You Only Live Twice

Oh the things we do for England!

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Our Review Published August 21, 2012

James Bond Series Episode 6

The poster boasted “Sean Connery IS James Bond”, and yet You Only Live Twice was released with Eon Productions looking for a replacement actor as Connery had announced he was leaving the role of Bond. But for his supposed final film all stops were pulled out as he finally comes face-to-scarred-face with Blofeld, head of the evil group SPECTRE. Is this a film that you should watch twice? Listen to Brock, Stuart, and Arnie’s review to find out!

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You Only Live Twice

1967 PG 1h 57m

A mysterious spacecraft captures Russian and American space capsules and brings the two superpowers to the brink of war. James Bond investigates the case in Japan and comes face to face with his archenemy Blofeld.

Release Date

June 13, 1967

Director

Lewis Gilbert

Writer

Ian Fleming, Roald Dahl, Harold Jack Bloom

Stars

Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama, Tetsuro Tamba, Teru Shimada, Karin Dor, Donald Pleasence, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Desmond Llewelyn, Charles Gray, Tsai Chin, Burt Kwouk, Michael Chow, Ronald Rich, Jeanne Roland, Anthony Ainley, Frazer Hines, David Toguri, Paul Carson, Norman Jones, George Roubicek, Bill Mitchell, Laurence Herder, Richard Graydon, Ed Bishop, Robin Bailey, Shane Rimmer, George Murcell, Mai Ling, Peter Fanene Maivia, George Baker, Patrick Jordan, Alexander Knox, Burnell Tucker, Nikki Van der Zyl, Brian Wilde, David Healy, James Payne, Peter Evans

Producer

Albert R. Broccoli, Harry Saltzman

Cinematography

Freddie Young

Music

John Barry

Genre

Action, Adventure, Thriller

Country

United Kingdom, United States of America

Language

English, Japanese, Russian

Budget

$9,500,000

External Links

IMDb | TMDB

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