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Directed by (famed for The Empire Strikes Back ), the film leaned into a more mature, character-driven approach . The remarkable story of 1983's Battle of the Bonds

The classic Monty Norman James Bond theme and John Barry's orchestral style are absent; instead, the score was composed by Michel Legrand Bond’s gadgets are provided by Q (Algernon)

When Never Say Never Again finally opened in October 1983 (a month after Octopussy ), the press went into a frenzy. It was Bond vs. Bond. Roger Moore vs. Sean Connery. The official franchise vs. the outlaw. Never Say Never Again -James Bond 007-

It’s not a perfect film—the pacing drags in the middle—but it feels more like From Russia With Love than Moonraker ever did. If you haven't watched it in a while, give it a shot. It’s Connery’s "Logan" moment before we knew what that was.

Released in Never Say Never Again is a unique entry in the James Bond legacy as unofficial remake Thunderball . It marked the final return of Sean Connery Directed by (famed for The Empire Strikes Back

To understand why this film exists, one must travel back to the early 1960s. Ian Fleming, author of the Bond novels, collaborated with screenwriter Kevin McClory and director Jack Whittingham on an early screenplay treatment that would eventually become Thunderball . After a messy legal dispute, a 1963 court ruling granted McClory certain film rights to the Thunderball story.

“Retirement’s a rumor,” Bond replied. He kept his gun low, the tense courtesy of a man betting on conversation before violence. “You can still walk away.” The official franchise vs

The official Eon Productions made Thunderball in 1965 with Connery. But the settlement stipulated that McClory could remake the film after a certain number of years. In 1975, McClory announced plans for a new Bond film, leading to a decade of litigation. By 1982, with Eon’s Octopussy already in production, McClory partnered with Warner Bros. and producer Jack Schwartzman to launch Never Say Never Again directly against the official Bond series.