Never Say Never Again: The Reason Why This Unofficial Bond Movie Was Made.

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  • Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
  • 'Never Say Never Again' is an unofficial Bond movie & remake of the 1965 film Thunderball. This is the story of the legal issues that resulted in this film being made.

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  • @phila3884
    @phila3884 4 года назад +39

    Actually one of the best explanations of the complicated rights to "Thunderball/Never Say Never Again" that I've seen on RUclips.

  • @joemurdoch4138
    @joemurdoch4138 3 года назад +20

    Never say never again is not without its flaws, but its still one of my favorite Bond films. Sean Connery put the role back on like a comfortable sweater, and seemed to be enjoying himself. Originally he wanted more emphasis on Bond being older, and wanted to play the part without the toupee and with a beard.

  • @cha5
    @cha5 3 года назад +39

    I still love that film, I don't care if it isn't a "canon" Bond movie. I'm just more nostalgic about it than I ever will be towards Octopussy and A View to a Kill.
    R.I.P. Sean Connery.

    • @JORDAN-ul9vs
      @JORDAN-ul9vs 3 года назад +8

      Octopussy and A View To A Kill are two one of my all time favorite movies. I have never had as much fun watching a movie as I did watching Octopussy.

    • @cha5
      @cha5 3 года назад +4

      JORDAN 250 To each their own there, when it comes to prime Bond I’ll take
      From Russia With Love and
      Goldfinger over the last two Moore Bonds anytime,
      Plus Moore IMHO looked like he was about ready for a walker by the time of A View to a Kill, unlike Connery in
      Never Say Never Again who could still hold his own as Bond.

    • @janterrirocks
      @janterrirocks 3 года назад +3

      @@JORDAN-ul9vs right there with ya! Octopussy is utterly ridiculous and a total blast! So many parallels to the Indiana Jones films as well. You can tell Bond was influencing Spielberg and Spielberg was influencing Bond at that point!

    • @bouya642
      @bouya642 Год назад

      @@janterrirocks Sean Connery and Roger Moore are the best James Bond actors.

    • @randallrutherford1384
      @randallrutherford1384 8 месяцев назад

      Why don’t people call SUPERMAN IV an “unofficial Superman movie”?

  • @Mattfromthepast
    @Mattfromthepast 3 года назад +11

    You want to know the most insane part of this?
    Starting in the late 80s McClory and Sony started plans to make their own James Bond film series but they only had the legal right to use the James Bond character within Thunderball and they were not allowed to make any changes to the basic plot so their plan was to make a James Bond series where every film would be a remake of this one.
    How many versions of Thunderball did they think we needed?

  • @ricardocantoral7672
    @ricardocantoral7672 3 года назад +5

    Klaus Maria Brandauer as Largo was pitch perfect. He outshined many of the "official" villains.

  • @kyriakostriantafyllidis3130
    @kyriakostriantafyllidis3130 3 года назад +7

    One of the best Bond films in my opinion

  • @brianinglis3805
    @brianinglis3805 3 года назад +9

    Sean Connery & Roger Moore both made 7 Bond films each (Never Say Never is still a "Bond" film even if it's not officially "canon")

  • @happytrails1963
    @happytrails1963 3 года назад +7

    Was so glad to hear that Sean Connery and Roger Moore actually became friends. Didn't care for Never say never again when it came out but its become one of my favorite bond films even though it feels a little like they are spoofing maybe just a bit.

  • @DUNGEONCRAFT1
    @DUNGEONCRAFT1 2 года назад +1

    This is a really good summary. Probably the best I've seen. Very succinct.

  • @garygee4775
    @garygee4775 3 года назад +13

    Even though the movie was meh as a whole I still think it has some great moments and one liners. Also it's Connery's best Bond performance since Thunderball.

  • @jamesbmedia8996
    @jamesbmedia8996 3 года назад +6

    I'm sure I heard years ago that David Hasselhoff was approached in the early 80s about playing Bond.
    However due to the budget of never say never , David refused as he wouldn't drive a car unless it spoke to him.

  • @SolitaryWolf
    @SolitaryWolf 3 года назад +6

    That summer Bond fans had two movies to celebrate! How often does that happen? The movie may have its flaws. But what Bond film doesn't? I'm happy with all of them even the 1967 Casino Royale which in my mind is more of a celebration of Bond rather than a Bond film.

  • @Mattfromthepast
    @Mattfromthepast 3 года назад +3

    Q was a character created by the EON Productions. Now in the novels Bond gets gadgets from Q Branch but there is no single character named Q so McClory could legally have a character who fulfilled this plot function but he couldn't name that character Q.

  • @gragrn
    @gragrn 3 года назад +6

    I watched it a couple of nights ago. Like you said it's okay but without the Bond music it's just another movie, and Sean is really too old at this stage. Still, it was good to see him back!

  • @SirTyJensen
    @SirTyJensen 3 года назад +5

    I tried watching Never Say Never Again years ago, I turned it off after the motorcycle chase.

  • @FanaddictsofFilm
    @FanaddictsofFilm 4 года назад +7

    This is really informative and awesome. I am always curious about these behind the scenes stories. Great stuff man

  • @grantmcgowan8399
    @grantmcgowan8399 3 года назад +6

    The odd thing about this is.. There was to be yet another version pitched in the late '90s called Warhead 2000... Can anyone shed further light..??

    • @Dragonfly-0010
      @Dragonfly-0010 3 года назад +3

      Not much except that it was going to be another remake of Thunderball, the title and that they wanted Timothy Dalton to play Bond.

  • @sanapadsense1999
    @sanapadsense1999 2 года назад +1

    The funny thing was that Roger Moore was older than Sean Connery. When the official James Bond is older than a previous James Bond coming back into business.

  • @Dragonfly-0010
    @Dragonfly-0010 3 года назад +2

    You say it in the video. McClory was given the film & television rights by the court, which makes Never Say Never Again an OFFICIAL Bond movie. Just not EON produced or part of the EON canon.

  • @douggherkin
    @douggherkin 3 года назад +3

    I still say its the best Bond movie ever! ...... Connery originally had someone younger to play Bond but for some reason it wasn't working out. It was Connery's wife who convinced him to take the role. Sean tried playing Bond without wearing a wig but again this wasn't working out. To this day I would love to know who was the first choice for Bond in this movie.

    • @douggherkin
      @douggherkin 3 года назад

      Oh right! ...sorry. people claim Connery always was going to do the part but I was certain it came from him that originally they had someone younger in mind. ...thanks for your reply!

  • @60yobfandproudmills79
    @60yobfandproudmills79 3 года назад +4

    FOR ME...I WAS JUST GLAD TO SEE CONNERY BACK ONE LAST TIME AS BOND...AND NEVER SAY NEVER WAS THE VEHICLE....THE MOVIE DID NOT HAVE THE GUN BARRELL OPENING...NOR THE BOND MUSIC...PLUS OTHER FAMILIARITIES...AND FOR ME WAS BASICALLY A DUD...BUT TO SEE SEAN CONNERY....WELL...4 THAT IT WAS WORTH IT....❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

    • @Dragonfly-0010
      @Dragonfly-0010 3 года назад

      Why are you shouting?

    • @60yobfandproudmills79
      @60yobfandproudmills79 3 года назад

      TO DRAGONFLY:IN REGARDS TO YOUR INQUIRY I ALWAYS INPUT IN ALL CAPS..EASIER ON MY FINGERS TO USE MY INDEX FINGER....I TRIED TO BE NOSTALGIC,KIND AND ERSTWHILE AND RELAY MY ADMIRATION FOR MR. CONNERY ALSO ENDING WITH HEART EMOJIS..WHICH I HOPED WOULD EXPRESS THE DEPTHS OF MY THOUGHTS.....SO I HOPE NOONE THOUGHT I WAS SHOUTING THEN OR NOW AS I REPLY TO YOU...🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

  • @RacsoHillgreen
    @RacsoHillgreen 2 года назад

    Great clip! I already knew it all was about some kind of rights issues, but not exactly the way you explained. Thanks for bringing clarity!

  • @jukeboxjohnnie
    @jukeboxjohnnie 3 года назад +11

    I loved Never say Never, female baddie was great and copied for Goldeneye

  • @epicmadnesss
    @epicmadnesss 3 года назад +2

    Great video, very easy to follow and informative

  • @Daniel_B_23
    @Daniel_B_23 2 месяца назад

    I love “Never say Never again!” It’s the best!

  • @limedickandrew6016
    @limedickandrew6016 3 года назад +4

    I actually quite like NSNA. It's better than some of the official Bonds and well deserves to be part of the family.

  • @1luiszepol
    @1luiszepol 3 года назад +2

    Never Say Never Again is the unofficial Bond film that Sean Connery as Bond make it an "Official James Bond film, Period.

    • @SuperWolsey
      @SuperWolsey 3 года назад

      Its a goddam remake so no

    • @1luiszepol
      @1luiszepol 3 года назад

      @@SuperWolsey I know that. So??? A remake that made $160millions vs $190millons of an original Bond film that same year. Not bad for a remake, huh??

    • @Dragonfly-0010
      @Dragonfly-0010 3 года назад +1

      @@SuperWolsey a remake yes, but still official.

  • @KoolKman
    @KoolKman 3 года назад +1

    I always thought that it was also because Connery had signed a contract to do one more bond film based on Thunderball and he reluctantly obliged (although he enjoyed doing it in any case)

  • @realazduffman
    @realazduffman 3 года назад +1

    Never Say Never Again -- an elaborate practical joke that got completely out of hand.

  • @bohem5568
    @bohem5568 3 года назад +12

    Still liked Connery better than Roger Moore who's version of Bond was sort of cartoonish in comparison.

    • @drmattathias
      @drmattathias 3 года назад

      The cartoonish Bond really started with Diamonds are forever.

    • @JORDAN-ul9vs
      @JORDAN-ul9vs 3 года назад +1

      I like Roger Moore better actually.

    • @cha5
      @cha5 2 года назад

      I’m a Connery and Craig man more than a Moore one, something about Moore’s hamming it up really grated on me after awhile.

  • @benrichards399
    @benrichards399 3 года назад +5

    The only Connery bond film I like. Only really like the 80s era of 007.

  • @peterfranks6243
    @peterfranks6243 3 года назад +2

    Why, apart from the fee would Connery play the same character in the same movie twice ?...
    And I'm a 52 year old life long Bond fan who saw this in the cinema in 83

  • @iknoweverything4959
    @iknoweverything4959 4 года назад +11

    How is it unofficial if the producers have the rights to it on top of being involved in the original writing of it? I think you mean Non-Eon Bond produced.

    • @kasrakhatir
      @kasrakhatir 3 года назад

      that is what us bond fans call unofficial

    • @iknoweverything4959
      @iknoweverything4959 3 года назад +2

      @@kasrakhatir I guess the original novels by Fleming must be unofficial, since they weren't produced by Eon either to you fake fans.

    • @kasrakhatir
      @kasrakhatir 3 года назад

      @@iknoweverything4959 Since when are novels motion pictures with sound ?

    • @iknoweverything4959
      @iknoweverything4959 3 года назад +1

      @@kasrakhatir The logic is the same. You're implying since Eon didn't produce it, it means it's unofficial when Eon isn't even the source material, nor was it the first licensed on screen adaptation.

    • @malcolmparker8376
      @malcolmparker8376 3 года назад

      @@iknoweverything4959 No need to be dramatic. Eon is considered the "official" Bond film series because it had the film rights and made the most films. It would be like if another company got the rights to an Iron Man story and made it's own Iron Man film and RDJ returned to star in it. It would be an Iron Man film, but most superhero fans would probably consider it "unofficial" or "non-canon." And even though Iron Man started as a comic, it would be considered an unofficial FILM, because the people who have the rights to the character and the stories, Disney-Marvel, didn't make it. As for them not being the first, they are now the official home for the franchise, film-wise. It's why you don't see other companies making Bond films.

  • @TheJlook2000
    @TheJlook2000 3 года назад

    NSNA was such a missed opportunity . This film needed reshoots after they realized Connery looked good . I guess the last thing Connery wanted was reshoots

  • @randallrutherford1384
    @randallrutherford1384 8 месяцев назад

    Love this movie

  • @chrispeplinski7306
    @chrispeplinski7306 3 года назад +1

    I figured it was the legal rights of thunderball was the reason this movie happened

  • @dopplegangerdavid
    @dopplegangerdavid 3 года назад

    I think Algernon was a literary reference to Flowers for Algernon. Btw, the movie kicked ass.

  • @babybird871
    @babybird871 3 года назад +2

    I liked it a lot....Connery was smooth a lot better than Octopussy...

  • @BleakVision
    @BleakVision Год назад

    How is it an „unofficial“ movie when Bond is clearly in it?

  • @user-xp2gm8im2c
    @user-xp2gm8im2c 2 года назад +1

    Connery is very good here, enjoys playing the role again, but looks too old and out from that era. Director Lewis Gilbert said that in his first two films, Moore still had the way Connery plays. Here, Connery has the way Moore plays.
    6.11 ruclips.net/video/jB0rxGj6uBM/видео.html

  • @codeoptimizationware2803
    @codeoptimizationware2803 3 года назад +2

    FYI: _Never Say Never Again_ is the latter of two (count 'em, 2) unofficial James Bond films. The earlier film was _Casino Royale_ [1967], not to be confused with the 2006 Daniel Craig Bond film that really, actually was based upon Ian Fleming's novel, the only of Fleming's Bond novels to have never been made into a motion-picture until then.
    _Casino Royale_ [1967] is a comedic spoof only very loosely based upon Fleming's book, perhaps more like Austin Powers than James Bond (haven't gotten 'round to seeing it myself yet). ruclips.net/video/BemV24WhM_0/видео.html

    • @Dragonfly-0010
      @Dragonfly-0010 3 года назад

      They were OFFICIAL, just not EON produced.

    • @codeoptimizationware2803
      @codeoptimizationware2803 3 года назад

      @@Dragonfly-0010 :
      Nah, neither. _Never Say Never Again_ [1983]*, for one thing, didn't even have the official 007 logo in it or on the poster or anything, showing "007" stylized completely differently.
      Official James Bond, 007 logo:
      images.app.goo.gl/ny8ScdoMq8mQb26p6
      "007" as seen in _Never Say Never Again_ [1983]:
      ruclips.net/video/ZqqYoLRTgI8/видео.html
      ---
      *A remake of _Thunderball_ [1965], and is itself a good outing for James Bond, totally despite being unofficial.

    • @Dragonfly-0010
      @Dragonfly-0010 3 года назад

      @@codeoptimizationware2803 Jesus Christ are you serious? 13 years old? In order for a movie to be adapted from a book the rights have to be bought. Kevin McClory OWNED the rights to Thunderball. Making his adaptation of it LEGAL and OFFICIAL. Same with Charles K Feldman who OWNED the rights to Casino Royale and who produced the 1967 film. I'm in the movie business, I know how these things work.
      For the last time, they WERE official movies, just not produced by EON Productions. The 007 logo makes NO difference whatsoever.

    • @codeoptimizationware2803
      @codeoptimizationware2803 3 года назад

      @@Dragonfly-0010 : "I'm in the movie business [...] Jesus Christ are you serious? 13 years old?"
      They let you freak out and over-react like that in the movie-business? ???

    • @Dragonfly-0010
      @Dragonfly-0010 3 года назад

      @@codeoptimizationware2803 Only to a clueless manchild on youtube.

  • @cissyhull-allen6606
    @cissyhull-allen6606 4 года назад +1

    Good one!

  • @BlowmeRoger
    @BlowmeRoger 2 года назад

    How can anyone watch it and not think it's a bond movie?

    • @CL-os5cz
      @CL-os5cz Год назад

      I watched this when I was a kid in the 90s with my father, I did not know it was a bond movie at that time until now.

  • @professormause
    @professormause 3 года назад

    None of the books are anything to do with the movies I've heard.
    So they are all 'non-canon' ?
    They should re-cut this with the rejected Phyllis Hyman song.

  • @buterwithonet2152
    @buterwithonet2152 3 года назад

    I. Never. Knew. Thanks because I can tell my friends

  • @ryanmallettofficial
    @ryanmallettofficial 4 года назад +4

    That guy was just mad & sued a lot Bc his name was ‘broccoli’. Also, funny Bryant ‘Spectre’ has come full circle & so prominent in the Craig films. Pumped for the new film to hit theaters.

    • @thewhirlwindpotato-moviese6633
      @thewhirlwindpotato-moviese6633  4 года назад +2

      I'm pumped too! Sucks it got delayed, but we've been waiting five years, what's another couple months right? Plus, unfortunately looks like everything else is getting delayed too. 😒

  • @TheSykoRC
    @TheSykoRC 3 года назад

    I like this movie.

  • @e8412561
    @e8412561 3 года назад +1

    ...mate...it took 40 seconds before your critique/review actually started...you're lucky I stayed around that long...make your videos more to the point...right...I'll continue watching...stay tuned for another comment...

  • @selfiekroos1777
    @selfiekroos1777 3 года назад

    Why was there no gun barrel intro?

    • @codeoptimizationware2803
      @codeoptimizationware2803 3 года назад +1

      @selfie kroos:
      Because the "gun barrel" intro: ruclips.net/video/rTyMkQLAREY/видео.html , like the stylized 007 logo, this one: images.app.goo.gl/A7j2dBvRJi4fRtkM6 , and the Monty Norman/John Barry James Bond theme: ruclips.net/video/ye8KvYKn9-0/видео.html are all official properties of Eon Productions, the production company that makes/has made all the official James Bond films, of which _Never Say Never Again_ [1983] is not one of those, do you get it yet, dumb behind everybody and everything else sockpuppet?

  • @olivastallonechannel4444
    @olivastallonechannel4444 3 года назад

    Never mind sean Connery never say never again

  • @highjinxwillie62
    @highjinxwillie62 3 года назад +1

    Octopussy was way better than never say never

  • @tyronewhitehead3123
    @tyronewhitehead3123 3 года назад

    00 HEAVEN

  • @SWR112
    @SWR112 3 года назад

    It’s so so so poor a movie. A rehash of Thunderball. One of them film they must have sat back and thought WTF when finished.

  • @StephenLyons-tl8ie
    @StephenLyons-tl8ie 3 года назад +1

    It's a pity that Connery was such a prick.

  • @thegringoscottproductions1699
    @thegringoscottproductions1699 4 года назад +3

    I never knew

  • @ACtheLegend
    @ACtheLegend Месяц назад

    It's not unofficial, it's non-EON - learn the difference.