Word: apocrypha
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Dates: during 1982-1982
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Exegetes of the Bond canon can debate the weighty matter of which movie is gospel and which apocrypha. Octopussy is based on the title of an Ian Fleming novelette-like most Bond movies it makes only vagrant nods to the original plot-and is supervised by Albert ("Cubby") Broccoli, who has produced or co-produced all but one of the previous Bonds. Never Say Never Again, based on the original story for Thunderball, is produced by Jack Schwartzman, a lawyer and movie executive who acquired the rights after a complicated set of maneuvers. Schwartzman also managed to lure Connery...