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This was going to be the third DEREK FLINT movie

posted 15 years ago by FrankDrebinPoliceSquad
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Jeff Bond (a film historian, he did the liner notes for the James Bond soundtrack re-releases) was interviewing MST3K's Joel & Frank in GEEK magazine, and he mentioned that he was looking over the archive material for FANTASTIC VOYAGE to do a dvd commentary, and saw that it was planned as a Flint movie. Makes sense -- in the second movie, IN LIKE FLINT, he went to outer space, so next would be inner space. And that explains why the first 30 minutes is a spy movie. Somewhere else I read that the title was 'F' IS FOR FLINT. I guess the 60's spy craze was ending, or maybe James Coburn wanted to move on to other roles. The Flint movies weren't great, but the chemistry between Coburn and Lee J. Cobb made them worth watching, and the Jerry Goldsmith surf/spy music was fun.

[–] StuOz 11 years ago

Thanks for that, very interesting indeed as I am a VOYAGE & FLINT FAN.

Added note: take a look at the opening of IN LIKE FLINT when those women are sitting around, one of them is holding a magazine, guess what is on the cover of the magazine: a full page ad for FANTASIC VOYAGE.

[–] moviefan2010 (6) 6 years ago

Nice story - however it doesn't ring true since "Fantastic Voyage" (an "A" listed effort) went into production before "Our Man Flint" (a "cheap and cheerful"). In fact the latter reused several of the sets from the first. "Fantastic Voyage" was released after "Our Man Flint" due to its heavy post production special effects.

The second Flint film "In Like Flint" was only commissioned after 20th. Century saw how successful "Our Man Flint" was. Otherwise the studio might of signed James up to a multiple picture deal and then we would have had at least one more - regardless of Mr. Coburn thought.