Sean Connery
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in R.I.P. 2020:
Damn, this is the first I've heard of the end of the Great Scot.
Weirdly enough the first time I can remember him in a film was Indy (which I thought he was great in) and then I kind of went backwards from there (Highlander, Untouchables, small but memorable scene as Richard the Lionheart in Robin Hood - with a Scottish accent 😂 and the of course as the first and best ever Bond).
He was just so farking cool. They don't make them like him anymore.
Indeed. His era of old school legends is rapidly dwindling. Just a completely different breed to today’s film stars.
Clint, stay with us !!!!!
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@raznomore said in R.I.P. 2020:
@MN5 I saw a barely recognisable Gene Hackman the other day. I believe he’s around 90 as well. All the great tough guys are getting so old now.
Age is such a fluffybunny of a thing. Not nice seeing SC a year or two back on the news at Wimbledon looking really old and frail, Clint looked no better in the Mule.
Add Morgan Freeman to that list as well
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@MN5 said in R.I.P. 2020:
@raznomore said in R.I.P. 2020:
@MN5 I saw a barely recognisable Gene Hackman the other day. I believe he’s around 90 as well. All the great tough guys are getting so old now.
Age is such a fluffybunny of a thing. Not nice seeing SC a year or two back on the news at Wimbledon looking really old and frail, Clint looked no better in the Mule.
Add Morgan Freeman to that list as well
Bill Nighy?
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I have Highlander in my collection, but it would be at least 20 years since I watched it, and I am not sure it is the type of movie that will age well.
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@taniwharugby said in R.I.P. 2020:
I have Highlander in my collection, but it would be at least 20 years since I watched it, and I am not sure it is the type of movie that will age well.
Those wires in the final scene were bad enough twenty years ago!
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@taniwharugby said in R.I.P. 2020:
I have Highlander in my collection, but it would be at least 20 years since I watched it, and I am not sure it is the type of movie that will age well.
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@chimoaus said in R.I.P. 2020:
@MN5 said in R.I.P. 2020:
@raznomore said in R.I.P. 2020:
@MN5 I saw a barely recognisable Gene Hackman the other day. I believe he’s around 90 as well. All the great tough guys are getting so old now.
Age is such a fluffybunny of a thing. Not nice seeing SC a year or two back on the news at Wimbledon looking really old and frail, Clint looked no better in the Mule.
Add Morgan Freeman to that list as well
Bill Nighy?
I'm referring to legends. Not old blokes who have occasionally funny cameos in Movies.
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@MN5 said in R.I.P. 2020:
Apparently Connery was quite a legitimately tough dude in real life if this story is anything to go by.....
Sean Connery Once Beat Up 6 Gang Members who Wanted to Steal his Jacket | The Vintage News
Sir Thomas Sean Connery is probably the most famous Scottish actor, best known for his role as the secret agent James Bond. Ever since his first
....and before Roger Moore took over and some of the ahem, less realistic elements became fashionable in Bond films there was this scrap which Connery and Grant did without any stunt doubles
Robert Shaw didn’t have much more luck in Jaws!
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Nails in The Molly Maguires
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@MN5 said in R.I.P. 2020:
I am surprised he won an Oscar, he wasn’t a great actor in my opinion.
Caught some of his early stuff on a vintage film channel a few months back. Def not a De Niro or Olivier but pretty gifted. The Offence is a brilliant piece of acting
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@MN5 said in R.I.P. 2020:
Indeed. His era of old school legends is rapidly dwindling. Just a completely different breed to today’s film stars.
Screen presence in spades. Seems lacking from many of today's stars - gifted though they are.
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@Godder said in R.I.P. 2020:
Something Sean Connery and Roger Moore had in common was James Bond. Something else they had in common was that they essentially played one character - themselves.
I think that's because when they became screen icons the Bond label was indelibly written on them
Connery was a bloody good actor who had quite an acting range. Roger Moore was a RADA graduate who could seriously act when he was allowed to - check out The Man Who Haunted Himself where he plays two completely different, mirror-images of himself. It's a pretty stellar performance.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in R.I.P. 2020:
@MN5 said in R.I.P. 2020:
Indeed. His era of old school legends is rapidly dwindling. Just a completely different breed to today’s film stars.
Screen presence in spades. Seems lacking from many of today's stars - gifted though they are.
'Movie star'.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in R.I.P. 2020:
@Godder said in R.I.P. 2020:
Something Sean Connery and Roger Moore had in common was James Bond. Something else they had in common was that they essentially played one character - themselves.
I think that's because when they became screen icons the Bond label was indelibly written on them
Connery was a bloody good actor who had quite an acting range. Roger Moore was a RADA graduate who could seriously act when he was allowed to - check out The Man Who Haunted Himself where he plays two completely different, mirror-images of himself. It's a pretty stellar performance.
Apparently very good in Marnie, and great movie, The Man who would be King.
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@pakman said in R.I.P. 2020:
Apparently very good in Marnie, and great movie, The Man who would be King.
Try The Offence and The Hill. Done about the time Bond took off, terrific acting
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@Victor-Meldrew said in R.I.P. 2020:
@pakman said in R.I.P. 2020:
Apparently very good in Marnie, and great movie, The Man who would be King.
Try The Offence and The Hill. Done about the time Bond took off, terrific acting
Are they available on digital platforms? Sorry to be lazy, but just in case!
The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970) ⭐ 6.4 | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
