What I want for Christmas 2

Christies Lot 85 / Sale 5426
Lot Description
Kevin McClory Warhead, 1976 Never Say Never Again, 1983
Kevin McClory's script for Warhead, an unmade James Bond project, the script entitled "Warhead" Based on "JAMES BOND OF THE SECRET SERVICE" by Ian Fleming, Kevin McClory, Jack Whittingham, giving further details on the title page of the screenplay's authors Len Deighton, Sean Connery and Kevin McClory, production details including c Branwell Film Productions, March 21, 1976... and FIRST DRAFT 6 September 1978..., 137pp. mimeographed typescript, various characters in the cast list include the hero James Bond and Bond girls: Justine Lovesit and Fatima Blush, other Bond regulars include: Ernst Stavros Blofeld, Felix Leiter, Moneypenny, M and Q, original blue paper covers; accompanied by a black and white photograph of the three authors of the screenplay, Connery, Deighton and McClory at the latter's home in Ireland, taken during their collaboration on this project [printed later] -- 8x10in. (20.4x25.5cm.); and
Kevin McClory's shooting script for Never Say Never Again, 119pp. of mimeographed typescript, variously dated from 7.9.82 to 23.9.82; 123pp. of mimeographed storyboards including many dramatic underwater sequences including shipwreck shark attacks on Bond, the duel between Bond and Largo and the assassination of Largo by Domino, the pages contained in a maroon vinyl ring binder -- accompanied by a letter from the vendor explaining the provenance.

Kevin McClory's personal copy of the 'NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN' shooting script & corresponding underwater storyboard which accompanies his personal copy of the almost mythical script for the 'James Bond film that never was'; 'WARHEAD', written by the triumvirate of 'Ipcress File' writer Len Deighton, James Bond's most famous incarnation Sean Connery and Kevin McClory. This iconic script has been variously described as:

'The Bond film that got away.' and 'One of the great unfilmed scripts – so good it tempted a retired Sean Connery to return as 007.' - Total Film Magazine

'It is the most ambitious and action-packed James Bond movie ever.' - Scotland On Sunday

'It's like a mythical sort of beast, almost the Holy Grail, this Bond film that never was.' and ,It would have been the most extravagant Bond film ever.' – The Battle for Bond Author Robert Sellers