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It's more like 4 films really, as in those last 3, Moore was playing Bond for less than 50% of the film (his stunt man was Bond for the majority). I imagine if Moore had done one Moore, even the simple act of sitting down would have starred Martin Grace or Jake Lombard as Bond.
Back to George...
I have grown to like George as Bond over recent years. For the first few years of being a fan, I wrote him off as a poor copy of Connery. But I have developed an appreciation for the clean slate that he brought to the role, and if nothing else, he is the best Bond when it comes to the fight scenes.
As much as I would like to say it is the Cargo hold fight from TLD, that one above is my favourite fight in the series.
It's a perfect scene/fight, but I always find it odd that he audibly comments on the caviar to himself, given that Che-Che is knocked out.
Other worthy contenders, but man this is brutal and cool.
Looking forward to this.
It says in the blurb he had never acted a day in his life. I'm sure he had done another cheapo film before OHMSS, plus the adverts of course.
And pulling the wool over Harry and Cubby's eyes - how is that not acting ;)
Jane Seymour will be in it, as well. I'll have to check this one out whenever it's available.
In response to a lot of the earlier messages on this thread, I think Lazenby did a decent job.
We have to remember this is a very, very good film and he helped play his part in that.
For the people saying it would have been better with Connery, I am not so sure. He is undoubtedly a better actor than Lazenby, and a better Bond, but he was, quite frankly, bored and sick of Bond by this point and probably would have phoned it in ala DAF.
I also think George being cast helped the public accept that Bond was going to continue without Sean, and this probably made Roger Moores transition a lot smoother.
I always find OHMSS quite an enigma, and George Lazenby being one and done helps add to this. It is also my second favourite Bond film of them all, so that always helps!
OHMSS remains a masterpiece of film making, and could exist without the franchise as a whole to prop it up.
It is indeed superb. It isn't perfect, of course, no Film is. The sped up editing can be annoying and the colour pallete date it somewhat.
Minor gripes though, because it is a classic. And say what you want about George, but he absolutely NAILS the final scenes.
That's how it comes across to me.
That's my understanding of OHMSS over the years as well. It was the black sheep of the cannon until the 1990's, where it underwent a re-evaluation, and since then, it has grown in popularity.
Dates it in a good way. I wish they made them like that today.
Completely agree.
This Never Happened to the Other Fella (2017)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3728210/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_1
It was originally going to be shown along with the OHMSS 4k showing in Oslo last year, but that never happened it seems.
http://www.jamesbondlifestyle.com/news/george-lazenby-guest-honour-james-bond-oslo-gala
Nice one GL !!
Never heard of Lazenby acting in anything before OHMSS, the Big Fry commercial aside which didn't require any speaking on his part. From what I've read in the past Lazenby bluffed that he'd appeared in a couple of continental movies at his Bond audition, thinking that the producers wouldn't ask to see the reels to confirm this. It was all a ruse on Lazenby's part as he'd never made a movie before and the movies didn't exist. I think this might be what you're alluding to @NicNac?
CORRECTION: I've just done a little Googling and it says that his only film appearance before OHMSS was a bit-part in a 1965 Italian-made Bond spoof, "Espionage in Tangiers" . However, reviews of the movie indicates that there was no scene of Lazenby's appearance at all. There were reports that mentioned there being an earlier longer version of the film which had Lazenby appearing, but was since removed from the actual film. So the mystery of any movie featuring Lazenby before Bond continues.
At least, that's the story told in Everything Or Nothing, that documentary film about Bond.
http://ew.com/movies/2017/03/08/becoming-bond-exclusive-trailer/?xid=entertainment-weekly_socialflow_twitter
Just watched it. I'm incredibly interested in seeing this!
I would be OK with this if it was simply a feature-length interview with Lazenby about his life and career (especially the movies he did post-Bond, which he rarely talks about), but the narrative scenes look stupid and are completely unnecessary. For that reason, I think the film is probably crap.
denofgeek.com/us/movies/martial-arts/262754/the-man-from-hong-kong-a-genuinely-dangerous-action-movie