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Cubby Broccoli's funeral was a day of former colleagues paying their respects in person and some (Robert Wagner, Prince Charles, John Barry etc) "being there" via the wonders of pre-recorded video or read-out letters. Connery could have done that. It would have been the decent thing to do.
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Posted 05 July 2012 - 10:39 PM
Here is another thread on the subject; Connery Vs. Cubby
I thought this was a very interesting point;
"The sad truth is that Connery and Broccoli, both strong-willed men in an industry where cut-throat razors are virtually handed out at the studio gates, fell out badly."
Posted 05 July 2012 - 11:31 PM
I don't understand how everyone is so shocked over the contemptable relationship between Sean Connery & Cubby Broccoli. The bad blood between them is infamous. The deal he made w/ Warner Bros. in 1983 to do the pissawful remake NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN is a well known pervebial middle finger to EON Productions. It was released in the theaters shortly after the release of Octopussy quite deliberately; the battle of the Bonds & all that (the latter being quite the better of the two).
As far as funeral services go, well... let's just say that death does funny things to people. If his business relationships are all as toxic as those who have posted here claim that they are, it might be interesting to see who honors his memory upon his demise.
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Posted 26 September 2012 - 07:40 AM
My thoughts exactly. I think that Terence Young was 100% spot-on when he said that the 3 elements which made Dr. No work were Sean Connery, Sean Connery and Sean Connery. Sir Sean most probably isn't as nice person as Sir Roger and I understand if he does want to take part in 50th Anniversary hulabaloo - he certainly would be center of attention and he doesn't want that. And when it comes to Cubby's funeral - he did give his sympathies to Dana, the one whom it mattered the most. The fact is that Sir Sean made Bond as much as Bond made Sir Sean.^I don't think Sean even gave a second thought to a role in Cars 2, or even heard about, given the simple fact that he had retired from acting for nearly a decade by that point in time!
As for Connery owing everything to Bond, the same could be said about Bond owing everything to Sean Connery! If some one like David Niven had got the part would the series have lasted for more than 2 films? (if it even got that far) And given the way Sean was actively taken part in interviews about his time on Bond since the late 80's, something he would have never done in the mid 70's, I would say his attitude has softened. (He has returned to the part 3 times! Twice in film and once in a Video Game, and these were hardly cynical attempts by him to get more money as his Diamonds pay cheque went towards making a charity!)
He has every right not to attend the Bond 50th events (which it has not been confirmed he won't) seeing as he retired from official public appearance's a few years ago! (And how big a deal would it really be, if Skyfall ends up being a masterpiece surely that is a much better way to celebrate the 50th?)
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Posted 25 December 2012 - 11:06 PM
This sort of thing happens in everyday life, but in film it's exaggerated. Of course this is to do with money, but I don't think Sean was being greedy, as we know, he donated his DAF fee to a drama school! Watch his 1971 interview on YouTube conducted by the BBC where he talks about knowing how it felt to be without money. Perhaps he wanted more money to fund his personal endeavours? The business is between Sean and EON. We don't know the full story, never will.
Writing as a fan, it's disappointing that Sean didn't come out and talk shop about Bond this year. He's very much interested in the series, he's probably one of the first to watch the latest entry. In some ways, I actually prefer watching Sean in his non-Bond roles, they are more fascinating and interesting.
I love Roger Moore, awesome in interviews and generally nice to his fans, but let's not forget that he played hardball when negotiating with Cubby after Moonraker. The difference was that Cubby/UA paid Moore's increasing fees and probably got a nice backend deal too. You got to ask yourself, why Moore is so involved with the 50th anniversary? He got paid well and eternally grateful.
Posted 26 December 2012 - 03:58 AM
Moore and Connery are two very different people. If you are insinuating money is the only reason for their differing attitudes to the Bond franchise, you are mistaken.
Posted 26 December 2012 - 02:22 PM
Unless you are an insider, it's perhaps best not to write "you are mistaken."
I think money is one of the reasons, but perhaps not the defining one.
With Moore, he got a better deal, he learned a lot from the way Sean was dealt with by UA.
I agree that they different people, but when it comes to money, it tends to bring out the ugly side of the human psyche.
Posted 26 December 2012 - 02:47 PM
Writing as a fan, it's disappointing that Sean didn't come out and talk shop about Bond this year. He's very much interested in the series, he's probably one of the first to watch the latest entry. In some ways, I actually prefer watching Sean in his non-Bond roles, they are more fascinating and interesting.
Posted 27 December 2012 - 08:56 PM
Yeah, forgotten about that. Wonder if he is friends with Melvyn Bragg?
Sean has done so much outside of Bond, I would love to hear his thoughts on Highlander and Man Who Would Be King etc. I always enjoyed his performances in other films.
Posted 28 December 2012 - 02:47 AM
Yeah, forgotten about that. Wonder if he is friends with Melvyn Bragg?
Sean has done so much outside of Bond, I would love to hear his thoughts on Highlander and Man Who Would Be King etc. I always enjoyed his performances in other films.
Never seen anything to suggest he is friends with Melvyn Bragg...and that interview is not incredibly out of the ordinary (more extensive than most he does, but hardly the only time he talks about Bond):
He did a very extensive interview for the Bond 30th Anniversary Documentary (most of the clips for the DVD documentaries of each Connery film come from this interview session.)
Just looking up 'Sean Connery talks James Bond' you see him talking with people like Jimmy Carter and Dame Edna!
Also there is an interview with him at the 2006 Edinburgh International Film Festival talking about Bond and his opinion on Craig.
In all these interviews he does not appear anything close to a man holding a grudge...suggesting the most likely reason he did not take part in any 50th Anniversary Bond activity remains the fact that he has retired from all types of public appearances!
I cannot remember seeing any interviews where he talks in depth about Highlander, but there are several around where he talks about Man Who Would Be King (and it seems to be one of his personal favourite films he has made.)
Posted 28 December 2012 - 03:49 AM
Didn't Connery call Cubby just weeks before he died and they had a nice chat?
I sense he was bitter towards Cubby for a long time but they seem to have made up just in time.
Posted 28 December 2012 - 07:19 PM
Most celebs are aware of ebay , a person who has 2-3 items he/she wants to get signed isn't nessesarily a dealer. Dealers usually comes with a stack of 8x10s they want signed.......
It's the same thing with Colonel Parker and GHs Raymond Chow , they were also shrewd biz men (Golden Harvest was rumored to be financed by Triads as well and Chow prolly had 2 seperate account books)
I dunno.....500k for TB in '65 sounds like a pretty good payday to me , not exactly small potatoes
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Posted 29 December 2012 - 02:08 AM
yes, but as far as Moore being paid well, Connery was paid very well for DAF. If he had wanted to go back for more after that surely he would have gotten a nice contract, so why he complained later about being unfairly paid i don't know.
Posted 29 December 2012 - 03:12 PM
I know one of Connery's complaints about money was his image being used to sell endless merchandise at the height of Bondmania. That was back before artists got any part of those profits as they do now. The Beatles had the same sort of thing when their manager signed away their rights with little to show in return. I can't say I blame him there, but you can't go back and change it.
He'd often said growing up in poverty in Scotland led to his wanting to get every penny he thought due to him, which was debatable as to what is considered fair. Michael Caine has said the same thing as far as his work ethic stemming from his background, but not nearly as prone to sue somebody or slam them publically, but continuing to work, whether that means starring in bad pictures or not. The funny thing is I can name more prestige pictures Caine has been in and fewer that Connery has been in.
That's where Connery is controversial. Was it about money or fairness or what? He broke away from Bond to be artistically fulfilled and avoid the lengthy shooting schedules and intrusion on his privacy. But money was important as well, so why not continue in that vein, or even negotiate a deal with Charlie Feldman to play Bond in Casino Royale '67? It could've been a huge payday and a slap at Eon.
Posted 29 December 2012 - 03:32 PM
well from what i read he did tell Feldman he would do it for $1,000,000, and Feldman decided against it.
Posted 29 December 2012 - 03:40 PM
well from what i read he did tell Feldman he would do it for $1,000,000, and Feldman decided against it.
Yeah, strange, isn't it? The comment I've seen is "they could never afford me." So Feldman supposedly turned Connery's offer down but threw untold other millions into the mess that was that film. Makes you wonder what type of pressure Eon may have been applying at the time to both Connery and Feldman. If they went after the producers of The Man From UNCLE for using the name of a minor character in Goldfinger for their lead character it would have had to be bigger here, although Feldman clearly owned the rights to CR.