Sean Connery
A waxwork of Sean Connery as James Bond (L) stands next to a replica scale model of Bond's Aston Martin DB5 at an exhibition on the fictional British spy in Shanghai on March 28, 2013. The exhibition opened in Shanghai just weeks after the Communist government's censors cut parts of the latest film in the franchise, 'Skyfall' with a scene showing prostitution in Macau, a special administrative region of China, was removed, as was a line in which Bond's nemesis mentions being tortured by Chinese security agents.
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I wrote 'The Thomas Crown Affair' for Sean Connery
We may be a small country, but we’re a great one, too ... The country of William Shakespeare, Churchill, the Beatles, Sean Connery, Harry Potter. David Beckham’s right foot. David Beckham’s left foot, come to that.
The country of Shakespeare. Churchill. The Beatles. Sean Connery. Harry Potter. David Beckham's right foot. David Beckham's left foot, come to that.More quotes »
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James Bond’s lost watch resurfaces at flea market
- James Bond’s wristwatch, which played a starring role alongside Sean Connery in the 1965 movie `Thunderball` but was apparently lost after the film’s shooting, has finally made a reappearance. According to Sky News, the watch has been found after a person 5/22/13 from IndiaVision Read more »
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Zardoz has spoken, and your penis may never be the same
Deliverance (1972), John Boorman persuaded 20th Century Fox to bankroll his futuristic fantasy, set in the year 2293, in which Sean Connery struts around in a ponytail and porn mustache, wearing a red bandolero across his bare chest, red hot pants, and black-leather from Chicago Reader Read more »
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James Bond watch bought for $38 to be auctioned
by Sean Connery in "Thunderball," could sell for up to $100,000 at a Christie's auction. The Breitling Top Time watch worn by Sean Connery in the 1965 James Bond film "Thunderball" was picked up at an English yard sale for just $38, and now it could fetch from United Press International Read more »
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Norman Wanstall: I swapped the Hollywood dream for job as a plumber
Only once was he enticed back into the movie business, and that was to work on Never Say Never Again, the 1983 rebirth of Sean Connery as James Bond. “I think they wanted Sean to have a familiar face on the team from the old Bond days, so I said I’d do it. from Shropshire Star Read more »
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Bond watch found at car boot sale
when he heads over to Nassau to give him extra equipment. One of the hands of the watch shows the strength of radioactivity. Sean Connery, who plays the agent, uses it during the film's famous aquatic scenes on a mission to find two Nato bombs stolen by Spectre. from Bucks Free Press Read more »
