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He was really great on Celebrity Jeopardy, too.
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RIP Sean Connery
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Alkali Ike
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I’m just finishing Goldfinger. It’s dated, yet it still holds up. Apple’s streaming copy looks fully restored to as-new. In fact the credits say it’s a 4K scan.
Russia House was great, but I have a soft spot for Red October. Some many great (if cheesy) lines in that one.
“Personally, I give us.... one chance in three. More tea, anyone?”
“Personally, I give us.... one chance in three. More tea, anyone?”
Zardoz! Mr Universe to silver screen star, before Arnold.
Great Scot, RIP. Gone but not forgotten
Great Scot, RIP. Gone but not forgotten
This is just a great story about Connery. It's a series of tweets--i can't post them all due to language, but I highly recommend clicking through.
Threads merged but someone forgot to lock off this one. The right name is on top of the other one.
I worked with him for a short time on the film "Presidio" when I was a propman. Very professional and always well prepared. One of my all time favorite movies of his is "Finding Forrester" for not just a great story and performance, but also the end music being the Hawaiian version of "Over the Rainbow" since I'm a ukulele player.
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This side of the Pond, his role as Brother William of Baskerville in The Name of the Rose ranks among his five or so most iconic:
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Which has apparently been remade and is streaming on the Sundance channel, John Turturro cast in Sean's role...
I love The League of Extraordinary Gentleman. A terrible movie, but fun, and he was great in it.
Speaking of iconic roles, wouldn't we be remiss if we didn't reminisce about Highlander's Ramirez?
One or two notches below, Mason in The Rock:
[In a later, short-haired scene:] "Oh, I wash trained by the besht: British Intelligensh."
One or two notches below, Mason in The Rock:
[In a later, short-haired scene:] "Oh, I wash trained by the besht: British Intelligensh."
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SNL's Sean character all these years later still has me cracking up!
