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[Piz Gloria 1969]

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[Mr. Blofeld]

Man, I feel bad for old Laz for appearing in those films...

[Aces High]

I always thought 'The Man Frpm Hong Kong 'was a good bit of fun,I still have my VHS on this one,wonder if there will ever be a DVD realease on this one.Also you have to give points for the UK Quad poster,& even the double bill version which paired it with the Telly Savalas thriller,'Killer on the Phone'.
On the subject on DVD realeases will there ever be a DVD of 'Operation Kid Brother' with Seans brother Neil & other Bond regulars???

[Blofeld's Cat]

I always thought 'The Man Frpm Hong Kong 'was a good bit of fun,I still have my VHS on this one,wonder if there will ever be a DVD realease on this one.

Australia's National Film and Archive actually produced an official DVD just a couple of years ago, which I happen to have bought. It even includes a very informative commentary by the director, Brian Trenchard-Smith.

But unfortunately, it seems to be unavailable now.

[TheSaint]

On the subject on DVD realeases will there ever be a DVD of 'Operation Kid Brother' with Seans brother Neil & other Bond regulars???

If one were to be produced, it would probably only be available overseas.

[Loomis]

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Wow, this film looks amazingly good fun. I'd buy it sight unseen if it ever came out on DVD. It's the kind of thing I can imagine Tarantino owning a 35mm print of.

[Loomis]

Australia's National Film and Archive actually produced an official DVD just a couple of years ago, which I happen to have bought. It even includes a very informative commentary by the director, Brian Trenchard-Smith.

Did you ever see his film DEATHCHEATERS, which was made in 1976, the year after THE MAN FROM HONG KONG? I remember catching it on late night TV once, and finding it ridiculous low budget rubbish (it's about a pair of crimefighting stuntmen, if memory serves) with surprisingly good action scenes. I've a feeling that TMFHK is pretty similar.

It's funny - people always knock Laz's post-Bond career, but I actually think he's made more films I'd like to see than Connery, Moore, Dalton or Brosnan did after stepping down from the role of 007. They may be "interesting failures", or "so bad it's good" affairs, but, still, I'd like to watch some of them, and if Laz's career was a flop after Bond then so were Moore's and Dalton's, and almost Connery's and Brosnan's, too.

Here's a pretty cool Lazenby fight clip from TMFHK:

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[Yellow Pinky]

I agree with Loomis. This and the movie "Stoner" prove that Lazenby continued to be one heck of an athlete and would have made for a bone-crunching Bond had he stayed in the role. The man threw himself so thoroughly into his action scenes!

[Blofeld's Cat]

Australia's National Film and Archive actually produced an official DVD just a couple of years ago, which I happen to have bought. It even includes a very informative commentary by the director, Brian Trenchard-Smith.

Did you ever see his film DEATHCHEATERS, which was made in 1976, the year after THE MAN FROM HONG KONG? I remember catching it on late night TV once, and finding it ridiculous low budget rubbish (it's about a pair of crimefighting stuntmen, if memory serves) with surprisingly good action scenes. I've a feeling that TMFHK is pretty similar.

A couple of school mates and I actually saw it at the cinema one weekend!

I vaguely remember that we thought it was great fun (well we were only 15-16 at the time). One thing I DO remember well was the slogan of the stunt company that the Grant Page and John Hargreaves characters ran. On their T-shirts one can read the following (now let me get this right!)....

CUNNING
STUNTS

Of course as silly little school boys we sniggered every time we saw the slogan.

[col_007]

that film looks wicked hopefully it will get a release here someday

[dodge]

Here's Gorgeous George at the peak of his athleticism and rugged charm, slugging his way--he's convinced of this!--onto the Comeback Trail. Can't some computer genius use the new technology to recolor the film, change a few costars, redub the worst parts...and give GG a long overdue break?

[Loomis]

This and the movie "Stoner" prove that Lazenby continued to be one heck of an athlete and would have made for a bone-crunching Bond had he stayed in the role.

Yes. I actually think he's even more Bondian in these MAN FROM HONG KONG clips than he is in OHMSS! Bond with a darker, harder edge. Not so much of a nice guy and more, well, interesting (as Solange might say). Reminds me of when I saw Brosnan in THE MATADOR and wished he'd been able/allowed to bring more of that sort of characterisation to 007.

I've always loved OHMSS and Laz's work in it, so don't think I'm knocking the Bond performance he did do, but it's hard to watch this footage and not feel a pang at what might have been. I think he could only have gotten better.

BTW, was he, like, a proper martial artist? doublenoughtspy?

[Blofeld's Cat]

Can anyone remember Laz commenting on the kung-fu action in a new Bond movie called The Man with the Golden Gun as being very ordinary when it opened? This was because he just made TMFHK which has quite a bit of kung-fu action of its own.

[Mr. Blofeld]

Can anyone remember Laz commenting on the kung-fu action in a new Bond movie called The Man with the Golden Gun as being very ordinary when it opened? This was because he just made TMFHK which has quite a bit of kung-fu action of its own.

Really? I've never heard of such a comment.