The Man Who Would Be King BBC4 tonight.

[belboid]

2 excellent Connery films......

Good choices. Can't believe no one has mentioned his excellent performance in Name of the Rose.

Thanks for posting this, tho, I have now set the recorder.

 

[DexterTCN]

https://adblockplus.org/

 

[discokermit]

jude law can only play intensely smarmy twats.

 

[DotCommunist]

jude law can only play intensely smarmy twats.

Except in AI where plays an emotionless robot gigolo

 

[discokermit]

And I like a lot of Caine films, but not the Italian Job, which is shit in every way. Especially the ending.

ace opening, ace cars, ace clothes.
ace ending. most of the middle is a bit boring.

 

[discokermit]

Except in AI where plays an emotionless robot gigolo

i can't watch the cunt. or that otter faced cunt cucumberpatch.

 

[Sprocket.]

I think Connery's best was in Sidney Lumet's the Offence.

 

[DotCommunist]

best: The Rock

worst: Entrapment

seriously that ones absolute shite

 

[nino_savatte]

I think Connery's best was in Sidney Lumet's the Offence.

I agree. Great film. " Pictures... in my mind". Tense, atmospheric and claustrophobic.

The Hill is quite good too.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I think Connery's best was in Sidney Lumet's the Offence.

Yep, great film and great performance. Never been a huge fan of Caine's acting, but Connery at his best was great.

And The Hill, too. He was excellent in that.

Edited! I meant the Hill.

 

[DotCommunist]

The Untouchables also, good go in that. De Niro as capone.

 

[Sirena]

And The Hill, too. He was excellent in that.

Edited! I meant the Hill.

Weren't you right the first time?

 

[Activethistle]

if i'd been pedantic i would have pointed out it's cheque not check.

Depends which side of the pond you're on. [emoji4]

 

[Idris2002]

yeh, i didn't mean it in a good way.

Too fucking right you didn't!

 

[bimble]

Just in case.. you all have have to read a book called 'Josiah the Great', by Ben MacIntyre.
Because, it's the true story on which the film is based and also it's a really good read.

 

[krtek a houby]

 

[DaveCinzano]

that otter faced cunt cucumberpatch.

Saving that

 

[Idris2002]

Great film. Great Book.

I own both.

People fault Caine for appearing in so much shit but i applaude him. His self confessed career plan has been don't turn anything down and don't get snooty on fees.
Its been the secret of his long career instead of being one of these stars who are briefly massive and then the studios lose interest because they asked too much money, get choosy with the projects and after a while of not making a film for these reasons are forgotten for the next big thing.

Aye, but last night I saw him in The Black Windmill, a spy thriller/kidnap drama from 1974. It had the authentic seventies casual sadism thing going on, and also the kind of 1970s look I like to see.

But Caine wasn't even trying. It's not that he was phoning it in. It was more like he was lying in bed asleep and muttering it in. It was as if he'd been placed fourth in an "Michael Caine Impersonators Competition".

Which contrasts greatly with say, Richard Harris, who was in some dreadful old guff but would still try his best with what he had.

Though mind you, The Black Windmill was redeemed by Donald Pleasance's performance as a highly-strung, indeed downright neurotic head of MI6. Also the first appearance of the Uzi submachine gun in a film?

 

[DaveCinzano]

Though mind you, The Black Windmill was redeemed by Donald Pleasance's performance as a highly-strung, indeed downright neurotic head of MI6. Also the first appearance of the Uzi submachine gun in a film?

IMFDb is sadly incomplete on this, though I suspect plenty of pre-1974 Israeli films would have featured it.

Uzi - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games

 

[Idris2002]

IMFDb is sadly incomplete on this, though I suspect plenty of pre-1974 Israeli films would have featured it.

Uzi - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games

Fucking hell.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Aye, but last night I saw him in The Black Windmill, a spy thriller/kidnap drama from 1974. It had the authentic seventies casual sadism thing going on, and also the kind of 1970s look I like to see.

But Caine wasn't even trying. It's not that he was phoning it in. It was more like he was lying in bed asleep and muttering it in. It was as if he'd been placed fourth in an "Michael Caine Impersonators Competition".

I had high hopes for it too, based on a pulpy novel by Clive Egleton, but as you say, it's just pants

Last year I was similarly disappointed by Shadow Run

 

[DaveCinzano]

Fucking hell.

It's my go-to website for guns in films

 

[Idris2002]

I had high hopes for it too, based on a pulpy novel by Clive Egleton, but as you say, it's just pants

Last year I was similarly disappointed by Shadow Run

Delphine Seyrig could have made a very good femme fatale but she was just wasted.

 

[Reno]

Delphine Seyrig could have made a very good femme fatale but she was just wasted.

She is a fantastic femme fatale in Daughters of Darkness, a hugely stylish mix of art house and exploitation particular to the 70s.

 

[Idris2002]

She is a fantastic femme fatale in Daughters of Darkness, a hugely stylish mix of art house and exploitation particular to the 70s.

Never heard of that one, but now I'll have to look out for it. Thanks!

 

[D'wards]

Since I was a young kid I had a vision in my mind of someone in robes standing on a rope-bride, and the ropes being cut and him spinning to the ground. For years I didn't know if i'd imagined it or seen it somewhere, until I saw this film in adulthood

 

[DaveCinzano]

Connery was ace in that, the rest of it was shite mind. Its like Christopher Lee or Michael Caine, or Sean Bean, you watch the shit film and its clear even phoning it in they are knocking it out of the park.

Caine: BOOTING it aht the bleedin' PARK
Connery: SHMAshing it out of the bluddy SHTAdiomm
Bean: Nurkin' it out o'park, man
Lee: *Forehead scrunch*

 

[DaveCinzano]

Forgot about The Swarm,now that was a big pile of poo

It's got Dr Kildare fighting off imaginary killer African bees in a nuclear power station entirely lit by ominous red lamps, shortly before meltdown; what's not to love?

 

[D'wards]

Heads up - it's on on Sunday at 1:55 on BBC2

 

[Kaka Tim]

not seen them mentioned on this thread but caine was great in Little Voice. And in Mona Lisa.