The Paper's reporter Wang Yi
Sir Sean Connery, a famous Scottish film and television actor, died on 31 October at the age of 90. Dying on Halloween Eve, Sir turned his life into a haunting drama. His only son, Jason Connery, also a showbiz player, later confirmed the news to the BBC, saying his father died peacefully in his sleep at his Home in the Bahamas. The news, along with the headline "The Death of the First 007 Actor," quickly spread around the world through social media and traditional media.
Dr. No. 007, played by Sean Connery as 007
"Bond, James Bond"
The BBC report called Sean Connery "the perfect embodiment of a Western agent during the Cold War." The official website of the 007 series of films places the obituary of his death at the top of the page without suspense, the subtitle defines him as "The iconic actor has passed away", and the statement of daniel Craig, the current James Bond actor, sounds moving: "I am very sad to hear the death of such a real film giant. Sir Sean Connery will be remembered as the Eternal Bond, and much more. He defined an era and style. The ingenuity and charisma he showed on the silver screen can be measured in megawatts, and it was he who helped create modern blockbusters. In the coming years, he will continue to influence future generations of actors and filmmakers. At this moment my thoughts are with his family and loved ones. Wherever his soul goes, I want him to have a golf course. ”
Six "James Bond," starting from left with Daniel Craig, Pierce Brosnan, Timothy Dalton, Roger Moore, George Razambe, and Sean Connery
Currently 007, Daniel Craig
In almost all the years and all the 007 film selections, Sean's "Goldfinger" in 1964 was the best recommended by fans around the world. In the film, Bond discovers that his opponent cheats when he plays golf with the main villain, not to mention that the wit and dashing of deliberately making mistakes are impressive - although 007 seems to be born to endorse high-end brands and luxurious social occasions in the human setting, after this movie, whether coincidental or intentional, Bond on the screen never set foot on the greenery of the greenery.
Pierce Brosnan is the fifth 007
The fifth 007 actor, Pierce Brosnan, once recalled that it was when he saw "Goldfinger" in London at the age of 11 and was deeply impressed by Sean's charm that he aspired to become an actor.
In my personal past interview experience, a famous Chinese translator's life anecdote can also support the influence of this film at that time: in the 1960s, Mr. Yang Xianyi accompanied his wife, Ms. Gladys B. Tayler, back to the British province, and because of the fatigue of the boat, Dai Naidi was unwell after arriving, and entrusted her husband to go out to buy medicine - who knew that Yang Xianyi came out early and returned late, and when asked, he slipped halfway and went to see the most famous Bond movie in history.
Despite the dissolution of the family of producers of the same series in the 1960s and 1970s, michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, the current producers of 007, issued the following statement: "We are shocked by the news of The Death of Sean Connery. He was, and will always be remembered, as james bond in the beginning, and when he uttered the unforgettable line, 'Bond, James Bond', he was already in the forest of film history, indelible. With his tenacious and witty portrayal, he depicts on the big screen what is sexy and charismatic, completely subverting the world's imagination of the spy world. There is no doubt that he has contributed greatly to the success of the series of films, and we will be forever grateful to him. ”
In 2007, at the Centennial "Ten Decades" at the Edinburgh City Arts Centre, a painting from the Edinburgh Academy of Arts's collection attracted the world's attention. The painting was made by jazz musician Fairweather in 1952, when he was studying at the Edinburgh School of Art. The man on canvas painting was none other than the 22-year-old "strike worker", the mannequin Sean Connery. In the picture, he is naked: resolute side face, chestnut hair, strong chest muscles, wide shoulders and thick back, thick body hair, volume fit, Yushu Linfeng, Lou Ting ru cover... Omitting these rhetoric, one student later recalled, connery was "incredibly beautiful."
"He moved! It's like a cheetah in the jungle."
Connery was born on 25 August 1930 in Findtainbridge, Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of a factory worker and a domestic cleaner mother. When I was a child, the whole family was crammed into the burrow of the apartment building, "the toilet is communal, there is no public hot water." After becoming famous, he once looked back on his miserable childhood, dropping out of school at the age of 13, without any academic certificates, and first working part-time to support his family, including delivering milk, building brick walls and painting and polishing coffin boards. He then made the first wise choice on the road to join the Royal Navy - first, to feed his long body; second, to respond to the most reasonable phrase of the Anglo-American world, "Join the navy, travel the world"; third, to have a common resume with Ian Fleming, the author of the 007 novel, which coincided with his character of Lieutenant Colonel James Bond.
As a teenager, Sean tattooed "Long Live Scotland" and "Mom & Dad" – it should be noted that the man who liked to appear in public in a Short Tweed Dress was knighted by Her Royal Highness in 2000 and refused to make any statement, and did not change his ambition to seek Scottish independence throughout his life. Similar to the 007 original novel series, Bond initially liked to wear a cheap chain strap watch, and when in distress, he took it off and put it on his hand as a hand hoop for self-defense, Shaun also used a pair of fists to play a "tough guy" in the slums of Edinburgh, and once set a record of fighting off six underworld horses alone.
Shaun Connery in his youth
After three years as a soldier, Sean retired from the army due to stomach ulcers and returned to his hometown. To earn a living, he worked as a truck driver, a security guard, and a model for the Edinburgh School of Art, practicing bodybuilding and soccer in his spare time. According to the BBC's obituary, "at one point he was invited to join Manchester United for £25 a week because of his superb ball skills, but Connery fell in love with acting while working in a community theatre, choosing the former between the arts and the 'Red Devils'." He later said proudly that it was one of the wisest life choices he had ever made. ”
In the BBC's 1957 tv series Blood Money, Connery's performance won praise. Before that, when he was in London in 1953, he heard that the musical "South Pacific" was recruiting extras to try his luck and win the screen. The following year, he began playing Lieutenant Buzz Adams. The American actor who was originally selected to play the lead role in "Blood Money" did not want to come to London, and the director's wife recommended Connery, saying that "the girls will like him..."
Stills from "Traces of Spring Dreams"
In addition to being the same as bond he plays in the future, then there is a woman's relationship. The self-taught Sean Connery continued the hammering of any British film and television star on the road to fame, playing roles in Ibsen, Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw plays on stage. In 1958, Connery paired hollywood actress Lana Turner with Hollywood actress Lana Turner in Another Time, and her fortunes rose. Turner's performance in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) established himself as a "snake and scorpion beauty" in Hollywood black and white films. It is said that the actress who is nearly ten years old in the big Sean has a blue eye for her little brother who was unknown at that time, and urges him to play with himself in the upper position.
Although before taking over 007, Shaun played most of the characters who ran the dragon suit. But I still got the opportunity to participate in blockbusters such as "Ice Shipwreck" and "The Longest Day", and on the set of "The Longest Day", which recreated the brilliant "D Day" Normandy landing, the general played by Hollywood star Robert Mitchum smoked a pipe and almost kicked the ass of a confused little soldier on the beach - at that time, Shaun did not hide his youth and innocence. However, there are talented people in the Jiangshan generation, and a generation of new people replaces the old people. In the summer of 1961, Connery stepped into Mayfair's office. His stiff hips made producer partner Harry Salzman and Union Artists Association executive Bud Orenstein want to whistle and watch him stride through the streets, both saying, "He moved!" It's like a cheetah in the jungle. ”
In 1961, producer Albert Brockley (the father of the current 007 producer siblings) and Harry Salzman teamed up to buy the film adaptation rights to the novel from Ian Fleming and founded Eon Productions specifically for it. Who will play this personable, gritty-faced agent? There are many big names like Gary Grant on the shortlist. At the crucial moment of casting, the big names looked down on the role, and because the wife of another producer recommended it to her husband, Sean Connery took over the "killing license" in the film. The original author Fleming came out of high society, and of course did not look favorably on this "stunt stand-in man" born in an Edinburgh working family at first. After seeing the demo, he immediately changed his opinion, and even set up "half Scottish origin" for 007 in the following novels.
Sean Connery was the first to publish dr. Connell in 1962. No"), the actor who played James Bond, followed by Love from Russia, Goldfinger, Operation Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, and Diamond Forever, he starred in legendary Agent 007.
Stills from "Dr. 007 No"
Dr. Noe's hit was also credited with the film's director, Terrance Young, a Director born in Shanghai in 1915 who had a soft spot on the oriental elements of the film, and in fact, like james Bond, who created him, Young also had an undergraduate degree in Oriental History from St Catherine's College, Cambridge, and served as a tank commander during World War II, participating in the "Market Garden" military operation in Arnhem, the Netherlands, in the late 1970s, the British film "The Distant Bridge" (A). Bridge Too Far) is based on this campaign, and Sean also plays an officer of the Scottish Regiment in the film.
The world always wonders, how can Connery, who has been a truck driver, mason and bodybuilder, play a top agent who graduated from Eton College and is fluent in Japanese and German. Hands up, accent tone, eye expression and body language are all permeated with the nobility of "gentleman", and how to have the naturalistic background that can be talked about from the butterfly wing category to the secrets of international relations? The answer is still his director friend, Terrance Young, who specially takes him in and out of various upscale venues, pointing out his gestures and temperament. A small example can show the thousands of favors That Sean received on the set - according to the plot of the novel and the personal preferences of the original author, 007 had to wear a Rolex watch, and producer Albert Brockley did not say a word, took off his "Submariner" 6538 and gave it to Sean to wear.
"Ladies and gentlemen, friends, a handful of enemies"
With a budget of about $1 million, Dr. Noe grossed $59.5 million worldwide, and the considerable box office revenue made United Arts Decide to start shooting a sequel immediately. The second Bond film, Love from Russia, was released in the United Kingdom on October 11, 1963, and after the end credits "THE END", it may be the first time in film history that it was domineeringly continued: "NOT QUITE THE END - JAMES BOND WILL RETURN IN THE NEXT IAN FLEMING THRILLER GOLDFINGER" (the end, but not the end. James Bond will return in the next film adaptation of Ian Fleming's thriller novel, Goldfinger). This episode has not yet been released, it is clearly announced that the next episode is goodbye, and even what I shoot I have said clearly, the subtitle Easter egg is written so domineeringly, and even became a major tradition established after the series. Some are expensive, some are popular, and between Sean Connery and the 007 series of movies, it is a rare mutual achievement in film history.
Stills from 007's Goldfinger
"Carefully consider your beautiful words, because that may be your last words." "Don't you want me to give me something?" "No, Mr. Bond, I want you to die!" The lines between Bond and the arch-villain in Goldfinger are too vivid. In reality, since Sean, every 007 actor has expressed his willingness to cut or even break with the role in the later stages of playing this role. Sean was the most desperate, in addition to releasing such cruel words as "I really want to strangle him", he even went against the producer family and started a new job in the early 80s to perform "Operation Thunderball" again to show "Never Say Never Again".
It seems to be the fate of the screen image of the bond actors after Sean, so that there are few good works. Breaking this strange circle of fate, among the six Bond actors, it seems that Shaun himself is the only one. To be fair, it may be that his humble origins have always allowed him to maintain a sober understanding, and the ambition to seek national independence has allowed him to maintain self-sustainment in the mess of flowers of drunkenness and gold fans. In fact, even in between playing Bond, Sean starred in an anti-war movie called "The Hill", which was directed by Sidney Lumet, a personality of "Twelve Angry Men" who shot out.
Stills from The Name of the Rose
After handing over the "killing license", Sean still starred in many screen masterpieces in the seventies and eighties. In The Name of the Rose, directed by Jean Jacques Arnold in 1986, Sean plays Friar William, who scribbles with golden phrases written by the original author, Echo, such as "The only truth is to learn to get rid of the irrational fanaticism of truth" and "God knows everything, and we can only worship His knowledge". It is worth mentioning that although 007 on the screen is a product of the Cold War, in order to spread and infiltrate on a larger scale, it rarely makes the Soviet Warsaw Pact camp a direct opposite, of course, ridicule and irony are always everywhere. In 1990's "Russian Mansion", he played a British publisher who fell in love with a Moscow female worker; in the same year's "Hunting Red October", he played the Soviet captain who overcame all odds and drove a nuclear submarine into the Mississippi River in the United States... In 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed.
After the end of the "Cold War", the rare Shaun ushered in the second spring of his career, and he could not forget that he said to Nicholas Cage in "Brave Island", "The loser always says that he has tried his best, and the victor can make love to the Queen of Spades." "And in "The Trap of Stealing Heaven", he played against the beautiful Zeta Jones at that time, looking at her naked back, his arms raised and lowered... Through these two films, many Chinese people have met a silver and handsome and charming elderly Sean, and followed the vague impression of watching 007 video tapes in their childhood, found his works, and advanced to become a movie fan. Sean's on-screen legend even extends into The League of Gentlemen at the beginning of this century — despite single-handedly establishing james Bond, the immortal legend of the everlasting, Sean Connery never hesitates to end his character's life on the screen, performing a brilliant cherry blossom-like death.
Stills from "The Iron Mask"
In 1987, the old patrolman Marlon played by him in "Iron Mask Selfless" was jealous and hateful, but he was beaten into a dice by the "Chicago typewriter" in the hands of the villain, which should be his first time to play death on the screen, but he died tragically enough to splash and splash... With this wonderful appearance, Sean Connery was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 60th Academy Awards, and eventually beat morgan Freeman and others who were also nominated. In his testimonials, he humorously said, "Ladies and gentlemen, friends, a handful of enemies, good evening!" "For the opening statement, it caused the whole audience to laugh.
Stills from Raiders of the Lost Ark 3
In 2006, the Motion Picture Association of America awarded Connery a Lifetime Achievement Award, and he was recognized as one of the most influential and successful actors of the past half century. The award was presented to Harrison Ford, who played his son in 1989's Raiders of the Lost Ark 3. Amid the cheers, Sean danced with the Scottish bagpipes, perhaps feeling that he was about to leave the screen (officially ending in 2008), and in a few minutes of testimonials, he tirelessly looked back on his life and thanked his family with true feelings. "From fountain bridge to tonight's stage, it's been a long journey. My feet are tired and my heart is pounding! ”
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