Diamonds Are Forever | |
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![]() Theatrical release poster by Robert McGinnis | |
Directed by | Guy Hamilton |
Screenplay by | Richard Maibaum Tom Mankiewicz |
Based on | Diamonds Are Forever by Ian Fleming |
Produced by | Harry Saltzman Albert R. Broccoli |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Ted Moore |
Edited by | Bert Bates John Holmes |
Music by | John Barry |
Production company | |
Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
Countries | United Kingdom[1] United States[2] |
Language | English |
Budget | $7.2 million[3] |
Box office | $116 million[3] |
Diamonds Are Forever is a 1971 spy thriller, the seventh film in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions. It is the sixth and final Eon film to star Sean Connery, who returned to the role as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond, having declined to reprise his role in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969).
The film is based on Ian Fleming's 1956 novel of the same name and is the second of four James Bond films directed by Guy Hamilton. The story has Bond impersonating a diamond smuggler to infiltrate a smuggling ring and soon uncovering a plot by his old enemy Ernst Stavro Blofeld to use the diamonds to build a space-based laser weapon. Bond has to battle his enemy one last time to stop the smuggling and Blofeld's plan of destroying Washington, D.C. and extorting the world with nuclear supremacy.
After George Lazenby left the series, producers Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli tested other actors, but studio United Artists wanted Connery back, paying a then-record $1.25 million salary for him to return. The producers were inspired by Goldfinger; as with that film, Guy Hamilton was hired to direct, and Shirley Bassey performed vocals on the title theme song. Locations included Las Vegas, California, and Amsterdam. Diamonds Are Forever was a commercial success and received positive reviews, though some of the humor has become controversial in retrospect. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound.
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