Tag: Sean Connery
Diamonds Are Forever premiered at the Odeon Leicester Square on this day in 1971.
Thunderball premiered in the UK on this day in 1965. It was delayed from October due to the production running behind schedule. Although Sean Connery missed the event, it was screened at both the London Pavilion and the Rialto.
On this day in 1965 the US premiere of Thunderball took place at the Manhattan Paramount Theater in New York. Showing off the Bell Textron jet pack that featured in the film, the pilot was arrested as he had failed to acquire the licence required to fly off the roof of the cinema.
Diamonds Are Forever, which marked both Sean Connery’s return to the series and exit from the Eon series, premiered in the United States on 17th December 1971 at New York’s DeMille theater.
Thunderball’s world premiere took place in Tokyo on 9th December 1965. Originally it was to have opened in the UK in October but post-production delays saw Japan as the opening territory.
The fourth James Bond film, Thunderball, premièred in Tokyo on 9th December 1965. Originally it was to have opened in the UK in October but post-production delays saw Japan as the opening territory.
Released at the height of Bondmania, after the effects of inflation are taken to account, Thunderball was to remain the highest grossing Bond film until Skyfall.
Dr No was released in the UK on this day in 1962.
The first James Bond film went on UK general release on 8th October 1962, three days after it premiered at the London Pavilion. Directed by Terence Young, Dr No starred Sean Connery as 007 and introduced some of the elements that we still associate with James Bond today.
Today is Global James Bond Day. It marks the anniversary of Dr No’s 1962 premiere.
On 5th October 1962 the Dr No premiered at the London Pavilion, the first of what is one of the most successful film series ever and now celebrated as Global James Bond Day.
Sean Connery was born in Edinburgh on this day in 1930. For many he remains the definitive 007.
Sean Connery, who played James Bond in six films by Eon Productions as well as Kevin McClory’s Thunderball remake, Never Say Never Again, was born in Edinburgh on 25th August 1930.
For many fans Connery has never been bettered in the role of 007, bringing to the role the right balance between toughness and wit.
You Only Live Twice premiered at the Odeon Leicester Square on this day in 1967.
Sean Connery’s fifth outing as 007 premièred at the Odeon Leicester Square on 12th June 1967.