Sean Connery RIP

bnt

The BBC is reporting that Sir Sean Connery has died at the age of 90. I don't have any more details, but he was out of the public eye for years and there were some reports of ill health.

gmisk

Ah that is tremendously sad if true.
He was a cracking bond

NATLOR

Very sad to hear, the best Bond by a mile

RIP

Mr.Nice Guy

Sad to hear this. In his prime, for me, the best Bond ever. And in his later years he still oozed charisma, putting in a great performance in movies like Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, Entrapment and The Rock. One of the all-time greats.

nj27

RIP, definitely had one of the coolest and most natural onscreen presences I've seen.

facehugger99

What a screen presence.

Effortlessly suave, incredibly handsome and charismatic.

Set the standard by which all Bonds will be judged.

Will raise a martini to him later and put on Goldfinger.

ThewhiteJesus

Legend, RIP

johnny_ultimate

A candidate for the best accent in the history of cinema. His screen presence wasn’t too shabby either

Caegan

Best Bond ever, RIP

Strumms

It’s confirmed...

https://news.sky.com/story/sir-sean-connery-james-bond-actor-dies-aged-90-12119570

Brilliant bond. Seemed like a nice fella off the screen too. Lived one hell of a life.

JoeA3

So sad RIP. Loved him as James Bond, unquestionably “the” James Bond.

Later years he put in some really memorable performances in non-Bond movies. The few that stick our in my mind - Indiana Jones’s Dad in The Last Crusade (my favourite Indy movie), the Untouchables, and some classic 90’s action The Rock and the Hunt for the Red October.

facehugger99

He had a great run from 86-90.

Highlander, Name of the Rose, The Untouchables, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Hunt for Red October.

Mysterypunter

Fantastic actor, great screen presence, but I always laughed when he claimed to love Scotland, he loved it so much that lived in Los Angeles since about 1960.RIP

BorneTobyWilde

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPZ6eaL3S2E

Beric Dondarrion

Genuinely gutted to read this. RiP Mr. Connery, loved him in most of the stuff put out - Bond, The Rock, Indiana Jones, Name of the Rose......a true acting legend😟

Ficheall

Harry Palmr

x 1000

I'm not even thinking about Bond, he was so much better in other roles. From the delightful cool king cameo in "Time Bandits" to being broken in the glasshouse in "the Hill"

Totally compelling screen presence.

facehugger99

Plumbthedepths

facehugger99 wrote: »

He had a great run from 86-90.

Highlander, Name of the Rose, The Untouchables, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Hunt for Red October.

Name of the Rose, very underrated some great actors in it.
RIP Mr Bond aka Sean Connery.

branie2

RIP, he was the best of the Bond actors.

Great foil in Indiana jones, forgetting about Crystal skull. Bested Ford there.

pixelburp

RIP; a powerhouse of charisma and swagger in his heyday, with a string of great performances outside his Bond work.

His string of passed over scripts in the late 90s makes for an interesting "what if?"; if he went for the Gandalf or Matrix roles rather than eventually jumping on the next blockbuster script that came his way - the awful League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

Shred

So very sad, he was an absolute giant of the silver screen, R.I.P. Mr. Connery.

y0ssar1an22

RIP. what an actor. condolences to family and friends.

AMKC

Awe thats sad. What an actor. He was/is a legend.
Lived to a good age do of 90.

RIP Sean Connery.

Heckler

Aw ****. This one got me bad. ****ing Sean Connery. I thought he was invincible.

The Rock it is tonight then. Or the Untouchables.

Nah. Its gonna be Highlander.

fluke

You're the man now dog.

RIP

Tony EH

Sad to hear, but been expecting it for some time. An interview I saw of him a couple of years ago displayed a severe and noticeable downward tick in health.

Strangely enough, instead of his Bond role which many will remember him for, I've always preferred him outside of Bond. He made some genuinely great films, 'The Hill', 'The Man Who Would Be King', 'A Bridge Too Far', 'The Name of the Rose', 'The Offence', 'Outland' and the wonderfully mad 'Zardoz', I would put down as some of my favourites.

One of the great Hollywood screen actors, despite his limitations.

Agent Coulson

One of the true greats. RIP.

MfMan

Ya, look out for The Offence, a piece of 70s crime grimness, starring everyone in British cinema and TV.

mikhail

Tony EH wrote: »

Strangely enough, instead of his Bond role which many will remember him for, I've always preferred him outside of Bond. He made some genuinely great films, 'The Hill', 'The Man Who Would Be King', 'A Bridge Too Far', 'The Name of the Rose', 'The Offence', 'Outland' and the wonderfully mad 'Zardoz', I would put down as some of my favourites.

I'd second The Man Who Would Be King. I've hugely enjoyed several less well remembered movies of his in recent months, including Robin and Marian, The Anderson Tapes, and The Wind and the Lion.

I have Shalako and The Russia House to hand, and have never seen either. I think I'll give them a spin in his honour tonight.

jenneyk19

I saw Sean conary get off the concords once and he kissed every lady on the flight

Declan A Walsh

MfMan wrote: »

Ya, look out for The Offence, a piece of 70s crime grimness, starring everyone in British cinema and TV.

That was a great film. Sean Connery was excellent in it. A very underrated film that deserves to be shown again. He was also good in Hitchcock's Marnie. And of course he was, in my opinion, the best James Bond.

Sean Connery had a great screen presence. RIP.

JP Liz V1

One sexy man, that accent :(

RIP

pixelburp

Tony EH wrote: »

Sad to hear, but been expecting it for some time. An interview I saw of him a couple of years ago displayed a severe and noticeable downward tick in health.

Strangely enough, instead of his Bond role which many will remember him for, I've always preferred him outside of Bond. He made some genuinely great films, 'The Hill', 'The Man Who Would Be King', 'A Bridge Too Far', 'The Name of the Rose', 'The Offence', 'Outland' and the wonderfully mad 'Zardoz', I would put down as some of my favourites.

One of the great Hollywood screen actors, despite his limitations.

Outland is a forgotten gem of a B movie; a blatant High Noon knock off sure, elevated by Connery's performance. Had that grungy, lived-in feel rarely seen in SciFi (again cribbing from elsewhere, Alien specifically). Connery sold the role though, gave that extra polish above the film's ostensible status

WomanSkirtFan8

RIP Sean Connery. The best james bond of the whole lot IMHO.:(

Wedwood

Too many great roles to mention, I think the first movie of his I seen in the cinema was Time Bandits in 1980, although just a cameo he was the best part of the movie.

Also glad I got to see him as Bond at the cinema in 1983’s Never Say Never Again.

RIP Sean Connery.

whysobecause

He was filming The Great Train Robbery at Heuston station, so we went over to see him.
He smiled at us, shook hands with my father and gave my brother and I autographs.
He towered over my 5'9" Father.
The only person doing security was a old CIE employee.LOL

MonkieSocks

facehugger99 wrote: »

Will raise a martini to him later and put on Goldfinger.

Shaken....not stirred

interesting bit of trivia from a Bond documentary.

When Sean was about to be bifurcated by the laser, the 'gold' it was 'cutting' was brass sheet, with a bead of solder in a pre-made cut.

During the shooting, a bloke with an oxyacetyline cutting torch was melting the solder from underneath, all the while heading towards Sean's 'nads.

Look closely and you'll see Sean is sweating a bit as the flame approaches the crown jewels.





R.I.P. Mr Bond

beauf

Rising sun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yYu3KdRmJM&ab_channel=TheHeroesLocker

Outland is another

Longest Day,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avsGZ8VhRUk&ab_channel=DoctorN0Scaramanga

Bridge too Far
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIPZRBCuW-4&ab_channel=OpertationMarketGarden%2744%27

timmy00

And tonight RTÉ are showing a pierce brosnan bond film🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈

timmy00

timmy00 wrote: »

And tonight RTÉ are showing a pierce brosnan bond film🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈

Are they running on autopilot ?, is it to much to ask , to show a Connery bond film ???

One ping only

mikhail

timmy00 wrote: »

Are they running on autopilot ?, is it to much to ask , to show a Connery bond film ???

I'd cut them a little slack as I don't know how flexible they are on this sort of thing, e.g. I have no idea what kind of lead time they might need to buy rights for a specific film; a few hours may not cut it. They'll probably run something soon.

dublinman1990

I am really stunned & gutted to hear that Sean Connery has died. He had led a really brilliant life when he was in the acting world. He was one of a kind when he was working as a professional actor for so many decades. I loved seeing Sean Connery in Goldfinger, Dr.No, The Great Train Robbery & Darby O'Gill & The Little People. They were brilliant movies to see his acting craft really shine through when he was in those films. It was a joy to watch them all unfold on screen.

It's such a shame that 2020 has lost another acting legend among us movie fans. RIP to an awesome man often described as the one true Bond.

not just the original James Bond, but also the original Borat! (from Zardoz, 1974)

Incidentally a surprising fact that I only discovered yesterday was that Connery wore a hairpiece / toupee (got bigger each movie) in every Bond movie.

MonkieSocks

beauf wrote: »

Rising sun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yYu3KdRmJM&ab_channel=TheHeroesLocker

Outland is another

Longest Day,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avsGZ8VhRUk&ab_channel=DoctorN0Scaramanga

Bridge too Far
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIPZRBCuW-4&ab_channel=OpertationMarketGarden%2744%27

Lets not forget Delightful song from "Darby O'Gill and the Little People" sung by Sean Connery and Janet Munro

Mr.Nice Guy

glasso wrote: »

Incidentally a surprising fact that I only discovered yesterday was that Connery wore a hairpiece / toupee (got bigger each movie) in every Bond movie.

Had no idea about that. I guess the special effects back then weren't so bad.

Arghus

I'll always recommend the 1965 film The Hill as the best semi forgotten Connery film.

p to the e

I'd say there's so many good stories about Connery out there. I knew Connery was a karateka but didn't know that the Thespian Steven Seagal broke his wrist.

https://www.looper.com/271128/steven-seagal-broke-sean-connerys-wrist-heres-what-happened/

murpho999

Sean had quiet a few links to Ireland.

The photo above from Zardoz in his red nappy was all shot in Ireland and he also made The Great Train Robbery here.

As a result he bought a lovely house in Bray at the time and was well known around the town.

I think this is a cool picture of him in Bray Snooker Hall that used to be on the seafront.



I was a kid in the town at the time and I would have loved to have met him.