Sean Connery passed away last October 31 with 90 years. This Scottish actor, one of the greatest icons of cinema contemporary and international, he had a career as long as it was prolific and marked by titles that already belong to the collective cinematographic memory. Several of the characters who interpreted were literary, as the one that brought him the most fame: James Bond. So this review of them is worth as a tribute.
James Bond
Connery was the first to bring James Bond to life, the immortal character created by Ian Fleming. He is considered by many to be the best performer of the iconic secret agent licensed to kill. For me it certainly is. But he had a love hate relationship with Bond after seven movies getting into her skin.
- 007 against Dr. No (1962)
- From Russia with love (1963)
- James Bond vs. Goldfinger (1964)
- Operation Thunder (1965)
- We only live Twice (1967)
- Diamonds for eternity (1971)
- Never say never (1983)
Daniel Dravot - The man who could reign
Based on the short novel eponymous from 1888, written by Rudyard Kipling, is considered one of the best it has. It tells the story of two sBritish u-officers in India who become kings of Kafiristan, a remote part of Afghanistan. It was inspired by the lives of two real characters of the time.
John Huston directed the version for the cinema in 1975. It featured Connery and Michael caine, who since then became close friends, to play the main characters in one of those adventure films par excellence.
The Green Knight - Sword of the Brave: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Here he came only with the title of The Green Knight. It was one of several adaptations that have been made of the famous english medieval poem of Arthurian tradition. Directed by Stephen Weeks in 1984, they star in it Miles O'Keeffe like sir gawain and Sean Connery like the Green Knight.
William of Baskerville - The Name of the Rose
Is possibly his best known and most applauded literary character, perhaps because this adaptation in 1986 French director Jean-Jacques Annaud of this classic of Umberto Eco it is one of the most popular movies of all time. No one can imagine the most detective Franciscan friar in this story of crimes and medieval obscurantism with another face.
Marko Ramius - The hunt for Red October
Adapting one of the novels of Tom Clancy, starring his famous CIA analyst Jack Ryan, John Mctiernan led in 1990 one of those action and tension movies whose supposed Secondary character (Russian commander Marko Ramius) overshadowed completely to the protagonist and supposed hero (Jack Ryan). Connery's charisma diluted a too soft Alec Baldwin.
King Arthur - The first knight
Connery had already been in that final cameo of Robin Hood, prince of thieves (1991), although it was not accredited. Just as years before had been a Twilight robin hood with Audrey Hepburn en Robin and marian, which Richard Lester directed in 1976.
He took back King Arthur, already like protagonist, in this very free version with a music video aesthetic that he directed Jerry zucker en 1995 with Richard Gere like a designer Lanzarote, Julia Ormond or Ben Cross.
Alan Quatermain - The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
It was the last movie which Connery starred in before retiring from the cinema. Directed her Stephen Norrington, which took the reference from a series of comics fantastic of Alan Moore.
Connery played the famous adventurer Alan Quartermain, to which the English government resorts, in Victorian times, which does not know how to deal with a diabolical plan whose goal is to dominate the world. So they decide to hire a team of heroes and adventurers of all conditions like the doctor Henry jekyll, Captain Nemo, the Vampire Mina harker o Dorian Gray.
Stayed in a pasticheBut Connery proved for the last time why where he was, as a lead or a supporting role, was a guarantee of success.