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Subject: Re: For Your Eyes Only
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Date: Sat, 17-Nov-84 01:37:31 EST
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Nf-From: ism70!steven    Nov 16 08:13:00 1984

Two cents from Lotusland:

As far as remaking _T_h_u_n_d_e_r_b_a_l_l goes, Kevin McClory, Connery and
Len Deighton (who wrote _T_h_e_ _I_p_c_r_e_s_s_ _F_i_l_e, among other spy
thrillers) had gone so far as to write a screenplay partially
based on the concept of stolen nuclear weapons. The script
_W_a_r_h_e_a_d called for Bond, at the climax of the film, to evacuate
Manhattan in search of a stolen warhead in the sewers amidst
giant alligators. Of course, Cubby Broccoli wouldn't let McClory
do anything other than what he was specifically entitled to do,
which was remake _T_h_u_n_d_e_r_b_a_l_l after 10 years.

Jack Schwartzmann, who finally brought the remake (_N_e_v_e_r_ _S_a_y
_N_e_v_e_r_ _A_g_a_i_n) to the screen, reportedly has the right to make
another Bond film, but has decided against it following its
relatively disappointing box office performance.