Posted on 10/13/2013 12:43:23 PM PDT by ReformationFan
A favorite of mine too.
I’ve seen most of those films you’ve listed. Have you seen “Deadlier Than The Male”(1967) with Richard Johnson as Bulldog Drummond? Of all the 1960s 007 imitators, I think that one comes closest in quality to the actual James Bond films. Not surprising since it was shot at Pinewood Studios(Bond’s home studio).
“My cell phone ringtone is the Flint phone hotline.”
Cool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwSEtUx6bPk
I’ve got it on DVD. However, the mention of Bulldog Drummond brings to mind the hilarious stage parody of that, called Bullshot!
While they made it into a movie, Bullshot Crummond (1983), it just wasn’t as good as the video of the stage performance, which is extremely high energy and hilarious.
Here is a small section from the play.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3N9pytH5WE
I’ve got it on DVD. However, the mention of Bulldog Drummond brings to mind the hilarious stage parody of that, called Bullshot!
While they made it into a movie, Bullshot Crummond (1983), it just wasn’t as good as the video of the stage performance, which is extremely high energy and hilarious.
Here is a small section from the play.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3N9pytH5WE
I believe it was the Wardman Theater in Whittier, Calif., a walk-in theater. We never went to drive-ins. Our 1965 VW camper didn't have adequate windows for watching movies, and our other car, a 1966 VW 1600, sort of a miniature station wagon, was too cramped and uncomfortable.
Nonetheless, I enjoyed the film, as I did most of the films that I saw that year.
My most disappointing movie experience that summer was "Casino Royale," which we saw, if I remember correctly, at the Garmar Theater in Montebello. This was a comedy that featured Woody Allen as the spy James Bond. However, I thought the film was "stupid," a word I almost certainly used to describe it at the time, and that it utterly failed as a comedy.
Stupid? You are correct sir. And most critics agreed including this one. Hollyweird laid a huge egg with that one.
If Hollywood made the “Flint” movies today, Derek Flint would have been gay...
Shhhh! Don’t give Hollyweird any more bad ideas than they’ve already got.
I’ve read rumors that there’s been talk of remaking “Our Man Flint” with Chris Hemsworth but hopefully that’s just a rumor. A huge part of Flint’s appeal in the first place is how he reflects the better aspects of the sixties. To update him just wouldn’t work.
Leave him in the world where Jerry Goldsmith’s jazzy lounge music plays in the background and political correctness had never even been heard of yet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO4Q09Bkcco
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.