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'''''Diamonds Are Forever''''' is a 1971 [[spy film]], the seventh in the [[List of James Bond films|''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 [[Secret Intelligence Service|MI6]] agent [[James Bond filmography|James Bond]], having declined to reprise the role in ''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film)|On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]'' (1969).

'''''Diamonds Are Forever''''' is a 1971 [[spy film|spy thriller]], the seventh film in the [[List of James Bond films|''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 [[Secret Intelligence Service|MI6]] agent [[James Bond filmography|James Bond]], having declined to reprise his role in ''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film)|On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]'' (1969).



The film is based on [[Ian Fleming]]'s 1956 [[Diamonds Are Forever (novel)|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 for one last time to stop the smuggling and stall Blofeld's plan of destroying [[Washington, D.C.]], and extorting the world with nuclear supremacy.

The film is based on [[Ian Fleming]]'s 1956 [[Diamonds Are Forever (novel)|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 (film)|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 Valley|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]].

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 (film)|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 Valley|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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==Plot==

==Plot==

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Pursuing [[Ernst Stavro Blofeld]], James Bond – agent 007 – finds him at a facility where Blofeld look-alikes are being created through plastic surgery. Bond kills a test subject, and later the "real" Blofeld, by drowning him in a pool of superheated mud.

Pursuing [[Ernst Stavro Blofeld]] to avenge his wife's murder, [[James Bond (literary character)|James Bond]] – agent 007 – finds him at a facility where Blofeld lookalikes are being created through plastic surgery. Bond kills a test subject, and later the "real" Blofeld, by drowning him in a pool of superheated mud.



While assassins [[Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd]] kill several people in a diamond-smuggling delivery chain, [[M (James Bond)|M]] suspects that [[South Africa]]n diamonds are being stockpiled to depress prices by [[Dumping (pricing policy)|dumping]], and assigns Bond to uncover the smuggling ring. Impersonating smuggler Peter Franks, Bond travels to [[Amsterdam]] to meet contact [[Tiffany Case]]. The real Franks shows up on the way, but Bond intercepts and kills him, then switches IDs to make it seem like Franks is Bond. Tiffany and Bond go to [[Los Angeles]], smuggling the diamonds inside Franks's corpse.

While assassins [[Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd]] kill several people in a diamond-smuggling delivery chain, [[M (James Bond)|M]] suspects that [[South Africa]]n diamonds are being stockpiled to depress prices by [[Dumping (pricing policy)|dumping]], and assigns Bond to uncover the smuggling ring. Impersonating smuggler Peter Franks, Bond travels to [[Amsterdam]] to meet contact [[Tiffany Case]]. The real Franks shows up on the way, but Bond intercepts and kills him, then switches IDs to make it seem like Franks is Bond. Tiffany and Bond go to [[Los Angeles]], smuggling the diamonds inside Franks's corpse.



At the airport, Bond meets his CIA ally [[Felix Leiter]] who is disguised as a customs inspector, then travels to [[Las Vegas]]. At a funeral home involved in the smuggling ring, Franks's body is cremated and the diamonds are passed on to another smuggler, Shady Tree. The funeral home operator double crosses Bond, and Wint and Kidd try to cremate Bond alive. However, Tree stops the process after discovering the diamonds in Franks's body were phony, planted by Bond and the CIA. Bond tells Leiter to ship the real diamonds. At the Whyte House, a casino-hotel owned by reclusive billionaire Willard Whyte, Tree works as a stand-up comedian. There, Tree is killed by Wint and Kidd, who do not know the diamonds were fake.

At the airport, Bond meets his CIA ally [[Felix Leiter]] who is disguised as a customs inspector, then travels to [[Las Vegas]]. At a funeral home involved in the smuggling ring, Franks's body is cremated and the diamonds are passed on to another smuggler, Shady Tree. The funeral home operator double crosses Bond, and Wint and Kidd try to cremate Bond alive. However, Tree stops the process after discovering the diamonds in Franks's body were fake, planted by Bond and the CIA. Bond tells Leiter to ship the real diamonds. At the Whyte House, a casino-hotel owned by reclusive billionaire Willard Whyte, Tree works as a stand-up comedian. There, Tree is killed by Wint and Kidd, who do not know the diamonds were fake.



At the [[craps]] table Bond meets the opportunistic [[Bond girl|Plenty O'Toole]], and brings her to his room later. Slumber's henchmen ambush them, throwing O'Toole out the window and into the pool far below. Bond spends the rest of the night with Tiffany, instructing her to retrieve the diamonds at the [[Circus Circus Las Vegas|Circus Circus]] casino. Tiffany reneges on her deal and flees, passing off the diamonds to the next smuggler. However, seeing that O'Toole was killed after being mistaken for her, Tiffany changes her mind. She drives Bond to the airport, where they see the diamonds given to Whyte's casino manager, Bert Saxby. They follow him to a remote research laboratory owned by Whyte, where a satellite is being built by a laser refraction specialist. After being revealed as an imposter, Bond escapes and reunites with Tiffany.

At the [[craps]] table Bond meets [[Bond girl|Plenty O'Toole]], and brings her to his room later. Slumber's henchmen ambush them, throwing O'Toole out the window and into the pool far below. Bond spends the rest of the night with Tiffany, instructing her to retrieve the diamonds at the [[Circus Circus Las Vegas|Circus Circus]] casino. Tiffany reneges on her deal and flees, passing off the diamonds to the next smuggler. However, seeing that O'Toole was killed after being mistaken for her, Tiffany changes her mind. She drives Bond to the airport, where they see the diamonds given to Whyte's casino manager, Bert Saxby. They follow him to a remote research laboratory owned by Whyte, where a satellite is being built by a laser refraction specialist. After being revealed as an imposter, Bond escapes and reunites with Tiffany.



Bond scales the walls to the Whyte House's top floor to confront Whyte. He is instead met by two identical Blofelds, who use an electronic simulator to sound like Whyte. Bond kills one of the Blofelds, who turns out to be a look-alike. He is then knocked out by gas, picked up by Wint and Kidd, taken out to [[Las Vegas Valley]], placed in a pipeline and left to die. Bond escapes, then calls Blofeld, using another voice simulator to pose as Saxby. He locates Whyte's desert home, defeats the two female bodyguards, and rescues Whyte. Meanwhile, Blofeld abducts Tiffany. With Whyte's help, Bond raids the lab and uncovers Blofeld's plot to use the diamonds to create a [[sun gun|laser satellite]], which by now has already been sent into orbit. With the satellite, Blofeld destroys nuclear weapons installations in China, the [[Soviet Union]] and the United States, then proposes an international auction for global nuclear supremacy.

Bond scales the walls to the Whyte House's top floor to confront Whyte. He is instead met by two identical Blofelds, who use an electronic simulator to sound like Whyte when communicating with the outside world. Bond kills one of the Blofelds, who turns out to be a look-alike. He is then knocked out by gas, picked up by Wint and Kidd, taken out to [[Las Vegas Valley]], placed in a pipeline and left to die. Bond escapes, then calls Blofeld, using another voice simulator to pose as Saxby. He locates Whyte's desert home, defeats the two female bodyguards, and rescues Whyte. Meanwhile, Blofeld abducts Tiffany. With Whyte's help, Bond raids the lab and uncovers Blofeld's plot to use the diamonds to create a [[sun gun|laser satellite]], which by now has already been sent into orbit. With the satellite, Blofeld destroys nuclear weapons installations in [[China]], the [[Soviet Union]] and the [[United States]], then proposes an international auction for global nuclear supremacy.



Whyte identifies an [[oil platform]] off the coast of [[Baja California]] as Blofeld's base of operations. After Bond's attempt to change the cassette containing the satellite control codes fails due to a mistake by Tiffany, a helicopter attack on the oil rig is launched by Leiter and the CIA. Blofeld tries to escape in a [[midget submarine]]. Bond gains control of its launch crane and uses the submarine as a [[wrecking ball]], destroying the satellite control and the base. Bond and Tiffany then head for Britain on an [[SS Canberra|ocean liner]], where Wint and Kidd pose as room-service stewards and attempt to kill them with a time bomb concealed in a lavish cake. When the killers are exposed, they attack. Bond kills Kidd in flames with brandy and throws Wint overboard with the bomb, which explodes as Wint lands in the water. Bond and Tiffany ponder how to get the diamonds back to Earth.

Whyte identifies an [[oil platform|oil rig]] off the coast of [[Baja California]] as Blofeld's base of operations. After Bond's attempt to change the cassette containing the satellite control codes fails due to a mistake by Tiffany, a helicopter attack on the oil rig is launched by Leiter and the CIA. Blofeld tries to escape in a [[midget submarine]]. Bond gains control of its launch crane and uses the submarine as a [[wrecking ball]], destroying the satellite control and the base. Bond and Tiffany then head for Britain on an [[SS Canberra|ocean liner]], where Wint and Kidd pose as room-service stewards and attempt to kill them with a bomb hidden in a cake. When the killers are exposed, they attack. Bond kills Kidd and throws Wint overboard with the bomb, which explodes as Wint lands in the water. Tiffany then notices Blofeld's satellite is still in orbit, and asks Bond if they can get the diamonds back to Earth.



==Cast==

==Cast==

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* [[Marc Lawrence]] and [[Sid Haig]] as Slumber Inc. attendants.{{sfn|Field|Chowdbury|2015|p=219}}

* [[Marc Lawrence]] and [[Sid Haig]] as Slumber Inc. attendants.{{sfn|Field|Chowdbury|2015|p=219}}



In uncredited roles, Lola Larson (a stage name used by gymnast Mary Hiller<ref>{{cite web | url=http://007magazine.co.uk/factfiles/factfiles_trivia2.htm | title=007 MAGAZINE – Fact Files }}</ref>) and [[Trina Parks]] appeared as Bambi and Thumper, Whyte's bodyguards;<ref name="bambi thumper stuff">{{cite web |last=Thomas |first=David |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/73595539/the-bond-girls-whose-small-roles-made-big-impressions |title=The Bond Girls whose small roles made big impressions |date=5 November 2015 |website=Stuff.co.nz |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620224137/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/73595539/the-bond-girls-whose-small-roles-made-big-impressions |archive-date=20 June 2021 |access-date=8 November 2020}}</ref> [[Shane Rimmer]] as Tom, the director of Whyte's astronautics facility;<ref>{{cite news |last=Belam |first=Martin |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/mar/29/shane-rimmer-voice-of-thunderbirds-scott-tracy-dies-aged-89 |title=Shane Rimmer, voice of Thunderbirds' Scott Tracy, dies aged |date=29 March 2019 |work=The Guardian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106045803/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/mar/29/shane-rimmer-voice-of-thunderbirds-scott-tracy-dies-aged-89 |archive-date=6 November 2019 |access-date=8 November 2020}}</ref> [[Ed Bishop]] as Klaus Hergersheimer, a scientist involved with building the satellite;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gerryanderson.co.uk/anderson-actors-in-james-bond/ |title=Licence To Thrill – Anderson Actors In James Bond Films! |website=Gerry Anderson.co.uk |date=17 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107005945/https://www.gerryanderson.co.uk/anderson-actors-in-james-bond/ |archive-date=7 November 2020 |access-date=8 November 2020}}</ref> [[Henry Rowland (actor)|Henry Rowland]] as Doctor Tynan, and [[Cassandra Peterson]] as a dancer. Peterson admits in her autobiography that she was in the film but believes she didn't make the final edit.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Peterson |first1=Cassandra |title=The Actress Behind Elvira Kicked Off Her Career With A James Bond Classic |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/869981/the-actress-behind-elvira-kicked-off-her-career-with-a-james-bond-classic/ |website=slashfilm.com |date=20 May 2022 |access-date=26 January 2023}}</ref> It has been rumoured that Peterson and later star [[Valerie Perrine]] played Shady Tree's "Acorns", the showgirls who support him during his standup routine. They were actually played by performers Jennifer Castle<ref>{{cite web |last1=Castle |first1=Jennifer |title=Bond Girl |url=https://jamesbond007.se/eng/stars/jennifer-castle |website=From Sweden With Love |access-date=25 February 2023}}</ref> and Pat Gill.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gill |first1=Pat |title=Bond Girl |url=https://jamesbond007.se/eng/stars/pat-gill |website=From Sweden With Love |publisher=Anders Frejdh |access-date=25 February 2023}}</ref>

In uncredited roles, Lola Larson (a stage name used by gymnast Mary Hiller<ref>{{cite web | url=http://007magazine.co.uk/factfiles/factfiles_trivia2.htm | title=007 MAGAZINE – Fact Files }}</ref>) and [[Trina Parks]] appeared as Bambi and Thumper, Whyte's bodyguards;<ref name="bambi thumper stuff">{{cite web |last=Thomas |first=David |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/73595539/the-bond-girls-whose-small-roles-made-big-impressions |title=The Bond Girls whose small roles made big impressions |date=5 November 2015 |website=Stuff.co.nz |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620224137/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/73595539/the-bond-girls-whose-small-roles-made-big-impressions |archive-date=20 June 2021 |access-date=8 November 2020}}</ref> [[Shane Rimmer]] as Tom, the director of Whyte's astronautics facility;<ref>{{cite news |last=Belam |first=Martin |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/mar/29/shane-rimmer-voice-of-thunderbirds-scott-tracy-dies-aged-89 |title=Shane Rimmer, voice of Thunderbirds' Scott Tracy, dies aged |date=29 March 2019 |work=The Guardian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106045803/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/mar/29/shane-rimmer-voice-of-thunderbirds-scott-tracy-dies-aged-89 |archive-date=6 November 2019 |access-date=8 November 2020}}</ref> [[Ed Bishop]] as Klaus Hergersheimer, a scientist involved with building the satellite;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gerryanderson.co.uk/anderson-actors-in-james-bond/ |title=Licence To Thrill – Anderson Actors In James Bond Films! |website=Gerry Anderson.co.uk |date=17 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107005945/https://www.gerryanderson.co.uk/anderson-actors-in-james-bond/ |archive-date=7 November 2020 |access-date=8 November 2020}}</ref> [[Henry Rowland (actor)|Henry Rowland]] as Doctor Tynan, and [[Cassandra Peterson]] as a dancer. Peterson says in her autobiography that she was in the film but believes she did not make the final edit.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Peterson |first1=Cassandra |title=The Actress Behind Elvira Kicked Off Her Career With A James Bond Classic |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/869981/the-actress-behind-elvira-kicked-off-her-career-with-a-james-bond-classic/ |website=slashfilm.com |date=20 May 2022 |access-date=26 January 2023}}</ref> It has been rumoured that Peterson and later star [[Valerie Perrine]] played Shady Tree's "Acorns", the showgirls who support him during his standup routine. They were actually played by performers Jennifer Castle<ref>{{cite web |last1=Castle |first1=Jennifer |title=Bond Girl |url=https://jamesbond007.se/eng/stars/jennifer-castle |website=From Sweden With Love |access-date=25 February 2023}}</ref> and Pat Gill.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gill |first1=Pat |title=Bond Girl |url=https://jamesbond007.se/eng/stars/pat-gill |website=From Sweden With Love |publisher=Anders Frejdh |access-date=25 February 2023}}</ref>



==Production==

==Production==

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===Writing===

===Writing===

While ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' was in post-production, [[Richard Maibaum]] wrote several drafts about Bond avenging the death of his wife [[Tracy Bond|Tracy]]. The characters [[List of James Bond villains#Villains in Eon Productions films|Irma Bunt]] and [[List of James Bond allies#Marc-Ange Draco|Marc-Ange Draco]] were set to return.<ref name="Lost007Films">{{cite news |last=Chernov |first=Matthew |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/james-bond-lost-007-films-alfred-hitchcock-halle-berry-1201624228/ |title=Why We Never Saw Alfred Hitchcock's Bond, and Three More Lost 007 Movies |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=26 October 2015 |access-date=27 October 2015 |archive-date=27 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151027133749/https://variety.com/2015/film/news/james-bond-lost-007-films-alfred-hitchcock-halle-berry-1201624228/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Harry Saltzman]] had suggested [[Thailand]] and [[India]] as potential filming locations.{{sfn|Field|Chowdbury|2015|p=213}} When [[George Lazenby]] departed from the role prior to the film's release, a complete rewrite was requested, in addition to Maibaum's script failing to impress [[Albert R. Broccoli]] and Saltzman.<ref name="Lost007Films" /> Following this, Maibaum wrote an original script with [[Auric Goldfinger]]'s twin seeking revenge for the death of his brother.<ref name="Starlog">{{cite magazine |last=Goldberg |first=Lee |url=https://archive.org/details/starlog_magazine-068/page/n25/mode/2up?view=theater |title=Richard Maibaum 007's Puppetmaster |magazine=Starlog |date=March 1983 |pages=27, [https://archive.org/details/starlog_magazine-068/page/n61/mode/2up?view=theater 63] |access-date=17 December 2021 |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> In this version, Goldfinger's brother was a Swedish shipping magnate armed with a laser cannon held within the hull of a supertanker. The idea was borrowed from an early draft of ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' in which [[Ernst Stavro Blofeld]] was to be Goldfinger's twin brother, with [[Gert Fröbe]] set to return.{{sfn|Field|Chowdbury|2015|pp=191, 211}} The film would have ended with a boat chase of [[China|Chinese]] [[Junk (ship)|junks]] and [[Roman Empire|Roman]] [[galley]]s on [[Lake Mead]].{{sfn|Field|Chowdbury|2015|pp=211–212}} The plot was later changed after Broccoli had a dream, where his close friend [[Howard Hughes]] was replaced by an imposter. Hence, the character of Willard Whyte was created, and [[Tom Mankiewicz]] was chosen to rework the script.<ref name="cork">{{cite AV media |people=John Cork |title=[[audio commentary|Commentary track]]: Diamonds Are Forever Ultimate Edition, Region 4 |medium=DVD |publisher=MGM Home Entertainment}}</ref>

While ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' was in post-production, [[Richard Maibaum]] wrote several drafts about Bond avenging the death of his wife [[Tracy Bond|Tracy]]. The characters [[List of James Bond villains#Villains in Eon Productions films|Irma Bunt]] and [[List of James Bond allies#Marc-Ange Draco|Marc-Ange Draco]] were set to return and Bond mourning his deceased wife Tracy while [[Louis Armstrong]]'s ''We Have All the Time in the World'' played in the background.<ref name="Lost007Films">{{cite news |last=Chernov |first=Matthew |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/james-bond-lost-007-films-alfred-hitchcock-halle-berry-1201624228/ |title=Why We Never Saw Alfred Hitchcock's Bond, and Three More Lost 007 Movies |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=26 October 2015 |access-date=27 October 2015 |archive-date=27 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151027133749/https://variety.com/2015/film/news/james-bond-lost-007-films-alfred-hitchcock-halle-berry-1201624228/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://screenrant.com/diamonds-forever-movie-bond-wife-killer-unresolved/ | title=Why James Bond Doesn't Chase His Wife's Killer in Diamonds Are Forever | website=[[Screen Rant]] | date=30 March 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://screenrant.com/sean-connery-diamonds-forever-majesty-secret-service-bond/ | title=Why Sean Connery Returned in Diamonds Are Forever After Missing Bond 6 | website=[[Screen Rant]] | date=10 April 2022 }}</ref> [[Harry Saltzman]] had suggested [[Thailand]] and [[India]] as potential filming locations.{{sfn|Field|Chowdbury|2015|p=213}} When [[George Lazenby]] departed from the role prior to the film's release, a complete rewrite was requested, in addition to Maibaum's script failing to impress [[Albert R. Broccoli]] and Saltzman.<ref name="Lost007Films" /> Following this, Maibaum wrote an original script with [[Auric Goldfinger]]'s twin seeking revenge for the death of his brother.<ref name="Starlog">{{cite magazine |last=Goldberg |first=Lee |url=https://archive.org/details/starlog_magazine-068/page/n25/mode/2up?view=theater |title=Richard Maibaum 007's Puppetmaster |magazine=Starlog |date=March 1983 |pages=27, [https://archive.org/details/starlog_magazine-068/page/n61/mode/2up?view=theater 63] |access-date=17 December 2021 |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> In this version, Goldfinger's brother was a Swedish shipping magnate armed with a laser cannon held within the hull of a supertanker. The idea was borrowed from an early draft of ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' in which [[Ernst Stavro Blofeld]] was to be Goldfinger's twin brother, with [[Gert Fröbe]] set to return.{{sfn|Field|Chowdbury|2015|pp=191, 211}} The film would have ended with a boat chase of [[China|Chinese]] [[Junk (ship)|junks]] and [[Roman Empire|Roman]] [[galley]]s on [[Lake Mead]].{{sfn|Field|Chowdbury|2015|pp=211–212}} The plot was later changed after Broccoli had a dream, where his close friend [[Howard Hughes]] was replaced by an imposter. Hence, the character of Willard Whyte was created, and [[Tom Mankiewicz]] was chosen to rework the script.<ref name="cork">{{cite AV media |people=John Cork |title=[[audio commentary|Commentary track]]: Diamonds Are Forever Ultimate Edition, Region 4 |medium=DVD |publisher=MGM Home Entertainment}}</ref>



Mankiewicz says he was hired because Broccoli wanted an American writer to work on the script, since so much of it was set in Las Vegas "and the Brits write really lousy American gangsters"&nbsp;– but it had to be someone who also understood the British idiom, since it had British characters.{{sfn|Mankiewicz|Crane|2012|p=133}} [[David Picker]], then-president of United Artists, had seen the stage musical ''[[Georgy (musical)|Georgy]]'' written by Mankiewicz, and recommended him; he was hired on a two-week trial and kept on for the rest of the movie. The idea of Goldfinger's brother was scrapped, and Blofeld was written back into the script.<ref name="Starlog" /> Mankiewicz later estimated the novel provided around 45 minutes of the film's final running time.{{sfn|Mankiewicz|Crane|2012|p=138}} The adaptation eliminated the main villains from the source Ian Fleming novel, mobsters called [[List of James Bond villains|Jack and Seraffimo Spang]], but used the henchmen Shady Tree, Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd.<ref name="cork" />

Mankiewicz says he was hired because Broccoli wanted an American writer to work on the script, since so much of it was set in Las Vegas "and the Brits write really lousy American gangsters"&nbsp;– but it had to be someone who also understood the British idiom, since it had British characters.{{sfn|Mankiewicz|Crane|2012|p=133}} [[David Picker]], then-president of United Artists, had seen the stage musical ''[[Georgy (musical)|Georgy]]'' written by Mankiewicz, and recommended him; he was hired on a two-week trial and kept on for the rest of the movie. The idea of Goldfinger's brother was scrapped, and Blofeld was written back into the script.<ref name="Starlog" /> Mankiewicz later estimated the novel provided around 45 minutes of the film's final running time.{{sfn|Mankiewicz|Crane|2012|p=138}} The adaptation eliminated the main villains from the source Ian Fleming novel, mobsters called [[List of James Bond villains|Jack and Seraffimo Spang]], but used the henchmen Shady Tree, Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd.<ref name="cork" />

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Picker was unhappy with this decision and made it clear that Connery was to be enticed back to the role and that money was no object. When approached about resuming the role of Bond, Connery demanded the fee of $1.25&nbsp;million. To entice the actor to play Bond once more, United Artists offered two back-to-back films of his choice.<ref>{{cite book |title=Sean Connery |page=[https://archive.org/details/seanconnery0000call/page/217 217] |first=Michael |last=Feeney Callan |publisher=[[Virgin Books]] |year=2002 |isbn=1-85227-992-3 |url=https://archive.org/details/seanconnery0000call/ |url-access=registration}}</ref> After both sides agreed to the deal, Connery used the fee to establish the Scottish International Education Trust, where Scottish artists could apply for funding without having to leave their country to pursue their careers. Since John Gavin was no longer in the running for the role, his contract was paid in full by United Artists. The first film made under Connery's deal was ''[[The Offence]]'', directed by his friend [[Sidney Lumet]].<ref name="inside" />

Picker was unhappy with this decision and made it clear that Connery was to be enticed back to the role and that money was no object. When approached about resuming the role of Bond, Connery demanded the fee of $1.25&nbsp;million. To entice the actor to play Bond once more, United Artists offered two back-to-back films of his choice.<ref>{{cite book |title=Sean Connery |page=[https://archive.org/details/seanconnery0000call/page/217 217] |first=Michael |last=Feeney Callan |publisher=[[Virgin Books]] |year=2002 |isbn=1-85227-992-3 |url=https://archive.org/details/seanconnery0000call/ |url-access=registration}}</ref> After both sides agreed to the deal, Connery used the fee to establish the Scottish International Education Trust, where Scottish artists could apply for funding without having to leave their country to pursue their careers. Since John Gavin was no longer in the running for the role, his contract was paid in full by United Artists. The first film made under Connery's deal was ''[[The Offence]]'', directed by his friend [[Sidney Lumet]].<ref name="inside" />



Charles Gray was cast as villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld, after playing a Bond ally named Dikko Henderson in ''[[You Only Live Twice (film)|You Only Live Twice]]'' (1967).<ref name="inside" /> Jazz musician Putter Smith was invited by Saltzman to play Mr. Kidd, after a [[Thelonious Monk]] Band show. Musician [[Paul Williams (songwriter)|Paul Williams]] was originally cast as Mr. Wint. When he couldn't agree with the producers on compensation, Bruce Glover replaced him. Glover said he was surprised at being chosen, because at first producers said he was too normal and that they wanted a deformed, [[Peter Lorre]]-like actor.<ref name="inside" /> [[Bruce Cabot]], who played the part of Bert Saxby, died the following year; ''Diamonds'' turned out to be his final film role. [[Jimmy Dean]] was cast as Willard Whyte after Saltzman saw a presentation of him. Dean was very worried about playing a Howard Hughes [[pastiche]], because he was an employee of Hughes at the [[Desert Inn]].<ref name="inside" />

Charles Gray was cast as villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld, after playing a Bond ally named Dikko Henderson in ''[[You Only Live Twice (film)|You Only Live Twice]]'' (1967).<ref name="inside" /> Jazz musician Putter Smith was invited by Saltzman to play Mr. Kidd, after a [[Thelonious Monk]] Band show. Musician [[Paul Williams (songwriter)|Paul Williams]] was originally cast as Mr. Wint. When he could not agree with the producers on compensation, Bruce Glover replaced him. Glover said he was surprised at being chosen, because at first producers said he was too normal and that they wanted a deformed, [[Peter Lorre]]-like actor.<ref name="inside" /> [[Bruce Cabot]], who played the part of Bert Saxby, died the following year; ''Diamonds'' turned out to be his final film role. [[Jimmy Dean]] was cast as Willard Whyte after Saltzman saw a presentation of him. Dean was very worried about playing a Howard Hughes [[pastiche]], because he was an employee of Hughes at the [[Desert Inn]].<ref name="inside" />



Jill St. John had originally been offered the part of Plenty O'Toole but landed the female lead after [[Sidney Korshak]], who assisted the producers in filming in Las Vegas locations, recommended his client St. John,<ref>{{cite book |last=Russo |first=Gus |title=Supermob: How Sidney Korshak and His Criminal Associates Became America's Hidden Power Brokers |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |year=2006 |pages=400–401 |isbn=978-1-582-34389-1}}</ref> who became the first American Bond girl.<ref name="booklet">{{cite AV media |title=Diamonds Are Forever Ultimate Edition DVD |publisher=MGM/UA Home Video |asin=B000LY2L1Q}}</ref> [[Linda Thorson]] met with Cubby Broccoli, hoping to be considered for the part of Case, but he never considered her for the role, although he did briefly list her as a possibility for the part of Plenty O'Toole. Some time later, Broccoli told Thorson she was never cast in a Bond film because she didn't have long hair.<ref>{{cite book |last=Richardson |first=Michael |title=Bowler Hats and Kinky Boots (The Avengers): The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to The Avengers |publisher=[[Telos Publishing]] |year=2014 |pages=603–604 |isbn=978-1845838874}}</ref> [[Lana Wood]] was cast as Plenty O'Toole, following a suggestion of screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz.<ref name="inside" /> Wood modeled her performance after [[Leigh Taylor-Young]] and [[Minnie Mouse]].{{sfn|Field|Chowdbury|2015|p=218}} [[Denise Perrier]], [[Miss World 1953]], played "Marie", the woman in the bikini who is forced by Bond to disclose the location of Blofeld.<ref name="cork" />

Jill St. John had originally been offered the part of Plenty O'Toole but landed the female lead after [[Sidney Korshak]], who assisted the producers in filming in Las Vegas locations, recommended his client St. John,<ref>{{cite book |last=Russo |first=Gus |title=Supermob: How Sidney Korshak and His Criminal Associates Became America's Hidden Power Brokers |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |year=2006 |pages=400–401 |isbn=978-1-582-34389-1}}</ref> who became the first American Bond girl.<ref name="booklet">{{cite AV media |title=Diamonds Are Forever Ultimate Edition DVD |publisher=MGM/UA Home Video |asin=B000LY2L1Q}}</ref> [[Linda Thorson]] met with Cubby Broccoli, hoping to be considered for the part of Case, but he never considered her for the role, although he did briefly list her as a possibility for the part of Plenty O'Toole. Some time later, Broccoli told Thorson she was never cast in a Bond film because she did not have long hair.<ref>{{cite book |last=Richardson |first=Michael |title=Bowler Hats and Kinky Boots (The Avengers): The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to The Avengers |publisher=[[Telos Publishing]] |year=2014 |pages=603–604 |isbn=978-1845838874}}</ref> [[Lana Wood]] was cast as Plenty O'Toole, following a suggestion of screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz.<ref name="inside" /> Wood modeled her performance after [[Leigh Taylor-Young]] and [[Minnie Mouse]].{{sfn|Field|Chowdbury|2015|p=218}} [[Denise Perrier]], [[Miss World 1953]], played "Marie", the woman in the bikini who is forced by Bond to disclose the location of Blofeld.<ref name="cork" />



A cameo appearance by [[Sammy Davis Jr.]] playing on the roulette table was filmed, but his scene was eventually deleted.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://uk.yahoo.com/movies/actors-you-didnt-know-were-in-bond-movies-98462247566.html |title=Actors You Didn't Know Were in Bond Movies |first=Ali |last=Gray |publisher=Yahoo! Movies |date=26 September 2014 |access-date=28 September 2014 |archive-date=27 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140927182630/https://uk.yahoo.com/movies/actors-you-didnt-know-were-in-bond-movies-98462247566.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

A cameo appearance by [[Sammy Davis Jr.]] playing on the roulette table was filmed, but his scene was eventually deleted.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://uk.yahoo.com/movies/actors-you-didnt-know-were-in-bond-movies-98462247566.html |title=Actors You Didn't Know Were in Bond Movies |first=Ali |last=Gray |publisher=Yahoo! Movies |date=26 September 2014 |access-date=28 September 2014 |archive-date=27 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140927182630/https://uk.yahoo.com/movies/actors-you-didnt-know-were-in-bond-movies-98462247566.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

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===Filming===

===Filming===

[[File:Sean Connery as James Bond (1971).jpg|230px|thumb|Sean Connery during filming in Amsterdam, 31 July 1971]]

[[File:Sean Connery as James Bond (1971).jpg|230px|thumb|Sean Connery during filming in Amsterdam, 31 July 1971]]

[[File:Las Vegas Hilton.jpg|230px|thumb|The Las Vegas Hilton (now [[Westgate Las Vegas]]) doubled as The Whyte House]]

Filming began on 5 April 1971, with the South African scenes actually shot in the desert near Las Vegas.<ref name="inside" /> The scene was originally written to include Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd killing Dr. Tynan by forcing a scorpion down his mouth, but it was rewritten in order to be approved by British censors.{{sfn|Field|Chowdbury|2015|p=219}} The film was shot primarily in the United States, with locations including the [[Los Angeles International Airport]],<ref>{{cite episode |title=Los Angeles |series=Postcard Destinations |network=Voyager Channel |location=Mumbai |airdate=7 January 2008 |minutes=8}}</ref> [[Universal City Studios]] and eight hotels of Las Vegas.<ref>{{cite AV media |title=Exotic Locations: Diamonds Are Forever Ultimate Edition, Disc 2 |publisher=MGM Home Entertainment |medium=DVD |asin=B00004VUHC}}</ref> Besides [[Pinewood Studios]] in Buckinghamshire, other places in England were [[Dover]] and [[Southampton]]. The climactic oil rig sequence was shot off the shore of [[Oceanside, California]]. Other filming locations included [[Antibes|Cap D'Antibes]] in France for the opening scenes, [[Amsterdam]] and [[Frankfurt Airport]].<ref name="locations">{{cite AV media |title=Exotic Locations: Diamonds Are Forever Ultimate Edition, Disc 2 |medium=NTSC, Widescreen, Closed-captioned |asin=B000LY2L1Q}}</ref>

Filming began on 5 April 1971, with the South African scenes actually shot in the desert near Las Vegas.<ref name="inside" /> The scene was originally written to include Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd killing Dr. Tynan by forcing a scorpion down his mouth, but it was rewritten in order to be approved by British censors.{{sfn|Field|Chowdbury|2015|p=219}} The film was shot primarily in the United States, with locations including the [[Los Angeles International Airport]],<ref>{{cite episode |title=Los Angeles |series=Postcard Destinations |network=Voyager Channel |location=Mumbai |airdate=7 January 2008 |minutes=8}}</ref> [[Universal City Studios]] and eight hotels of Las Vegas.<ref>{{cite AV media |title=Exotic Locations: Diamonds Are Forever Ultimate Edition, Disc 2 |publisher=MGM Home Entertainment |medium=DVD |asin=B00004VUHC}}</ref> Besides [[Pinewood Studios]] in Buckinghamshire, other places in England were [[Dover]] and [[Southampton]]. The climactic oil rig sequence was shot off the shore of [[Oceanside, California]]. Other filming locations included [[Antibes|Cap D'Antibes]] in France for the opening scenes, [[Amsterdam]] and [[Frankfurt Airport]].<ref name="locations">{{cite AV media |title=Exotic Locations: Diamonds Are Forever Ultimate Edition, Disc 2 |medium=NTSC, Widescreen, Closed-captioned |asin=B000LY2L1Q}}</ref>



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[[File:Moonbuggy from Diamonds Are Forever.jpg|thumb|Moon Buggy from ''Diamonds Are Forever'']]

[[File:Moonbuggy from Diamonds Are Forever.jpg|thumb|Moon Buggy from ''Diamonds Are Forever'']]

Since the car chase in Las Vegas would have many car crashes, the filmmakers had a [[product placement]] arrangement with [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] to use their vehicles. Ford's only demand was that Sean Connery had to drive the [[Ford Mustang Mach 1#First generation Mustang Facelift (1971–1973)|1971 Mustang Mach 1]] which serves as Tiffany Case's car.<ref name="hamilton" /> A Mustang was used in ''Goldfinger'' and ''Thunderball'', while a [[Mercury Cougar]] was used in ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'', and "Bond girls" drove each one. The moon buggy was inspired by the [[Lunar rover|NASA lunar rover]], but with additions such as flailing arms since the producers didn't find the design "outrageous" enough. Built by custom car fabricator [[Dean Jeffries]] on a rear-engined Corvair chassis, it was capable of road speeds. The [[fibreglass]] tires had to be replaced during the chase sequence because the heat and irregular desert soil ruined them.<ref>{{cite AV media |people=[[Ken Adam]] |title=Commentary track: Diamonds Are Forever Ultimate Edition, Region 4 |medium=DVD |publisher=MGM Home Entertainment}}</ref>

Since the car chase in Las Vegas would have many car crashes, the filmmakers had a [[product placement]] arrangement with [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] to use their vehicles. Ford's only demand was that Sean Connery had to drive the [[Ford Mustang Mach 1#First generation Mustang Facelift (1971–1973)|1971 Mustang Mach 1]] which serves as Tiffany Case's car.<ref name="hamilton" /> A Mustang was used in ''Goldfinger'' and ''Thunderball'', while a [[Mercury Cougar]] was used in ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'', and "Bond girls" drove each one. The moon buggy was inspired by the [[Lunar rover|NASA lunar rover]], but with additions such as flailing arms since the producers did not find the design "outrageous" enough. Built by custom car fabricator [[Dean Jeffries]] on a rear-engined Corvair chassis, it was capable of road speeds. The [[fibreglass]] tires had to be replaced during the chase sequence because the heat and irregular desert soil ruined them.<ref>{{cite AV media |people=[[Ken Adam]] |title=Commentary track: Diamonds Are Forever Ultimate Edition, Region 4 |medium=DVD |publisher=MGM Home Entertainment}}</ref>



Hamilton had the idea of making a fight scene inside a lift, which was choreographed and performed by Sean Connery and stuntman [[Joe Robinson (actor)|Joe Robinson]].<ref>{{cite AV media |section=Double-O Stuntmen |title=The Man with the Golden Gun Ultimate Edition |at=Disk 2 |publisher=MGM Home Entertainment}}</ref> During a car chase scene, where the police are chasing Bond in a small parking lot, the Mustang was to jump a small ramp over several cars. The hired stunt driver they had couldn't perform this and wrecked two or three cars in the process. The stunt team had only one automobile left so they called [[Bill Hickman]], who drove for hours to the location, jumped into the Mustang, and did the stunt in one take.<ref name=tcm>{{cite web |url=http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article.jsp?cid=235282&mainArticleId=235259 |title=Diamonds Are Forever |publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |access-date=25 January 2011}}</ref> A continuity mistake during the same car chase made it into the film's final cut: when Bond drives the Mustang on two wheels through a narrow alley, the car enters the alley on its right side tires and exits driving on its left side.<ref name="inside" />

Hamilton had the idea of making a fight scene inside a lift, which was choreographed and performed by Sean Connery and stuntman [[Joe Robinson (actor)|Joe Robinson]].<ref>{{cite AV media |section=Double-O Stuntmen |title=The Man with the Golden Gun Ultimate Edition |at=Disk 2 |publisher=MGM Home Entertainment}}</ref> During a car chase scene, where the police are chasing Bond in a small parking lot, the Mustang was to jump a small ramp over several cars. The stunt driver they had hired could not perform this and wrecked two or three cars in the process. The stunt team had only one automobile left so they called [[Bill Hickman]], who drove for hours to the location, jumped into the Mustang, and did the stunt in one take.<ref name=tcm>{{cite web |url=http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article.jsp?cid=235282&mainArticleId=235259 |title=Diamonds Are Forever |publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |access-date=25 January 2011}}</ref> A continuity mistake during the same car chase made it into the film's final cut: when Bond drives the Mustang on two wheels through a narrow alley, the car enters the alley on its right side tires and exits driving on its left side.<ref name="inside" />



While filming the scene of finding Plenty O'Toole drowned in Tiffany's swimming pool, [[Lana Wood]] actually had her feet loosely tied to a cement block on the bottom. Film crew members held a rope across the pool for her, with which she could lift her face out of the water to breathe between takes. The pool was steeped in a way that made the block move deeper with each take. Eventually, Wood was submerged but was noticed by on-lookers and rescued before actually drowning. Wood, being a certified diver, took some water but remained calm during the ordeal, although she later admitted to a few "very uncomfortable moments and quite some struggling until they pulled me out."<ref>{{cite AV media |people=[[Lana Wood]] |title=Commentary track: Diamonds Are Forever Ultimate Edition, Region 4 |medium=DVD |publisher=MGM Home Entertainment}}</ref>

While filming the scene of finding Plenty O'Toole drowned in Tiffany's swimming pool, [[Lana Wood]] actually had her feet loosely tied to a cement block on the bottom. Film crew members held a rope across the pool for her, with which she could lift her face out of the water to breathe between takes. The pool was steeped in a way that made the block move deeper with each take. Eventually, Wood was submerged but was noticed by onlookers and rescued. Wood, a certified diver, took some water but remained calm during the ordeal, although she later said there had been some "very uncomfortable moments and quite some struggling until they pulled me out."<ref>{{cite AV media |people=[[Lana Wood]] |title=Commentary track: Diamonds Are Forever Ultimate Edition, Region 4 |medium=DVD |publisher=MGM Home Entertainment}}</ref>



===Music===

===Music===

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==Release and reception==

==Release and reception==

''Diamonds are Forever'' was released on 14 December 1971 in [[Munich, West Germany]] and on 16 December in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, before opening in 44 other cities in the United States, Canada and Europe on 17 December and 11 more cities in Japan, New Zealand and Europe on 18 December 1971. It grossed $2,242,557 in its opening six days worldwide, including $1,569,249 in its opening weekend in the United States and Canada, where it finished number one at the box office for the week.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=United Artists Announces (advertisement)|date=December 22, 1971|pages=26–27}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=50 Top-Grossing Films|date=December 29, 1971|page=9}}</ref> The film had its UK premiere at the [[Odeon Leicester Square]] on 30 December 1971. In its first 17 days in the United States and Canada to 2 January 1972 it grossed $16,238,915 and had grossed $8,330,000 overseas to the same date, for a worldwide total of $24,568,915, which United Artists claimed was a record in such a short period.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title='Diamonds' Are For U.A. Now|date=January 12, 1972|page=3|last=Gold|first=Ronald}}</ref>

''Diamonds are Forever'' was released on 14 December 1971 in [[Munich, West Germany]] and on 16 December in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, before opening in 44 other cities in the United States, Canada and Europe on 17 December and 11 more cities in Japan, New Zealand and Europe on 18 December 1971. It grossed $2,242,557 in its opening six days worldwide, including $1,569,249 in its opening weekend in the United States and Canada, where it finished number one at the box office for the week.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=United Artists Announces (advertisement)|date=December 22, 1971|pages=26–27}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=50 Top-Grossing Films|date=December 29, 1971|page=9}}</ref> The film had its UK premiere at the [[Odeon Leicester Square]] on 30 December 1971. In its first 17 days in the United States and Canada to 2 January 1972 it grossed $16,238,915 and had grossed $8,330,000 overseas to the same date, for a worldwide total of $24,568,915, which United Artists claimed was a record in such a short period.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title='Diamonds' Are For U.A. Now|date=January 12, 1972|page=3|last=Gold|first=Ronald}}</ref> After 31 days, it had grossed a record $36,647,251.<ref>{{cite book|title=Guinness Book of World Records|last1=McWhirter|first1=Norris|last2=McWhirter|first2=Ross|publisher=Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.|year=1972|isbn=0-8069-0004-0|page=217|url=https://archive.org/details/guinnessbookofwo0000unse_e7s5/page/216/mode/2up?view=theater|access-date=March 5, 2024|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>



''Diamonds are Forever'' was [[List of 1972 box office number-one films in the United States|number one in the United States]] for seven consecutive weeks and went on to gross $116&nbsp;million worldwide,<ref name="numbers">{{cite web |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Diamonds-Are-Forever#tab=summary |title=Diamonds Are Forever (1971) – Financial Information |work=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=24 December 2007 |archive-date=6 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406225113/http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Diamonds-Are-Forever#tab=summary |url-status=live }}</ref> of which $43&nbsp;million was from the United States and Canada.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=diamondsareforever.htm |title=Diamonds Are Forever |work=Box Office Mojo |access-date=9 December 2007 |archive-date=16 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016121449/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=diamondsareforever.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> In the [[United Kingdom]] ''Diamonds are Forever'' was the second highest grossing film of 1971, being beaten by ''[[On the Buses (film)|On the Buses]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ronald-wolfe-295wggdmcwn|title = Ronald Wolfe}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12525871.bob-grant-actor-and-writer-best-remembered-for-his-role-as-the-lecherous-bus-conductor-in-on-the-buses/|title = Bob Grant Actor and writer best remembered for his role as the lecherous bus conductor in on the Buses| date=24 November 2003 }}</ref>

''Diamonds are Forever'' was [[List of 1972 box office number-one films in the United States|number one in the United States]] for seven consecutive weeks and went on to gross $116&nbsp;million worldwide,<ref name="numbers">{{cite web |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Diamonds-Are-Forever#tab=summary |title=Diamonds Are Forever (1971) – Financial Information |work=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=24 December 2007 |archive-date=6 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406225113/http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Diamonds-Are-Forever#tab=summary |url-status=live }}</ref> of which $43&nbsp;million was from the United States and Canada.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=diamondsareforever.htm |title=Diamonds Are Forever |work=Box Office Mojo |access-date=9 December 2007 |archive-date=16 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016121449/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=diamondsareforever.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>



===Contemporary reviews===

===Contemporary reviews===

[[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' noted, in a positive review, the irrelevance of the plot and "moments of silliness", such as Bond finding himself driving a moon buggy with antennae revolving and robot arms flapping. He praised the [[Las Vegas]] car chase scene, particularly the segment when Bond drives the [[Ford Mustang]] on two wheels.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/diamonds-are-forever-1971 |title=Diamond Are Forever review |date=23 December 1971 |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |access-date=24 April 2020 |author-link=Roger Ebert |via=[[RogerEbert.com]] |archive-date=2 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502220818/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/diamonds-are-forever-1971 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Vincent Canby]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' enthusiastically praised the film as: {{blockquote|a nostalgic journey down memory lane{{snd}}by jet, by helicopter, by hearse, by moon machine, and by bare foot across deep-pile rugs to king-sized beds in hotel rooms as big as Nevada. A lot of things have changed since ''You Only Live Twice'' (1967), the last real Bond adventure, but 007 has remained a steadfast agent for the [[military-industrial complex]], a friend to the C.I.A. and a triumphant sexist. It's enough to make one weepy with gratitude. I mean, not everything must be mutable. ''Diamonds Are Forever'' is also great, absurd fun, not only because it recalls the moods and manners of the sixties (which, being over, now seem safely comprehensible), but also because all of the people connected with the movie obviously know what they are up to.<ref>{{cite news |last=Canby |first=Vincent |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/12/18/archives/a-benign-bond007-stars-in-diamonds-are-forever.html |title=Screen: 'A Benign Bond' |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |page=34 |date=18 December 1971 |access-date=24 April 2020 |archive-date=17 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017161627/https://www.nytimes.com/1971/12/18/archives/a-benign-bond007-stars-in-diamonds-are-forever.html |url-status=live }}</ref>}} [[Jay Cocks]], reviewing for ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine, felt ''Diamonds Are Forever'' was "in some ways the best of the lot. It is by all odds the broadest{{snd}}which is to say wackiest, not sexiest." He praised Connery as "a fine, forceful actor with an undeniable presence [who] turns his well-publicized contempt for the Bond character into some wry moments of self-parody. He is capable of doing better things, but whether he likes it or not, he is the perfect, the only James Bond."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Cocks |first=Jay |url=http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,877586,00.html |title=Cinema: Looney Tune |magazine=Time |date=10 January 1972 |access-date=24 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026083726/http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,877586,00.html |archive-date=26 October 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Gene Siskel]] of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' wrote the film is "not merely bad Bond, it is a bad movie. A disjointed script competes with, of all things, a lack of action for responsibility for this failure. The women are unappealing even to Bond, judging from his lack of ardor and the villains are hardly threatening."<ref>Siskel, Gene (23 December 1971). [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21185591/chicago-tribune/ "Diamonds Are Forever"]. ''Chicago Tribune''. Section 2, p. 10. Retrieved 17 December 2021 – via [[Newspapers.com]]. {{Open access}}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' noted, in a positive review, the irrelevance of the plot and "moments of silliness", such as Bond driving a moon buggy with revolving antennae and flapping robot arms. He praised the [[Las Vegas]] car chase scene, particularly the segment when Bond drives the [[Ford Mustang]] on two wheels.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/diamonds-are-forever-1971 |title=Diamond Are Forever review |date=23 December 1971 |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |access-date=24 April 2020 |author-link=Roger Ebert |via=[[RogerEbert.com]] |archive-date=2 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502220818/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/diamonds-are-forever-1971 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Vincent Canby]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' enthusiastically praised the film as: {{blockquote|A nostalgic journey down memory lane{{snd}}by jet, by helicopter, by hearse, by moon machine, and by bare foot across deep-pile rugs to king-sized beds in hotel rooms as big as Nevada. A lot of things have changed since ''[[You Only Live Twice]]'' (1967), the last real Bond adventure, but 007 has remained a steadfast agent for the military-industrial complex, a friend to the CIA and a triumphant sexist. It's enough to make one weepy with gratitude. I mean, not everything must be mutable. ''Diamonds Are Forever'' is also great, absurd fun, not only because it recalls the moods and manners of the sixties (which, being over, now seem safely comprehensible), but also because all of the people connected with the movie obviously know what they are up to.<ref>{{cite news |last=Canby |first=Vincent |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/12/18/archives/a-benign-bond007-stars-in-diamonds-are-forever.html |title=Screen: 'A Benign Bond' |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |page=34 |date=18 December 1971 |access-date=24 April 2020 |archive-date=17 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017161627/https://www.nytimes.com/1971/12/18/archives/a-benign-bond007-stars-in-diamonds-are-forever.html |url-status=live }}</ref>}}<nowiki> </nowiki>[[Jay Cocks]], reviewing for ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine, felt ''Diamonds Are Forever'' was "in some ways the best of the lot. It is by all odds the broadest{{snd}}which is to say wackiest, not sexiest." He praised Connery as "a fine, forceful actor with an undeniable presence [who] turns his well-publicized contempt for the Bond character into some wry moments of self-parody. He is capable of doing better things, but whether he likes it or not, he is the perfect, the only James Bond."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Cocks |first=Jay |url=http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,877586,00.html |title=Cinema: Looney Tune |magazine=Time |date=10 January 1972 |access-date=24 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026083726/http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,877586,00.html |archive-date=26 October 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Gene Siskel]] of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' wrote the film is "not merely bad Bond, it is a bad movie. A disjointed script competes with, of all things, a lack of action for responsibility for this failure. The women are unappealing even to Bond, judging from his lack of ardor and the villains are hardly threatening."<ref>Siskel, Gene (23 December 1971). [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21185591/chicago-tribune/ "Diamonds Are Forever"]. ''Chicago Tribune''. Section 2, p. 10. Retrieved 17 December 2021 – via [[Newspapers.com]]. {{Open access}}</ref>



[[Peter Schjeldahl]] of ''The New York Times'' described ''Diamonds Are Forever'' as "a pretty good movie{{snd}}not great art, but fantastic packaging. The best (or, anyway, the best worst) of the classic formulae{{snd}}notably, gimmickry and exoticism a go go{{snd}}have been retained, some up‐dating elements have been added and other elements have been fudged."<ref>{{cite news |last=Schjeldahl |first=Peter |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/12/26/archives/bond-is-back-and-diamonds-got-him.html |title=Bond Is Back – and 'Diamonds' Got Him |newspaper=The New York Times |page=D15 |date=26 December 1971 |access-date=24 April 2020 |archive-date=20 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620224140/https://www.nytimes.com/1971/12/26/archives/bond-is-back-and-diamonds-got-him.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote that James Bond "still packs a lethal wallop in all his cavortings, still manages to surround himself with scantily-clad sexpots. Yet ''Diamonds Are Forever'' doesn't carry the same quality or flair as its many predecessors. Apparently Messrs. Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, who have made a fortune producing these Ian Fleming-inspired mellers, have reached that point where a sustained story means little in prepping an 007 picture. That is what this latest in the series lacks, and for this reason there can be no suspense. But action there is, plenty of it in the familiar Bond manner."<ref>{{cite news |title=Diamonds Are Forever (British–Color) |url=https://variety.com/1970/film/reviews/diamonds-are-forever-1200422521/ |work=Variety |page=6 |date=15 December 1971 |access-date=24 April 2020 |archive-date=15 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515235544/https://variety.com/1970/film/reviews/diamonds-are-forever-1200422521/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Peter Schjeldahl]] of ''The New York Times'' described ''Diamonds Are Forever'' as "a pretty good movie{{snd}}not great art, but fantastic packaging. The best (or, anyway, the best worst) of the classic formulae{{snd}}notably, gimmickry and exoticism a go go{{snd}}have been retained, some up‐dating elements have been added and other elements have been fudged."<ref>{{cite news |last=Schjeldahl |first=Peter |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/12/26/archives/bond-is-back-and-diamonds-got-him.html |title=Bond Is Back – and 'Diamonds' Got Him |newspaper=The New York Times |page=D15 |date=26 December 1971 |access-date=24 April 2020 |archive-date=20 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620224140/https://www.nytimes.com/1971/12/26/archives/bond-is-back-and-diamonds-got-him.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote that James Bond "still packs a lethal wallop in all his cavortings, still manages to surround himself with scantily-clad sexpots. Yet ''Diamonds Are Forever'' doesn't carry the same quality or flair as its many predecessors. Apparently Messrs. Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, who have made a fortune producing these Ian Fleming-inspired mellers, have reached that point where a sustained story means little in prepping an 007 picture. That is what this latest in the series lacks, and for this reason there can be no suspense. But action there is, plenty of it in the familiar Bond manner."<ref>{{cite news |title=Diamonds Are Forever (British–Color) |url=https://variety.com/1970/film/reviews/diamonds-are-forever-1200422521/ |work=Variety |page=6 |date=15 December 1971 |access-date=24 April 2020 |archive-date=15 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515235544/https://variety.com/1970/film/reviews/diamonds-are-forever-1200422521/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

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Twenty-five years after its release, [[James Berardinelli]] criticised the concept of a laser-shooting [[satellite]], and the performances of [[Jill St. John]], [[Norman Burton]] and [[Jimmy Dean]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/d/diamonds.html |title=Diamonds Are Forever: A film review |last=Berardinelli |first=James |year=1996 |website=ReeViews |access-date=5 February 2008 |archive-date=6 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106200318/http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/d/diamonds.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Christopher Null]] called St. John "one of the least effective Bond girls – beautiful, but shrill and helpless".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/reviews/Diamonds-Are-Forever |title=Diamonds are Forever |last=Null |first=Christopher |website=Filmcritic.com |access-date=5 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211215830/http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/reviews/Diamonds-Are-Forever |archive-date=11 February 2010}}</ref>

Twenty-five years after its release, [[James Berardinelli]] criticised the concept of a laser-shooting [[satellite]], and the performances of [[Jill St. John]], [[Norman Burton]] and [[Jimmy Dean]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/d/diamonds.html |title=Diamonds Are Forever: A film review |last=Berardinelli |first=James |year=1996 |website=ReeViews |access-date=5 February 2008 |archive-date=6 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106200318/http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/d/diamonds.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Christopher Null]] called St. John "one of the least effective Bond girls – beautiful, but shrill and helpless".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/reviews/Diamonds-Are-Forever |title=Diamonds are Forever |last=Null |first=Christopher |website=Filmcritic.com |access-date=5 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211215830/http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/reviews/Diamonds-Are-Forever |archive-date=11 February 2010}}</ref>



According to [[Danny Peary]], ''Diamonds are Forever'' is "one of the most forgettable movies of the entire Bond series" and that "until Blofeld's reappearance we must watch what is no better than a mundane diamond-smuggling melodrama, without the spectacle we associate with James Bond: the Las Vegas setting isn't exotic enough, there's little humour, assassins Mr. Kidd and Mr. Wint are similar to characters you'd find on ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'', but not nearly as amusing – and the trouble Bond gets into, even [[Maxwell Smart]] could escape."<ref>{{cite book |last=Peary |first=Danny |title=Guide for the Film Fanatic |publisher=Simon & Schuster |year=1986 |page=123 |isbn=978-0-671-61081-4}}</ref> [[IGN]] chose it as the third worst James Bond film, behind only ''[[The Man with the Golden Gun (film)|The Man with the Golden Gun]]'' and ''[[Die Another Day]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/746/746573p1.html |title=James Bond's Top 20 |website=IGN |date=17 November 2006 |access-date=21 December 2007 |archive-date=5 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071105020651/http://movies.ign.com/articles/746/746573p1.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

According to [[Danny Peary]], ''Diamonds are Forever'' is "one of the most forgettable movies of the entire Bond series" and that "until Blofeld's reappearance we must watch what is no better than a mundane diamond-smuggling melodrama, without the spectacle we associate with James Bond: the Las Vegas setting isn't exotic enough, there's little humour, assassins Mr. Kidd and Mr. Wint are similar to characters you'd find on ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'', but not nearly as amusing – and the trouble Bond gets into, even [[Get Smart#Characters|Maxwell Smart]] could escape."<ref>{{cite book |last=Peary |first=Danny |title=Guide for the Film Fanatic |publisher=Simon & Schuster |year=1986 |page=123 |isbn=978-0-671-61081-4}}</ref> [[IGN]] chose it as the third worst James Bond film, behind only ''[[The Man with the Golden Gun (film)|The Man with the Golden Gun]]'' and ''[[Die Another Day]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/746/746573p1.html |title=James Bond's Top 20 |website=IGN |date=17 November 2006 |access-date=21 December 2007 |archive-date=5 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071105020651/http://movies.ign.com/articles/746/746573p1.html |url-status=live }}</ref>



''[[Total Film]]'' listed Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd, and Bambi and Thumper, as the first and second worst villains in the Bond series (respectively).{{wbr}}

''[[Total Film]]'' listed Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd, and Bambi and Thumper, as the first and second worst villains in the Bond series (respectively).{{wbr}}

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Diamonds Are Forever
Theatrical release poster by Robert McGinnis
Directed byGuy Hamilton
Screenplay byRichard Maibaum
Tom Mankiewicz
Based onDiamonds Are Forever
byIan Fleming
Produced byHarry Saltzman
Albert R. Broccoli
Starring
  • Jill St. John
  • Charles Gray
  • Lana Wood
  • Jimmy Dean
  • Bruce Cabot
  • CinematographyTed Moore
    Edited byBert Bates
    John Holmes
    Music byJohn Barry

    Production
    company

    Eon Productions

    Distributed byUnited Artists

    Release dates

    • 14 December 1971 (1971-12-14) (West Germany)
  • 17 December 1971 (1971-12-17) (USA)
  • 30 December 1971 (1971-12-30) (UK, premiere)
  • Running time

    120 minutes
    CountriesUnited Kingdom[1]
    United States[2]
    LanguageEnglish
    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.

    Plot

    Pursuing Ernst Stavro Blofeld to avenge his wife's murder, James Bond – agent 007 – finds him at a facility where Blofeld lookalikes are being created through plastic surgery. Bond kills a test subject, and later the "real" Blofeld, by drowning him in a pool of superheated mud.

    While assassins Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd kill several people in a diamond-smuggling delivery chain, M suspects that South African diamonds are being stockpiled to depress prices by dumping, and assigns Bond to uncover the smuggling ring. Impersonating smuggler Peter Franks, Bond travels to Amsterdam to meet contact Tiffany Case. The real Franks shows up on the way, but Bond intercepts and kills him, then switches IDs to make it seem like Franks is Bond. Tiffany and Bond go to Los Angeles, smuggling the diamonds inside Franks's corpse.

    At the airport, Bond meets his CIA ally Felix Leiter who is disguised as a customs inspector, then travels to Las Vegas. At a funeral home involved in the smuggling ring, Franks's body is cremated and the diamonds are passed on to another smuggler, Shady Tree. The funeral home operator double crosses Bond, and Wint and Kidd try to cremate Bond alive. However, Tree stops the process after discovering the diamonds in Franks's body were fake, planted by Bond and the CIA. Bond tells Leiter to ship the real diamonds. At the Whyte House, a casino-hotel owned by reclusive billionaire Willard Whyte, Tree works as a stand-up comedian. There, Tree is killed by Wint and Kidd, who do not know the diamonds were fake.

    At the craps table Bond meets Plenty O'Toole, and brings her to his room later. Slumber's henchmen ambush them, throwing O'Toole out the window and into the pool far below. Bond spends the rest of the night with Tiffany, instructing her to retrieve the diamonds at the Circus Circus casino. Tiffany reneges on her deal and flees, passing off the diamonds to the next smuggler. However, seeing that O'Toole was killed after being mistaken for her, Tiffany changes her mind. She drives Bond to the airport, where they see the diamonds given to Whyte's casino manager, Bert Saxby. They follow him to a remote research laboratory owned by Whyte, where a satellite is being built by a laser refraction specialist. After being revealed as an imposter, Bond escapes and reunites with Tiffany.

    Bond scales the walls to the Whyte House's top floor to confront Whyte. He is instead met by two identical Blofelds, who use an electronic simulator to sound like Whyte when communicating with the outside world. Bond kills one of the Blofelds, who turns out to be a look-alike. He is then knocked out by gas, picked up by Wint and Kidd, taken out to Las Vegas Valley, placed in a pipeline and left to die. Bond escapes, then calls Blofeld, using another voice simulator to pose as Saxby. He locates Whyte's desert home, defeats the two female bodyguards, and rescues Whyte. Meanwhile, Blofeld abducts Tiffany. With Whyte's help, Bond raids the lab and uncovers Blofeld's plot to use the diamonds to create a laser satellite, which by now has already been sent into orbit. With the satellite, Blofeld destroys nuclear weapons installations in China, the Soviet Union and the United States, then proposes an international auction for global nuclear supremacy.

    Whyte identifies an oil rig off the coast of Baja California as Blofeld's base of operations. After Bond's attempt to change the cassette containing the satellite control codes fails due to a mistake by Tiffany, a helicopter attack on the oil rig is launched by Leiter and the CIA. Blofeld tries to escape in a midget submarine. Bond gains control of its launch crane and uses the submarine as a wrecking ball, destroying the satellite control and the base. Bond and Tiffany then head for Britain on an ocean liner, where Wint and Kidd pose as room-service stewards and attempt to kill them with a bomb hidden in a cake. When the killers are exposed, they attack. Bond kills Kidd and throws Wint overboard with the bomb, which explodes as Wint lands in the water. Tiffany then notices Blofeld's satellite is still in orbit, and asks Bond if they can get the diamonds back to Earth.

    Cast

    In uncredited roles, Lola Larson (a stage name used by gymnast Mary Hiller[7]) and Trina Parks appeared as Bambi and Thumper, Whyte's bodyguards;[8] Shane Rimmer as Tom, the director of Whyte's astronautics facility;[9] Ed Bishop as Klaus Hergersheimer, a scientist involved with building the satellite;[10] Henry Rowland as Doctor Tynan, and Cassandra Peterson as a dancer. Peterson says in her autobiography that she was in the film but believes she did not make the final edit.[11] It has been rumoured that Peterson and later star Valerie Perrine played Shady Tree's "Acorns", the showgirls who support him during his standup routine. They were actually played by performers Jennifer Castle[12] and Pat Gill.[13]

    Production

    The producers originally intended to have Diamonds Are Forever re-create commercially successful aspects of Goldfinger, including hiring its director, Guy Hamilton.[14] Peter R. Hunt, who had directed On Her Majesty's Secret Service and worked in all previous Bond films as editor, was invited before Hamilton, but due to involvement with another project could only work on the film if the production date was postponed, which the producers declined to do.[15] As a condition for Hamilton directing after his difficulties with trade unions during the filming of Battle of Britain, Diamonds Are Forever was the first Bond production to be primarily based in the United States rather than the United Kingdom.[16]

    Writing

    While On Her Majesty's Secret Service was in post-production, Richard Maibaum wrote several drafts about Bond avenging the death of his wife Tracy. The characters Irma Bunt and Marc-Ange Draco were set to return and Bond mourning his deceased wife Tracy while Louis Armstrong's We Have All the Time in the World played in the background.[17][18][19] Harry Saltzman had suggested Thailand and India as potential filming locations.[20] When George Lazenby departed from the role prior to the film's release, a complete rewrite was requested, in addition to Maibaum's script failing to impress Albert R. Broccoli and Saltzman.[17] Following this, Maibaum wrote an original script with Auric Goldfinger's twin seeking revenge for the death of his brother.[21] In this version, Goldfinger's brother was a Swedish shipping magnate armed with a laser cannon held within the hull of a supertanker. The idea was borrowed from an early draft of On Her Majesty's Secret Service in which Ernst Stavro Blofeld was to be Goldfinger's twin brother, with Gert Fröbe set to return.[22] The film would have ended with a boat chase of Chinese junks and Roman galleysonLake Mead.[23] The plot was later changed after Broccoli had a dream, where his close friend Howard Hughes was replaced by an imposter. Hence, the character of Willard Whyte was created, and Tom Mankiewicz was chosen to rework the script.[24]

    Mankiewicz says he was hired because Broccoli wanted an American writer to work on the script, since so much of it was set in Las Vegas "and the Brits write really lousy American gangsters" – but it had to be someone who also understood the British idiom, since it had British characters.[25] David Picker, then-president of United Artists, had seen the stage musical Georgy written by Mankiewicz, and recommended him; he was hired on a two-week trial and kept on for the rest of the movie. The idea of Goldfinger's brother was scrapped, and Blofeld was written back into the script.[21] Mankiewicz later estimated the novel provided around 45 minutes of the film's final running time.[26] The adaptation eliminated the main villains from the source Ian Fleming novel, mobsters called Jack and Seraffimo Spang, but used the henchmen Shady Tree, Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd.[24]

    Casting

    George Lazenby was originally offered a contract for seven Bond films but declined and left after just one, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, on the advice of his agent Ronan O'Rahilly.[27] Producers contemplated replacing him with John Gavin, though actors Clint Eastwood, Adam West, Burt Reynolds, Robert Wagner, Brett Halsey, Malcolm Roberts, and Ranulph Fiennes had also been considered; Eastwood, Reynolds, and West had stated that Bond should not be played by an American actor.[14][16][28] Michael Gambon rejected an offer, telling Broccoli that he was "in terrible shape".[29] Producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman wanted to cast Roger Moore, but he was busy filming The Persuaders!.[16]

    Picker was unhappy with this decision and made it clear that Connery was to be enticed back to the role and that money was no object. When approached about resuming the role of Bond, Connery demanded the fee of $1.25 million. To entice the actor to play Bond once more, United Artists offered two back-to-back films of his choice.[30] After both sides agreed to the deal, Connery used the fee to establish the Scottish International Education Trust, where Scottish artists could apply for funding without having to leave their country to pursue their careers. Since John Gavin was no longer in the running for the role, his contract was paid in full by United Artists. The first film made under Connery's deal was The Offence, directed by his friend Sidney Lumet.[14]

    Charles Gray was cast as villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld, after playing a Bond ally named Dikko Henderson in You Only Live Twice (1967).[14] Jazz musician Putter Smith was invited by Saltzman to play Mr. Kidd, after a Thelonious Monk Band show. Musician Paul Williams was originally cast as Mr. Wint. When he could not agree with the producers on compensation, Bruce Glover replaced him. Glover said he was surprised at being chosen, because at first producers said he was too normal and that they wanted a deformed, Peter Lorre-like actor.[14] Bruce Cabot, who played the part of Bert Saxby, died the following year; Diamonds turned out to be his final film role. Jimmy Dean was cast as Willard Whyte after Saltzman saw a presentation of him. Dean was very worried about playing a Howard Hughes pastiche, because he was an employee of Hughes at the Desert Inn.[14]

    Jill St. John had originally been offered the part of Plenty O'Toole but landed the female lead after Sidney Korshak, who assisted the producers in filming in Las Vegas locations, recommended his client St. John,[31] who became the first American Bond girl.[32] Linda Thorson met with Cubby Broccoli, hoping to be considered for the part of Case, but he never considered her for the role, although he did briefly list her as a possibility for the part of Plenty O'Toole. Some time later, Broccoli told Thorson she was never cast in a Bond film because she did not have long hair.[33] Lana Wood was cast as Plenty O'Toole, following a suggestion of screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz.[14] Wood modeled her performance after Leigh Taylor-Young and Minnie Mouse.[34] Denise Perrier, Miss World 1953, played "Marie", the woman in the bikini who is forced by Bond to disclose the location of Blofeld.[24]

    A cameo appearance by Sammy Davis Jr. playing on the roulette table was filmed, but his scene was eventually deleted.[35]

    Initially, the character of Miss Moneypenny did not feature in the movie, partly because Lois Maxwell had held out for a pay increase, but it was decided during production to add the scene where, disguised as a customs officer, Moneypenny gives Bond his travel documents at the port of Dover. The additional scene was a last-minute rewrite, as the producers felt it important to incorporate Maxwell after her issue was resolved. Maxwell and Connery filmed their lines separately for the short scene.[36][37]

    Filming

    Sean Connery during filming in Amsterdam, 31 July 1971
    The Las Vegas Hilton (now Westgate Las Vegas) doubled as The Whyte House

    Filming began on 5 April 1971, with the South African scenes actually shot in the desert near Las Vegas.[14] The scene was originally written to include Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd killing Dr. Tynan by forcing a scorpion down his mouth, but it was rewritten in order to be approved by British censors.[6] The film was shot primarily in the United States, with locations including the Los Angeles International Airport,[38] Universal City Studios and eight hotels of Las Vegas.[39] Besides Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, other places in England were Dover and Southampton. The climactic oil rig sequence was shot off the shore of Oceanside, California. Other filming locations included Cap D'Antibes in France for the opening scenes, Amsterdam and Frankfurt Airport.[40]

    Filming in Las Vegas took place mostly in hotels owned by Howard Hughes, for he was a friend of Cubby Broccoli's.[32] Getting the streets empty to shoot was achieved through the collaboration of Hughes, the Las Vegas police, and the shopkeepers' association.[41] The Las Vegas Hilton doubled for the Whyte House, and since the owner of the Circus Circus was a Bond fan, he allowed the Circus to be used on film and even made a cameo.[24][41] The cinematographers said filming in Las Vegas at night had an advantage: no additional illumination was required due to the high number of neon lights.[42] Sean Connery made the most of his time on location in Las Vegas.『I didn't get any sleep at all. We shot every night, I caught all the shows and played golf all day. On the weekend I collapsed – boy, did I collapse. Like a skull with legs.』He also played the slot machines, and once delayed a scene because he was collecting his winnings.[43] While shooting in Las Vegas, Connery dated his co-star Lana Wood and Jill St. John.[44]

    The home of Kirk Douglas was used for the scene in Tiffany's house, while the Elrod HouseinPalm Springs, designed by John Lautner, became Willard Whyte's house.[45] The exterior shots of the Slumber Mortuary were of the Palm Mortuary in Henderson, Nevada. The interiors were a set constructed at Pinewood Studios, where Ken Adam imitated the real building's lozenge-shaped stained glass window in its chapel. The Garden of Remembrance scene was shot at Palm Downtown Cemetery, Las Vegas. During location filming, Ken Adam visited several funeral homes in the Las Vegas area, and the inspiration behind the gaudy design of the Slumber Mortuary, for example the use of tasteless Art Nouveau furniture and Tiffany lamps, came from these experiences.[40] Production wrapped with the crematorium sequence, on 13 August 1971.[24]

    Moon Buggy from Diamonds Are Forever

    Since the car chase in Las Vegas would have many car crashes, the filmmakers had a product placement arrangement with Ford to use their vehicles. Ford's only demand was that Sean Connery had to drive the 1971 Mustang Mach 1 which serves as Tiffany Case's car.[41] A Mustang was used in Goldfinger and Thunderball, while a Mercury Cougar was used in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, and "Bond girls" drove each one. The moon buggy was inspired by the NASA lunar rover, but with additions such as flailing arms since the producers did not find the design "outrageous" enough. Built by custom car fabricator Dean Jeffries on a rear-engined Corvair chassis, it was capable of road speeds. The fibreglass tires had to be replaced during the chase sequence because the heat and irregular desert soil ruined them.[46]

    Hamilton had the idea of making a fight scene inside a lift, which was choreographed and performed by Sean Connery and stuntman Joe Robinson.[47] During a car chase scene, where the police are chasing Bond in a small parking lot, the Mustang was to jump a small ramp over several cars. The stunt driver they had hired could not perform this and wrecked two or three cars in the process. The stunt team had only one automobile left so they called Bill Hickman, who drove for hours to the location, jumped into the Mustang, and did the stunt in one take.[48] A continuity mistake during the same car chase made it into the film's final cut: when Bond drives the Mustang on two wheels through a narrow alley, the car enters the alley on its right side tires and exits driving on its left side.[14]

    While filming the scene of finding Plenty O'Toole drowned in Tiffany's swimming pool, Lana Wood actually had her feet loosely tied to a cement block on the bottom. Film crew members held a rope across the pool for her, with which she could lift her face out of the water to breathe between takes. The pool was steeped in a way that made the block move deeper with each take. Eventually, Wood was submerged but was noticed by onlookers and rescued. Wood, a certified diver, took some water but remained calm during the ordeal, although she later said there had been some "very uncomfortable moments and quite some struggling until they pulled me out."[49]

    Music

    The original soundtrack was once again composed by John Barry, his sixth time composing for a Bond film. "Diamonds Are Forever", the title song, was the second James Bond theme to be performed by Shirley Bassey, after "Goldfinger" in 1964.

    With Connery back in the lead role, the "James Bond Theme" was played by an electric guitar in the somewhat unusual, blued gun barrel sequence accompanied with prismatic ripples of light, in the pre-credits sequence, and in a full orchestral version during a hovercraft sequence in Amsterdam.

    Release and reception

    Diamonds are Forever was released on 14 December 1971 in Munich, West Germany and on 16 December in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, before opening in 44 other cities in the United States, Canada and Europe on 17 December and 11 more cities in Japan, New Zealand and Europe on 18 December 1971. It grossed $2,242,557 in its opening six days worldwide, including $1,569,249 in its opening weekend in the United States and Canada, where it finished number one at the box office for the week.[50][51] The film had its UK premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square on 30 December 1971. In its first 17 days in the United States and Canada to 2 January 1972 it grossed $16,238,915 and had grossed $8,330,000 overseas to the same date, for a worldwide total of $24,568,915, which United Artists claimed was a record in such a short period.[52] After 31 days, it had grossed a record $36,647,251.[53]

    Diamonds are Forever was number one in the United States for seven consecutive weeks and went on to gross $116 million worldwide,[3] of which $43 million was from the United States and Canada.[54]

    Contemporary reviews

    Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times noted, in a positive review, the irrelevance of the plot and "moments of silliness", such as Bond driving a moon buggy with revolving antennae and flapping robot arms. He praised the Las Vegas car chase scene, particularly the segment when Bond drives the Ford Mustang on two wheels.[55] Vincent CanbyofThe New York Times enthusiastically praised the film as:

    A nostalgic journey down memory lane – by jet, by helicopter, by hearse, by moon machine, and by bare foot across deep-pile rugs to king-sized beds in hotel rooms as big as Nevada. A lot of things have changed since You Only Live Twice (1967), the last real Bond adventure, but 007 has remained a steadfast agent for the military-industrial complex, a friend to the CIA and a triumphant sexist. It's enough to make one weepy with gratitude. I mean, not everything must be mutable. Diamonds Are Forever is also great, absurd fun, not only because it recalls the moods and manners of the sixties (which, being over, now seem safely comprehensible), but also because all of the people connected with the movie obviously know what they are up to.[56]

    Jay Cocks, reviewing for Time magazine, felt Diamonds Are Forever was『in some ways the best of the lot. It is by all odds the broadest – which is to say wackiest, not sexiest.』He praised Connery as "a fine, forceful actor with an undeniable presence [who] turns his well-publicized contempt for the Bond character into some wry moments of self-parody. He is capable of doing better things, but whether he likes it or not, he is the perfect, the only James Bond."[57] Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune wrote the film is "not merely bad Bond, it is a bad movie. A disjointed script competes with, of all things, a lack of action for responsibility for this failure. The women are unappealing even to Bond, judging from his lack of ardor and the villains are hardly threatening."[58]

    Peter SchjeldahlofThe New York Times described Diamonds Are Forever as "a pretty good movie – not great art, but fantastic packaging. The best (or, anyway, the best worst) of the classic formulae – notably, gimmickry and exoticism a go go – have been retained, some up‐dating elements have been added and other elements have been fudged."[59] Variety wrote that James Bond "still packs a lethal wallop in all his cavortings, still manages to surround himself with scantily-clad sexpots. Yet Diamonds Are Forever doesn't carry the same quality or flair as its many predecessors. Apparently Messrs. Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, who have made a fortune producing these Ian Fleming-inspired mellers, have reached that point where a sustained story means little in prepping an 007 picture. That is what this latest in the series lacks, and for this reason there can be no suspense. But action there is, plenty of it in the familiar Bond manner."[60]

    The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound for Gordon McCallum, John W. Mitchell and Al Overton.[61]

    Retrospective reviews

    Twenty-five years after its release, James Berardinelli criticised the concept of a laser-shooting satellite, and the performances of Jill St. John, Norman Burton and Jimmy Dean.[62] Christopher Null called St. John "one of the least effective Bond girls – beautiful, but shrill and helpless".[63]

    According to Danny Peary, Diamonds are Forever is "one of the most forgettable movies of the entire Bond series" and that "until Blofeld's reappearance we must watch what is no better than a mundane diamond-smuggling melodrama, without the spectacle we associate with James Bond: the Las Vegas setting isn't exotic enough, there's little humour, assassins Mr. Kidd and Mr. Wint are similar to characters you'd find on The Avengers, but not nearly as amusing – and the trouble Bond gets into, even Maxwell Smart could escape."[64] IGN chose it as the third worst James Bond film, behind only The Man with the Golden Gun and Die Another Day.[65]

    Total Film listed Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd, and Bambi and Thumper, as the first and second worst villains in the Bond series (respectively).[66] The film was more positively received by Xan Brooks of The Guardian, who said it was "oddly brilliant, the best of the bunch: the perfect bleary Bond film for an imperfect bleary western world."[67]

    On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 64% based on 53 reviews with an average rating of 6.3/10. The website's consensus states, "Diamonds are Forever is a largely derivative affair, but it's still pretty entertaining nonetheless, thanks to great stunts, witty dialogue, and the presence of Sean Connery."[68]

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