Never Say Never Again

1983 film by Irvin Kershner
Movie film Q180279
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Summary

Never Say Never Again is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,776 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Irvin Kershner[3]
  • Screenwriter: Lorenzo Semple Jr.[4], Dick Clement[5], Ian La Frenais[6]
  • Composer: Michel Legrand[7]
  • Genre: action film[8], spy film[9]
  • Based on: Thunderball[10]
  • Cast member: Sean Connery[11], Kim Basinger[12], Klaus Maria Brandauer[13], Barbara Carrera[14], Max von Sydow[15], Bernie Casey[16], Rowan Atkinson[17], Edward Fox[18], Pamela Salem[19], Gavan O'Herlihy[20], Derek Deadman[21], Alec McCowen[22], Pat Roach[23], Robert Riettii[24]
  • Producer: Jack Schwartzman[25]
  • Part of the series: James Bond[26]
  • Production company: Producers Sales Organization[27]
  • Director of photography: Douglas Slocombe[28]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[29]
  • Commons category: Never Say Never Again[30]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[31]
  • Review score: 5.6/10[32], 71%[33], 68/100[34]
  • Color: color[35]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[36], United States[37], Germany[38], Australia[39]
  • Publication date: October 7, 1983[40], December 16, 1983[41], January 20, 1984[42], 1983[43]
  • Distributed by: Warner Bros. Entertainment[44], Netflix[45]
  • Narrative location: England[46], The Bahamas[47]
  • Filming location: Monaco[48], The Bahamas[49], Florida[50], Almería[51]
  • Inspired by: Thunderball[52]
  • Film editor: Robert Lawrence[53], Ian Crafford[54]
  • Title: Never Say Never Again[55]
  • Has characteristic: film based on a novel[56]
  • MPA film rating: PG[57]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Soundtrack[58]

  • MusicBrainz ID: a4c68700-c359-45cd-bd57-4c5fed2e019b[59]

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Adaptations and Inspiration

Never Say Never Again's after a work by is recorded as Ian Fleming[60].

Why It Matters

Never Say Never Again has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]

References

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [58] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [59] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [61] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [62] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Screenwriter → Lorenzo Semple Jr., Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
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