Sean Connery
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Ho Lin and the Big Movie Genius celebrate St. Patrick's Day with reviews of "Darby O'Gill and the Little People," "Getting Lucky," all of the "Leprechaun" movies, and much more. Éire go Brách!
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Sean Connery was a complicated man off-screen, but onscreen, he was a star that made coolness seem effortless.
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Never Say Never Again (1983, Dir. Irvin Kershner): Johnny Carson: Who was the first Bond villain? Sean Connery (after a beat): Cubby Broccoli. — The Tonight Show, 1983 Some things…
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Diamonds Are Forever (1971, Dir. Guy Hamilton): She paused and smiled up at him. ‘Now it’s your turn again,’ she said. ‘Buy me another drink and tell me what sort…
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You Only Live Twice (1967, Dir. Lewis Gilbert): “You can come up with anything you like so far as the story goes,” [the Bond producers] told me, “but there are two…
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Thunderball (1965, Dir. Terence Young): ‘When I came to the table I saw a SPECTRE.’ He said the word casually, with no hint at double meaning. The smile came off…
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Goldfinger (1964, Guy Hamilton): ‘Just a moment, Goldfinger, you’re not through yet.’ Bond glanced up at the girl. She was looking at him strangely. There was misery and fear but…
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From Russia with Love (1963, Dir. Terence Young): Bond smiled wryly at his reflection in the Perspex as the plane swung out of the mountains and over the grosgrained terrazza…
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It’s no secret that this writer is a James Bond aficionado (for a gushing example, see here). In the run-up to the 24th film in the EON-produced Bond series, SPECTRE,…
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Woman of Straw (1964, Dir. Basil Dearden): If you’ve seen The Lavender Hill Mob, Kind Hearts and Coronets, or the original Ladykillers, you’re familiar with (and hopefully appreciate) the genteel…