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I know what you mean; I'm cautiously optimistic about it but there's no names involved with the production side of it which make me actually confident it'll be good, but I'm hopeful!
Then I remembered all the other crap he's written. It could go either way.
Tom Hollander as Dalby in The Ipcress File (Altitude TV/ITV)
Lucy Boynton as Jean in The Ipcress File. (Altitude TV/ITV)
Joe Cole as Harry Palmer in The Ipcress File. (Altitude TV/ITV)
https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/joe-cole-harry-palmer-itv-ipcress-files-142848148.html
@ 2:00pm Midnight in Saint Petersburg (1995)
@ 5:00pm Bullet to Beijing (1995)
I think the word classic is often misused, in Sony Movie Classic case here they are probably just showing the films they have in there library.
They have a lot to live up to, to match the quality if it! Can't imagine anyone but Caine as Palmer...but I shall certainly give a it a watch!
Looking at those photos of Cole, I'm getting more of an early Elvis Costello vibe than Harry Palmer!!!
Not that I love these movies, but hopefully, their airing means that HD archive masters exist somewhere.
I guess you could give them away as Christmas presents.
The Ipcress File Blu-ray is so much better quality than the DVD I had previously. Mystifying to me that Funeral in Berlin isn't out on Blu, I had to make do buying a digital copy.
Yes, there is. Not the best image quality though, it seems.
Wouldn't it be fun if David Arnold did the music for this? :-D
Indeed! Arnold would have no problems delivering a modern take on those tracks.
Exactly! Arnold would do it with glee, because it's Barry.
Probably true, and calling the hero 'Harry Palmer' and putting him in glasses shows they don't mind the association with the movie so my guess would be that they'd like to use the theme. It probably comes down to money though, licensing music like that can be pricey I think.
I remember when Doctor Who came back it was apparently up in the air as to whether they'd be able to use their own theme!
Yeah. There are subtle Zimmer's Sherlock Holmes and Barry's Ipcress file DNA in Arnold and Price's Sherlock theme.
Yeah, I hope Arnold does it. But like you said, maybe they already have a composer, I hope it's Arnold though :)
Yeah. My sentiments exactly.
Yes!
Good point! And yes, I imagine they got a name attached to the project. I would also be very happy to see Daniel Pemberton do it. His soundtrack for The Game is a bit Ipcress/Barry-esque.
Check out his theme to Dirk Gently too: very much in that ballpark!
Forgot about that one! Very much in the same ballpark for sure.
Yes certainly: it's a bit more silly, because the show is quite a silly one! :) Shame they didn't make more.
It was actually the same year as the first series of Sherlock I think, and it was noticeable how the themes kind of echoed each other (and were both BBC series about unconventional detectives with big hair!).
I then listened to the commentary for the first time, and wow, I had no idea there was such friction between the director and Saltzman. Furie was never asked back to film the other Harry Palmer films despite what a fantastic job he made of Ipcress.