Editing Never Say Never Again (section)

{{short description|1983 James Bond film directed by Irvin Kershner}}
{{About|the film|the song by the Bee Gees|Never Say Never Again (song)}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Never Say Never Again
| image          = Never Say Never Again – UK cinema poster.jpg
| caption        = British cinema poster by [[Renato Casaro]]
| alt            = A poster at the top of which are the words "SEAN CONNERY as JAMES BOND in". Below this is a head and shoulders image of a smiling man in a dinner suit (Connery) pointing a revolver at the viewer. Inset either side of him, are smaller scale depictions of two women, one blonde and one brunette. Underneath the picture are the words "NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN"
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Sean Connery]]
* [[Klaus Maria Brandauer]]
* [[Max von Sydow]]
* [[Barbara Carrera]]
* [[Kim Basinger]]
* [[Bernie Casey]]
* [[Alec McCowen]]
* [[Rowan Atkinson]]
* [[Edward Fox (actor)|Edward Fox]]
}}
| screenplay     = [[Lorenzo Semple Jr.]]
| story          = {{plainlist|
* [[Kevin McClory]]
* [[Jack Whittingham]]
* [[Ian Fleming]]
}}
| based_on       = {{Based on|''[[Thunderball (novel)|Thunderball]]''|Ian Fleming}}
| director       = [[Irvin Kershner]]
| producer       = [[Jack Schwartzman]]
| cinematography = [[Douglas Slocombe]]
| music          = [[Michel Legrand]]
| editing        = Ian Crafford
| studio         = Taliafilm
| distributor    = {{Plainlist|
* [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]] (North America)
* [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]]-[[EMI Films|EMI]]-Warner Distributors (United Kingdom)<ref>{{cite web|title=Never Say Never Again (1983)|work=[[BBFC]]|access-date=13 June 2021|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/never-say-never-again-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zmtm1nzq|archive-date=13 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613092331/https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/never-say-never-again-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zmtm1nzq|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Producers Sales Organization]] (International)<ref name="afi">{{cite web|title=Never Say Never Again (1983)|website=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]]|access-date=22 June 2023|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/58025-NEVER-SAYNEVERAGAIN?sid=79b7f2e4-d7e3-4c08-92e1-148ee1bc30aa&sr=16.141077&cp=1&pos=0|archive-date=22 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622132847/https://catalog.afi.com/Film/58025-NEVER-SAYNEVERAGAIN?sid=79b7f2e4-d7e3-4c08-92e1-148ee1bc30aa&sr=16.141077&cp=1&pos=0|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
| released       = {{Film date|df=y|1983|10|7|U.S.|1983|12|15|London}}
| runtime        = 134 minutes
| country        = {{Plainlist|
* United States<ref name="afi"/>
* United Kingdom<ref name="afi"/>
* West Germany<ref name="afi"/>
}}
| language       = English
| budget         = $36 million
| gross          = $160 million<ref name="BOM">{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=neversayneveragain.htm |title=Never Say Never Again |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=20 September 2019 |archive-date=8 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608111955/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=neversayneveragain.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
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'''''Never Say Never Again''''' is a 1983 [[spy film]] directed by [[Irvin Kershner]]. The film is based on the 1961 [[James Bond]] novel ''[[Thunderball (novel)|Thunderball]]'' by [[Ian Fleming]], which in turn was based on an original story by [[Kevin McClory]], [[Jack Whittingham]], and Fleming. The novel had been previously adapted as the 1965 film ''[[Thunderball (film)|Thunderball]]''. ''Never Say Never Again'' is the second and most recent ''James Bond'' film not to be produced by [[Eon Productions]] (the usual producer of the Bond series) but instead by [[Jack Schwartzman]]'s Taliafilm, and was distributed by [[Warner Bros.]] The film was executive produced by Kevin McClory, one of the original writers of the ''Thunderball'' storyline. McClory had retained the filming rights of the novel following a [[Thunderball (novel)#Controversy|long legal battle]] dating from the 1960s.

[[Sean Connery]] played the role of Bond for the seventh and final time, marking his return to the character twelve years after ''[[Diamonds Are Forever (film)|Diamonds Are Forever]]'' (1971). The film's title is a reference to Connery's reported declaration in 1971 that he would "never again" play that role. As Connery was 52 at the time of filming, the script makes frequent reference to Bond as aging and past his prime – although Connery was three years younger than his replacement, [[Roger Moore]]. The storyline features Bond being reluctantly brought back into action to investigate the theft of two nuclear weapons by [[SPECTRE]]. Filming locations included France, Spain, the Bahamas and [[Elstree Studios (Shenley Road)|Elstree Studios]] in the United Kingdom.

''Never Say Never Again'' was released by [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]] on 7 October 1983, and opened to positive reviews. The film grossed $160 million at the box office, making it a commercial success, although it earned less overall than the Eon-produced ''[[Octopussy]]'', released earlier the same year.