I watched The Russia House the other day and was curious what people though about Sean Connery's non-Bond films. Good? Bad? Ugly? I'll reserve my comments so as to not indirectly bias this thread.
Pretty obvious but The Untouchables...and he singlehandedly elevated the third Indiana Jones into a classic.
He was hit and miss with his films. Loved Outland though, and The Untouchables is a bona fide classic.
Broadly, Sean Connery is like most actors: he's had good films and not-so-good films. Some of his best films include: 1. The Hill 2. The Anderson Tapes 3. The Offence 4. The Wind And The Lion 5. The Man Who Would Be King 6. Robin And Marian 7. A Bridge Too Far 8. The Untouchables 9. The Last Crusade 10. The Hunt For Red October 11. The Rock
You also have to put in The Molly Maguires! Connery and Richard Harris, although it didn't do well on release, still a good movie worth a watch!
One that no-one seems to have a good word for, but I adore it: Medicine Man Honourable mentions: The Presidio Finding Forrester Dragonheart (voice acting) Just Cause
The Man Who Would Be King [1975] Robin & Marion [1976] The Hill [1965] Hell Drivers [1957] Highlander [1986] The Name Of The Rose [1986] The Offence [1973] Time Bandits [1981]
I tried to watch Robin & Marian earlier this year...pretty tough sit unless you saw it back in the day.
Yeah. But his appearance in this film and the sequel still made it odd to me when he snubbed his nose at the thought of being in a Star Trek movie.
That said, the one he was approached for was The Final Frontier, so... (I love that movie but many Trekkies don't) I'd just heard it was because Last Crusade came along first.
I always got a kick out of the fact that no matter what the origin of his character (Irish, Arab, Russian, English and Spanish) he kept his accent and dared us to deal with it.
