*The Warlock is already in The Grand Wizard’s Palace in the middle of the couch*
W: Welcome to my father’s palace for another edition of Warlock’s Movie Realm. In my final movie before taking a break, my father and I continue our James Bond coverage with movie number five in the series. Tonight’s movie is the 1967 action drama YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE.
*The Grand Wizard is on his throne*
Wi: Better than Thunderball.
Wa: I hope so. So what’s this one about? James Bond and the British Secret Service must team with the Japanese Secret Service to find out who’s stealing space rockets before its all out war between the States and Russia. Now I do know a few things about this movie. Sean Connery claimed this would be the last time he’d play Bond and even though the movie grossed $111 million worldwide, revenue dropped compared to Thunderball.
Wi: It didn’t help that Casino Royale came out that year too.
Wa: For those that don’t know, a James Bond parody called Casino Royale came out the same year as YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE and spy movies were beginning to get formulaic. Ironically 30 years later, Austin Powers came out the same year as Tomorrow Never Dies. Either way, YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE was supposed to be Sean Connery’s swan song, so let’s get to it. Grab your popcorn, grab your drink and grab your woman because its time for YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE.
Written by Ian Fleming, Roald Dahl and Harold Jack Bloom
Directed by Lewis Gilbert
Cast:
*Wizard reads the tag-line*
Wi: “James Bond and the Japanese Secret Service must find and stop the true culprit of a series of space hijackings, before war is provoked between Russia and the United States.”
W: USA and Japan on the same side? Wow.
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