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[Athena007]

I was wondering what you all have seen of Connery's work? You can just list the one's you've seen, but here's the full list from IMDB. (I've marked the ones I've seen with an * -- and the ones I own with two *)

* The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
* Finding Forrester (2000)
* Entrapment (1999)
Playing by Heart / Intermedia (1998)
* The Avengers, (1998)
* The Rock (1996)
Dragonheart (1996-voice)
* First Knight (1995)
Just Cause (1995)
A Good Man in Africa (1994)
Rising Sun (1993)
* Medicine Man / The Last Days of Eden (1992) -- [I like this film]
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Highlander II (1991)
The Russia House (1990)
* The Hunt for Red October (1990) -- [It's a good one]
Family Business (1989)
* Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) -- [A+++]
The Presidio (1988)
** The Untouchables (1987) -- [Call me craZy, but I LOVE this movie!]
The Name of the Rose (1986)
Highlander (1986)
** Never Say Never Again (1983)
Five Days One Summer (1982)
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1982)
Wrong Is Right / The Man with the Deadly Lens (1982) -- [I want to see this]
Time Bandits (1981)
Outland (1981)
Cuba (1979)
Meteor (1979) -- [would be interesting to see this after seeing 'Deep Impact' & 'Armageddon']
* The Great Train Robbery (1979)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
The Next Man / The Arab Conspiracy / Double Hit (1976)
* Robin and Marian (1976)
* The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
The Wind and the Lion (1975)
Ransom / The Terrorists (1975)
* Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Zardoz (1974) -- [I'm scared!]
The Offence / Something Like the Truth (1973)
** Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
The Anderson Tapes (1971)
The Red Tent (1971)
The Molly Maguires (1970)
Male of the Species (1969-tv)
Shalako (1968)
** You Only Live Twice (1967)
A Fine Madness (1966)
** Thunderball (1965)
* The Hill (1965)
** Goldfinger (1964)
Woman of Straw (1964)
* Marnie (1964) -- [Gotta love Hitchcock]
** From Russia with Love (1963)
** Doctor No (1962)
* The Longest Day, The (1962)
Adventure Story (1961-tv)
The Frightened City (1961)
On the Fiddle / Operation Snafu/WarHead(1961)
Anna Karenina (1961-tv)
* Macbeth (1961-tv)
An Age of Kings (1960-mini)
Without the Grail (1960-tv)
Colombe (1960-tv)
Crucible (1959-tv)
Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959)
The Square Ring (1959-tv)
* Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959) -- [Odd little movie, this]
Women in Love (1958-tv)
Another Time, Another Place (1958)
No Road Back (1957)
Time Lock (1957)
Anna Christie (1957-tv)
Action of the Tiger (1957)
Hell/Hard Drivers (1957)
Requiem for a Heavyweight (1957-tv)
Lilacs in the Spring / Let's Make Up (1955)

[Genrewriter]

Apart from the Bond films, here's my list. And by the way Athena, you should definitely be scared of Zardoz. Be afraid, be very afraid.

Ahem, now then:


Murder on the Orient Express-I've seen the end.

Outland-Seen

Time Bandits-Seen

Wrong is Right-Seen and thoroughly enjoy

Sword of the Valiant-Saw the beginning in my Senior English class in high school.

Highlander-Seen

The Name of the Rose-Seen

The Untouchables-Seen

The Presidio-Seen

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade-Seen, top flight film all the way.

The Hunt for Red October-Seen

Highlander 2-Sadly enough, seen

Robin Hood-Seen

Medicine Man-Saw in the theater, still cheesed off about it.

Rising Sun-Seen, a decent enough film that gets really disjointed towards the end.

Just Cause-Seen

First Knigfht-Saw the end on cable, didn't have the urge to see the rest.

The Rock-Seen it, loved it.

The Avengers-Bought it for five bucks the other day but haven't watched it yet.

Entrapment-Seen

[Four Aces]

Gosh! I'm surprised, but I have seen all of them [except some of the TV ones, Requiem for a Heavyweight was quite good, I believe Anthony Quinn was the star]. I guess age is factor here.

I would say that Connery was not really taken seriously as an actor by the powers to be until The Name of the Rose. Which by the way was an excellent novel by Umberto Eco. The movie was a good adaptation of the novel.

4A

Edited by Four Aces, 28 May 2004 - 02:21 AM.

[Qwerty]

*- seen it
**- seen it and own it


** The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
* Finding Forrester (2000)
* Entrapment (1999)
* The Avengers, (1998)
* The Rock (1996)
* First Knight (1995)
* Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
* The Hunt for Red October (1990)
** Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
* The Untouchables (1987)
** Never Say Never Again (1983)
* Meteor (1979)
** Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
** You Only Live Twice (1967)
** Thunderball (1965)
** Goldfinger (1964)
** Marnie (1964)
** From Russia with Love (1963)
** Doctor No (1962)

[00-FAN008]

* The Hill (1965)

Saw the beginning of that one. Funny moustache he had...

[Qwerty]

* Marnie (1964) -- [Gotta love Hitchcock]

You liked him in as a character/that film too Athena? Marnie is indeed one of the most underrated Hitchcock films ever, I watch it often.

[Athena007]

Marnie IS a good one, I don't know why it doesn't get more attention.

[Qwerty]

I think most likely because of the cold reception it received, although many critics have shown how at a second glance, it's a terrific film. One just has to wonder how it would have been different with Grace Kelly (stunningly beautiful) would have been in the title role.

[Bon-san]

The Avengers-Bought it for five bucks the other day but haven't watched it yet.

Don't watch it! You'll just be miserable.

[M_Balje]

Own on VHS and DVD

Dr No
From Russia With love
Goldfinger
Thunderball
You only live twice
Diamonds are forever
Never Say Never Again

Own on VHS:

The Rock
Just Cause (I buy it for fl. 10,-,but don

[Qwerty]

The Avengers-Bought it for five bucks the other day but haven't watched it yet.

Don't watch it! You'll just be miserable.

It seemed slightly like a League of the... movie, except not as enjoyable.

[Jim]

The Avengers-Bought it for five bucks the other day but haven't watched it yet.

Don't watch it! You'll just be miserable.

You'll feel dirty for days afterwards.

[Jim]

Own a few of these(*) (the Bonds aside), rest I've seen.

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
Finding Forrester (2000)
Entrapment (1999)
The Avengers, (1998)
The Rock (1996)
Dragonheart (1996-voice)
First Knight (1995)
Just Cause (1995)
A Good Man in Africa (1994)
Rising Sun (1993)
Medicine Man / The Last Days of Eden (1992)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
The Russia House (1990)
The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Family Business (1989)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)*
The Presidio (1988)
The Untouchables (1987)*
The Name of the Rose (1986)*
Highlander (1986)
Five Days One Summer (1982)
Time Bandits (1981)*
Outland (1981)
Cuba (1979)
The Great Train Robbery (1979)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Robin and Marian (1976)
The Man Who Would Be King (1975)*
The Wind and the Lion (1975)
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
The Offence / Something Like the Truth (1973)*
The Anderson Tapes (1971)*
The Red Tent (1971)*
The Hill (1965)*
Marnie (1964)*
The Longest Day, The (1962)*
Adventure Story (1961-tv)
On the Fiddle / Operation Snafu/WarHead(1961)
Another Time, Another Place (1958)
Action of the Tiger (1957)
Hell/Hard Drivers (1957)* (Tremendous film)

[Willie Garvin]

Hell Drivers
On the Fiddle
Another Time,Another Place
Anna Karinina BBC tv series(as Count Vronsky)
Zardoz
Robin and Marian
The Man Who Would be King
Shalako
The Offence
The Longest Day
Darby O'Gill and the little people
The Action of the Tiger
The Wind and the Lion
The Name of the Rose
Murder on the Orient Express
The Molly Maguires
A Fine Madness
The Great Train Robbery
Tarzan's Greatest Adventure
A Fine Madness
Finding Forrester
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
The Russia House
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
The Hunt For Red October
The Untouchables
The Presidio
Sword of the Valiant
Highlander II
A Bridge Too Far
Cuba
Entrapment
First Knight
The Hill

And of course

Dr.No
From Russia With Love
Goldfinger
Thunderball
You Only Live Twice
Diamonds Are Forever
Never Say Never Again

Edited by Willie Garvin, 28 May 2004 - 10:28 PM.

[Moore Not Less]

Here is my list of Sean Connery's performances that I have seen.

Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)
Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959)
The Longest Day (1962)
Dr. No (1962) - DVD
From Russia With Love (1963) - DVD
Marnie (1964)
Goldfinger (1964) - DVD
The Hill (1965)
Thunderball (1965) - DVD
You Only Live Twice (1967) - DVD
The Molly Maguires (1970)
The Anderson Tapes (1971)
Diamonds Are Forever (1971) - Video
The Offence (1973)
Zardoz (1974)
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
Robin and Marian (1976)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
The Great Train Robbery (1979)
Meteor (1979)
Outland (1981)
Never Say Never Again (1983)
The Untouchables (1987) - Video
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1988) - Video
The Hunt For Red October (1990) - Video
The Russia House (1990)
Medicine Man (1992)
The Rock (1996) - Video
Entrapment (1999)

My favourite's (not including his Eon Bond films) are The Hill, The Molly Maguires, The Offence, The Man Who Would Be King, The Untouchables, Indian Jones and the Last Crusade and The Hunt For Red October. My least favourite's include Meteor, Never Say Never Again and The Russia House.

[Double-Oh-Zero]

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Entrapment
The Rock
Dragonheart
Rising Sun
Robin Hood: Prince of Theives
The Hunt For Red October
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
The Untouchables
Highlander
The Man Who Would Be King

That's not counting the Bond films, mind you. And I also saw a bit of the '61 "Macbeth" when it was on CTV last month. Pretty interesting, that. I own all of his Bond films, plus IJATLC and The Untouchables. Been searching for The Rock Criterion Edition at a decent price.

[Simon]

..........and for the sake of completism.

Finding Forrester (2000)
Entrapment (1999)
The Avengers, (1998)
The Rock (1996)
First Knight (1995)
Just Cause (1995)
Rising Sun (1993)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
The Russia House (1990)
The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
The Presidio (1988)
The Untouchables (1987)
The Name of the Rose (1986)
Never Say Never Again (1983)
Outland (1981)
Meteor (1979)
The Great Train Robbery (1979)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Robin and Marian (1976)
The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
The Wind and the Lion (1975)
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
The Offence (1973)
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
You Only Live Twice (1967)
Thunderball (1965)
The Hill (1965)
Goldfinger (1964)
Marnie (1964)
From Russia with Love (1963)
Doctor No (1962)
The Longest Day, The (1962)

Of these, The Rock, Presidio, Untouchables, Outland, The Offence, the Hill, and Marnie are the ones to truly spend time over. (outside of Bond but not necessarily including YOLT or DAF)

Own The Rock, would like to own The Untouchables, but only when it receives the DVD treatment it deserves.

[Dr. Tynan]

Never thought of much of Connery as an Actor.

[Turn]

I have seen and have added a * for ones I've seen in the cinema:

Finding Forrester
Entrapment*
The Avengers* (yes, I actually paid to see this one)
The Rock* (one of my favorites)
Dragonheart
First Knight
Just Cause
Rising Sun
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves*
Highlander II* (yeah, paid for this one too)
The Russia House* (and this one; what can I say, I like the guy)
The Hunt for Red October*
Family Business*
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade*
The Presidio
The Untouchables* (There's supposed to be a special edition DVD coming out soon)
Highlander
Never Say Never Again*
Wrong Is Right (A very underrated film)
Time Bandits
Outland (another underrated flick)
Meteor
The Man Who Would Be King
Murder on the Orient Express
Zardoz (Most people hate this; I like it)
Diamonds Are Forever*
The Anderson Tapes
You Only Live Twice*
A Fine Madness
Thunderball*
The Hill
Goldfinger*
Woman of Straw (1964)
Marnie (One of the first films I saw in film school)
From Russia with Love*
Doctor No*
Tarzan's Greatest Adventure
Action of the Tiger

I've seen at least parts of several others including:
Playing by Heart
Medicine Man (Too annoying to finish)
Cuba
The Great Train Robbery (I taped this about 15 years ago but never finished it)
Robin and Marian
The Molly Maguires
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Hell/Hard Drivers (Saw the end of this last year; imagine Connery, McCallum and McGoohan in the same films)

Ones I'd like to see:
A Bridge Too Far
The Wind and the Lion (It used to be on cable all the time years ago, but I just never could get into it)
The Offence / Something Like the Truth (I've been looking for this for years)
Shalako (Another one I've tried for years to see; used to pop up on TBS at like 3 a.m. years ago)
The Longest Day
On the Fiddle / Operation Snafu/WarHead

[SPECTRE ASSASSIN]

To make a long list short, I have seen all his movies!

One of my favorite non-Bond films of Connery's include "Finding Forrester, "The Hill", "The Offence", "Rising Sun" and "Entrapment".

Also, one of my favs that I'm ashamed to admit might be "Shalako".

[Jaelle]

I've seen a lot of Connery's films, I just love him!

Other than all his Bond films, I've seen (many several times over); I've enjoyed most of the films below:

Another Time, Another Place (terrific debut! Lucky Lana Turner, she's the one who discovered him!)

Darby O'Gill & the Little People (a personal favorite, he's just so unpracticed, innocent and fresh in this!)

The Longest Day

Marnie (one of my very favorit Hitch films, I love Connery in this!)

Woman of Straw (interesting little psych. film with Gina Lollabrigida & Ralph Richardson)

A Fine Madness

Male of the Species

The Molly Maguires (directed by one of my favorites, Martin Ritt, this is a terrific piece of social history on film!)

The Anderson Tapes

Zardoz (totally wild & crazy SF film!)

Murder on the Orient Express (great fun!)

The Wind & the Lion (this film ranks as one of my all-time favorite films, period! It's my #1 favorite Connery film -- that's right, even MORE than any of his Bond films!)

The Man Who Would Be King (everything is good here)

Robin & Marian (underrated thoughtful piece with Sean and Audrey Hepburn showing some great work)

A Bridge Too Far

Highlander (he's so cool in this!) & Highlander II

The Hunt for Red October (my #2 on personal list of Connery's best films!)

The Untouchables (love his character here!)

Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade (not a popular film on this board but I loved him as Indy's father)

The Russia House

Robin Hood (he did a better King Richard than King Arthur)

Rising Sun

Just Cause

First Knight (I would rather *FORGET* that he ever did this one--blech!)

Dragonheart (lovely movie!)

The Rock (total pure enjoyment action pic!)

The Avengers (his most unforgivable mistake!)

Entrapment (blah blah blah)

Finding Forrester (very intriguing piece of work)

League of Extraordinary Gentleman (one of those many recent action blockbusters from which I've come out of the theater fuming, weaving fantasies about committing atrocities against everyone involved...same with The Avengers & First Knight)

[one night stand]

It is odd seeing all of his films, and I find it even stranger that most of the films I've seen.

[Brian Flagg]

I'd like to make special mention of Tarzan's Greatest Adventure. I first saw it as a kid, back when one of my local tv stations played their Saturday Tarzan movie at 1pm every week. This movie is great entertainment, with colorful photography, rip-roaring adventure, an intelligent Tarzan as played by Gordon Scott (my favorite of the movie Tarzans) and an Indiana Jones-esque villain named Slade who was more the dark side of Indy that anything else. Connery plays one of Slade's henchmen and his role- and performance- were unremarkable. It was a novel treat to see him in a non-Bond, non-starring role.

It's a movie I haven't seen in nearly 20 years. Here's hoping it gets a dvd release and/or the sanctimonious PC gods allow the Tarzan films to be shown on tv again. If I recall correctly, this Tarzan entry is more akin to the 1960s Ron Ely tv series than the Cro-Magnon Tarzan played by Johnny Weissmuller.

[Willie Garvin]

I'd like to make special mention of Tarzan's Greatest Adventure. I first saw it as a kid, back when one of my local tv stations played their Saturday Tarzan movie at 1pm every week. This movie is great entertainment, with colorful photography, rip-roaring adventure, an intelligent Tarzan as played by Gordon Scott (my favorite of the movie Tarzans) and an Indiana Jones-esque villain named Slade who was more the dark side of Indy that anything else. Connery plays one of Slade's henchmen and his role- and performance- were unremarkable. It was a novel treat to see him in a non-Bond, non-starring role.

It's a movie I haven't seen in nearly 20 years. Here's hoping it gets a dvd release and/or the sanctimonious PC gods allow the Tarzan films to be shown on tv again. If I recall correctly, this Tarzan entry is more akin to the 1960s Ron Ely tv series than the Cro-Magnon Tarzan played by Johnny Weissmuller.

Oh yes!Tarzan's Greatest Adventure is easily the finest Tarzan movie ever made.Anthony Quayle and Sean Connery are fantastic villains.And the film's storyline is much more in line with the Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan than the interesting but overpraised arch self conscious,miscast(Tarzan does NOT look like a cross-eyed ballet dancer)and leaden Greystoke ever could be.The immediate sequel to Tarzan's Greatest Adventure,with the terrific Jock Mahoney as the bad guy is nearly as good.Gordon Scott is superb in these films--the best of all the Tarzans.