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George is a tough chap. I'm sure he'll recover. :)
That shot of Lazenby smoking, along with John Barry's music... perfection. The opening to OHMSS is magical. It's the perfect combination of Ian Fleming/Cubby Broccoli Bond.
@Tracy Laz needs you there, you can save him just like how you did it in the ice skating rink ;).
Mundije (2024)
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt28281138/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_6_nm_2_q_mundije
God that looks terrible.
I mean, it's a Z-movie so it makes sense.
Thing is, it really doesn't look cheap. It clearly has a level of production/costume design, varied locations, choreography, and indeed actors (ok, Daniel Craig isn't going to make a surprise cameo, but even Eric Roberts and George Lazenby require a certain amount of money). It simply has all the staples of a relatively well funded but badly made low budget movie - the bad colour grading, the bad ADR/dubbing, weirdly flat or overexposed lighting at points, and indeed the absolute scale of it despite how rubbish it looks. Reminds me of Uwe Boll films more than Tommy Wiseau or Neil Green (so boring and not worth watching).
Lazenby has a small part near the end as a closeted gay US senator set up for blackmail by the CIA, if memory serves. But it's a crucial plot point in a morality tale centered around the titular Ben Gazzara character, with a strong supporting cast (Denholm Elliott, James Villiers) and a seedy milieu fans of American Cinema from the pre blockbuster era will likely enjoy.
https://www.facebook.com/georgelazenbyofficial/posts/pfbid02imTVhwoygU31MqNQnwqUw5xZfnU3jrsmR4aTu29xWirigBqdWvYg1mNK3U5LkpXUl
Really rated Saint Jack. Will have to rewatch it asap.
https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/709139/former-james-bond-announces-retirement-bittersweet-statement-george-lazenby/
It saddens me that his book This Never Happened to the Other Fellow was never released.
Wasn't another documentary in the works too apart from the one that was released a few years back
Happy 85th birthday, George.
Awesome.
George was blessed to have one of the greatest Bond scores ever and to star in one of the best Bond films ever. I would rate the final act of OHMSS as one of the greatest in film history.
I agree. Telly Savalas is the best Blofeld. Diana Rigg is one of the best Bond Women. It's a shame above all else that Peter Hunt never directed another Bond movie. But he ended on a high note!
Am looking forward, as always, to my annual Christmas watch of OHMSS!
Regarding that opening gunbarrel, the story goes that the one used was Georges first attempt. The film makers weren't happy with it and asked him to do it again, George deliberately messed up so they would have to use that one!! Truth or myth, it's a great story, and a great gunbarrel in a magnificent Bond movie!
Like the opinion of many, my attitude about GL changed. I don't find his performance as wooden as many claim. No, he's not as obviously casual on screen as Connery was, but he had big shoes to fill, big expectations to meet, and did it all in a big, big Bond film that occupies a place at the top of my list with GF and CR.
I wish the sentiment for GL and his film had occurred much earlier. While I wish he could have done more Bond films, maybe it's best he didn't as DAF opened the door to an era of Bond films I don't care for.
One and done, but what a great film.
IIRC, Hamilton returned because the plan was to have a plot involving Goldfinger's identical twin (a returning Gert Fröbe) who's obsessed with diamonds. They wanted to go back to the mood of Goldfinger, and getting the director was an important step. Of course the twin idea was thrown out of the windows shortly after.
Young, Hamilton , Gilbert, Glen... all of them made more than one.
And his next job as a director was an episode of The Persuaders!
I think the official line about Hunt was there was a scheduling conflict/he had another project. From what I’ve read in his interviews he’d have loved to direct Connery.
Yeah, there’s lots of weird script ideas we know about with DAF, and a lot of it was about trying to replicate GF’s success (albeit on a lower budget). That’s why you get Hamilton being asked back and Goldfinger’s twin brother being written in.