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| Directed by | Alberto De Martino |
| Produced by | Dario Sabatello |
| Written by | Paolo Levi Frank Walker Stanley Wright Stefano Canzio |
| Starring | Neil Connery Lois Maxwell Bernard Lee |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release date(s) | 1967 |
| Running time | 104 min. Neil Connery (born in 1938, in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a Scottish Actor and the brother of the actor Sean Connery. Lois Maxwell ( 14 February 1927 &ndash 29 September 2007) was a Canadian Actress, known for originating the role of Bernard Lee ( 10 January 1908 &ndash 16 January 1981) was an English Actor, best known for his role as M in This article is about the film studio Previously it was affiliated with a cinema chain bearing its name now owned by Regal Entertainment Group. The year 1967 in film involved some significant events It is widely considered as one of the most ground-breaking years in film |
| Language | Italian |
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OK Connery is a 1967 Italian Eurospy spoof of the James Bond series of films. Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. The year 1967 in film involved some significant events It is widely considered as one of the most ground-breaking years in film Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Eurospy films is a nickname for the genre of European films that imitated and spoofed the James Bond 007 series of films A parody (ˈpɛɹədiː US, [ˈpaɹədiː] UK) in contemporary usage is a work created to mock comment on or poke fun at an original work its subject James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story It was retitled Operation Kid Brother in the United States and is also known as Operation Double 007 and Secret Agent 00. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The basic plot of the film is that England’s best secret agent is not available, so his younger brother is brought in to defeat the evil crime syndicate Thanatos. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
Neil Connery, who plays the younger brother, is in actuality the younger brother of the then-current portrayer of James Bond, Sean Connery, and strongly resembles Sean, except that in this film he sports a beard. Neil Connery (born in 1938, in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a Scottish Actor and the brother of the actor Sean Connery. Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born August 25 1930) is an Academy Award - Golden Globe - and BAFTA Award -winning Scottish Neil Connery’s voice is dubbed by an actor with an American accent. Although the “kid brother” of the title — who is actually referred to by the name Connery in this film — has little in the way of secret agent skills, he is an expert at hypnotism as well as some deadly martial arts. Hypnosis is often thought to be a wakeful state of focused attention and heightened suggestibility with diminished peripheral awareness Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for Combat.
OK Connery was essentially designed to profit from the spy craze of the 1960s fueled by the James Bond series of novels and films. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 In September 1993, as Operation Double 007, it was featured as an episode of movie-mocking television show Mystery Science Theater 3000. Mystery Science Theater 3000 is an American Cult television comedy series created by Joel Hodgson and produced
The film has never been officially released on DVD, though a number of professionally produced bootlegs have appeared on eBay. The soundtrack by Ennio Morricone and Bruno Nicolai was recently released on CD with several cues that weren't heard in the film along with two English and one Italian versions of the title song by Christy. Ennio Morricone OMRI (born November 10, 1928) is an acclaimed Italian Academy Award -winning composer Bruno Nicolai ( Rome, May 20, 1926 - Rome, August 16 1991) was an Italian film music composer orchestra director Plans to release the soundtrack album at the time of release were shelved and only 45 rpm recordings of the title song by Christy were released in Europe.
Production
The producer read a story of Neil Connery losing his tools during his job as a plasterer in Edinburgh and decided to use him to make one of the many imitation James Bond Eurospy films that flourished in European cinema at the time. James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story Eurospy films is a nickname for the genre of European films that imitated and spoofed the James Bond 007 series of films Sabatello also hired many actors who had appeared in the Bond series to support Connery, with Lois Maxwell claiming that she and Bernard Lee were paid more for their roles in this film than their respective roles as Miss Moneypenny and M in the James Bond films. Lois Maxwell ( 14 February 1927 &ndash 29 September 2007) was a Canadian Actress, known for originating the role of Bernard Lee ( 10 January 1908 &ndash 16 January 1981) was an English Actor, best known for his role as M in James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story Maxwell claimed that Sean Connery was initially upset with her and Lee for allegedly exploiting his brother but later thanked her for supporting Neil. Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born August 25 1930) is an Academy Award - Golden Globe - and BAFTA Award -winning Scottish The film also featured Bond girl Daniela Bianchi and Bond villains Adolfo Celi and Anthony Dawson. Daniela Bianchi (born January 31, 1942) is an Italian actress, whose best known part was Tatiana Romanova in the 1963 James Adolfo Celi (July 27 1922 February 19 1986 was an Italian film actor and director Anthony Dawson ( October 18, 1916 – January 8, 1992) was a Scottish -born actor best known for his supporting roles in British
Sabatello initially had plans, which subsequently fell through, to star Neil Connery in several spaghetti westerns. Spaghetti Western, also known in some countries in mainland Europe as the Italo-Western, is a nickname for a broad sub-genre of Western When Sean Connery announced he was leaving the James Bond series, Sabatello offered Neil Connery's services to EON Productions who furiously refused to consider the idea. James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story EON Productions is a film production company known for producing the James Bond film series.
Cast and characters
OK Connery is notable in that a number of actors from the James Bond series appear to play similar characters.
- Bernard Lee — Commander Cunningham
- Lee played the role of M in 11 Bond films beginning in 1962 with Dr. No until 1979’s Moonraker. Bernard Lee ( 10 January 1908 &ndash 16 January 1981) was an English Actor, best known for his role as M in M is a fictional character in Ian Fleming 's James Bond series as well as the films in the Bond franchise Dr No (1962 is the first Film in the James Bond series, and the first to star Sean Connery as British Secret Service agent Moonraker, released in 1979, is the eleventh film in the James Bond series and the fourth to star Roger Moore as the fictional
- Lois Maxwell — Miss Maxwell
- Lois Maxwell played the role of Miss Moneypenny in 14 Bond films from 1962’s Dr. Lois Maxwell ( 14 February 1927 &ndash 29 September 2007) was a Canadian Actress, known for originating the role of Jane Moneypenny, better known as Miss Moneypenny, is a Fictional character in the James Bond novels and films No ’til 1985’s A View to a Kill. A View To A Kill (1985 is the fourteenth Spy film of the James Bond series, and the seventh and last to star Roger Moore as the fictional Maxwell’s character in this film, though superficially similar to Moneypenny, is more violent, carrying a gun and at one point abducting another character by force.
- Daniela Bianchi — Maya
- Bianchi portrayed Tatiana Romanova, a Bond girl in the second James Bond film, From Russia with Love. Daniela Bianchi (born January 31, 1942) is an Italian actress, whose best known part was Tatiana Romanova in the 1963 James Tatiana Romanova is a Fictional character in the James Bond novel film and video game From Russia with Love. only be added to pages which discuss the film or character depicted in the image From Russia with Love, released in 1963 is the second Film in the James Bond series, and the second to star Sean Connery as
- Adolfo Celi — Thair Beta
- Adolfo Celi portrayed Emilio Largo in 1965’s Thunderball. Adolfo Celi (July 27 1922 February 19 1986 was an Italian film actor and director Emilio Largo is a Fictional character and the main Antagonist from the James Bond novel Thunderball. Thunderball (1965 is the fourth Spy film of the British James Bond series, and the fourth to star Sean Connery as the
- Anthony Dawson — Alpha
- Anthony Dawson played two roles in the James Bond films, the first being Professor Dent in Dr. Anthony Dawson ( October 18, 1916 – January 8, 1992) was a Scottish -born actor best known for his supporting roles in British A list of henchman from the 1962 James Bond novel and film Dr No. He later took on the role of Ernst Stavro Blofeld in both From Russia with Love and Thunderball; only Dawson’s hands were seen in these films.
External links
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