Diamonds Are Forever (film)

Diamonds Are Forever
Diamonds Are Forever
	Theatrical release poster by Robert McGinnis
Directed by	Guy Hamilton
Screenplay by	Richard Maibaum; Tom Mankiewicz
Based on	Diamonds Are Forever; by Ian Fleming
Produced by	Harry Saltzman; Albert R. Broccoli
Starring	Sean Connery; Jill St. John; Charles Gray; Lana Wood; Jimmy Dean; Bruce Cabot;
Cinematography	Ted Moore
Edited by	Bert Bates; John Holmes
Music by	John Barry
Production; company	Eon Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release dates	14 December 1971 (West Germany); 17 December 1971 (USA); 30 December 1971 (UK, premiere);
Running time	120 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom; United States
Language	English
Budget	$7.2 million
Box office	$116 million

Diamonds Are Forever is a 1971 spy film and 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 the 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.

^ "Diamonds Are Forever". Lumiere. European Audiovisual Observatory. Archived from the original on 15 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
^ "Diamonds Are Forever (1971)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Archived from the original on 23 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
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[1] "Diamonds Are Forever". Lumiere. European Audiovisual Observatory. Archived from the original on 15 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.

[2] "Diamonds Are Forever (1971)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Archived from the original on 23 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.

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