You Only Live Twice

You Only Live Twice (1967) is the fifth spy film in the James Bond series, and the fifth to star Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film's screenplay was written by Roald Dahl, and loosely based on Ian Fleming's 1964 novel of the same name. It is the first James Bond film to discard most of Fleming's plot, using only a few characters and locations from the book as the background for an entirely new story. In the film, Bond is... More
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Initial release date:

  • Jun 12, 1967

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Rating:

PG (USA)

Runtime:

  • 1 h 57 min

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Also known as:

  • James Bond - Man lebt nur zweimal,
  • Man lebt nur zweimal,
  • You Only Live Twice

Film

Directed by

Lewis Gilbert

Lewis Gilbert CBE (born 6 March 1920 in Hackney, London) is a prolific British film director, producer and screenwriter, who has directed more than 40 films during six decades; among them such varied titles as Reach for the Sky (1956), Sink the Bismarck! (1960), Alfie (1966), Educating Rita (1983),...

Tagline:

  • ...and twice is the only way to live!
  • You Only Live Twice...and "TWICE" is the only way to live!
  • Sean Connery IS James Bond.
  • Welcome to Japan, Mr. Bond

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  • 1967
  • Oct 17, 2000
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  • 1 h 57 min

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  • 9,500,000

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You Only Live Twice

You Only Live Twice is the eleventh novel (and twelfth book) in Ian Fleming's James Bond series of stories. It was first published by Jonathan Cape in the United Kingdom on 26 March 1964 and sold out quickly. The book holds the distinction of being the last novel by Fleming to be published in his...

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Awards

Appears in ranked lists:

List Rank Year Note
  • 2,657
  • Apr 25, 2010
  • 6.5

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Award Nominations:

Year Award Award Nominee Nominated work Notes/Description
  • 1967
  • British Art Direction: Colour
  • 2004
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