Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Diamonds Are Forever grew out of Ian Fleming's own reporting. In 1957, a year after the novel appeared, he published The Diamond Smugglers, a non-fiction account of the illicit gem trade out of Africa built on interviews with a former intelligence officer, and the film follows the same trail of smuggled stones from South Africa through Amsterdam to Las Vegas. To win Sean Connery back, United Artists offered more than a record fee: the studio also agreed to finance two films of his own choosing, and the one that was made, Sidney Lumet's bleak police drama The Offence, could hardly be further from 007. The script was sharpened by Tom Mankiewicz, son of the director of All About Eve, then in his twenties and writing his first Bond, and his dry one-liners set the lighter tone of the Roger Moore years to come. The film was one of the biggest earners of 1971, and Connery left the official series on a high.
This US One Sheet carries the art of the legendary Robert E. McGinnis, and it marks Connery's highly anticipated return as Agent 007. Linen-backed, it is a fine example of the illustrator whose work defined the look of Bond in the early 1970s.
- Year: 1971
- Nationality: United States
- Condition: Linen-backed
- Type: Original US One Sheet
- Size: 27 x 41 inches
- Product Code: T6843
