The Making of Thunderball (1995)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1995
Running Times: 26 mins 24 sec
Format: colour / black and white
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Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: MGM-UA Home Entertainment / TWINE Entertainment
Executive Producer: George Feltenstein
Producers: Lee Pfeiffer, Mark Cerulli
UK Production Manager: Dave Worrall

SCRIPT
Script: John Cork
Creative Consultant: Paul Scrabo

DIRECTION
Director: John Cork
Assistant Director: Bruce Scivally

PHOTOGRAPHY
Camera: Paul Scrabo
Collectibles Photography: Tom Stroud

EDITING
Editor: Michael Thibault, Christos Pathiakis
Assistant Editor: Todd Stribich

MUSIC
Music: John Barry, Monty Norman
James Bond Theme: Monty Norman
Performed By: The John Barry Orchestra

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Jane Atkinson

MISCELLANEOUS
Director of Research: James Kroeper Jr
Technical Support: George Ann Muller
Production Assistant: Bruce Scivally
Footage Provided By: London Weekend Television; Spy Guise Memorabilia Catalog
Film Archivist: Bill Duelly
LWT Footage Producer: Mark Tinkler
LWT Clearances: Lynne Giddens, Joanne Collerton

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Grateful Thanks To: Barbara Broccoli; Michael G. Wilson; Eon Productions;
From Eon Entertainment: Albert R. Broccoli; Dana Broccoli; John Parkinson; Gordon Arnell; Geoff Freeman; Iris Rose; Michael Tavares; Meg Simmons
From MGM / UA: Maggie Adams; Liz Beckman; Todd Stribich; Theresa Wright
Special Thanks To: Mike Medrano; Steve Jaggs and the staff of Pinewood Studios; Ford Motor Company; Playboy Magazine; Nicole Dillenberg; Janet and Nicole Pfeiffer; Sandra Carvalho; Raymond Benson; Claire Russhon; Mike Jones; Bill Sawyer; Rose Alba; Ron Plesniarski; Eleanor Berger, Irv Schecter Associates; Focus Cars, Pinewood Studios; Steve Oxenrider; Dr Fred Eichelman; The Ian Fleming Foundation; The James Bond Collectors' Club; The James Bond 007 Fan Club and Archive; Club James Bond

WITH
Patrick Macnee (narrator)
Ian Fleming (archive footage)
Desmond Llewelyn
Stanley Sopel
Guy Hamilton
Ken Adam
Sean Connery (archive footage (1992))
Ricou Browning
Peter Lamont
Luciana Palozzi
Molly Peters
Lois Maxwell
Terence Young (archive footage (1992))
John Stears
Martine Beswick
Ron Quelch

PLOT SUMMARY

A look at the making of Thunderball (1964), including behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with many of the cast and crew.

CAPSULE REVIEW

Another enjoyable account of the making of a Bond film, as professionally made as all of these making of extras included on the Bond DVD releases.

UK
DVD Distributor: MGM DVD (16228DVD) (as part of the Thunderball DVD package)

UK
Rating: PG

LINKS

INCLUDES FOOTAGE FROM
Climax Mystery Theater: Casino Royale (1954)
Dr No (1962)
Goldfinger (1964)
Thunderball (1965)
The Incredible World of James Bond (1965)

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KEYWORDS

documentary; film history