I've just been reading the reviews on here and they both mention that the only contributions by Connery are from archive or otherwise 2nd hand retelling. Anyone got the scoop here? I mean c'mon, Connery is 'only' _the_ definite Bond, so claiming to have the 'whole story' here and not include him is nothing short of a blatant lie!
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"Never finish what you can't start!" ;)
Connery refused to have anything to do with any of the recent celebrations as he still feels he is owed money for previous films etc. But just sounding like a typical bitter scot.
shareSean Connery was shafted by Broccoli & Saltzman when he signed on for the original deal for six films and his contract was never renagotated but Cubby & Harry had repeatedly renagotated there deals with United Artists lining there own pockets. This film is so pro Broccoli it's pathetic they more or less blamed Kevin McClory for Flemings death.
shareThe film is heavily laden in its debt to the Broccolis and it shows.
Still Connery has been distant from the Bond people for decades.
Its that man again!!
That's true about Sean but this doco didn't hide that fact even if it is largely a puff piece for EON productions' side of the story. The exec guy from UA even said it quite bluntly, "they looked after themselves but didn't look after their star. He wasn't happy and I don't blame him."
It is kind of a shame that he didn't participate in this film but you can see why he didn't, the doco explains the situation quite well.
Regarding McClory, well he was a thorn in all these guys' side but this does seem to be a pretty biased view about the rights to Thunderball. Personally I never liked that novel in the series, it doesn't feel like one of Fleming's novels, it really does feel like a novelisation of a movie. But strangely while I didn't enjoy reading that one I don't actually mind the film or it's remake, they're quite entertaining.