| 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 based on Ian Fleming's 1964 novel of the same name Bond and Kissy set out on a reconnaissance mission to the cave and then up the mountain, discovering a secret rocket base hidden in a hollow volcano. Bond slips in through the crater door, while Kissy returns to alert Tanaka. Bond locates and frees the captured Soviet and American astronauts, and with their help, he steals a spacesuit in attempt to infiltrate the SPECTRE craft (code named "Bird One"). Before he can enter the craft, Blofeld notices Bond mishandle the air conditioning unit of his suit and detains him. Kissy has her own difficulties when she is sighted swimming and attacked by a helicopter, but she vanishes underwater. Bond is taken to Blofeld (Donald Pleasence) for interrogation, while Bird One is launched with the backup astronaut aboard. Soon after, Kissy leads Tanaka's troops to the crater entrance, but they are fired upon by the crater's sentry guns. Meanwhile, Bird One closes in on the American space capsule and US forces prepare to launch a nuclear attack on the USSR. In response, Bond asks for a cigarette, which conceals a small rocket. Killing the guard next to the crater hatch controls, Bond manages to open the ceiling entrance and allows Tanaka's ninja troops to storm the base. During the battle the ... |
