James Bond - Thunderball

• Year: 1965
• Song: Thunderball (Tom Jones)
• Running Time: 4:35

Once again an ambiguous start, a funeral is taking place, and draped across the coffiin is a cloth bearing the initials JB. Thankfully, it is not James Bond in the coffin. James is attending the funeral, which is for Colonel Jacque Bouvere (sp?). James isn't too happy about this, wanting to dispatch this man himself, as he had "murdered two of his collaegues".

James looks on inquisitively as the grieving widow gets into the car. At this point he reiterates that he will be seeing the lady from the "French Station" later too. They rush off.

The widow returns to her mansion, where James is waiting in the room she enters. James says he is there to "pay his respects", he then punches her in the face. It is at this point that it is revelaed that the grieving widow is in fact Jacque Bouvere.

A fight breaks out, during which everything in the room is destroyed! James wins out, choking Jacque with a poker. Before leaving the room, despite the guards trying to smash down the door to discover what the commotion is about James throws tulips onto Jacques corpse.

James then makes his getaway using a jetpack to fly over the wall of the mansion, before getting into the back of the French Station lady's car. They use a bullet-proof shield to stop some bullets and spray water all over the guards to stop them, before making their getaway!

Is this a classic start to a bond film? I'm not sure, however the jet pack, well, that is classic!

Classic Quote:

Girl: "Is there anything else our French station can do for Monsiuer Bond?"
James: "... Later perhaps" (with that sly grin on his face!)