FRIDAY, 10th July 19:00 GMT: Let‘s watch THE IPCRESS FILE together!!

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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    2 minutes!
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,418Quartermasters
    Wasn't there 2 more Palmer films made quite a bit later?

    Yes, Bullet to Beijing and Midnight in St Petersburg. I've only seen the latter, enjoyable in a tv movie sort of way.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    Go!
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    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Quite different from the book
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    Wasn‘t that train station used in The Professionals as well.
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    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Higgins wrote:
    Wasn‘t that train station used in The Professionals as well.

    Don't know, could have been
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Cover versions of the main theme abound. I like Roland Shaw’s cos it’s a completely different arrangement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-36JEMtaXhg
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    Moore had the nicer Coffeemaker in LALD :D
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Many names in the credits familiar to Bond fans- Harry Saltzman, John Barry, Ken Adam, Peter Hunt…
  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,418Quartermasters
    An interesting technical aspect of this film is that it was shot using Techniscope - a cheaper widescreen process than the more common anamorphic systems favoured in most Hollywood films of the time - it uses less film, and had a deeper depth-of-field as I understand. It was also used famously by Sergio Leone in his spaghetti westerns. I've also heard that the viewfinder setup made it hard to see what the actual framing would be in the final shot, which may account for some of the wackier compositions in this film.
  • The Spy Who Never DiesThe Spy Who Never Dies UKPosts: 644MI6 Agent
    Bond can afford better stuff! in reply to Higgins about coffee maker
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    edited July 2020
    Barbels friend’s mag collection pics on the wall :D
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • The Spy Who Never DiesThe Spy Who Never Dies UKPosts: 644MI6 Agent
    Nice Welsh accent
  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,418Quartermasters
    Harry Palmer recording the latest episode of his neighbourhood watch podcast.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Higgins wrote:
    Barbel‘s mag collection pics on the wall :D

    I'm only looking after them until TP returns.
  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,418Quartermasters
    And now we meet the double agent known as Count Lippe in certain circles.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Guy Doleman as Palmer’s boss, Colonel Ross- also Count Lippe in TB
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    So far it‘s a bit long in the teeth......
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • emtiememtiem SurreyPosts: 5,686MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    Higgins wrote:
    Wasn‘t that train station used in The Professionals as well.

    Don't know, could have been

    I think it's Paddington, isn't it? So probably more famous for being in... Paddington :)
  • The Spy Who Never DiesThe Spy Who Never Dies UKPosts: 644MI6 Agent
    I bet he's never seen a pregnant camel!
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    I think, they mentioned Waterloo
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,418Quartermasters
    Dalby is played by Nigel Green, who had a significant role opposite Michael Caine in the wonderful Zulu, a year or two before this film.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Higgins wrote:
    I think, they mentioned Waterloo

    My, my.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Golrush007 wrote:
    Dalby is played by Nigel Green, who had a significant role opposite Michael Caine in the wonderful Zulu, a year or two before this film.

    Later he was the villain in the 4th Matt Helm “The Wrecking Crew”
  • SpectreOfDefeatSpectreOfDefeat Posts: 404MI6 Agent
    Guy Doleman was also Number Two in the opening episode of the Prisoner

    "The spectre of defeat..."

  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,418Quartermasters
    I like the way that Dalby fidgets and plays with his signet ring while meeting with Ross.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    IIRC, his playing with the ring is from the book.
  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,418Quartermasters
    These extreme over the shoulder shots in which the shoulder occupies 80% of the frame are quite unique and memorable.
  • emtiememtiem SurreyPosts: 5,686MI6 Agent
    Higgins wrote:
    I think, they mentioned Waterloo

    No, it's actually Marylebone it turns out.
  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,418Quartermasters
    I so enjoy the cover companies - the employment bureau, the fireworks company, the TV cutting rooms...
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