" Diamonds Are Forever " is a fascinating entry in the James Bond canon, serving as both a hard-boiled 1956 novel by Ian Fleming and a campy 1971 film that marked Sean Connery's final "official" turn as 007. The Original Novel (1956)
Fleming’s fourth Bond novel was inspired by a 1954 Sunday Times article about diamond smuggling in Africa. Diamonds Are Forever
: The antagonists are the Spangled Mob , led by the unglamorous brothers Jack and Seraffimo Spang. " Diamonds Are Forever " is a fascinating
: The title itself is a direct nod to the famous De Beers marketing slogan "A Diamond Is Forever," which was created in 1947 and redefined the diamond as a symbol of eternal commitment. : The title itself is a direct nod
: This novel is notable for Bond’s internal monologues about relationships. He famously tells Tiffany Case, "Most marriages don't add two people together. They subtract one from the other".
: To lure Sean Connery back, United Artists paid him a then-record $1.25 million salary (roughly £2 million), which he donated entirely to the Scottish International Education Trust.