New documentary about Roger Moore - FROM ROGER MOORE WITH LOVE - in cinemas 13 & 15th Dec
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There's a great new documentary about Roger Moore coming to UK cinemas (Picturehouse Cinemas and Everyman Cinemas). Very limited screenings - currently just 15th & 18th December - but well worth watching if there's a screening near you!!
List of screenings & more info about the film is here:
www.dartmouthfilms.com/from-roger-moore-with-love
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And showing in the big spot on Christmas Day on BBC Two - congrats!
I might prefer to catch this one at the cinema, you don't get to see Rog on the big screen that often.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
Got my ticket for the Kings Cross Everyman on 15/12. Includes a Q&A.
It's definitely worth seeing it on the big screen if you can, and the cinema showings also include and exclusive recorded director Q&A giving insights into the making of the film.
Check out the trailer here:
From Roger Moore With Love (2024) | Official Trailer
I've got a £10 ticket offer for all Picturehouse cinema screenings - enter the code PRO10000002066512 in the Voucher/CEA box on the Picturehouse app or website once you have selected the show you want to attend and a £10 ticket will appear in your cart. You can only use the code once per transaction, so if you'd like to book more than one ticket it'll need to be in separate transactions. Book at www.picturehouses.com
No spoilers.
This is an independent review.
I saw this at the Kings Cross Everyman this afternoon and thoroughly enjoyed it. It's as good as this kind of film gets, and an essential for Bond fans.
The archive material is rich and varied, including clips, location footage, contemporary TV interviews and never-before-seen, star-studded home videos. There's fascinating material from early in Moore's career, insights into his four marriages and domestic life, some coverage of his charity work in his later years and, of course, interviews and reflections with Bond luminaries and co-stars as well as friends and family. A strength of the film is that it has a coherent story to tell.
No spoilers (!): director Jack Cocker opts for a distinctive narratorial device. At first, while recognising the novelty of this in terms of concept and style, I wasn't too sure about the choice; but it grew on me as the film went on and overall I think it's apt and works well.
For anyone planning to watch this on its broadcast on Christmas Day: enjoy! I guess it fills a gap left by what used to be, in the 70s and 80s, the 'event' broadcast of a Bond film on ITV after the Queen's Speech - though this one is on BBC2 in the evening, a celebration of a bygone era as well as Moore himself. There's substance to the film, so if it ends up, later, on iPlayer be sure to catch it there, too, when not lightheaded on mulled wine!
This afternoon's screening included a heartening, pre-filmed Q&A with the director. If the film makes a DVD release, it would be lovely to see this interview included as an Extra, together with any remarkable archive footage that didn't make the cut.
Thanks for the review @Shady Tree I'll definitely be catching up with this on iPlayer 😀
Me too!