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'I Just Don't Get It!!!!!....???

Ian Flemming's choice to play the role was David Niven; a friend and war time companion. He later became a Connery convert, writing future novels to include Connery/Bond's Scottish ancestry.

Physically, characters in his novel several times referred to Bond as looking like Hoagy Carmichael; in a lethal sort of way.
 
On another thought, why did George Reeves as Superman just stand there with his hands on his hips while the bad guy emptied his hadgun into Superman's chest, yet he ducked when the bad guy threw the empty gun at him?

S! Rip
 
wombat666 said:
Ed, check out the British TV Series that is titled 'Spooks' throughout the Commonwealth and (IIRC) 'MI5' in the US.
The writers have a fine old time killing off or eliminating lead members of the very fine cast.
Very understated, very British and very good.

I really gave up on Bond as the film makers drifted away from the original storyline (as written by Fleming) and Sean Connerey left .......... :kilroy:

PS:ANYTHING featuring Diana Rigg would do me!
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We have this show in Western New York on PBS. I've noticed the unusually high body count for a TV series. Jenny Agutter was on MI-5 for a while, if I'm not mistaken, and +1 for Diana Rigg. I've been a fan since I was a little boy and The Avengers went into syndication.

JAMES
 
The most realistic movie scene was where Indiana Jones shot the silly native idiot waving around a sword...
 
n4gix said:
The most realistic movie scene was where Indiana Jones shot the silly native idiot waving around a sword...
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According to folklore that scene too would have evolved into hand-to-hand combat, if Ford hadn't hurted himself earlier during shootings. =D
 
n4gix said:
The most realistic movie scene was where Indiana Jones shot the silly native idiot waving around a sword...
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Actually that is not how that scene was scripted originally.

The script called for Harrison Ford to use the whip.
Indy was supposed to use his whip, to disarm the swordsman.

However, Harrison Ford came down with Dysentery and was running a 103 degree fever at that point in the shooting schedule.
He didn't have enough strength to use the whip for the scene, so he came up with the idea of using the pistol instead.
Spielberg loved it so much after they did the take, it stayed in the movie. :icon_lol:
It's in a "making of" documentary on the DVD.

If you look really closely at Harrison Ford in that scene, you can tell he is not feeling well.:barf:
 
Dain Arns said:
Actually that is not how that scene was scripted originally.

The script called for Harrison Ford to use the whip.
Indy was supposed to use his whip, to disarm the swordsman.

However, Harrison Ford came down with Dysentery and was running a 103 degree fever at that point in the shooting schedule.
He didn't have enough strength to use the whip for the scene, so he came up with the idea of using the pistol instead.
Spielberg loved it so much after they did the take, it stayed in the movie. :icon_lol:
It's in a "making of" documentary on the DVD.

If you look really closely at Harrison Ford in that scene, you can tell he is not feeling well.:barf:
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The guy playing the swordsman actually trained for more than a year in swordfighting in preparation for that scene. Imagine how he must have felt when they came up to him and said, "We've changed the scene. He just shoots you now." :kilroy:

And Dalton is my favorite Bond too, Panther! :ernae:
 
Of course there is the other Ian Flemming book successfully adapted for radio, the stage and later a movie that is often overlooked: Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang: The Magical Car.

Caractacus Pott is even a Commander in his original work.
 
CWOJackson said:
Of course there is the other Ian Flemming book successfully adapted for radio, the stage and later a movie that is often overlooked: Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang: The Magical Car.

Caractacus Pott is even a Commander in his original work.
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I loved that movie when I was little. I had a die-cast Corgi model of the car, but I haven't the slightest idea what happened to it. We had an apartment fire when I was four, so it might have been lost then.

JAMES
 
CWOJackson said:
Of course there is the other Ian Flemming book successfully adapted for radio, the stage and later a movie that is often overlooked: Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang: The Magical Car.

Caractacus Pott is even a Commander in his original work.
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At least Dick van Dyke didn't attempt another 'cockney' accent in that film; highlights of that film were Lionel Jeffries and the wonderfully sinister Robert Helpmann - and, of course, the wonderful script by Roald Dahl!
 
There is a show called Hollywood Treasures on Syfy where the Chitty car was put on the auction block. Van Dyke was reunited with the car for a photo op. He still looks pretty good for his age. Check for reruns it's a good show.
 
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