How about Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, it has both Desmond Llewelyn (Q) and Gert Fröbe (Goldfinger). It was also written by Fleming and Produced by Albert Broccoli
I always thought M was a randomly assigned initial, i had no idea it stood for.....
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Yes, it's been mentioned already on the first page... 8-)
Really...only saw the film yesterday and couldn't be arsed to read this thread from the beginning....but thanks for the 'rolly eyes' smilie - very mature.
Not the most Bond actors but the other night I watched " Ten little Indians " based on the
Agatha Christie novel with two of the big Bond Villians Goldfinger and Largo.
"I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
Not large numbers of Bond actors, but they've crossed paths over the years. Connery had worked with Irvin Kirscher before, in A Fine Madness. He works with Klaus Maria Brandauer again in The Russia House, as well as with Michael Kitchen. Connery, Ralph Fienes, and a (wisely) unseen Patrick MacNee are in that awful film version of The Avengers. He appears with Michael Lonsdale and Verson Dobtcheff in The Name of the Rose and with Edward Fox and Michael Byrne in A Bridge Too Far. Roger Moore appears with Bernard Lee in the seldom seen Crossplot, and works with Peter Hunt in Gold.From Hong Kong with Love features Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, and Clifton James. Timothy Dalton and Steven Berkoff are in The Tourist.
I always wonder how film-makers can tell if a film is a turkey or not. At the time of making them, how do you know what you have on you hands?
I'm sure many films seem like great ideas and filming goes well and producers are convinced it's a hot property, yet the film bombs (like The Avengers). Yet others will be more like The Blair Witch Project - starting small and low budget, the producers have no high hopes, and the film ends up being a massive hit.
Short of running previews only once the film is finished, how can you gauge its worth?
Connery, Ralph Fienes, and a (wisely) unseen Patrick MacNee are in that awful film version of The Avengers.
Truly one of Connery's worst!
I'm told that the original cut of the film is much, much longer, and that the missing scenes would have fixed a lot of what was wrong with the final cut. But regardless, the miscasting of the leads was huge problem. Ralph Fiennes is a cold fish, something Patrick MacNee never was, even in the early days of the series when Steed at times seemed quite a bit more menacing. Uma Thurman lacks just about every feminine charm that Diana Rigg brought to the role, and she is nowhere near as attractive. If the plot and pace of a film are going to be paint-dryingly slow, it at least helps to pick some charismatic actors to distract us, especially if they are starring in one of the most beloved TV series of all time. The shame is the rest of the cast is more than passable, and I think even Connery's scene-chewing turns as the villain could have worked.
I noticed watching When Eight Bells Toll, that Bob Simmons was the action arranger
And Charles Gray ( Blofeld in DAF ) did the voice for Jack Hawkins, who had throat
Cancer, so couldn't say his lines.
"I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
Watching "Guns of the Magnificent Seven" right now: Bernie Casey just knocked out Joe Don Baker.
I enjoy this movie quite a bit, although it doesn't really compare to the original Magnificent Seven. I might be mistaken, but I believe it's Bernie Casey's first movie.
I think you're right - it's not as good as the original and it's probably Casey's first film. Reasonable Western, and George Kennedy is always enjoyable.
X Men Series - Famke Janssen, Halle Berry & Alan Cumming
After the Sunset - Pierce Brosnan & Naomi Harris
The November Man - Pierce Brosnan & Olga Kurylenko
The World's End - Pierce Brosnan & Rosamund Pike. Part 2 of the Cornetto Trilogy has Dalton.
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Christopher Lee too
1 - Moore, 2 - Dalton, 3 - Craig, 4 - Connery, 5 - Brosnan, 6 - Lazenby
The Anderson Tapes-Connery and Walken
Enduring Love-Craig, Whishaw, Helen McCrory and Bill Weston.
Flash Gordon-Dalton, Von Sydow, Coltrane, Topol, John Hollis, David de Keyser, Frederick Warder, Derek Lyons.
Mathieu Amalric was never in "RONIN". However; he, Lonsdale and Craig were all in "MUNICH".
Sean Connery
Albert Finney
Vernon Dobtcheff (TSWLM)
Really...only saw the film yesterday and couldn't be arsed to read this thread from the beginning....but thanks for the 'rolly eyes' smilie - very mature.
Agatha Christie novel with two of the big Bond Villians Goldfinger and Largo.
Truly one of Connery's worst!
As well they should! Couldn't anyone see what a misfire it was before they released that junk?
I'm sure many films seem like great ideas and filming goes well and producers are convinced it's a hot property, yet the film bombs (like The Avengers). Yet others will be more like The Blair Witch Project - starting small and low budget, the producers have no high hopes, and the film ends up being a massive hit.
Short of running previews only once the film is finished, how can you gauge its worth?
I noticed watching When Eight Bells Toll, that Bob Simmons was the action arranger
And Charles Gray ( Blofeld in DAF ) did the voice for Jack Hawkins, who had throat
Cancer, so couldn't say his lines.
I enjoy this movie quite a bit, although it doesn't really compare to the original Magnificent Seven. I might be mistaken, but I believe it's Bernie Casey's first movie.
Gerard Butler and Rick Yune in Olympus Has Fallen.
Every Sunday and it's written by Jillian Fellowes, all three
Were in TND.
Currently going through the 1989 mini-series of Around the World in Eighty Days:
Pierce Brosnan
Patrick Macnee
Christopher Lee
Gabriele Ferzetti
Jill St. John
After the Sunset - Pierce Brosnan & Naomi Harris
The November Man - Pierce Brosnan & Olga Kurylenko
The World's End - Pierce Brosnan & Rosamund Pike. Part 2 of the Cornetto Trilogy has Dalton.