AJB live commentary on Casino Royale 1967

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  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,418Quartermasters
    I'd like to see a demonstration of Sir James' intestine washing technique
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Higgins wrote:
    Who is the guy with the scottish accent? 8-)

    :)) You serious?
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,774MI6 Agent
    Actor and director John Hurston. Angelica Hueston’s Father. He directs the mess, I mean scenes, he is in.
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Niven might have been a good Bond. In about 1938.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Actor and director John Hurston. Angelica Hueston’s Father. He directs the mess, I mean scenes, he is in.

    And the young Angelica was on set.
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,774MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    Higgins wrote:
    Who is the guy with the scottish accent? 8-)

    :)) You serious?

    Don’t rise to it Barbel.... we have a LONG list of Caledonian stereotypes to go.
    Double Scotch please.
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  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,965MI6 Agent
    David Niven as a principled Edwardian adventurer Bond.

    Erik Chitty as the butler. He was an acquaintance of my grandfather when they worked together as dockers.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,418Quartermasters
    I like the reference to the "sexual acrobat" and "bounder" - i.e Connery's Bond.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,702MI6 Agent
    GPU was one of the names for Soviet secret service before it was named KGB. Not the type of research one expects here.
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,774MI6 Agent
    Gymkata wrote:
    Actor and director John Hurston. Angelica Hueston’s Father. He directs the mess, I mean scenes, he is in.

    Did he lose a bet?

    No... the ENTIRE cast did!
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  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,965MI6 Agent
    edited June 2020
    This detente assembly of espionage figures from around the world, united by a common enemy. Was to become a theme in Lewis Gilbert's Bonds...
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Gymkata wrote:
    Actor and director John Hurston. Angelica Hueston’s Father. He directs the mess, I mean scenes, he is in.

    Did he lose a bet?

    No... the ENTIRE cast did!

    :)) :)) :))
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,774MI6 Agent
    ...And then The plot went BOOM!!

    Bond’s attempt at Creighton Manor goes up in smoke.
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    I hope he took the M9
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,965MI6 Agent
    edited June 2020
    David Niven's Bond lost the love of his life, Mata Hari. So he has something in common with the Lazenby/Connery/Moore/Dalton/Brosnan Bond, who'd lost Tracy.
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    She has the best Scots accent because she IS Scottish!
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,774MI6 Agent
    Killin in Scotland. Beautiful river spot.
    Pity Bond is actually heading south!

    Oh dear McTarry Castle.... Not a patch on Thane Castle. In every sense.
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,702MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    Gymkata wrote:

    Did he lose a bet?

    No... the ENTIRE cast did!

    :)) :)) :))

    Didn't the aboout ten directors lose the same bet? :))
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    The heirloom joke is one of the best in the film.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    Why do the chicks sound like Barbel? :s
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Gymkata wrote:
    Barbel wrote:
    She has the best Scots accent because she IS Scottish!

    If-Its-Not-Scottish-Its-Crap.jpg

    Let me put it this way- she had a better Scottish accent than Craig, Brosnan, Dalton, Moore, and Lazenby. :p
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,965MI6 Agent
    David Niven's Bond is really engaging, playing light comedy and exuding aristocratic class. In some ways he overlaps with Roger Moore's take on action heroism... perhaps more Brett Sinclair than James Bond, but without the libido.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Gymkata wrote:
    Higgins wrote:
    Why do the chicks sound like Barbel? :s

    It's the haggis, I'm sure.

    Deep fried.
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,774MI6 Agent
    Barefoot virgins in Scotland? Yeah, right!

    The set pieces are Vile!

    Meg is played by Alexandra Bastedo, Sharon Macready of The Champions fame.
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,702MI6 Agent
    Gymkata wrote:
    Higgins wrote:
    Why do the chicks sound like Barbel? :s

    It's the haggis, I'm sure.

    Thsi is getting more and more like a Norwegian cooking program .... :D
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Shady Tree wrote:
    David Niven's Bond is really engaging, playing light comedy and exuding aristocratic class. In some ways he overlaps with Roger Moore's take on action heroism... perhaps more Brett Sinclair than James Bond, but without the libido.

    Moore was quite open about admiring Niven- sometimes you can see him using his style (eg telling the chauffeur he won't be needing him any more tonight in FYEO)
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Gymkata wrote:
    Shady Tree wrote:
    David Niven's Bond is really engaging, playing light comedy and exuding aristocratic class. In some ways he overlaps with Roger Moore's take on action heroism... perhaps more Brett Sinclair than James Bond, but without the libido.

    I'm getting a 'Michael Caine in DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS' vibe from him, although a bit more broad.

    Not surprising- Caine played the part played by Niven in the original, "Bedtime Story"
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,774MI6 Agent
    Scary to know Buttercup is also chicken mad Ruby from OHMSS!
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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    A bit like the Prince of Zamunda imo
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,965MI6 Agent
    The off-colour Daddy issues jokes here wouldn't be acceptable today... but there was also a vein of 'Daddy issues' with Bond girls in the main series: Melina (avenging), Octopussy (forgiving), Stacey... and later Madeleine.

    Niven resists playing the bathtub scene at quite a 'Carry On...' level of humour, but it's borderline.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
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