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  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,777MI6 Agent
    Connery was good friends with Sid James who he starred with in a pre-Bond film

    Hell Drivers, with Patrick McGoohan. -{
    . Wow, must see that at some point.
    (Cackles like Sid James). Though Kenneth Connor is my comedy icon.
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,317Chief of Staff
    It's worth repeating:

    Worst. Felix. Ever.
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,969MI6 Agent
    Hamilton shoots Connery and Jill St John in bed in a very similar set up to Christopher Plummer and Susannah York in his 'Battle of Britain'
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,795MI6 Agent
    edited June 2020
    Shady Tree wrote:
    A plot weakness in the film is the way bits were cut out which explained how Plenty ended up at Tiffany's apartment later, only to be killed. But who cares about the plot hole? Not the original audience, for sure... it's all excellent fun!

    Cutting that scene was a big mistake. In general the quality of the fim starts dropping around now.
  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,420Quartermasters

    Though Kenneth Connor is my comedy icon.

    Hear hear! I am also a big Kenneth Connor fan. One of the most underrated of the Carry On stock company I feel.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,317Chief of Staff
    Number24 wrote:
    Shady Tree wrote:
    A plot weakness in the film is the way bits were cut out which explained how Plenty ended up at Tiffany's apartment later, only to be killed. But who cares about the plot hole? Not the original audience, for sure... it's all excellent fun!

    Cutting that scene was a big mistake. In general the quality of the fioms starts dropping around now.

    Maybe one day we'll get an extended edition...?
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,969MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    It's worth repeating:

    Worst. Felix. Ever.

    Disagree. I love his jaded cynicism, Mankiewicz lines and jowelly look mirroring Connery's. He's the right Felix for this movie.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 6,213MI6 Agent
    Barry’s score is superb, unfortunately he would never hit the same height again in a Bond movie (in my opinion)
    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,777MI6 Agent
    “Go blow up your pants!!”
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,317Chief of Staff
    Golrush007 wrote:

    Though Kenneth Connor is my comedy icon.

    Hear hear! I am also a big Kenneth Connor fan. One of the most underrated of the Carry On stock company I feel.

    Agree totally. Also good in occasional appearances with The Goons.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,317Chief of Staff
    Barry’s score is superb, unfortunately he would never hit the same height again in a Bond movie (in my opinion)

    MR? Though totally different feel
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,317Chief of Staff
    Shady Tree wrote:
    Barbel wrote:
    It's worth repeating:

    Worst. Felix. Ever.

    Disagree. I love his jaded cynicism, Mankiewicz lines and jowelly look mirroring Connery's. He's the right Felix for this movie.

    Totally unlike how Felix should be, IMHO
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,969MI6 Agent
    The kid yelling at Tiffany at the sideshow has great attitude... similar attitude to Tiffany herself at the petrol station later...
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,795MI6 Agent
    The gorilla woman is one of many mistakes in DAF :#
  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,420Quartermasters
    Barbel wrote:
    Barry’s score is superb, unfortunately he would never hit the same height again in a Bond movie (in my opinion)

    MR? Though totally different feel

    The Living Daylights is my personal favourite Barry Bond score.
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 6,213MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    Barry’s score is superb, unfortunately he would never hit the same height again in a Bond movie (in my opinion)

    MR? Though totally different feel

    MR is only good compared to DAF but it’s only my viewpoint
    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,317Chief of Staff
    Number24 wrote:
    The gorilla woman is one of many mistakes in DAF :#

    I love that bit!!!
  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    What is it about Plenty and swimming pools? :#
    "How was your lamb?" "Skewered. One sympathises."
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,969MI6 Agent
    I love how Hamilton/Mankiewicz relax enough to go off piste with the sideshow humour in Circus, Circus. The funny professor overseeing the girl-to-gorrilla transformation is kind of a caricature of Metz, who is himself a caricature...
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,317Chief of Staff
    Poor dead Plenty is a lot more explained in the deleted scenes
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,777MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    Golrush007 wrote:

    Though Kenneth Connor is my comedy icon.

    Hear hear! I am also a big Kenneth Connor fan. One of the most underrated of the Carry On stock company I feel.

    And of courrsee as Mosuir Alfonse, the Oundertakur!

    Agree totally. Also good in occasional appearances with The Goons.
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  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 6,213MI6 Agent
    Can clearly see Lana’s nipple not sure you could back in the cinema in 1971?
    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,317Chief of Staff
    Tiffany "voices on a phone"- from the novel
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,317Chief of Staff
    Can clearly see Lana’s nipple not sure you could back in the cinema in 1971?

    Only an adolescent boy would notice that. So, Yes.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,795MI6 Agent
    Is Peter Franks the alias Bond has kept for the longest time in the films? Usually he dropes his aliases in five minutes .....
  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,420Quartermasters
    Number24 wrote:
    The gorilla woman is one of many mistakes in DAF :#

    Not least because Nairobi is nowhere near South Africa. That's as bad as saying Lisbon is in Russia.
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 6,213MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    Can clearly see Lana’s nipple not sure you could back in the cinema in 1971?

    Only an adolescent boy would notice that. So, Yes.

    :)) :)) :)) I must have blinked
    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,317Chief of Staff
    Tiffany is great in the gas station scene
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,317Chief of Staff
    Number24 wrote:
    Is Peter Franks the alias Bond has kept for the longest time in the films? Usually he dropes his aliases in five minutes .....

    Sir Hilary Bray?
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,317Chief of Staff
    Music “Following The Diamonds” Love this one, very atmospheric. I was very glad to find this included on the 2003 remaster

    (This is the one that was looped earlier)
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