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Fast forward to 1982. Producer Jack Schwartzman (husband of actress Talia Shire) secured the film rights to Thunderball through a tangled legal web involving writer Kevin McClory. McClory had co-written the original Thunderball screenplay with Ian Fleming and had retained the rights to remake the story. Schwartzman saw an opportunity: to make a non-Eon Bond film with the only actor who could truly challenge the official franchise.

The film's release in 1983 led to a famous showdown often called the "Battle of the Bonds," as Eon Productions released the official Bond film Octopussy , starring Roger Moore, in the same year. Legal Origins and "Thunderball" Connection Never Say Never Again -James Bond 007-

Is he effective? Absolutely. Connery brings a gruff, almost paternalistic charm to the role. When he looks at Q’s new gadgets (a pen that fires tiny missiles that look like public school projectiles) and deadpans, "Is this it?", you feel the weight of his experience. He is a man who has seen it all and is tired of seeing it again. Ironically, that exhaustion becomes the film’s greatest strength. Fast forward to 1982

story. This allowed McClory to produce his own version of the story, leading to a 1983 box-office showdown dubbed the "Battle of the Bonds" against Roger Moore’s official film, The Return of Sean Connery The movie's title is a self-aware nod to Sean Connery Schwartzman saw an opportunity: to make a non-Eon