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Seems like this was made by the Broccolis....

posted 11 years ago by beierfilms
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Just watched on Netflix. I didn't think it was a bad film but I couldn't help but feel the film felt a tad one-sided and "Pro-Broccoli" as I watched it unfold.

The Kevin McClory stuff seemed to be the best example of this. Don't get me wrong, McClory has always seemed to me like a nut and an opportunist but there aer times when the movie makes him seem like the AntiChrist. When they talk about his first meeting with Flemming, it's presented like a meeting with the devil (which of course would make sense from the Broccoli point of view).

The best example of this Broccoli-colored view of the world is when they seem to imply that Never Say Never Again was some kind of failure. NSNA grossed 160 mil world wide and was a huge hit. Yes Octopussy grossed more (187 mil) but both made money and most books that I've read point to success of both films as indications of how strong the franchise was that it could support two different movies in the same year and have both be very profitable. Barbara says in the doc that NSNA "Proved that a Bond film could not exist with just one element. That having Sean Connery just wasn't enough." Seriously? 160 mil vs 187 mil. A difference of 14% is now the difference between a huge success and a failure?

[–] sebrofg 11 years ago

I couldn't agree more was thinking the very same thing while watching the movie especially towards Sean Connery and Kevin McClory they more or less brand McClory a con man.

[–] Prismark10 11 years ago

NSNA did not match Octopussy in the box office but it was far from being a flop.

Its that man again!!

[–] GMonhey 11 years ago

I disagree, it wasn't like it made Broccoli look a saint. It pointed out his flaws, as well as his irresponsible management of his wealth.

[–] Mr_Harold_Shand 11 years ago

McClory was a piece of scum. He MAY have thrown in a couple of plot points and a few characters names during a drunken brainstorming session between friends for a project called Thunderball which was then scrapped HAPPILY....BUT years later after smelling the success of Bond and seeing that Thunderball was being made HE THEN went on to TRY and take over the whole thing ENTIRELY because Fleming didn't ask him, THEN he tried to take over all of the Bond Films due to thin'gs like Blofield and Spectre being used, he tried to take credit for Flemming's life's work which lead to his bad health/death, con Brocolli into making him sole producer on Thunderball on the basis he didn't make his own rival version (which he did anyway later on), talk Connery into making NSNA going up against the official bond and Brocolli in general, when EoN tried to sue, he sued back winning the rights to Blofield and Spectre, and he generally kept on fighting every step down line even up until Casino Royale to take over the whole thing. Not bad for a guy that just thought of a few names etc.........IF HE EVEN DID! Classic piece of vermin coming out of the woodwork trying to get a piece of the success.

[–] NomadNomadovic 10 years ago

McClory was a piece of scum.

Agreed! The guy didnt write anything after that original piece Thhunderball, what a turd. Connery is always whining about something.

[–] barcham_99 10 years ago

I found that Barbara came off as a very bitter woman. I don't think she smiled once during the entire film other than in archive footage. She looked unhappy and sad and angry most of the time and much older that her years because of that. A terrible shame.

[–] Captain_Bob 10 years ago

I really enjoyed this Bond tribute while it sometimes became a bit too Cubby-centric. Fair play, he and Saltzman successfully brought those inspired books to the big screen. It's intriguing how the whole Bond concept nearly didn't achieve liftoff and might have otherwise been just some obscure comic book. Also consider moments when the franchise almost died (falling out with Connery, Post-Lazenby limbo, Roger Moore's last couple flops, the 6 years between Dalton and Brosnan, etc.) Against the odds James Bond has prevailed as an iconic success story. Ian Fleming would be proud.