Watching the 007 movies together?

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  • caractacus pottscaractacus potts Orbital communicator, level 10Posts: 4,140MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    What other le Carre movies are there other than "The Spy Who Came In From the Cold" and "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"?
    Golrush007 wrote:
    From memory they are:

    The Deadly Affair (based on Call for the Dead)
    A Murder of Quality (not sure, but I think this might be a TV movie)
    The Looking Glass War
    The Little Drummer Girl
    The Russia House
    The Tailor of Panama
    The Constant Gardener
    A Most Wanted Man
    Our Kind of Traitor

    Have I missed any out?
    a couple of miniseries:
    Smiley's People
    the Night Manager
    Tinker Tailor... was originally a miniseries, and ...Drummer Girl was remade as a miniseries
    Barbel wrote:
    Does anyone else have the Matt Helm films?
    I know where they're streaming on somebody's dodgy website.
    I can post the link if you think its OK.
  • The Spy Who Never DiesThe Spy Who Never Dies UKPosts: 644MI6 Agent
    CR-54. I
    Mission Impossible
    Jason Bourne
    - Identitiy I
    -supremacy
    - Ultimatum
    - Legacy
    - Jason Bourne
    Johnny English. III
    -Johnny English
    -Reborn
    -strikes again
    Austin Powers. II
    -International man of mystery II
    -The Spy who shagged me I
    - Goldmember II
    Notorious. III
    North by north west. III
    To catch a thief. III
    The Guns of Navarone II
    Force 10 from Navarone
    Where Eagles Dare II
    OSS-117 Kairo nest of spies II
    OSS.117 Lost in Rio II
    OK Connery. I
    Harry Palmer I
    . Ipcress file III
    . Funeral in Berlin I
    - The billion dollar brain I
    le Carré movies. II
    The man from UNCLE (2015)

    I've seen a lot of these films but don't have copies of them.
    What about Hitchcock's The 39 Steps and Torn Curtain?
  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,421Quartermasters
    ]a couple of miniseries:
    Smiley's People
    the Night Manager
    Tinker Tailor... was originally a miniseries, and ...Drummer Girl was remade as a miniseries

    A Perfect Spy was also adapted into a miniseries, which I've yet to watch.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,425MI6 Agent
    CR-54. I
    Mission: Impossible
    - 1
    - 2
    - 3
    - 4 GHOST PROTOCOL
    - 5 ROGUE NATION I
    - 6 FALLOUT
    Jason Bourne
    - Identitiy I
    - Supremacy
    - Ultimatum
    - Legacy
    - Jason Bourne
    Johnny English. III
    - Johnny English
    - Reborn
    - Strikes Again
    Austin Powers. II
    - International man of mystery II
    - The Spy who shagged me I
    - Goldmember II
    Notorious. III
    North by north west. III
    To catch a thief. III
    Torn Curtain I
    39 steps I
    The Guns of Navarone II
    Force 10 from Navarone
    Where Eagles Dare II
    OSS-117 Kairo nest of spies II
    OSS.117 Lost in Rio II
    OK Connery. I
    Harry Palmer I
    - Ipcress file III
    - Funeral in Berlin I
    - The billion dollar brain I
    le Carré movies. II
    The man from UNCLE (2015)
    The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
    Spy
    The Spy Who Dumped Me



    Thanks fior adding movies, Gymkata. If anyone finds new movies on the list that you've seen you can just ad votes, but tell so we know there isn't cheating. I just added 39 steps and Torn Curtain along with my votes for them.
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,923Chief of Staff
    Barbel wrote:
    Sir Miles wrote:
    took me YEARS to finally get hold of a copy (on VHS, still looking for a DVD copy)

    You should try and get hold of the deluxe edition- 2 discs, interviews with the cast, deleted scenes, commentary from Michael G. Wilson explaining what Cubby thought of the film, etc.

    Ahh, didn’t even know that version existed…will do my upmost to track it down...if anyone finds it and has a link - I’d be grateful -{
    YNWA 97
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,425MI6 Agent
    edited July 2020
    Yes, but are we going to have mini-series' in the list too?
  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,421Quartermasters
    Gymkata wrote:
    I'd keep it to movies, but regardless...those two mini-series were quite excellent. If you haven't seen them, I'd recommend giving them a go.

    I certainly agree, keep it to feature films. Those various miniseries are certainly worthy of discussion in a thread somewhere around here though. I personally haven't seen The Little Drummer Girl yet. With Le Carre in particular I've always made a point of reading the novel before watching any screen adaptations, and I've never got round to Drummer Girl. Not sure when I will either...my reading list is far too long already. :#
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 3,013MI6 Agent
    Sir Miles wrote:
    Ahh, didn’t even know that version existed…will do my upmost to track it down...if anyone finds it and has a link - I’d be grateful -{

    You might find me bidding against you for any available copies of the special edition, Sir Miles. OKB is a gem of a movie, with the underrated Neil Connery showing why he deserved a whole franchise of his own - and one actor after another from the official Bond series eclipsing their Eon roles in this tightly plotted thriller.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 38,077Chief of Staff
    Gymkata wrote:
    I'd keep it to movies

    Me too. It seems there's a lot of support for "Operation Kid Brother", what do you think?
  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,421Quartermasters
    Barbel wrote:
    Gymkata wrote:
    I'd keep it to movies

    Me too. It seems there's a lot of support for "Operation Kid Brother", what do you think?

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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 38,077Chief of Staff
    I believe it's on YouTube, if anyone doesn't have a copy. It won't have the digitally remastered picture, and the stereo sound, of course.
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 3,013MI6 Agent
    CR-54. II
    Mission: Impossible
    - 1
    - 2
    - 3
    - 4 GHOST PROTOCOL
    - 5 ROGUE NATION I
    - 6 FALLOUT
    Jason Bourne
    - Identitiy I
    - Supremacy
    - Ultimatum
    - Legacy
    - Jason Bourne
    Johnny English. III
    - Johnny English
    - Reborn
    - Strikes Again
    Austin Powers. III
    - International man of mystery III
    - The Spy who shagged me III
    - Goldmember III
    Notorious. IIII
    North by north west. IIII
    To catch a thief. IIII
    Torn Curtain I
    39 steps II
    The Guns of Navarone II
    Force 10 from Navarone
    Where Eagles Dare II
    OSS-117 Kairo nest of spies II
    OSS.117 Lost in Rio II
    OK Connery. II
    Harry Palmer I
    - Ipcress file IIII
    - Funeral in Berlin II
    - The billion dollar brain I
    le Carré movies. II
    The man from UNCLE (2015)
    The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
    Spy
    The Spy Who Dumped Me
    Matt Helm
    - The Silencers
    - Murderer's Row
    - The Ambushers
    - The Wrecking Crew



    I've added votes for CR54, the Hitchcocks (with a request that 'Notorious' is put back by at least a week, as I won't have a copy till then), the first two Harry Palmers and all the Austin Powers. OK Connery (OKB) obviously gets another vote.

    I've also added the Matt Helm titles to the list.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,425MI6 Agent
    Golrush007 wrote:
    Gymkata wrote:
    I'd keep it to movies, but regardless...those two mini-series were quite excellent. If you haven't seen them, I'd recommend giving them a go.

    I certainly agree, keep it to feature films. Those various miniseries are certainly worthy of discussion in a thread somewhere around here though. I personally haven't seen The Little Drummer Girl yet. With Le Carre in particular I've always made a point of reading the novel before watching any screen adaptations, and I've never got round to Drummer Girl. Not sure when I will either...my reading list is far too long already. :#

    The Night Manager is very good and I've got it on DVD. I hope I'll get to watch The Little Drummer Girl in a while.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 38,077Chief of Staff
    Shady Tree wrote:
    CR-54. II
    Mission: Impossible
    - 1
    - 2
    - 3
    - 4 GHOST PROTOCOL
    - 5 ROGUE NATION I
    - 6 FALLOUT
    Jason Bourne
    - Identitiy I
    - Supremacy
    - Ultimatum
    - Legacy
    - Jason Bourne
    Johnny English. III
    - Johnny English
    - Reborn
    - Strikes Again
    Austin Powers. III
    - International man of mystery III
    - The Spy who shagged me III
    - Goldmember III
    Notorious. IIII
    North by north west. IIII
    To catch a thief. IIII
    Torn Curtain I
    39 steps II
    The Guns of Navarone II
    Force 10 from Navarone
    Where Eagles Dare II
    OSS-117 Kairo nest of spies II
    OSS.117 Lost in Rio II
    OK Connery. II
    Harry Palmer I
    - Ipcress file IIII
    - Funeral in Berlin II
    - The billion dollar brain I
    le Carré movies. II
    The man from UNCLE (2015)
    The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
    Spy
    The Spy Who Dumped Me
    Matt Helm
    - The Silencers
    - Murderer's Row
    - The Ambushers
    - The Wrecking Crew



    I've added votes for CR54, the Hitchcocks (with a request that 'Notorious' is put back by at least a week, as I won't have a copy till then), the first two Harry Palmers and all the Austin Powers. OK Connery (OKB) obviously gets another vote.

    I've also added the Matt Helm titles to the list.

    Count me in for Matt Helm! Though not immediately.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,425MI6 Agent
    I hope this help us get a clearer idea of what we can and want to watch. A few movies are sailing up as possible.
  • The Spy Who Never DiesThe Spy Who Never Dies UKPosts: 644MI6 Agent
    Shady Tree wrote:
    CR-54. II
    Mission: Impossible
    - 1
    - 2
    - 3
    - 4 GHOST PROTOCOL
    - 5 ROGUE NATION I
    - 6 FALLOUT
    Jason Bourne
    - Identitiy I
    - Supremacy
    - Ultimatum
    - Legacy
    - Jason Bourne
    Johnny English. IIII
    - Johnny English
    - Reborn
    - Strikes Again
    Austin Powers. III
    - International man of mystery III
    - The Spy who shagged me III
    - Goldmember III
    Notorious. IIII
    North by north west. IIII
    To catch a thief. IIII
    Torn Curtain II
    39 steps III
    The Guns of Navarone II
    Force 10 from Navarone
    Where Eagles Dare II
    OSS-117 Kairo nest of spies II
    OSS.117 Lost in Rio II
    OK Connery. II
    Harry Palmer I
    - Ipcress file IIII
    - Funeral in Berlin II
    - The billion dollar brain I
    le Carré movies. II
    The man from UNCLE (2015)
    The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
    Spy
    The Spy Who Dumped Me
    Matt Helm
    - The Silencers
    - Murderer's Row
    - The Ambushers
    - The Wrecking Crew



    I've added votes for CR54, the Hitchcocks (with a request that 'Notorious' is put back by at least a week, as I won't have a copy till then), the first two Harry Palmers and all the Austin Powers. OK Connery (OKB) obviously gets another vote.

    I've also added the Matt Helm titles to the list.

    I've added votes for the Johnny English films as I discovered they were available on Sky Cinema and also to 39 Steps and Torn Curtain.
  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    I've been rewatching a few of these classics on DVD* during lockdown: North by Northwest (an all-time favourite), To Catch a Thief, Guns of Navarone and Force 10, as well as Torn Curtain and the Matt Helm series which has had an airing on Sky. I've also recently rewatched The Ipcress File, though not Funeral in Berlin nor Billion Dollar Brain for quite a while.

    (* I also managed to get hold of a recording of the 1979 series A Man Called Sloan, starring Robert Conrad, on DVD... sheer cheesy nostalgia value :)) )

    Not a massive fan of Austin Powers or Johnny English, nor The 2015 Man from UNCLE - it misses the heights of the original series by a country mile.

    I haven't seen the OSS-117 films, are they anywhere near as good as Ok Connery / Operation Kid Brother?

    Finally - is there no love for Our Man Flint / In Like Flint on this list?
    "How was your lamb?" "Skewered. One sympathises."
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 38,077Chief of Staff
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  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    :)) :)) :))
    "How was your lamb?" "Skewered. One sympathises."
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    I hope this help us get a clearer idea of what we can and want to watch. A few movies are sailing up as possible.

    Not really

    The problem is, that I don‘t own most of them and we have now a variety of movies with 1-3 votes.
    I habe no idea what to pick and am afraid, that interest will go down rapidly.
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    I haven't seen the OSS-117 films, are they anywhere near as good as Ok Connery / Operation Kid Brother?

    Nothing comes close to OK Connery...

    The main appeal of the OSS117 movies is what the guy is doing with his eyebrows and often throws himself in a Connery pose. It‘s just hilarious.

    Also the entire Vintage-trimming Of the settings and the locations of the Brazil Episode is worth watching.
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 7,372MI6 Agent
    I think watching CR67 has turned all your brains soggy :D Operation Kid Brother is atrocious!
    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 7,372MI6 Agent
    I think watching CR67 has turned all your brains soggy :D Operation Kid Brother is atrocious!

    I think I’ve got my movies mixed up, MY brain is going soggy :)) , Operation Kid Brother IS a good movie!
    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    CHB, are you confusing Operation Kid Brother with another film?
    "How was your lamb?" "Skewered. One sympathises."
  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    Thanks heavens, think we crossed posts there CHB, I was starting to doubt myself for a minute.
    "How was your lamb?" "Skewered. One sympathises."
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 7,372MI6 Agent
    Heaven forbid, C&D!
    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,923Chief of Staff
    Barbel wrote:
    Gymkata wrote:
    I'd keep it to movies

    Me too. It seems there's a lot of support for "Operation Kid Brother", what do you think?

    If you do decide to go with this then I’ll definitely be in…it’s a ‘must watch’ movie.
    Especially if Gymkata can find some Gif’s -{
    YNWA 97
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 3,013MI6 Agent
    Although I voted yesterday, it unfortunately does look as if I'm not going to be able to join in, as I'd hoped, tomorrow... (I have some new work coming in that's going to encroach on weekends) :(
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 38,077Chief of Staff
    Well, "To Catch A Thief" didn't do well at the AJB box-office, Higgins, but that's clearly due to a combination of factors- poor advertising campaign, competition, timing... :p
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Well, it seems that this is the end of our groupwatchings.

    I personally have cancelled 2 appointments to attend yesterday *and it seems that we can all agree on Bond, but the other fields don‘t hit the common interest of the board.

    However, if someone wants to continue this, fell free to do, I am out :#

    * But I‘ve enjoyed watching the movie immensely
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
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