Lotus77's "Thunderball" Page
Released: December 21, 1965 (US)
Length: 2 hrs, 12 min.
The Women
Dominique(Domino)Derval
Played By:
Claudine Auger
Date Of Birth: June 8, 1942
Place Of Birth: Paris, France
The Part Of "Domino" Originally Called For An Italian Actress,
But Director Terence Young So Wanted To Use Claudine Auger For
The Part That They Changed The Character's Name From Dominetta
Palazzi To Dominique Derval, Making The Character Of French
Decent.
Paula Caplan
Played By:
Martine Beswick
Date Of Birth: 1941
Place Of Birth: Kingston, Jamaica
Martine Beswick First Auditioned For Terence Young While He Was
In The Process Of Directing "Dr.No". She
Didn't Get A Part In "Dr.No", But Was Cast A Year Later As The
Gypsy Girl, Zora, In
"From Russia With Love". Martine
Has Also Appeared In Oliver Stones Directorial Debut. She Now
Lives In Los Angeles.
The Allies
Felix Leiter
Played By:
Rick Van Nutter
Date Of Birth: 1930
Place Of Birth: California
When Rick Van Nutter Was Cast In The Role Of Felix Leiter, It Was
Anounced That He Would Become Back As Leiter In All Subsequent
Bond Films. Unfortunately This Never Came To Pass Because The
Next Two Bond Films Didn't Call For The Leiter Character; And
When Leiter Was Called Back For
"Diamonds Are Forever", Director
Guy Hamilton Wanted A Different Actor To Play Bond's American
Counterpart.
The Villians
Emilio Largo
Played By:
Adolfo Celi
Date Of Birth: July 27, 1922
Place Of Birth: Messina, Sicily
Date Of Death: February 19, 1986
Place Of Death: Sienna, Italy
Fiona Volpe
Played By:
Luciana Paluzzi
Date Of Birth: June 10, 1937
Place Of Birth: Rome, Italy
Luciana Paluzzi Originally Auditioned For The Part Of Domino,
But The Producers Wanted To Use An Unknown For That Part. Terence
Young Still Wanted To Use Paluzzi In The Movie, So He Gave Her
The Part Of Fiona Kelly, An Irish Assassin For Spectre. But
Palluzzi, Being Italian, Didn't Quite Fit The Part, So Another
Name Change Was Made, Creating The Character, Fiona Volpe, An
Italian Assassin For Spectre.
Paluzzi And Young Became Such Good Friends After The Making Of
Thunderball, That When Paluzzi Got Remarried In 1980, Terence
Young Raced To The Wedding From A Movie Set So That He Could
Walk Her Down The Aisle. Paluzzi Retired From Acting In 1980.
Blofeld
Played By:
Anthony Dawson
Although He Wasn't Given Credit, Anthony Dawson Played Blofeld
In Both "From Russia With Love"
And "Thunderball". He Also Played Professor Dent In
"Dr.No".
The Vehicles
Bell Jet Pack
Disco Volante
CREDITS
James Bond...............................Sean Connery
Dominique(Domino)Derval..................Claudine Auger
Emilio Largo.............................Adolfo Celi
Paula Caplan.............................Martine Beswick
Felix Leiter.............................Rick Van Nutter
Fiona Volpe..............................Luciana Paluzzi
Vargas...................................Philip Locke
"M"......................................Bernard Lee
Moneypenny...............................Lois Maxwell
"Q" (Major Boothroyd)....................Desmond Llewelyn
Blofeld..................................Anthony Dawson
Madame Boitier...........................Rose Alba
Jacques Boitier..........................Bob Simons
Mademoiselle Laporte.....................Maryse Guy Mitsouko
Count Lippe..............................Guy Doleman
Patricia.................................Molly Peters
Palazzi/Major Duval......................Paul Stassino
Kutz.....................................George Prauda
Pinder...................................Earl Cameron
Presented By: Harry Saltzman
Albert R. Brocoli
Produced By: Kevin McClory
Screenplay By: Richard Maibaum
John Hopkins
Based On A Story By: Kevin McClory,
Jack Whittingham,
& Ian Fleming
Directed By: Terence Young
Music By: John Barry
Theme Song Lyrics By: Don Black
Theme Song Sung By: Tom Jones
Locations: French Chateau Region, London, Shrublands
Nassau, Miami
Gadgets And Weapons: Dictionary Tape-Deck, Gamma Gas, Geiger Counter Watch,
Geiger Counter Camera, Mini Breather, Sea-Air Raft,
Radioactive Homing Capsule, Underwater Infrared Camera,
Walther PPK
Vehicles: Aston Martin DB5, Bell Textron JetPack, BSA Lightning Motorcycle,
Underwater Bomb-Sled, Underwater Propulsion Unit, Vulcan Bomber,
Underwater SeaTows, Disco Volante, 1965 Mustang
Thunderball Bloopers
1. When Count Lippe And Fiona Volpe Kill Major Derval, His Eyes Are Still Open
When He Hit The Floor. Right After That, When Volpe Is Wrapping His Head
With Gause, His Eyes Were Closed. But When Bond Finds Him On The "Rack"
His Eye's Are Open Again. For A Corpse, He Sure Does Move A Lot.
2. When Bond Manages To Escape From Fiona Volpe And Her Henchmen, He Gets Shot
In His Right Leg. Then Throughout The Whole Chase Scene, The Bloody Leg
Switches To The Left Side, Then The Right, And Then The Left Again. Finally,
When Bond Reaches A Bathroom, He Bandages His Left Leg! I Guess This Gives
Credence To The Magic Bullet Theory.
3. In The Scene When Domino Accidentally Steps On A Sea Urchin, She Steps On
It With Her Right Foot, But When Bond Sucks Out The Poison, He Sucks It
Out Of The Left Foot. I Know Bond Is Supposed To Be A Great Kisser And
All, But Really!
4. During And Underwater Fight Scene Between Bond And Largo, Largo Ripes Bond's
Blue Goggles Off. Largo Gets Away And Bond Reaches Over To One Of Largo's Dead
Henchmen And Gets A Pair Of Black Goggles. Bond Then Chases After Largo And
Suddenly His Goggles Change Color From Black To Blue! Is It Possible That The
Goggles Changed Color Between Cold And Hot Water? Guess Not.
5. Largo's Underwater Stunt Double Had Blonde Hair While Largo Himself Had White
Hair.
6. In The End, After Largo Is Already Dead, The Professor Warns Bond And Domino
That The Disco Volante Is About To Crash Into The Reef. The Only Problem Is
That He Says This Before He Even Turns Around To Look Out The Window. Actually,
He Says This Even Before He Moves His Mouth! Now, Unless The Professor Was Both
A Pshychic And A Vantriliquist, I Don't Think He Would Normally Be Able To Do That.
7. Felix Leiter changes between shorts and normal long-legged trousers when he is
waiting in the chopper during Bond's investigations of the lost plane.
(Noticed By CWetergard chwest99@mail1.bet1.puv.fi)
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