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The SEAN CONNERY Appreciation thread - Discuss His Life, His Career, His Bond Films

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  • Max_The_ParrotMax_The_Parrot ATAC to St Cyril’s
    edited August 2020 Posts: 2,426
    Happy birthday Sir Sean, I've heard he lurks on here often!

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  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 16,382
    Resurrection wrote: »
    Happy 90th birthday Mr Connery :)
    How time flies. Would love to see a recent picture of him and he looks now.

    I believe this one is from a year ago, with Jason Connery and Fiona Ufton

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  • JamesCraigJamesCraig Ancient Rome
    Posts: 3,497
    Happy 90th birthday to Sean Connery.
  • matt_umatt_u better known as Mr. Roark
    Posts: 4,343
    Happy B-day Sean! What a legend.

    I just found out that Connery’s former villa on the French Riviera is on the market for £27.4 million.

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  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    Happy 90th Birthday to The Legend Sir Sean Connery
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  • ResurrectionResurrection Kolkata, India
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    mtm wrote: »
    Resurrection wrote: »
    Happy 90th birthday Mr Connery :)
    How time flies. Would love to see a recent picture of him and he looks now.

    I believe this one is from a year ago, with Jason Connery and Fiona Ufton

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    Thank you :) , lovely picture.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,179
    Happy B-day, sir Sean!
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 16,382
    matt_u wrote: »
    Happy B-day Sean! What a legend.

    I just found out that Connery’s former villa on the French Riviera is on the market for £27.4 million.

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    Wow, what a place.
    https://www.knightfrank.co.uk/properties/residential/for-sale/cap-de-nice-cote-d-azur/RSI012007413
  • DwayneDwayne New York City
    Posts: 2,841
    I'll double post my message from the general birthday thread.
    Happy Birthday to Sir Sean Connery. May this day bring you as much joy as you’ve given to us over the years.

    Zed….James Zed 😊
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    BTW: Charlotte Rampling as a Bond Girl may have worked IMO.

  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    edited August 2020 Posts: 25,097
    Dwayne wrote: »
    I'll double post my message from the general birthday thread.
    Happy Birthday to Sir Sean Connery. May this day bring you as much joy as you’ve given to us over the years.

    Zed….James Zed 😊
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    BTW: Charlotte Rampling as a Bond Girl may have worked IMO.

    I agree regarding Charlotte Rampling, Charlotte was great in Farewell, My Lovely opposite Bob Mitchum as a Femme Fatale.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,162
    mtm wrote: »
    Resurrection wrote: »
    Happy 90th birthday Mr Connery :)
    How time flies. Would love to see a recent picture of him and he looks now.

    I believe this one is from a year ago, with Jason Connery and Fiona Ufton

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    Maybe it's Sean's expression, but the first time I saw that picture I thought he looked a bit like Michael G Wilson.
    Still great to see a recent shot of him. Happy birthday, Sean!
  • GadgetManGadgetMan Lagos, Nigeria
    edited August 2020 Posts: 4,247
    A very Happy Birthday to Sean Connery....the Bond who launched it, with all the style that has become a pivotal part of the franchise today.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    I thought this was a fun little tweet quiz:

  • GeneralGogolGeneralGogol
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    A legend. Many more years of good health!
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
    Posts: 7,021
    A very happy birthday, Sean! Movies just wouldn't be the same without you!

    mtm wrote: »
    I thought this was a fun little tweet quiz:

    This is fun!

    My answers and guesses. Left to right, top to bottom:
    1. Outland.
    2. ? (I'm guessing Zardoz.)
    3. You Only Live Twice.
    4. ? (I'm guessing Cuba.)
    5. The Anderson Tapes.
    6. ? (from the typeface, I'm guessing it's from the fifties or sixties, and from the "and" credit, perhaps it's Tarzan or that movie with Patrick McGoohan.)
    7. ? (I'm guessing Five Days, One Summer.)
    8. Murder on the Orient Express.
    9. ? (I'm guessing The Offence, because I think the titles looked like that, and I remember there was a murder in it, so it probably started with the crime scene. It's been a while since I watched it.)
    10. ? (I'm guessing Shalako.)
    11. ? (I'm torn between The Great Train Robbery, A Fine Madness and Woman of Straw.)
    12. ? (I'm guessing Family Business.)
  • DoctorNoDoctorNo USA-Maryland
    Posts: 755
    I think 6 is The First Knight and 12 is The Presido
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
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    Happy Birthday, Mr Connery! Still the best Bond.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited August 2020 Posts: 16,382
    DoctorNo wrote: »
    I think 6 is The First Knight and 12 is The Presido

    I'm almost 100% on 6 being The Avengers, and 11 League of Extraordinary, but I like The Presido very much, yeah. 7 Looks like Name of the Rose.
  • BT3366BT3366
    Posts: 1,917
    Happy birthday to one of my heroes from way back. Glad he's still with us and look forward to discovering many of his other performances I hadn't had the pleasure of seeing yet and getting reacquainted with those I've enjoyed many times over. That's the mark of a screen legend.
  • DwayneDwayne New York City
    Posts: 2,841
    Another one from me since “James Bond / Sean Connery” is trending on twitter at the moment.

    Back in 1998, music producer (Sir) George Martin asked some of his “friends and heroes” to join him in saluting the music that had been a major part of his life. It was to be (at the time) his retirement album. So, in addition to Beatles’ covers sung/played by the likes of Goldie Hawn, Celine Dion, Vanessa Mae, Billy Connolly and Robin Williams, etc., you have Sean Connery doing a nice spoken word version of “In My Life” to conclude the LP.

    From the liner notes(*):
    “There are only a few voices in the world which are completely unmistakable. When you hear the voice of Sean Connery you know who it is after one syllable. I wanted to finish with the poignant lyrics of “in My Life” and I cannot think there is anybody else who can give them the meaning that Sean does. He is a hero not just to me, but to almost everyone I know.”
    -George Martin, producer



    * Remember “liner notes” folks? Well Pepperidge farm remembers 😊.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    There is an article on the front page now, where his top non-Bond films get ranked. It is claimed there that in The Untouchables he plays Jimmy Malone, "an old-time gangster". That isn t quite correct.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    Posts: 25,097
    I watched a tribute to Sir Sean earlier on YouTube from a UK Entertainment channel and they called the first Bond Film to star Sean Connery Mr No [-(
  • ThunderballThunderball playing Chemin de Fer in a casino, downing Vespers
    edited August 2020 Posts: 814
    Happy birthday to the greatest 007 there has ever been or will ever, ever be.

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  • RevelatorRevelator
    edited August 2020 Posts: 2,917
    Sean Connery is perhaps the last great, iconic movie star who could have held his own with legends like Gary Cooper, Clark Gable, or Bogart. The Bond series was extremely lucky to find a superstar-in-the-making. I hope he's in good health and fully enjoying his 90th birthday. What an amazing life to look back upon!

    I don't know the exact reason why Connery retired from movies when he did, but I have long thought it was a shame that his last film was the crummy League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. I would have loved to see him as King Lear, or in a role of similar greatness.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    This is nice:

  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    Posts: 7,118
    Happy b-day to the great Sir Sean. Charisma personified.
  • ChrisMC36SSRChrisMC36SSR
    Posts: 133
    Happy 90th birthday Sir Sean Connery!
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
    Posts: 8,183
    Revelator wrote: »
    Sean Connery is perhaps the last great, iconic movie star who could have held his own with legends like Gary Cooper, Clark Gable, or Bogart. The Bond series was extremely lucky to find a superstar-in-the-making. I hope he's in good health and fully enjoying his 90th birthday. What an amazing life to look back upon!

    I don't know the exact reason why Connery retired from movies when he did, but I have long thought it was a shame that his last film was the crummy League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. I would have loved to see him as King Lear, or in a role of similar greatness.

    I remember a quote from him saying he no longer felt a connection with the movie business. He regretted turning down roles for THE MATRIX and LORD OF THE RINGS. He turned them down because he didn’t understand them. So when they became hits, he took a chance in LGX even though he didn’t quite get the movie he figured it would keep his profile high. Since had a bad experience making it and it flopped he decided he was done for good.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    The above link is a good interview with Sir Sean with one of his relations from 2007, Sean discusses leaving the movie business and turning down coming out of retirement to do Indy 4. (I posted this interview previously from a different source).
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: »


    The above link is a good interview with Sir Sean with one of his relations from 2007, Sean discusses leaving the movie business and turning down coming out of retirement to do Indy 4. (I posted this interview previously from a different source).

    That is an illuminating interview. Seen it before, but fun to see it again. That is a great, loving smile he gives at the end.
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