What is *Thunderball*?

*Thunderball* is a 1965 film directed by Terence Young, part of the *James Bond* franchise, known for its spy, action, and thriller elements.

Who produced and distributed *Thunderball*?

The film was produced by Eon Productions, a British company specializing in *James Bond* films, and distributed by United Artists, an American studio founded in 1919.

What awards did *Thunderball* win?

It won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, recognizing its technical achievements in filmmaking.

When was *Thunderball* released?

The film premiered on multiple dates in 1965 and 1966, including December 9, 1965, and February 11, 1966, across different regions.

What genres does *Thunderball* belong to?

It is classified as a spy film, action film, and thriller film, blending excitement, suspense, and espionage themes.

Thunderball

1965 film by Terence Young

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Facts

48 properties

Instance of: film
Award received: Academy Award for Best Visual Effects^[1]
Director: Terence Young^[2]
Genre: spy film, action film, thriller film^[11]^[12]^[13]
Publication date: December 9, 1965, December 17, 1965, December 20, 1965, December 21, 1965, December 22, 1965, December 29, 1965, December 30, 1965, February 11, 1966, 1965^[47]^[48]
Follows: Goldfinger^[15]
Followed by: You Only Live Twice^[16]
Screenwriter: Richard Maibaum, John Hopkins, Jack Whittingham, Kevin McClory, Ian Fleming, Jon Hopkins^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]
Based on: Thunderball^[14]
Producer: Kevin McClory^[31]
Part of the series: James Bond, Eon James Bond series^[32]^[33]
Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
Duration: +130
After a work by: Ian Fleming
Aspect ratio (W:H): 2.35:1
Assessment: Bechdel test, reverse Bechdel Test
Box office: 63.6M (63.6M–205.0M, n=3)
CNC film rating (France): no age restriction
Capital cost: +9000000
Cast member: Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi, Rik Van Nutter, Desmond Llewelyn, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Anthony Dawson, Martine Beswick, Guy Doleman, Molly Peters, Philip Locke, George Pravda, Michael Brennan, Bob Simmons, André Maranne, Earl Cameron, Jack Gwillim, Patrick Holt, Philip Stone, Reginald Beckwith, Roland Culver, Paul Stassino, Eric Pohlmann, Nikki van der Zyl, Robert Riettii, Kevin McClory, Suzy Kendall, Albert Michel, Edward Underdown, Rose Alba, Leonard Sachs, Victor Beaumont, Maryse Guy Mitsouko^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28]^[29]^[30]
Characters: Vargas (James Bond), Felix Leiter, Count Lippe, James Bond, Miss Moneypenny, Emilio Largo, M, Domino Vitali, Q, Patricia Fearing, Paula Caplan, Angelo Palazzi
Color: color^[45]
Composer: John Barry, Don Black^[9]^[10]
Country of origin: United Kingdom^[46]

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Depicts: SPECTRE^[34]
Different from: Thunderball
Director of photography: Ted Moore^[37]
Distributed by: United Artists, Netflix
Distribution format: video on demand^[40]
EIRIN film rating: G
FSK film rating: FSK 12
Film editor: Ernest Hosler
Filming location: Paris, The Bahamas, Florida, Miami, Pinewood Studios
Filmiroda rating: Category III
Has characteristic: film based on a novel
Kijkwijzer rating: 12
MPA film rating: GP, PG
Main subject: aviation
Medierådet rating: For ages 12 and up
Narrative location: London, Paris, England, Miami, The Bahamas
Original language of film or TV show: English^[38]
Production company: Eon Productions, United Artists^[35]^[36]
RARS rating: 12+
Review score: 6.7/10, 64/100, 85%, 3/5^[41]^[42]^[43]^[44]
Set in environment: subaquaria
Soundtrack release: Thunderball^[39]
Theme music: Thunderball
Title: Thunderball

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🔖 Identifiers · 98

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Library of Congress Authorities ID: no2003120701
GND ID: 1100081984
ACMI ID: works/93882
AFI Catalog of Feature Films ID: 23722
Academy Awards Database film ID: 3003
Academy Collection film ID: W062876
AdoroCinema film ID: 2555
AllMovie title ID: v49850
Allcinema film ID: 14177
AlloCiné film ID: 2555
Amazon Standard Identification Number: B009QRZ3SM

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Apple TV movie ID: umc.cmc.v0qdh4ogf0wpaahxeezdh1hd
BFI National Archive work ID: 150055912
Bechdel Test Movie List ID: 2390
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 16461158r
Box Office Mojo film ID (former scheme): thunderball
Cine.gr film ID (archived): 1337
CineMagia title ID: 6425
Cinema.de ID: 1294003
Cineplex Germany film ID: 20902
Ciné-Ressources film ID: 42077
Cinémathèque québécoise work ID: 7943
ClassInd audiovisual work ID: 9871
Comic Vine ID: 4025-493
DNF film ID: 23690
Decine21 film ID: 7484
Deutsche Synchronkartei film ID: 3772
Douban film ID: 1292638
Dvdcompare.net film ID: 72k (174–72k, n=3)
EDb film ID: t0002275
EIDR content ID: 10.5240/E046-36C7-CCEF-65CB-AC42-Y
ElCinema film ID: 2017864
ElFilm film ID: 59679
Elonet movie ID: 133919
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID: thunderball
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: topic/Thunderball-film-1965
Exploitation mark number: 30785
FandangoNow ID (deprecated scheme): MMV1B90BD30FB1811CE4B4CC3A4072AA94CE
Fernsehserien.de ID: filme/james-bond-007-feuerball
FilmAffinity film ID: 313105
FilmVandaag ID: film/3322
Filmfront film ID (archived): 745
Filmovamista.cz film ID: 2389
Filmová databáze film ID: 17414
Filmweb.no film ID: 26526
Filmweb.pl ID: Operacja.Piorun
Freebase ID: /m/0fsw_7
Google Play Movies & TV ID: JI7eAOSqDug
IMCDB work ID: 59800
IMDb ID: tt0059800
ISAN: 0000-0000-D3B1-0000-B-0000-0000-4
ISzDb film ID: 3001
ITunes movie ID: 338387285, 564648284
IdRef ID: 130293741
Il mondo dei doppiatori ID: film/007-thunderball
KINENOTE film ID: 13684
Kinobox film ID: 21001
Kinopoisk film ID: 10365
LUMIERE film ID: 13610
LdiF ID: 20925
Letterboxd film ID: thunderball
MUBI film numeric ID: 25266
MYmovies audiovisual work ID: 490
Metacritic ID: movie/thunderball
Movie Review Query Engine ID: thunderball-m100001066
Movie Walker Press film ID: mv13585
MovieLens movie ID: 2993
MovieMeter film ID: 1649
Moviepilot.de film ID: james-bond-007-feuerball
Mtime movie ID: 11159
NRK TV ID: program/KOIF40004104
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX3816233
Netflix ID: 1046268
OFDb film ID: 1925
OMDb film ID: 660
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning: 7185
PORT film ID: 18383
Plex media key: 5d776d18ad5437001f7cd1c4
Rotten Tomatoes ID: m/thunderball
Schnittberichte.com title ID: 2483
Scope.dk film ID: 1162
Sratim ID: tt1258
Swedish Film Database ID: 17861
TCM Movie Database film ID (archived): 24268
TMDB movie ID: 660
TV Guide show ID (former scheme): 120563
TV Tropes ID: Film/Thunderball
TV.com ID (archived): movies/thunderball
The Numbers movie ID: Thunderball
TheTVDB movie ID: 1685
Topic's main category: Category:Thunderball (film)
Trakt.tv ID: movies/thunderball-1965
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YouTube video ID: bQ3cN9pljrk
ČSFD film ID: 11552

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🔗 Connections

Cast member 34

Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Desmond Llewelyn, Lois Maxwell, Adolfo Celi, Bernard Lee, Luciana Paluzzi, Martine Beswick +26 more

← Present in work 7

James Bond, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, Miss Moneypenny, Felix Leiter, Emilio Largo, Domino Vitali, Fiona Volpe

Screenwriter 6

Ian Fleming, Richard Maibaum, Jon Hopkins, Kevin McClory, John Hopkins, Jack Whittingham

Characters 5

James Bond, Miss Moneypenny, Felix Leiter, Emilio Largo, Domino Vitali

Filming location 5

Paris, The Bahamas, Florida, Miami, Pinewood Studios

Narrative location 5

Paris, London, England, The Bahamas, Miami

Genre 3

action film, thriller film, spy film

Composer 2

John Barry, Don Black

Distributed by 2

Netflix, United Artists

Production company 2

United Artists, Eon Productions

After a work by 1

Ian Fleming

Assessment 1

Bechdel test

Award received 1

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Based on 1

Thunderball

Country of origin 1

United Kingdom

Different from 1

Thunderball

Director 1

Terence Young

Director of photography 1

Ted Moore

Distribution format 1

video on demand

Instance of 1

film

Main subject 1

aviation

Nominated for 1

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Original language of film or TV show 1

English

Producer 1

Kevin McClory

Set in environment 1

subaquaria

Topic's main category 1

Category:Thunderball (film)

← Category's main topic 1

Category:Thunderball (film)

← Derivative work 1

Thunderball

← FactGrid item ID 1

Bouxwiller

← Inspired by 1

Never Say Never Again

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FAQs

What awards did Thunderball receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Visual Effects^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Thunderball — director (P57): Terence Young. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-08. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Thunderball — screenwriter (P58): Richard Maibaum. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Thunderball — screenwriter (P58): John Hopkins. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Thunderball — screenwriter (P58): Jack Whittingham. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Thunderball — screenwriter (P58): Kevin McClory. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Thunderball — screenwriter (P58): Ian Fleming. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Thunderball — screenwriter (P58): Jon Hopkins. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Thunderball — composer (P86): John Barry. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Thunderball — composer (P86): Don Black. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Thunderball — genre (P136): spy film. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Thunderball — genre (P136): action film. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Thunderball — genre (P136): thriller film. nytimes.com. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Thunderball — based on (P144): Thunderball. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Thunderball — follows (P155): Goldfinger. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Thunderball — followed by (P156): You Only Live Twice. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Thunderball — cast member (P161): Sean Connery. filmaffinity.com. Retrieved 2016-04-08. filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Thunderball — cast member (P161): Claudine Auger. stopklatka.pl. Retrieved 2016-04-08. stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Thunderball — cast member (P161): Adolfo Celi. stopklatka.pl. Retrieved 2016-04-08. stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Thunderball — cast member (P161): Luciana Paluzzi. allocine.fr. Retrieved 2016-04-08. allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Thunderball — cast member (P161): Rik Van Nutter. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-08. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Thunderball — cast member (P161): Desmond Llewelyn. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-08. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Thunderball — cast member (P161): Bernard Lee. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-08. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Thunderball — cast member (P161): Lois Maxwell. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-08. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Thunderball — cast member (P161): Anthony Dawson. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-08. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Thunderball — cast member (P161): Martine Beswick. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-08. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Thunderball — cast member (P161): Guy Doleman. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-08. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Thunderball — cast member (P161): Molly Peters. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-08. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Thunderball — cast member (P161): Philip Locke. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-08. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Thunderball — cast member (P161): George Pravda. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-08. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Thunderball — producer (P162): Kevin McClory. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Thunderball — award received (P166): Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Thunderball — part of the series (P179): James Bond. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Thunderball — part of the series (P179): Eon James Bond series. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Thunderball — depicts (P180): SPECTRE. Thunderball. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Thunderball — production company (P272): Eon Productions. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Thunderball — production company (P272): United Artists. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ Thunderball — director of photography (P344): Ted Moore. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ Thunderball — original language of film or TV show (P364): English. wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ Thunderball — soundtrack release (P406): Thunderball. wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ Thunderball — distribution format (P437): video on demand. wikidata.org.
[41] ↑ Thunderball — review score (P444): 6.7/10. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-10-05. wikidata.org.
[42] ↑ Thunderball — review score (P444): 64/100. wikidata.org.
[43] ↑ Thunderball — review score (P444): 85%. wikidata.org.
[44] ↑ Thunderball — review score (P444): 3/5. Retrieved 2026-11-10. wikidata.org.
[45] ↑ Thunderball — color (P462): color. wikidata.org.
[46] ↑ Thunderball — country of origin (P495): United Kingdom. wikidata.org.
[47] ↑ Thunderball — publication date (P577): December 9, 1965. IMDb. Retrieved 2023-01-28. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[48] ↑ Thunderball — publication date (P577): December 17, 1965. IMDb. Retrieved 2017-04-14. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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"Added reference: Review score: 3/5, #temporary_batch_1794329172535"
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