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Jimbuna
10-31-20, 07:40 AM
The best Bond ever.

I'm absolutely gutted.

RIP
Eichhörnchen
10-31-20, 07:43 AM
Just saw this on Facebook... seems unbelievable
Gerald
10-31-20, 07:48 AM
Strange! Thought of him yesterday when I knew he turned 90 years old earlier. Rest in peace Sir you where best. Sad day!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b15-P12gIf0
Jimbuna
10-31-20, 07:54 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVJzByu8RV8&t=7s
_Seth_
10-31-20, 08:11 AM
R.I.P Sean, maybe the greatest actor that has even been <3
Jimbuna
10-31-20, 08:27 AM
R.I.P Sean, maybe the greatest actor that has even been <3

Hello my friend...long time no see.
Gerald
10-31-20, 08:31 AM
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-41523800
u crank
10-31-20, 08:34 AM
One of my favorites.

RIP Sir Connery.

:salute:
Onkel Neal
10-31-20, 09:24 AM
Sean Connery, the Scottish-born actor who was the first to utter the famous movie line, “the name’s Bond, James Bond,” has died. He was 90.

His death was confirmed by his family, the BBC reported. Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon called him “first and foremost, a patriotic and proud Scot.”

Though he made more than 60 films, winning an Academy Award for his supporting role as an incorruptible lawman on the trail of Al Capone in “The Untouchables” (1987), Connery was most closely affiliated with the debonair fictional British spy he portrayed seven times.

Connery “defined an era and a style,” according to the official James Bond Twitter account. “The wit and charm he portrayed on screen could be measured in mega watts; he helped create the modern blockbuster.”


Full story: Sean Connery dies, aged 90 (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-31/sean-connery-who-introduced-world-to-james-bond-dies-at-90)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2bxHuz9fMI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unk6siO-tI&feature=emb_logo
Sean C
10-31-20, 09:33 AM
Wow. :nope:
R.I.P.
GoldenRivet
10-31-20, 10:04 AM
I've suspected for several months that we would soon be losing him.

one of the greatest.
Skybird
10-31-20, 10:21 AM
An icon of movies, and so many pleasurable roles. Like wine he grew the better the older he got. He did not need to act, just be on screen - and by that already being present.
Bon voyage, Sir.
_Seth_
10-31-20, 10:45 AM
Hello my friend...long time no see.

Hi mate! :) Long time no see, indeed :) Hope all is good! :)
Jimbuna
10-31-20, 11:23 AM
Hi mate! :) Long time no see, indeed :) Hope all is good! :)

Yep, finally fully retired and a first grandchild.

Hope all is well at your end :up:
Catfish
10-31-20, 11:43 AM
:huh:
Sad news. Rest in peace, Sean Connery.
Lasstmichdurch
10-31-20, 12:32 PM
RIP Kapitaan Ramius...😣
mapuc
10-31-20, 12:44 PM
R.I.P Mr Connery
Thank you

Markus
bstanko6
10-31-20, 03:03 PM
Rest in piece Sean! Thank you for the awesome characters you portrayed!
_Seth_
10-31-20, 03:29 PM
Yep, finally fully retired and a first grandchild.

Hope all is well at your end :up:

Awesome news, my friend! :) And all is all good here too :)
Reece
10-31-20, 05:52 PM
Rest in peace!! He was a great in my time! :up:
Commander Wallace
10-31-20, 09:31 PM
It would certainly be hard to pick a favorite movie role that Sean Connery played. Among my favorites would of course be as James bond and as Marco Ramius in The Hunt for Red October. Sean also played a memorable part in Highlander as Juan Sánchez-Villalobos Ramírez. In fact, Sean Connery played a commanding role in every part he played.


Actor Mike Myers honoring Sean Connery.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQYp8xJ4kpo



Rest in Peace.
Mork_417
10-31-20, 10:46 PM
Damn great actor. :salute:
Col7777
11-01-20, 02:52 AM
One ping, and one ping only. RIP.
Catfish
11-01-20, 04:17 AM
Do not forget "The man who would be king"!

Then, of course, there is Zardoz ...
Catfish
11-01-20, 04:28 AM
Nice article in the "FAZ" (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Gogle translate):

https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=de&sl=de&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.faz.net%2Faktuell%2Ffeuilleton %2Fzum-tod-des-schottischen-schauspielers-sean-connery-17029858.html

"[...] in retrospect you could almost say that the role of James Bond owes more to its actor Connery than the other way around."
Jimbuna
11-01-20, 04:36 AM
Nice article in the "FAZ" (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Gogle translate):

https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=de&sl=de&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.faz.net%2Faktuell%2Ffeuilleton %2Fzum-tod-des-schottischen-schauspielers-sean-connery-17029858.html

"[...] in retrospect you could almost say that the role of James Bond owes more to its actor Connery than the other way around."

Most definitely :yep:
Jimbuna
11-01-20, 04:44 AM
Rest in piece Sean! Thank you for the awesome characters you portrayed!

I've merged your thread with the one already in existence.
Rhodes
11-01-20, 05:29 AM
R.I.P. Sir!

Besides several films that already were mention here, I watched a few times The Hill, a good war drama film!
And like Robin and Marian and The Name of the Rose
Platapus
11-01-20, 08:00 AM
Outland was another move if his that I enjoyed.



High Noon in Space!
Jimbuna
11-01-20, 08:15 AM
Sean Connery filmography - most impressive.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Connery_filmography
Commander Wallace
11-01-20, 08:23 AM
^ It is impressive but then again, Sean Connery was an impressive guy himself. :)
Jimbuna
11-01-20, 08:33 AM
^ It is impressive but then again, Sean Connery was an impressive guy himself. :)

Most of the time. Pity about his pro Scottish independent stance that on times made him sound quite anti English which I felt was unnecessary. Still he was a great actor and will be sorely missed.
Commander Wallace
11-01-20, 08:55 AM
^ Sean wasn't Anti English as far as I knew. Sean was just a nationalist as we all are to varying degrees. Sean loved Scotland and felt Scotland should be free and make it's own decisions but maintain the tight relationship it has with England. With people who are famous actors or artists, there will always be lesser people looking for faults who are motivated by jealousy. Meaning, those who wrote demeaning articles.
Sean C
11-02-20, 12:44 AM
Pity about his pro Scottish independent stance ...


Did you hear his stance on slapping women?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo0d1zTAFKA
SeniorChiefChef
11-02-20, 01:12 AM
R.I.P. Thanks for the memories. :Kaleun_Cheers:
Jimbuna
11-02-20, 06:03 AM
Did you hear his stance on slapping women?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo0d1zTAFKA

I most certainly did and tbh I was disappointed at the time.
Commander Wallace
11-02-20, 08:38 AM
Did you hear his stance on slapping women?






To be honest, I had never heard of this interview. Wow, this does put Sean Connery in a different light. :o
Bilge_Rat
11-02-20, 09:59 AM
Good night, mr. Bond.
Aktungbby
11-02-20, 12:05 PM
An actors actor imho. Even at the height of his Bond gig his performances in "The Man Who Would Be King", "The Russia House", the gritty: "The Hill", "A Fine Madness", my favorite; Pennsylvania coal mines: "The Molly Maguires"; all showed he could do it all avoiding 007 typecasting to his luminous turns in "Hunt for Red October" and the ensemble cast: "A Bridge Too Far". His outshining of star Kevin Costner in "The Untouchables" rightly earned him a Best Supporting Oscar. Connery's Bond wasn't blunt like equally enjoyable Danial Craig's, but marvelously smooth, sophisticated; the quintessential 007 to all the runner-ups... my vodka gimlets are "shaken, never stirred." :Kaleun_Cheers::Kaleun_Salute:
Jimbuna
11-02-20, 12:08 PM
To be honest, I had never heard of this interview. Wow, this does put Sean Connery in a different light. :o

His credibility took a steep nose dive here in the UK at the time.