Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Thomas S. Connery: ‘Bond, James Bond’, but much more actor

 Sir Thomas Sean Connery (1930 – 2020) - a Scottish actor. 

He obtained recognition as the first actor to act 

fictional British secret agent James Bond in film, 

starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983.

 



A1.  TRANSLATE these titles

A2. Say aloud 5 numbers


Movie Name              Worldwide Gross   --  Budget   

1. Dr No                                 $59,567,035         $1,000,000

2.  Form Russia With Love       $78,900,000         $2,000,000

3.  Goldfinger                       $124,900,000          $3,000,000

4.  Thunderball-                    $141,200,000         $9,000,000

5.  You Only Live Twice-       $111,600,000         $9,500,000

6.xxxxxx

7.  Diamonds Are Forever       $116,000,000        $7,200,000

8-13.xxxxxx

14.   Never Say Never Again    $160,000,000      $36,000,000 

14-22 .xxxxxx

Totals (22  Bond films)        $5,074,402,453          $1,081,2M 


B.  TRANSLATE these titles



In honor of the life and distinguished career,

 here’s a look at his best seven movies 

when he acted not like

 his acclaimed  British secret agent 007.


military prison drama The Hill (1965)

 a  policeman in  The Offence (1973)

 

soldiers of fortune in 19th-century Afghanistan 

in The Man Who Would Be King (1975)



Agatha Christie’s adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express (1974).

Franciscan detective in the successful European production

The Name of the Rose  (1986) 

“Irish” street-policeman in The Untouchables (1987)

Harrison Ford’s father in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)









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