahamas resident, and appears at the poker game in Casino Royale, where Bond wins the Aston Martin DB5
I've met Martine Beswick (Paula) a couple of times. She's a total love.
That was a real, working jetpack, called the Bell Rocket Belt, I think. The stuntman couldn't fly it very far because it only had about 60 seconds of fuel. When it runs out of juice you don't want to be high above the ground! It was also used a lot in the show Ark II.
Absolutely! I saw it demonstrated in Point Magu, CA about a year or two before this film.
What happened to the ship, Disco Volante? It was purchased for the film for $500,000 and brought from Puerto Rico to Miami for refitting and refurbishment. The hydrofoil never sailed again after the filming. It was rented as a stationary houseboat, docked at a marina on Miami's MacArthur Causeway, until it sank at the dock in the early 1980s.
Actually, no; I'm pretty sure the Disco Volante actually was BLOWN UP. Was the largest explosion in film, at that point; they used ROCKET FUEL, and broke all the windows in the buildings on Nassau's High Street because the debris overshot the cameras WIDELY.
Good reaction Coby. Domino is one of my favorite Bond Girls. So gorgeous.
And if you didn't notice, Paula was played by the same actryas one of the fighting gypsy girls in From Russia with Love.
Also, Felix gets played by several different actors in the early years.
I think this was the first time Connery did the opening gun barrel himself. All the times before that it was his stun double.
This is one of my favorite bond films. & one of the best Bond girls. Claudine Auger.
It was the 60s it was kind of acceptable. Women wanted to be with him & men Wanted to be him.
That is correct. The other times Bob Simmons did the gun barrel sequence. Bob is also the "guy in the dress' that Bond fights in the beginning. Bob and Sean tangled again during the big underwater fight. After Thunderball, Bob went on to do ALOT of stunt work in all the Bond films.
It's why he put the landing gear down on the Vulcan, after it landed on the water, so that when it sank and hit the bottom, they had enough clearance under the plane, to open the bomb bays doors and get the bombs out.
Thunderball is up there amongst the best of the Bond films.
Filled with gadgets, action and humor.
Keep going with the Bond films.
"You Only Live Twice" is another gem in the series.
In the game of Baccarat (Bond's card game) whomever gets closer to 9 or 9 wins a 10 card counts as zero
I've been waiting for you to do Thunderball! It's one of my favorites!
That Jetpack he used to escape was real I saw it being used in person in the 64 65 New York Worlds Fair!
that's amazing!!
@@criminalcontent Used in the opening ceremony of the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.
@@MarkSlavin did not know that !
I saw it at the NY World's Fair too. The Bond films constantly tried to incorporate new technology into his adventures, even if it didn't make much sense.
It was commissioned by the Army but it was rejected because the Army thought it was too noisy and it occupied both users' hands making him incapable of using a weapon.
Yep Felix is played by a different actor in most of the films, except for David Hedison and Jeffrey Wright. The actor playing Felix here is Rik Van Nutter.
I laughed so loud when Coby realized the bombs were taken from the bottom of the Vulcan and not another boat that you could have heard me in Hawaii. So looking forward to your reaction to You Only Live Twice. My favorite Bond movie because it is so over the top.
I will make you a deal...I'll become a patreon member if Coby reacts to the best comedy ever made...It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World. 😁
Fiona Volpe (Lucianna Paluzzi) is my all-time favorite Bond femme fatale /crush. Also, I have to say Thunderball is for me the most entertaining Connery Bond. Hard to explain, but the double entendre dialog is the best, and as Coby observed , the underwater fight scene, if you really stay with it, is epic.
Yup, Lucianna was hot.
Men of dangerous tastes, I see. I approve!
"Don't drink, don't smoke, what do you do?" ~ Adam and the Ants - 1982.
Caroline Munro who starred in the James Bond film, "The Spy Who Loved Me" is the woman dancing with Adam Ant in his "Goody Two Shoes" video.
"DDDSWDYD?"is also a phrase used in the 1966 movie, "Grand Prix," between Francoise Hardy, and Antonio Sabato.
This quote originates from a 1954 movie called, Johnny Guitar.
The scene when Bond, with a beautiful woman in a exotic place, kills the henchman with the speargun is one of the best moments in the franchise. Pure Bond territory.
that and the scene with the German behemoth in You Only Live Twice.
Keep going with all of them! It’s so fun to watch a franchise change and evolve over 50 years, and see the world change and evolve with it.
doin them all !
@@criminalcontentThanks! Looking forward to it
This is the 3rd actor to play Felix. There will be another one later. The first Felix was Jack Lord (From Hawaii Five-O). He got greedy and asked for more money after Dr. No and more prominent credit. The producers said no.
There is a long story about the behind-the-scenes problems with this film that led to a "remake" almost 18 years after it came out. The problems were between co-writer Kevin McClory and Bond's creator, Ian Fleming. The fundamental problem was that Fleming, McCrory, and Jack Whittingham devised this story as a screenplay before EON productions started and got the rights to make the Bond films. Fleming novelized the screenplay as Thunderball in 1961 and did not give credit to the other two writers in the book. There was a trial, and the matter was settled out of court. When the film was made, EON brought on both McCrory and Whittingham, and McCrory produced the movie for EON. Part of the settlement allowed McCrory to try his hand at another Bond film after 10 years...which he tried several times, finally making his one and only Bond film in 1983, Never Say Never Again, starring...Sean Connery and directed by Irvin Kirschner (The Empire Strikes Back). The whole story is a lot more complicated...these are the bare bones. Never Say Never Again was one of two Bond films made in the summer of 1983, the other being Octopussy, starring Roger Moore as Bond. Ironically, both Bond actors were real-life friends.
The last note that Tom Jones sang of the theme song was so high and lasted so long that Jones collapsed after singing it.
Largo's yacht is called the Disco Volante, meaning "Flying Saucer" in Italian.
Many references played for laughs in Austin Powers come from Thunderball...almost too many to enumerate.
Almost all of the Bond films have different actors playing Felix Leiter. They maintained continuity with Jeffrey Wright as Felix only during the Craig era. Rik Van Nutter plays Felix in this one. Only one actor before the Craig era played Felix more than once. David Hedison played Felix in Live and Let Die (1973) with Roger Moore's first adventure as Bond and returned to the role in 1989 in License To Kill, Timothy Dalton's second and last film as 007. Fun fact: David Hedison is Jodie Foster's father-in-law, as Jodie is married to Alexandra Hedison, David's only child. He passed in 2019.
The final shot of the film showed Bond using the Fulton Surface-to-Air Retrieval System (STARS) or Skyhook. The CIA and the military have used this method to retrieve people since the 1950s. This was the first time it was seen on film; three years later, it was used in the John Wayne movie The Green Berets. It wouldn't be seen again in a movie until 2008's The Dark Knight when Batman used it.
By the way Broccoli and Salzman aren’t even credited as producers here (they get a Presents credit at the beginning). Kevin McClory is the credited Producer instead. Something tells me the legal issues led to this situation.
Glad to have you back giving extraordinary reactions and incredible expressions that are so entertaining!
More to come!
Much love for Thunderball. My favorite film of the Connery era.
Do we want more bond?? ABSOLUTELY, coby😁👍 you and bond make a great team😁 bring it on! Great job, thank you✌😁
The underwater fight scene is absolutely tops! Great overall flick, Great reaction Coby as always. Looking forward your next Bond reaction!
thank you !
The hydrofoil boat explosion at the end did not go as planned...the production crew had good contacts with the US Armed Forces from their previous movies, and SFX coordinator John Stears managed to get hold of a supply of rocket fuel. But they didn't have any experience with it, so they went overboard and literally doused the boat with the volatile liquid. The resulting blast was so violent, it shattered windows in Bay Street, Nassau, some 20 miles away. But Stears was still awarded with the Oscar for Special Effects. Peter Lamont, who was a junior member of the Art Department in this film (he later went on to be Production Designer for 9 Bond movies from the early 80s up to "Casino Royale" and won an Oscar for "Titanic"), remembered that after the movie came out, the military inquired about the little rebreather device and they asked for how long it could be used. The answer was "well, as long as you can hold your breath!" as of course it was just a prop.
He sleeps with everybody 😂😂😂, I take it as everybody sleeps with him😂😂😂👍✌️🇺🇸
Great reaction as always, what doesn't get enough credit is how good the remastering of the picture quality in these films is done
Claudine Auger's voice was dubbed by Nikki van der Zyl. Nikki also provided the voice of Honey Ryder in Dr No and many others especially in the 60's Bonds.
Wow, now I remember that. But didn't realize the same voice was dubbed for Ursula Andress. I want to say Adolfo Celli's voice was dubbed too?
@@phila3884 Yes, you're right. Robert Rietti did a lot of the voices in the 60s Bonds too including Largo's and Tiger Tanaka in You Only Live Twice. Rietti also did Strangway's voice in Dr No.
Always my favourite bond movie, partly as this was the first ever one that I watched aged 7 or 8 and I was so excited to see it. it was the talk of the school the next day as it was pretty much all of our first bond movie.
thanks again for keeping up with the Connery Bonds. Next up, You Only Live Twice
27:08 We first met Felix Leiter in Dr No, then played by Jack Lord, Goldfingers Felix was Cec Linder, here he is Rik Van Nutter.
In all 7 different actors play Felix Leiter including Norman Burton, David Hedison (twice) and of course Jeffrey Wtight.
I'm Loving watching this FAB FILM with you
33:17 by the way that scene is mirror image if you noticed Connery's hair parting. Not for sure was that even small budget movie because it was James Bond movie.
Great reaction as always, Coby!
Thunderball is my favorite Bond film, and I must say the three main reasons are 1) the fantastic performance by Sean Connery, 2) the great plot with SPECTRE stealing the nuclear bombs, and 3) my favorite Bond girl of all time - the incredible Claudine Auger as Domino. She is just stunning.
Right on my brother.
ADOLFO CELI (1922 - 1986) appeared in nearly 100 movies, a great actor.
Hi Coby, glad you enjoyed this film, as much as I did when I saw it first. It was the first underwater fight scene I had ever seen & made a big impression on me. For me Sean will always be he greatest Bond. :)
As for the love interests, don`t forget it was the swinging `60`s, "make love, not war" was the mantra in use. Bonds behaviour in the `60`s is the most believable for me, later it get`s more fanciful. Although, we are led to believe all suave & sophisticated spies, should be able to use their magnetism in their line of work.
So excited to watch this video! My favorite Bond film of all. It was the pinnacle of fun, had the best quips, great scenery, and cool fashions. This, to me, is the quintessential Bond film!
Love this video! Your reactions and commentary make the experience even better! It really is funny some of the dated womanizing. Bond is supposed to be a womanizer but not quite the way it was done then lol. They'd never get away with that today. I think you'll like the next one, too. You Only Live Twice. In that one, Donald Pleasance plays Blofeld, and you'll recognize right away that the Dr Evil look is based on him.
A bit of trivia: Never Say Never Again was made in the 80s and was a remake of Thunderball (the screenwriter owned the rights), but it was from a different studio so they weren't allowed to use the Bond music, etc. At the same time, Octopussy (yes, that's the title) with Roger Moore was in theaters, so we had two competing Bond films out at the same time.
Anyway, I hope you keep doing Bond films! I'm thoroughly enjoying these!
My fave Bond movie, so happy Coby felt similar!!!
"A little jet pack to start ?" Hahaha your reactions crease me up Coby, keep them coming 😂 👍
More to come!
Great time.
Keep watching more Bond movies please.
All of them
Claudine Auger's swimsuits all look good (anything would on her), but that one-piece with the wrap around mesh panel and a glimpse of under boob was the one that figured heavily in my adolescent fantasies. Classic. Everyone likes to say that "Goldfinger" perfected the Bond formula, but "Thunderball" was where they went BIG. 30:00 Yes, that's what wetsuits looked like, usually in basic black. The bottom half, for colder water, was like a pair of high-waisted neoprene tights. The tail of the jacket fastened between your legs and kept the bottoms from slipping down and the jacket from riding up.
Gotta remember, back when this came out, all that underwater footage was pretty groundbreaking and audiences loved it. Today, for me at least, it starts to drag a bit after the first 10-15 minutes of scuba, by 20-25 minutes it really starts to drag. Still LOVE this movie but it’s WAY TOO MUCH S.C.U.B.A. that makes this one number 6 on my all time list.
Agreed. Technically the underwater battle is fantastic and looks gorgeous but boy does it drag on too long. But I give it a pass because as you say it was new and spectacular for its time and audiences loved it. Plus great John Barry score.
Thunderball is a fantastic Sunday movie, where you can just put it on in the background and dip in and out of it. I find that a great way of getting through the sloooooow underwater sequences.
@@SirHilaryManfat Good call, it’s perfect for that. I do the same with some of the odd-ball ones too, like Moonraker. Every time I come back to it makes me smile.
Yeah it's interesting she likes it cos most people these days usually call it boring, mainly cos you can't tell who is who with all the masks on and cos being underwater the action is slow. But Bond is in the navy so ofcourse he should be involved in sea battles and adventures.
@@countgeekula9143 that music used for the battle is called 007, technically that is Bond's theme not the other tune but they only used it in a couple of films then ditched it which is a shame. I was hoping they'd resurrect it in a modern version for the new films but of all the nods back to the old canon they never did the 007 theme.
THE quintessential Bond movie. It has everything to expect from one from an awesome high stakes plot, great villain, awesome machines (Vulcan and Disco Volante), beautiful location, babes, great stunts etc.
Almost, but you’re forgetting hollowed out volcano lairs and bad guys petting white cats a bit too hard? That’s the next one🤪
@@D.A.B-w7n Ah yes of course it's the first appearance of Mr Bigglesworth
@@goodshipkaraboudjan 😂
Best scene is the underwater fight scene. I would always swim in the ocean as a kid and play fight like those scenes.
Hi Coby, you are doing a fantastic job critiquing "Sean Connery -bonds and my favourite films- a couple more official bonds to go. The last unofficial "never say never again" is a remake of "thunderball." I really love Sean doing the Bonds, but it must be said- its a couple hours you won't get back in your life! Keep up great work❤
Thank you !!
The "widow" Bond has a fight with in the beginning was Sean Connery's stunt double Bob Simon who was about 8 inches shorter than Connery.
Thunderball, definitely my favorite Connery Bond. Thank you for the fun reaction.
Our pleasure!
My favourite Sean Connery 007 is "You Only Live Twice"
Yes! That’s mine too.
Beautiful Coby..I have been wafting for you to finish the Bond series. I know this will be..smashing!
I loved this, and hope that you'll do the next Bond video on my favorite ever Bond film, "You Only Live Twice!"
Next up !
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Beautiful Coby, and fantastic reaction.
Love all BOND films. Butt, my favorite is LIVE AND LET DIE. GOLDENEYE also.
Great video, keep it up 👍
I wear a half-diving suit to the office every day just to make things interesting.
I'm glad you enjoyed "Thunderball" Coby. Now the next James Bond movie would be "You Only Live Twice" from 1967.
Coming soon !
"Where's the Polish guy??" Me watching this film for the first time. A director's note says that Kutze was rescued at the same time - and by the same plane - as Bond and Domino, off-screen. I'm glad he survived seeing as he fully redeemed himself. He realised Largo was mad and threw the arming device into the sea. He also released Domino - thus saving Bond's life.
The Vulan Bomber was an actual underwater movie set in the Bahamas. Remains of the set is still there to this day. It was just a prop though, not a real Vulcan Bomber. Thunderball and Diamonds Are Forever are my favorite Sean Connery Bond movies. Keep em coming Coby.
It's gotta be fairly big for a cockpit to host 4 people abreast of each other.
Glad you liked it.
"Vargas does not drink, does not smoke, does not make love ... what do you do, Vargas ??" Classic...
Very nice, Coby! Enjoyed a lot this one.
The game in casino is Chemin de fer, French card game played mainly in European and Latin American casinos.
Chemin de fer derives from the Italian game baccarat, differing from it in that players bet one at a time against each other instead of against the house. As a casino game in the United States, chemin de fer was displaced by baccarat in the late 1950s.
Sean Connery reprised his role in the 80's remake of this movie too called, "Never Say Never Again".
Many die-hard Bond fans can't stand it. I'm one, and I think it's entertaining.
And Thunderball is the superior film
17:33 Coby, you're my favourite reaction girl! I just love how you get it so completely wrong so often.
I get so happy everytime I see one of these Bond reactions love them :D
Claudine Auger's job leading up to the start of filming was to tan for three weeks at a resort.
Both the her and Luciana Paluzzi seem to have had a real fun time making this movie, Luciana initially wanted to play Domino.
This is my favorite Connery Bond pic. The villain is more active & personally dangerous vs Goldfinger, who had to have Oddjob as his enforcer. This movie is very much like "The Big Sleep" with Bogart and Bacall. Bogart's a detective and every girl he runs into while investigating the case is gorgeous. 3:40 That jet pack was actually flown by the inventor in this film. It uses hydrogen peroxide for fuel and uses the fuel vary rapidly so it can't go far. 7:19 I saw a press photo of Connery golfing without his rug, taken in 1964. 15:03 A landing like that on the open ocean would we impossible. Real waves ocean waves are far too volatile.
I'm loving these Bond reactions. The man with the cat is Ernst Stavro Blofeld, although he isn't explicitly named here. You mention how great Christoph Waltz was and he does indeed play Blofeld in SPECTRE and No Time to Die. if you watch carefully you'll even see he has a white Persian cat in SPECTRE, although it's not on screen for long.
The game they were playing in the casino is baccarat. It’s similar to blackjack with some differences in the rules and card values. That’s also what we first see him play in Dr No.
Also yes, that is a different actor for Felix. He’s played by a different actor in each of the older films until License to Kill, when David Hedison reprises the role after playing him once in Live and Let Die. Jeffrey Wright is the only actor to play Felix Leiter in multiple consecutive films
Definitely one of the few entries in the franchise that I didn't appreciate much when I was a little younger, seemed a bit slow until the action kicked in during that final quarter. Though now that I'm in my late 20's, I definitely enjoy it a lot more.. don't know why that is, but I do haha. As you know, the opening theme is performed by one of Wales finest son's: Sir Tom Jones, who also happens to be my favourite Simpsons Guest star (That episode when he's kidnapped by order of Mr. Burns - "“Get help love, call Interpol, get me a hacksaw ANYTHING!"😂😂😂) Happened to be watching his small performance at the D-Day 80th anniversary ceremony in Normandy this past June. 83 years old and the man's still got it..