Sean Connery RIP

Very sad to hear, the best Bond by a mile

RIP

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.

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

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

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

RIP Sean Connery.

You're the man now dog.

RIP

One of the true greats. RIP.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.