Diamonds Are Forever (film)

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Diamonds Are Forever is a 1971 film about a diamond smuggling investigation that leads James Bond to Las Vegas, where he uncovers an extortion plot headed by his nemesis, Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

Directed by Guy Hamilton. Written by Richard Maibaum and Tom Mankiewicz, based on the novel by Ian Fleming.
Bond is back...with a vengeance. taglines


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[edit] James Bond

  • [to Tiffany while he's in bed with her] Presumably I'm the condemned man and obviously you're the hearty breakfast.

[edit] Ernst Stavro Blofeld

  • The satellite is at present over... Kansas. Well, if we destroy Kansas the world may not hear about it for years. Perhaps New York, with all that smut and traffic... might give them a chance for a fresh start. Washington, DC. Perfect. Since we have not heard from them, *they* will hear from us.


[edit] Dialogue

Sir Donald Munger: Tell me, Commander, how far does your expertise extend into the field of diamonds?
James Bond: Well, hardest substance found in nature, they cut glass, suggests marriage, I suppose it replaced the dog as the girl's best friend. That's about it.
M: Refreshing to hear that there is one subject you're not an expert on!
Bond: Anything you want me to bring you from Holland, Moneypenny?
Moneypenny: A diamond...in a ring.
Bond: Would you settle for a tulip? [He drives away]
Moneypenny: [Longingly] Yes!
James Bond: Is er, Mr. Case not at home?
Tiffany Case: [speaking from the shower] There is no Mr. Case. The "T" is for Tiffany.
James Bond: Tiffany Case?? It's definately distinctive.
Tiffany Case: I was born there! [referring to the jewellery store, Tiffanys]. On the third floor while my mom was buying a wedding ring.
James Bond: Lucky for you it wasn't Van Cleef and Arpels.....
[Tiffany Case opens the door almost nude]
James Bond: That's quite a nice little nothing you're almost wearing. I approve.
Tiffany Case: I don't dress for the hired help. Let's see your passport, Franks.
[Bond gives her his passport. She looks it over]
Tiffany Case: Occupation: Transport Consultant? It's a little cute isn't it? I'll finish dressing.
James Bond: Oh, please don't, not on my account.
[The corpse of Mrs. Whistler is seen being recovered from the River Amstel in Amsterdam - to the shock of a tour commentator]
Mr. Kidd: [taking a photograph of the proceedings] Mrs. Whistler DID want some pictures of the canals for the children.
Mr. Wint: How kind of you Mr. Kidd, the children will be so thrilled!
Plenty O'Toole: Hi, I'm Plenty.
James Bond: But of course you are.
Plenty O'Toole: Plenty O'Toole.
James Bond: Named after your father perhaps?
[Felix Leiter is posing as a customs officer at Las Vegas airport]
Felix Leiter: [frisking the corpse of Peter Franks] I know the diamonds are in the body, but where??
James Bond: Alimentary, Doctor Leiter!!
Slumber Inc. Attendant: The stiff, ehm, the deceased back there... Your brother, Mr. Franks?
James Bond: Yes, it was.
Slumber Inc. Attendant: I got a brother.
James Bond: Small world.
[Plenty O'Toole is thrown out of the window and lands in the middle of the hotel's swimming pool]
James Bond: [looking down] Exceptionally fine shot.
Slumber Inc. Attendant: I didn't know there was a pool down there.
[Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd have sealed Bond into a coffin and observe it rolling into the crematorium furnace at Slumber Inc.]
Mr. Wint: Very......moving.
Mr. Kidd: Heartwarming, Mr. Wint.
Mr. Wint: A glowing tribute, Mr. Kidd!
Shady Tree: [To Bond after rescuing him from Wint and Kidd's incineration attempt] You dirty, double crossing limey fink! Those goddamn diamonds are phonies!
James Bond: Now don't tell me.....you're St. Peter?
Shady Tree: Paste, glass! Where's the real stuff, Franks?
James Bond: Where's the real money?
Morton Slumber: What do you mean?
James Bond: You wouldn't burn up fifty thousand real dollars, now, would you?
Shady Tree: One last break Franks, Where are the real diamonds??
James Bond: You bring me the real money, and I'll bring you the real diamonds [climbing out the coffin]
Shady Tree: Where the hell do you think you're going?
James Bond: I hear the Hotel Tropicana is quite comfortable. My condolences gentlemen! [Slumber slams the casket lid shut in disgust]
James Bond: Weren't you a blonde when I came in?
Tiffany Case: Could be.
James Bond: I tend to notice little things like that - whether a girl is a blonde or a brunette.
Tiffany Case: Which do you prefer?
James Bond: Well, as long as the collar and cuffs match...
Tiffany Case: Listen, you can drop me off at the next corner. This whole thing is getting a little out of hand. No regrets, but when you start stealing moon machines from Willard Whyte, Good bye and Good Luck!
James Bond: Just relax, I have a friend named Felix who can fix anything.
Tiffany Case: Is he married?
[after being pulled over by the sherriff]
Tiffany Case: [sarcastically] Relax, you've got a friend named Felix who can fix anything.
James Bond: Unfortunately, so can Willard Whyte.
Mr. Wint: [Entering Shady Tree's room] Shaaaady Tree. Shady, we just adored your act.
Mr. Kidd: What taste. Style. [Opens a briefcase]
Mr. Wint: And we have a few suggestions.
Shady Tree: Critics and material, I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 40 years.
[Note: The following was not in the film, but in a deleted scene]
Mr. Kidd: Ah, but this one's surefire. [Takes out a plastic water-squirting flower]
Shady Tree: [Looks at them in the mirror without turning around.] That's the oldest god-
Mr. Wint: [Holding a gun] And this one... will kill you. [Pulls the trigger. A flag reading, "BANG! YOU'RE DEAD!"]
Shady Tree: Come on, fellas. The popping gun and the squirting flower routine? You gotta be kidding me.
[After a pause, Wint pulls the trigger again. This time, a bullet fires and shoots Tree in the back. He shouts in pain and falls to the floor, dead]
Mr. Kidd: Two's company, Mr. Wint...
Mr. Wint: ... and Tree... is a crowd, Mr. Kidd.
[Bond appears in the basement of the Whyte House, having been rendered unconscious by a gas trap in the elevator]
Mr. Wint If at first you don't succeed, Mr. Kidd....
Mr. Kidd Try, try again, Mr. Wint. [as they load Bond into the trunk of their car, to dump him in a pipe in the desert]
Tiffany Case: Darling, why are we suddenly staying in the Newlywed Suite at the Whyte House?
James Bond: In order to form a more perfect union.

[edit] Taglines

  • "Diamonds Are Forever"...forever...forever...forever...
  • Bond is back...with a vengeance.
  • Bond is back...with the action.
  • Bond is back...with the excitement.
  • Bond is back...with the girls.
  • The man who made 007 a household number

[edit] Cast

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