"OK Connery" the movie (1967)

UltimateTruth

So I'm channel surfing when all of a sudden I see Moneypenny (Lois Maxwell). I continue to watch, and more and more faces from 1960's Bond movies start to appear. It's basically a spy flick starring Sean's supporting cast. I can only imagine how pissed off Cubby Broccolli was.....(unless he had a cut of the action..........)

chrisisall

UltimateTruth wrote:

So I'm channel surfing when all of a sudden I see Moneypenny (Lois Maxwell). I continue to watch, and more and more faces from 1960's Bond movies start to appear. It's basically a spy flick starring Sean's supporting cast. I can only imagine how pissed off Cubby Broccolli was.....(unless he had a cut of the action..........)

And starring Sean's brother.
"I got a bruddah!"
Small world. )

Virgil37

Exactly. Neil Connery, I think.

I'm checking it in youtube, it's very funny. Connery could very well play the young character that his brother played in "The Russia House"!

chrisisall

They got so many Bond movie Ex's it's kinda creepy. And I saw it as "Operation: Kid Brother" )

Le Samourai

I've only seen the Mystery Science Theater 3000 version. It's pretty funny and well-worth a watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14Mfmn7vN4g

chrisisall

Le Samourai wrote:

I've only seen the Mystery Science Theater 3000 version. It's pretty funny and well-worth a watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14Mfmn7vN4g

Best way to see it actually. -{

Barbel

Terrible film, truly awful.

Must watch it again soon...

Sir Miles

Barbel wrote:

Terrible film, truly awful.

Must watch it again soon...

Yes...it's terrible...but strangely addictive )

AlphaOmegaSin

Neil Connery is not a Name you really hear of at all these Days.

Virgil37

This is him nowadays. Strangely enough, I thought he would look like this...


He looks so much like Sean, but in a gentler sort of way. They could have offered him the Bond part in 1968. He was the right age, certainly looked the part, and even had more acting experience by then than Lazenby did.

AlphaOmegaSin

Was Neil a proper Actor like Sean?

Virgil37

I don't think so, but at least he had done that one movie in 1967 where he met a large part of the Bond cast, and surely he had the right connection to be able to get a few tips on how to play Bond . I'm joking of course, but I'm sure at some point the idea must have crossed the producers' minds.

lueth2048

UltimateTruth wrote:

So I'm channel surfing when all of a sudden I see Moneypenny (Lois Maxwell). I continue to watch, and more and more faces from 1960's Bond movies start to appear. It's basically a spy flick starring Sean's supporting cast. I can only imagine how pissed off Cubby Broccolli was.....(unless he had a cut of the action..........)

I've read that Connery gave Bernard Lee and Lois Maxwell the cold shoulder during the opening weeks of filming You Only Live Twice because they appeared in OK Connery.

Virgil37

lueth2048 wrote:

UltimateTruth wrote:

So I'm channel surfing when all of a sudden I see Moneypenny (Lois Maxwell). I continue to watch, and more and more faces from 1960's Bond movies start to appear. It's basically a spy flick starring Sean's supporting cast. I can only imagine how pissed off Cubby Broccolli was.....(unless he had a cut of the action..........)

I've read that Connery gave Bernard Lee and Lois Maxwell the cold shoulder during the opening weeks of filming You Only Live Twice because they appeared in OK Connery.

You mean Sean didn't get along with his kid brother?

AlphaOmegaSin

I don't think a lot of People are aware that he has a Brother )

lueth2048

Virgil37 wrote:

lueth2048 wrote:

UltimateTruth wrote:

So I'm channel surfing when all of a sudden I see Moneypenny (Lois Maxwell). I continue to watch, and more and more faces from 1960's Bond movies start to appear. It's basically a spy flick starring Sean's supporting cast. I can only imagine how pissed off Cubby Broccolli was.....(unless he had a cut of the action..........)

I've read that Connery gave Bernard Lee and Lois Maxwell the cold shoulder during the opening weeks of filming You Only Live Twice because they appeared in OK Connery.

You mean Sean didn't get along with his kid brother?

I think Connery thought that his brother was being exploited.

TheLazenby

Yeah, Neil Connery had no acting experience. He was a roofer.

Despite what some people claim, this was his only acting role - some sites miscredit him as the villainous Bond in "Mad Mission 3: Our Man From Bond Street"; that ain't him.

Barbel

He did an anti-shoplifting ad a few years after that film.

AlphaOmegaSin

I can imagine if both of the Connery Brothers did an Ad for anit-Shoplifting )

Napoleon Plural

During Diamonds, Connery made it up with Maxwell because his brother had told him how during the press for the movie, if he got a difficult question she would nudge him with her ankle and she'd answer it, ie she looked out for him and when Connery heard about this he relented.

Barbel

If anyone's not seen it... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xex8m319Sk

Blackleiter

Barbel wrote:

If anyone's not seen it... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xex8m319Sk

Horrible! Absolutely abysmal in every respect! X-(

Barbel

Yup!!!

chrisisall

Blackleiter wrote:

Barbel wrote:

If anyone's not seen it... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xex8m319Sk

Horrible! Absolutely abysmal in every respect! X-(

I disagree. Daniella looks fine!

Blackleiter

chrisisall wrote:

Blackleiter wrote:

Barbel wrote:

If anyone's not seen it... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xex8m319Sk

Horrible! Absolutely abysmal in every respect! X-(

I disagree. Daniella looks fine!

This movie is so bad, I hardly notice how good Daniella or anyone else looks!

The Red Kind

Daniella could never look anything but fine in my eyes.. :x

Mark Hazard

Virgil37 wrote:

I don't think so, but at least he had done that one movie in 1967 where he met a large part of the Bond cast, and surely he had the right connection to be able to get a few tips on how to play Bond . I'm joking of course, but I'm sure at some point the idea must have crossed the producers' minds.

Neil starred in a (I think) a science fiction film called "The Body Stealers" afterwards, this was shown on British tv many years ago.

silvertoe

Mmm, so i finally worked up the enthusiasm (courage) to invest two hours of my life towards watching this abomination, yes i managed to watch it from start to finish!...and indeed it was every bit as bad as i imagined it might be. knowing very little about it going in i wasn't sure what to expect and by the end i'm still not sure what it was, i mean was this a serious attempt at making a Bond(esque) movie or was it a spoof? and how did the Italian producers convince Bernard lee and lois maxwell that this was a good idea?.
I expect the other notable actors involved were easier to convince as( lets face it) none of them were exactly familiar faces on the cinema screen outside of the roll played in the respective Bond movie.
I can only imagine the anger and annoyance of Brocolli and Saltzman (not to mention Connery) when this got the green light, i mean you would of expected Lee and Maxwell to have been under contract NOT to be involved in any film that parodies or imitates the Bond movies?. The movie itself seemed in the same vein as Goldmember, The spy who shagged me, but worryingly it also seemed to be taking itself seriously at the same time, particularly Neil connery who was trying to give his real kid brother a run for his money.
So my curiosity now stemmed i can now try and forget this silly film but it's still two hours i ain't gettin back 8-)

CoolHandBond

I read that Connery had a go at Maxwell about starring in this. She responded that it was ok for him being a multi-millionaire, but she needed all the work she could get. He apologised and understood.

I saw this abomination on a dreadful VHS transfer in the 80’s, every bit as bad as the film itself.

Grindelwald

Is it worse than CR 67 :v

Barbel

Yes! )