James Bond in film process. Connery, however, was somewhat resigned to the project, lacking the enthusiasm he sported for "Thunderball". A press conference on his arrival had been tense, "soured by aggressive questioning of Connery's crumpled, jet-lagged appearance". Primary and secondary photography finished in December; the special effects filming for the space scenes were undertaken between January and March 1967, prior to the film's release on 12 June. The cinema posters for the film stated "Sean Connery IS James Bond", to distance the Eon-produced picture from the independent "Casino Royale", which had been released two months earlier. However, during the production, Connery announced that
Diamonds Are Forever (film) Diamonds Are Forever (film) Diamonds Are Forever is a 1971 James Bond spy film and the seventh in the "James Bond" series produced by Eon Productions. It is the sixth and final Eon film to star Sean Connery, who returned to the role as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond, for the first time since "You Only Live Twice" (1967), having declined to reprise the role in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969). The film is based on Ian Fleming's 1956 novel of the same name, and is the second of four "James Bond" films directed by Guy Hamilton. The