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The ROGER MOORE Appreciation thread - Discuss His Life, His Career, His Bond Films

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  • CrabKeyCrabKey
    Posts: 2,025
    Not a Moore Bond fan, but very much liked the actor. I respect that he didn't pull an SC and attempt a return to the role. Of all the Bond actors, he's always seemed to me he would have been the most approachable.
  • MalloryMallory
    edited September 13 Posts: 2,171
    I noticed Gold was on Amazon Prime, so have watched that for the first time, as there are a lot of Bond alimni who worked on the film.

    It’s a weird one. Rog was good as was the cast and the best parts by far were when they were down in the mines, and the finale was genuinely riveting. But everything else was quite bloated and boring. I felt it really could’ve been trimmed down in the script.

    Also tonally its a bit all over the place.

    (Also, the transfer of the film on AP was really poor).
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 16,589
    Yes I was toying with watching that again when I saw it on the list, but I do remember it being very boring as well.
    I did watch the trailer though and now the theme tune is stuck in my mind even days later! :D
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
    Posts: 17,815
    Does anyone know what year this interview was filmed?

  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited September 14 Posts: 16,589
    My guess would be 1975, just purely based on Roger's face! He looks sort of between his GG and TSWLM versions of himself :D Maybe slightly more GGish, but filled out a little
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
    Posts: 17,815
    mtm wrote: »
    My guess would be 1975, just purely based on Roger's face! He looks sort of between his GG and TSWLM versions of himself :D Maybe slightly more GGish, but filled out a little

    That is roughly my guess as well. The background makes me think if this could have been on filmed set of TSWLM, but I'm not sure. I'm just wondering about the year to see if I can find the full interview.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 16,589
    Here you go, I found the source of the BBC clip and it says the year:
    https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1363803373703872

    :D
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
    Posts: 17,815
    mtm wrote: »
    Here you go, I found the source of the BBC clip and it says the year:
    https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1363803373703872

    :D

    Ooh, thanks! You were even right about the year!
  • DaltonforyouDaltonforyou The Daltonator
    Posts: 556
    I do wish for the next James Bond, we could have somebody as charming as Roger Moore.
  • RogueAgentRogueAgent
    Posts: 12,526
    When i read the article on MI6 about Sir Roger Moore's resting place had been desecrated! It made me feel sick to my stomach and so angry.

    I sincerely hope they can somehow capture the scumbags who did it. Their is no reason for this sort of behaviour. I hope the family are able to re-establish how the grave was and to protect it somehow? Not that you should have to do this.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited October 23 Posts: 16,589
    ‘My Life As Roger Moore’ - a BBC rogumentary about the life of our favourite megastar coming later this year.

    It takes viewers back to a golden age of cinema, tracing Moore’s unlikely rise from a young knitwear model to an era-defining icon, while showing how Moore refined his persona as a debonair, seasoned man-about-town, and finally won his breakthrough role as Bond. Beyond Bond, the documentary explores Moore’s life as an A-List star, friends with the Sinatra family, as well as Tony Curtis, Elizabeth Taylor and countless other Hollywood legends.
  • George_KaplanGeorge_Kaplan Being chauffeured by Tibbett
    Posts: 701
    mtm wrote: »
    ‘My Life As Roger Moore’ - a BBC rogumentary about the life of our favourite megastar coming later this year.

    It takes viewers back to a golden age of cinema, tracing Moore’s unlikely rise from a young knitwear model to an era-defining icon, while showing how Moore refined his persona as a debonair, seasoned man-about-town, and finally won his breakthrough role as Bond. Beyond Bond, the documentary explores Moore’s life as an A-List star, friends with the Sinatra family, as well as Tony Curtis, Elizabeth Taylor and countless other Hollywood legends.

    I'm looking forward to it.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited November 20 Posts: 16,589
    Director's Q&A for what is now called FROM ROGER MOORE WITH LOVE at Picturehouse cinemas:

    https://www.picturehouses.com/movie-details/003/HO00015656/from-roger-moore-with-love-recorded-director-q-a
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
    Posts: 8,331
    cool! Is that going to show anywhere else as well? Would love to see it!
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 16,589
    It'll be on the BBC soon after, and then I think it's on the streamers.
  • meshypushymeshypushy Ireland
    Posts: 146
    This is being shown on Christmas night on BBC2 - I think it’s been a few years since we’ve had anything Bond-related on TV on Christmas Day https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2024/52/from-roger-moore-with-love
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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  • 007HallY007HallY
    edited December 5 Posts: 4,294
    Not quite sure why David Williams is in this, but otherwise it looks interesting.
  • meshypushymeshypushy Ireland
    Posts: 146
    007HallY wrote: »
    Not quite sure why David Williams is in this, but otherwise it looks interesting.
    He has a tendency to push himself into anything Bond-related, when the opportunity arises. The doc looks excellent though - cannot wait for this!
  • 007HallY007HallY
    Posts: 4,294
    meshypushy wrote: »
    007HallY wrote: »
    Not quite sure why David Williams is in this, but otherwise it looks interesting.
    He has a tendency to push himself into anything Bond-related, when the opportunity arises. The doc looks excellent though - cannot wait for this!

    Hmm, odd. Really not a fan of that guy to be honest.

    But yeah, doc looks cool. Not usually my thing but I'll give it a watch.
  • itsrawitsraw
    edited December 5 Posts: 28
    David Walliams gives me a bad vibe- fairly insensitive comments about his marraiges as well.

    By the way, I'd be shocked if that wasn't Steve Coogan doing the Roger impression in the trailer. It sounds like his impression...
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 16,589
    Yeah I’d say definitely Coogan, not hugely sure if I want that all the way through but I’ll live with it.
  • meshypushymeshypushy Ireland
    Posts: 146
    I’ve seen Walliams at a few events over the years and I’ve always got the impression that he’s an asshole. I was in a queue at one of the 60th anniversary events at the BFI and he literally shoved me out of the way to get past and skip the queue. He spent the night sitting in front of me, looking around to see if anyone was noticing him.
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
    edited December 15 Posts: 17,815
    mtm wrote: »
    Yeah I’d say definitely Coogan, not hugely sure if I want that all the way through but I’ll live with it.

    Yeah, that sounds like Coogan. A bit much if it's a thing all throughout, but I won't mind his voiceover to pop up here and there. Obviously, I had to watch this (again) since Coogan was mentioned.

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