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Interesting it mirrors your own list! Probably your favourite on top, Sir Rog :)
Ahh, quite interesting! Given your photograph I thought Sir Rog ;) Sean's my favorite too, always has been, closely followed by Tim.
That's a nice hommage @bondjames Sean's indeed in a league of his own, mr. quintessential. Tim's been my other favorite ever since I saw him in TLD, first time at age 7 or so. My little head exploded from so much greatness in one film. He certainly still looks good for his age, could actually be an older Bond still, I'm sure. I'll make sure to check out that film too, as I haven't seen it either. I admire the seemingly effortless and speedy manner in which you seem to write replies. Very eloquent, too.
Yes, one of Lynda La Plante's better offerings
Yes, but the North American version which I understand was heavily edited. I remember quite liking it and thought Tim really suited the dashing robber... If I remember correctly he was also very suave and relaxed (as opposed to his tightly-wound James Bond (which is now clearly my third favourite interpretation)).
Now you've made me want to track it down.
The full version is on YouTube @peter
Dalton was quite excellent in the Penny Dreadful series, which is the last thing I've seen him in.
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I'd never heard of it prior to today. Thanks for mentioning. I will be sure to view it soon, as I normally like La Plante's work.
I don’t think it was a massive success despite heavy promotion pbut it was an interesting character study. David Morrisy was very good.
Ah, so that would be the famous stage work they were both involved in?
Funny. I'm a massive Dalton fan but would only ever put him in 3rd place myself. Connery and Moore still rule the roost. In fact these days I'd say the Laz gives the Daltonator a good run for his money. Fifth place goes to Craig - not because I dislike him but because I enjoy OHMSS and Dalton's films so much more.
I knew they were acting school contemporaries but this is the first time I've seen them onstage together.
I bet Sylv was good value at the cast party.
I can imagine him doing his Ken Campbell Roadshow routines: setting his head on fire, hammering nails up his nose, and stuffing ferrets down his trousers.
I was excited by what I saw. The big thing that told me he was Bond was that look on the tram as they take Kara away. Dalton still is the closest physically to the character in the novels for me. That punch on guard at Whitaker's also made an impression.
I also remember when I got to actually see the film some 9 months later wondering where the stunt with landing on the motorbike from swinging down the banner was. And they made a big deal about the yacht and it only ends up for a very brief time onscreen. I thought it would be more like Largo's in NSNA.
You'd probably never get a nearly 10-minute segment like this these days, so you can imagine how great this was for a Bond fan back in the day when news was infrequent and welcome anytime you got it.
Thank you very much for posting this.
I wish that we could at least get a novelization of the film script. I think it would be at least a great read. Between this and the Some Kind of Hero's reporting of it.
http://www.007.info/the-007-film-that-never-was-daltons-third-bond/