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247 Thunderball (1965)




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This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.

247 Thunderball (1965)

- The budget was $5,500,000 ($500,000 of which was spent on Largo's
yacht the Disco Volante).
- The title song was originally to be ``Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'' sung by
'Dionne Warwick' (qv) , but was changed at the last minute to ``Thunderball''
sung by 'Tom Jones' (qv).
- The first 007 movie to be filmed in Panavision.
- Stuntman 'Bill Cumming' (qv) was paid a $450 bonus to jump into Largo's shark
infested pool.
- Intended to be the first 007 movie, but legal wrangles with its co-author
lead to "Dr. No (1962)" (qv) being chosen instead.
- 'Molly Peters' (qv) is the the first Bond girl to appear in the nude (albeit
behind shower glass).
- Martine Beswick ('Paula Catlin' (qv)) had previously appeared in
"From Russia with Love (1963)" (qv).
- The many underwater scenes stem from writer 'Kevin McClory' (qv)'s interest
in watersports.
- 'Claudine Auger' (qv) was a former Miss France, but being French her voice
was dubbed. See also "From Russia with Love (1963)" (qv).

 

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