Download or read book Sir Sean Connery written by John Parker and published by John Blake. This book was released on 2020-11 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was one of the world's true superstars, and the silver screen's most beloved James Bond. Sir Sean Connery - a proud Scotsman born in 1930 to a working-class family - died at home in the Bahamas on October 31, 2020. He left behind him a legacy to rival any actor. Connery bestrode Hollywood like a Colossus. He commanded some of the highest fees in the industry and was lauded by critics and the public alike. In July 2000, his unique contribution to the world of film was recognized when he was accorded a knighthood. John Parker traces the astonishing rise to stardom of a tough street kid from Edinburgh. The part of 007 became a monster that threatened to kill Connery as an actor; he escaped to establish himself as one of the world's most magnetic and commanding character actors, winning an Oscar for his role in iconic crime drama The Untouchables. The author has drawn on reminiscences of famous friends and colleagues, including Honor Blackman, Robert Hardy and Eric Sykes, to create an authoritative and entertaining portrait of a talented, complex actor - and, above all else, a magnificent man.
Download or read book The Cinematic Connery written by A. J. Black and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2022-10-13 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scotland's greatest export. The world's first super spy. Voted the sexiest man on the planet. Sir Sean Connery was a titanic figure on screen and off for over half a century. Behind the son of a factory worker, growing up in near-poverty on the harsh streets of pre-war Edinburgh, lay a timeless array of motion pictures that spanned multiple decades and saw Connery work across the globe with directors as diverse as Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Spielberg and Michael Bay. And amongst them his greatest role, whether he liked it or not – Bond, James Bond. Author A. J. Black delves into Connery's life for more than mere biography, exploring not just the enormously varied pictures he made including crowd pleasing blockbusters such as The Untouchables or Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, serious-minded fare in The Hill or The Offence, and his strange sojourns into eclectic fantasy with Zardoz or Time Bandits, but also the sweep of a career that crossed movie eras as well as decades. From skirmishes with the angry young men of the British New Wave, via becoming the cinematic icon of the 1960s as 007, through to a challenging reinvention as a unique older actor of stature in the 1980s, this exploration of the Cinematic Connery shows just how much his work reflected the changing movie-going tastes, political realities and cultural trends of the 20th century, and beyond . . .
Download or read book Being a Scot written by Sean Connery and published by Phoenix. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previous ed. published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2008.
Download or read book Arise Sir Sean Connery written by John Parker and published by Blake Publishing. This book was released on 2009-07-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sean Connery is one of the world’s true superstars, applauded by critics and filmgoers alike. Now, John Parker traces the rise to stardom of the tough Edinburgh street kid, who left school at the age of 13. Arriving in London with gold teeth and tattoos to seek his fortune in the meat market of bodybuilding, Connery fought against snobbery to become a self-taught Shakespearean actor. Then came the big break. Auditioning for the part of James Bond, he told producers with typical bluntness how Bond should be played, and it landed him the job—and overnight stardom. Connery went on to become one of the world’s most versatile, highly paid actors, winning an Oscar for his role inThe Untouchables.Here, John Parker offers an engaging portrait of one of the most glamorous, talented, and complex actors in movie history.
Download or read book Sean Connery written by Michael Feeney Callan and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-10-31 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among European actors Sean Connery is unparalleled in his achievements. Having extended his career from theatrical successes through every genre of film, as James Bond he became the backbone of the most lucrative movie franchise in history. Born in an Edinburgh tenement, Sean Connery later served time as a milkman, cabinet polisher and art model. He turned to acting on a whim, and early onstage success in South Pacific translated into a TV and movie career. Taking his talents such as The Name of the Rose, The Hunt for Red October and The Rock. His role as Jimmy Malone in Brian De Palma's The Untouchables won him an Academy Award, which many saw as recongnition of a body of superlative screen creations over twenty years.
Download or read book Dr No written by Ian Fleming and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Dr. No" by Ian Fleming. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Download or read book Sean Connery written by Andrew Yule and published by Pinnacle Books. This book was released on 1993-08 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the moment he ignited the silver screen as James Bond, Sean Connery has been a star. After 30 years and countless films, he is still one of the most irresistible, bankable, and highly paid actors in Hollywood. Now Yule offers an intimate look into the public and private life of this exciting superstar.
Download or read book Sean Connery written by Bob McCabe and published by Pavilion. This book was released on 2001-10 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1989, Steven Spielberg declared Sean Connery - whom he had just cast as Harrison Ford's father in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - one of the five genuine movie stars in the world. Ten years on, Sean Connery now tops that list. In a career spanning five decades, and crowned by his recent knighthood, Sir Sean Connery has not only achieved global super-stardom, but redefined the screen image of the male. From the iconic cool of James Bond to Indiana Jones's dad, from The Man Who Would Be King to the man who can still convincingly seduce the thirty year old Catherine Zeta Jones in Entrapment, Sean Connery has come to embody an ideal of masculinity and virility. More than just an actor, Sean Connery is also a sex symbol, golf fanatic, father figure and above all else, a Movie Star. This book tells the story of the man now most regularly voted 'Sexiest Man Alive'. From his crucial casting as James Bond and his later rejection of the role in the early 1970s, to his rediscovery by a younger generation of filmmakers and his powerful seam of roles as a father figure to younger stars (culminating in his long overdue Oscar for The Untouchables), it charts Connery's path to his now unas
Download or read book Sean Connery written by Andrew Spicer and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2022-06-21 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sean Connery was one of cinema’s most iconic stars. Born to a working-class family in Edinburgh, he held jobs as a milkman and an artist’s model before making the move into acting. The role of James Bond earned him global fame, but threatened to eclipse his identity as an actor. This book offers a new perspective on Connery’s career. It pays special attention to his star status, while arguing that he was a risk-taking actor who fashioned an impressive body of work. Beginning with Connery’s early appearances on stage and television, including well-received performances in Shakespeare and Tolstoy, the book goes on to explore the Bond phenomenon and Connery’s long struggle to reinvent himself. An Oscar-winning performance in The Untouchables marked the beginning of a second period of stardom, during which Connery successfully developed the character of the father-mentor. Ten years after his retirement from acting, he was still rated as the most popular British star among American audiences. Exploring how Connery’s performances combine to form an all-encompassing screen legend, the book also considers how the actor embodied national identity, both on screen and through his public role as an activist campaigning for Scottish independence.
Download or read book Sean Connery written by Christopher Bray and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of a star and an investigation of what can happen to a man when the images he creates take over his life. Sean Connery’s creation of secret agent James Bond invigorated Britain and its cinema, allowing a cash-strapped, morale-sapped country in decline to fancy itself still a player on the world stage. How can such worship not play havoc with one’s soul—especially a soul as painfully unprepared for the pressures of stardom as Connery’s? Spirited and argumentative, Christopher Bray’s Sean Connery is the story of an actor learning his craft on the job and, at the end of his career, of a man pressing his stardom into the service of a burgeoning political awareness.
Download or read book The Films of Sean Connery written by Lee Pfeiffer and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For 40 years, Sean Connery has been among the world's most admired and popular actors. This edition is both an in-depth biography of this international superstar and a complete filmography with 400 photos, rare production stills, movie posters and lobby cards.
Download or read book Sean Connery written by Kenneth Passingham and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Sean Connery written by Robert Sellers and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An autobiography of the Scottish screen legend.
Download or read book Sean Connery written by Michael Freedland and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 1994 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Connery Sean Connery Before During and After His Most Famous Role written by Herbie J Pilato and published by . This book was released on 2023-09-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book defines and distinguishes the iconic star's life and career BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER HIS MOST FAMOUS ROLE, James Bond.
Download or read book Sean Connery written by Emma Andrews and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
