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Bernard Lee, Bruce Cabot, Charles Gray

After extensive travels, James Bond (Agent 007) returns valiantly from South Africa, having completed his mission to kill his arch enemy, Ernst Stavro Blofeld. However, Bond arrives only to discover t...( read more  read more... )hat there's a pressing case waiting for him: a large amount of diamonds has been stolen from the South African mines and two offbeat assassins are killing everyone in the smuggling ring, one-by-one. Bond goes undercover as Peter Franks, diamond smuggler, in search of recovering the merchandise. When Bond investigates mysterious activities in the world diamond market, he makes a shocking discovery: that the evil Blofeld is still alive, and has been stockpiling the precious gems to use in his deadly laser satellite capable of destroying massive targets on the planet. Bond, with the help of beautiful smuggler Tiffany Case, sets out to stop the madman, but along the way, he must contend with a host of enemies. He confronts offbeat assassins Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd, two of Blofeld's best assassins. Bond must also navigate his way through the wiles of Bambi and Thumper--two gorgeous sexpots who are more than a match for Bond in hand-to-hand combat. Finally, there's the reclusive billionaire Willard Whyte who Bond suspects may hold a vital clue to Blofeld's elusive whereabouts.

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Directed by: Guy Hamilton

Release Date: December 17, 1971

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  • SirPant
    September 23, 2009
    SirPant
    ..and ever, and ever, and ever...
  • jamilyn0276
    March 24, 2009
    jamilyn0276
    I like all the Bond films with Sean Connery as 007. He was often duplicated, sometimes poorly (Timothy Dalton comes to mind), but no one carried his class. He makes cool look effortless, that is what I love about him.
    What's not to love about Diamonds Are Forever? You have Conne...( read more)ry, Diamond smuggling, Las Vegas, side ways driving down Freemont St., and two karate kittens names Bambi and Thumper.
    I do prefer the Aston Martin as the Bond mobile. I think the 70s era Mustangs were kind of ugly. But, if Bond was going to be in America, it's only fitting that he be driving an American made vehicle.
    This film does also get bonus points because Shirley Bassey sang the theme song. Next to I Who Have Nothing, it is one of my favorites. She is great.
  • phubbs1
    November 27, 2008
    phubbs1
    One of the best Bond flicks ever, its cheesey as hell and really cliched but it has some of the best action sequences and characters in Bond history.
    The car park chase and up on two wheel driving stunt, the desert chase between dirt bikes and a lunar buggy, the assassinations ...( read more)by the gay assassins Mr Wint and Mr Kidd, Bambi and Thumper kicking Connery's arse, the oil rig battle at the end and a great title song....what more could you ask for?
    A real scorcher of a Bond flick for Connery's last outing, it has almost too much action and silly set pieces and being set in Vegas adds to its charm too...somehow.
    You also have a great villain in Blofeld who is really odd and creepy but not too scary haha
    Plus some henchmen throw a girl out of a Vegas hotel only for her to land in a pool which they didnt know was there LOL
  • sononothing
    November 26, 2008
    sononothing
    Sean Connery returns for his last OFFICIAL James Bond film that begins as a mediocre smuggling case but slowly becomes yet another plot for world domination. After returning from a holiday that was relaxing, but "satisfying" Bond is sent on a mission to determine the rungs of a d...( read more)iamond smuggling ring. The mission takes 007 to Holland, Las Vegas, and the middle of the Pacific as the conspiracy grows beyond anyone's wildest imaginations.

    Connery's last foray as a real Bond is as over the top as the get with him throwing out one liners left and right. Connery is Bond, so it doesn't matter that he's only here for the high pay check. Charles Gray plays Blofeld, which is odd because he was killed as Henderson in You Only Live Twice. He lends something to the Blofeld role not seen before (and we're not talking about hair). Jill St. John is the lead Bond girl Tiffany Case, who is the first attempt at the now thirty five year old idea of making a "different Bond girl (I will discuss that at a later date). She has an attitude, but is still in "Oh James" mode whenever Connery is on screen. And I cannot forget mentioning two of the greatest henchmen ever created: Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd. Yes, apparently they are gay.

    Diamonds are Forever is a downscaled film that even though it has a world domination theme by the end plays like a standard mission that isn't mired in excessive lairs and such. A great Bond and a fitting send off for Connery from the series (unless he comes back as "M". A boy can hope).
  • stopitgoaway
    September 29, 2008
    stopitgoaway
    MASTER PLAN: steal a lot of diamonds to fashion an orbiting super-duper laser to, guess what, blackmail the world! The pre-credits teaser functions as an epilogue to "On Her Majesty's Secret Service," with Bond hunting his arch-nemesis, Blofeld, in a quick series of scenes throug...( read more)hout the world. The filmmakers tried to recapture the best of "Goldfinger" in this one, using the same director and singer Bassey on the credits again. Ending up with even a pale imitation of the best Bonder is not such a bad thing, but it also points to the lack of originality besetting the series by this time. This one probably breaks the record for unusual types of killings, mostly courtesy of gay assassins Wint & Kidd, who go through a bunch of victims very quickly early on. The odd flavor and juxtaposition (detail of diamond smuggling over surreal liquidations) is an attempt to make Bond edgy & relevant now that the seventies began. The danger with all the attempts to be unusual, whether in regard to deaths or chases, is that it dips into a cutesy atmosphere a bit too far. Those fans fond of the seriousness in the previous film would probably not be amused, since it comes across as a dark parody of the usual spy stuff. That being said, Wint & Kidd, who represent the worst excesses of this film, end up as the highlights. From their very first scene in the desert, where they seem to draw inspiration from a scorpion, these two oddballs have the audience guessing on what they would do next - they are goofy, yes, but also lethal - interesting because they are somewhat original.

    Bond's mission, tracking an involved diamond smuggling operation, takes him briefly to Amsterdam, but he ends up in Las Vegas for most of the story. A subplot involves a missing billionaire, obviously patterned after Howard Hughes, who was still living as a recluse at this time. M and, especially Moneypenny, have less screen time in this one, though Q pops up in an amusing scene testing one of his gizmos on some one-armed bandits (Vegas is no match for Q). Though the scenes in Vegas itself are less exotic than those of most Bond films, the film also makes good use of the surrounding desert terrain and there are numerous grand sets, notably a huge futuristic lab building, complete with tests of a fake moon landing, as well as a house built into the rocks. There is a good auto chase on the streets of Vegas, which has the infamous 'two-wheely' by Bond thru an alley. The two weird assassins pop up every now and then; they even have their own theme score, an eerie yet playful little tune. One of them looks very strange (Smith, a jazz musician with no acting experience), while the other (actor Glover, father of Crispin Glover) looks more normal but has very strange inflections to his speech. Every time they show up, a strange tension surfaces for the viewer. Besides Wint & Kidd, other outrageous foes for Bond include Bambi & Thumper, two wild martial arts girls who nearly knock his teeth in. Their scene has a lot of energy and you won't soon forget them. The story is well-paced for the most part, with less of those slow spots that afflicted many of the later Bonders. However, a couple of deleted scenes with the Plenty character makes things a bit confusing for her character arc.

    Connery is, of course, several years older since his last Bonder, but he looks pretty much the same as he did in "You Only Live Twice." There may be a hint of grey around the edges and, in his scenes with M, it no longer comes across as 'the old man and the wiseguy kid' repartee, despite their best efforts. But Bond is still the ideal male here and it's still believable that femme fatale Tiffany falls for him by the end. She's a curious mixture of flaky girl and worldly woman, usually flippant in her approach, sort of reflecting the trivial nature of this Bonder, where nothing happening is really of grave import. That's why, when Blofeld's (him again) real plan is revealed, it's a bit out of left field; all of sudden, we see a super laser detonating missiles around the globe and everything has changed into matters of international import. Blofeld, as played by Gray, is more urbane and effeminate than the previous two versions, more attuned to a villain planning world domination, but he's also too civilized, too polite to Bond in the climactic sequence, diffusing his threatening presence. CIA liaison Leiter recalls the non-descript Leiter of "Goldfinger," as well. The climax on that oil rig sea platform in Baja is not very well done, with Blofeld's end especially disappointing (he would not return, except in the teaser of "For Your Eyes Only"). But, the epilogue is excellent. Bond, but not Connery, would return in "Live and Let Die." Bond:8 Villain:7 Femme Fatales:7 Henchmen/women:8 Leiter:6 Fights:8 Stunts/Chases:8 Gadgets:6 Auto:7 Locations:6 Pace:8 overall:7
  • Yelverton
    November 15, 2009
    Yelverton
    Good Bond film, and Connery's final "official" Bond film, but Jill St. John almost ruins it.
  • minhvanl
    November 2, 2009
    minhvanl
    this is an Excellent movie to watch
    Sean Connery was the best actor
    for 007 James Bond.
  • ElCochran90
    October 9, 2009
    ElCochran90
    Not one of the best out of the James Bond series, but definitely one of the most entertaining. Sean Connery still delivers. However, this movie lacked the original style a Brittish Bond had. This one has been Americanized. Even so, a worthy adding to the series, with a confusing ...( read more)storyline.

    66/100
  • ahhh1989
    September 29, 2009
    ahhh1989
    One of the worst James Bond pictures.
  • abokrino
    September 10, 2009
    abokrino
    Sir Connery comes back in Bond 7 to try to kill evil-cat-dude has his kittens before they destroy the world with an evil-diamond-space-laser. Cute, classic, plain.

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October 23, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

We see different movies for different reasons, and Diamonds Are Forever is great at doing the things we see a James Bond movie for. full review

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  • blacksnake2
    August 18, 2009
    blacksnake2
    Tough faced character actor Marc Lawrence is one of the hoods that tossed "Plenty O'Toole"(Lana Woods, Natalie's sister) off the balcony ("I didn't know there was a pool down there"), and has the distinction of being in 2/two James Bond films (He was also in "Man with the Golden Gun"). His Bio on flixter is confused due to a Director of the same name, I have put in a request to correct this...
  • satyaprakashhk
    June 1, 2009
    satyaprakashhk
    i like all james bond movies particularly sean connery's
  • sportboy
    February 22, 2008
    sportboy
    This looks like a great James Bond film.
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