I've always found it cool that Sean Connery and Robert Shaw duked it out for the second time in the big screen in this movie. Their first time battling each other was in FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, as James Bond and Red Grant, respectively.
sharePoor old Bob Shaw lost 2-0.
shareAnd most sad he (Robert) went and died before they could have another rematch
Would have been nice in a third film Sean was the baddie and Robert the hero
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Is anyone aware that Sean holds I think some kind of record for his Characters
dying in his films?
spoilers,spoilers, spoilers, spoilers, spoilers, spoilers, spoilers
Here are (18) that I know of:
Another Time, Another Place (1958)
Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959)
(He was one of the bad guys)
Woman of Straw (1964)
(also bad guy)
You Only Live Twice (1967)
(Maybe this is a nitpick, as
Bond's death was only a set-up in the
film, at the end of Fleming's book
they think Bond is in fact Dead)
The Anderson Tapes (1971)
Zardoz (1974)
The Man Who Would be King (1975)
Robin & Marian (1976)
The Next Man (1976)
76 Bad year for the big guy
Sword of the Valiant (1983)
(bad guy again)
Highlander (1986)
The Untouchables (1987)
Family Business (1989)
Highlander II, The Quickening (1991)
The Rock 1996
(They think he dead)
Dragonheart 1996
The Avengers 1998
(bad guy again)
Finding Forestor
First Knight (1995)
shareAt least Shaw fared better than Tatsuya Nakadai versus Toshiro Mifune. Nakadai was 0-3-1 (no wins, three losses, and one no decision) in Yojimbo, Sanjuro, Samurai Rebellion, and Sword of Doom, respectively.
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