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Mission: You Only Live Twice
Released: June 13, 1967
Bond: Sean Connery
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Budget: $9.5 Million
Worldwide Boxoffice: $111.6 Million
Running Time: 116 Minutes
Villain: Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Organization: SPECTRE
Scheme: The start of World War III for profit
Henchmen: Osato, Helga Brandt, Hans
Girls: Hong Kong Girl, Helga Brandt, Aki, Kissy
Allies: Dikko Henderson, Tiger Tanaka
Bond's Kill Count: 13
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Summary: After a mysterious rocketship seizes manned space missions from Earth’s orbit, suspicions mount and the world superpowers are hurled to the brink of war. Their only hope rests with James Bond, who races to stop the space-jackings’ true mastermind, Ernst Stavro Blofeld. Chief of the evil SPECTRE organization, Blofeld is bent on instigating global warfare from his massive headquarters nestled in an inactive volcano. As the countdown begins, Bond joins forces with the luscious Japanese agent Kissy Suzuki and scores of Ninja warriors to mount a daring raid on Blofeld’s lair and prevent a calamitous world war.
Review: A far cry from Fleming's original novel, this movie started out strong but quickly faltered after Bond's departure from the MI6 submarine. The plot was too far-fetched, considering the history of the films. Blofeld's volcano, although an ingenious concept, was implausible and didn't fit with the tradition of Bond films. The locations were beautiful, as were the women. Although Aki was worthy of Bond, Kissy was another stereotypical Bond girl who added little to the story. The high point of the film was the Little Nellie sequence. Only in a Bond film can a fully functioning, deadly helicopter fit into four suitcases. As for Connery, he is beginning to show his years. As a whole, the movie's replay value is low; it seems to lose something with every viewing.
Universal Exports Rating: 004
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First time M and Moneypenny leave Universal Exports
First appearance of Charles Gray who would play Blofeld in Diamonds Are Forever
First time a villain escapes
First time Bond takes a shot of vodka
First appearance of a submarine in a Bond film
First time Bond wears a spacesuit
First time part of the movie is in space
First time Ian Fleming's original novel has nothing to do with the movie's plot
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Aki's Toyota was Japan's first convertible car.
This was supposed to be the last Bond film.
Blofeld's base was a fully working set with a monorail, elevators, heliport and a full-sized rocket that rose 50 feet.
Cameraman Johnny Jordan lost his leg while filming a helecopter battle sequence.
Henderson gives Bond a martini 'stirred, not shaken' which he accepts saying 'perfect.' It is still not known if this was an error or intentional.
Little Nellie was an actual helicopter that could fly up to 130 mph.
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