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Domino was Italian in the book. Stuntman Bill Cummings, for a shot in which Largo throws someone into the pool to be devoured, asked for 250 pounds of hazard pay because he was actually being asked to leap onto a “What I didn’t tell Sean was that I could only get so much Plexiglas,” Adam later said.So, there was a four-foot gap in the partition, and sure enough, one of the sharks managed to find it, leaving Connery with just enough time to escape the pool.For a shot in which a shark swims toward Bond as he’s exiting the pool, missing him by inches, the crew decided to use a dead shark pulled by wires to reduce the danger.
The original draft scripts for this movie did not involve S.P.E.C.T.R.E., but Italian mobsters in the Sicilian Mafia, with Largo as a crime boss. Order of the British Empire, Distinguished Service Order, Distinguished Flying Cross (upside down) Sixty divers participated in the climactic underwater battle. There are several brass instruments playing and a soloist is clearly standing and playing a muted trumpet. Multiple sharks are shot and killed onscreen. Largo dialogue unsynchronized when he returns to the Disco Volante for the final chase and battle scene. The shot changes and he has long trousers on and then reverts back to shorts in the next shot. When Bond and Domino meet underwater and disappear behind a rock, the scene was originally supposed to show Domino's bikini float out from behind the rock. Thunderball (1965) Multiple sharks are shot and killed onscreen.
During the recording of the title song "Thunderball", Sir Cuneo was a friend of For the film’s theme, composers John Barry and Leslie Bricusse initially wrote a tune called “Mr. The after-party was held at the Royal Garden Hotel, and proceeds from the night went to benefit the Newspaper Press Fund. Almost half the budget was spent on Ken Adams' sets and props including a giant hydrofoil. 119: 119.
Most of the underwater scenes had to be done at lower tides, due to the sharks in the Bahamian Sea. The original climax was much different. An obvious stunt double for Bond portrayer Sean Connery, clad in a pink swimsuit, swimming in the canal, then emerging up the stairs and alongside the bridge When Bond is coming out of Largo's Palmyra basement after seeing Paula dead, the door swings open widely, but makes no noise. Order of the British Empire, Distinguished Service Order, Distinguished Flying Cross (upside down) In the close-up shots of his legs there is a scarlet blood stain, in the long shots of him there is no blood pouring from either leg When Bond is riding in the helicopter around Palmira, one shot shows him looking out of an opening on the right side of the helicopter, with the left side being a solid wall.
Its flight goes for twenty-one seconds, and provides one thousand brake horsepower. As Stears yelled “Get me out of here!” Young shouted “Turn the cameras!,” hoping to capture the scene on film. Yet Bond manages to look out of the left hand side of the helicopter with his binoculars.
Even The Bell Rocket Belt used in the film’s opening sequence was a real working jetpack, and two qualified pilots were flown to France to operate it for the moment when Bond lifts off. He sits down in the only available chair, the seventh from the left. Hence its use as a title, because this would be the result of S.P.E.C.T.R.E.
Subsequent to this, the sound of the play button being pressed can be heard and the tape begins to move but Bond's fingers do not move to press the button. Much of the film was shot in the Bahamas; Paradise Island in The Bahamas (where most of the footage was shot), and Miami.
The Colonel throws a vase at Bond who is about to catch it on his right shoulder. The only Bond movie where we get a glimpse of all 00 Agents in one shot. Its domestic box office haul of $63.6 million, adjusted for inflation, is $573.7 million.
Thunderball is the fourth film in the James Bond film series, and the fourth to star Sean Connery as James Bond.Released in 1965, the film was a critical and commercial success. Dominique Derval) was known as Domino Smith.
By the time of production in 1965, the popularity of the James Bond film franchise had resulted in a proliferation of other espionage movies and television series. Several sets were made, one of which is in the Royal Collection and displayed at Windsor Castle. According to the book "James Bond: A Celebration" (1987) by In the trailer for this movie, Bond says the line, "The things I do for England."