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Directed by \u003cstrong data-start=\"288\" data-end=\"305\"\u003eTerence Young\u003c\/strong\u003e and starring \u003cstrong data-start=\"319\" data-end=\"335\"\u003eSean Connery\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"337\" data-end=\"355\"\u003eClaudine Auger\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"357\" data-end=\"372\"\u003eAdolfo Celi\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"374\" data-end=\"393\"\u003eLuciana Paluzzi\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong data-start=\"399\" data-end=\"417\"\u003eRik Van Nutter\u003c\/strong\u003e, the film remains one of the key early Bond spectacles and one of the defining titles of the Connery era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"525\" data-end=\"544\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"525\" data-end=\"544\"\u003eFilm background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"546\" data-end=\"1120\"\u003eOriginally released in \u003cstrong data-start=\"569\" data-end=\"577\"\u003e1965\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"579\" data-end=\"594\"\u003eThunderball\u003c\/strong\u003e marked a major escalation in the scale of the Bond series, with its vast underwater action sequences, globe-trotting locations, and SPECTRE-driven plot involving stolen nuclear weapons. It is one of the most important early Bond films: larger, more expensive, and more ambitious than its predecessors, while still retaining the cool, dangerous edge that defined Connery’s interpretation of 007. 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