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  • BennyBenny In the shadowsAdministrator, Moderator
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    mtm wrote: »
    Dwayne wrote: »
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    Note: Some background on USAF Lt. Col. Charles Russhon (pictured with Connery in that last photo).
    https://www.afsoc.af.mil/News/Features/Display/Article/163717/007-the-spy-who-loved-spec-ops/

    Is that from Thunderball? Sean's 'piece looks a bit different! :D

    It could be, but I'm not as fastidious as you in correcting people of their mistakes.
    If it even is one.
  • George_KaplanGeorge_Kaplan Not a red herring
    edited June 2023 Posts: 565
    Benny wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    Dwayne wrote: »
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    Note: Some background on USAF Lt. Col. Charles Russhon (pictured with Connery in that last photo).
    https://www.afsoc.af.mil/News/Features/Display/Article/163717/007-the-spy-who-loved-spec-ops/

    Is that from Thunderball? Sean's 'piece looks a bit different! :D

    It could be, but I'm not as fastidious as you in correcting people of their mistakes.
    If it even is one.

    It is from TB. At least according to these sources.
    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lt._Col._Russhon_and_Sean_Connery_130114-F-ME954-001.jpg (released by the United States Air Force with the ID 130114-F-ME954-001)

    https://www.dvidshub.net/image/815078/lt-col-russhon-and-sean-connery (released by Air Force Special Operations Command Public Affairs)

    Caption:
    "Retired Lt. Col. Charles Russhon, military adviser to the James Bond films in the ‘60s and ‘70s, poses with Sean Connery during the production of “Thunderball.” Russhon took Connery in tow when he arrived in New York, and they remained friends until Russhon passed away in 1982, Russhon’s wife, Claire Russhon, said. (Photo courtesy of Christian Russhon)"
  • DwayneDwayne New York City
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    mtm wrote: »
    Dwayne wrote: »
    130114-F-ME954-001.JPG
    Note: Some background on USAF Lt. Col. Charles Russhon (pictured with Connery in that last photo).
    https://www.afsoc.af.mil/News/Features/Display/Article/163717/007-the-spy-who-loved-spec-ops/

    Is that from Thunderball? Sean's 'piece looks a bit different! :D

    You're probably right. Sorry about that.
  • BennyBenny In the shadowsAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 14,880
    Dwayne wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    Dwayne wrote: »
    130114-F-ME954-001.JPG
    Note: Some background on USAF Lt. Col. Charles Russhon (pictured with Connery in that last photo).
    https://www.afsoc.af.mil/News/Features/Display/Article/163717/007-the-spy-who-loved-spec-ops/

    Is that from Thunderball? Sean's 'piece looks a bit different! :D

    You're probably right. Sorry about that.

    No need to apologize @Dwayne
    It's not always easy to know what film some of these pictures are from. Mr. Russhon worked a lot on the early films behind the scenes, so it's an easy mistake to make.
  • zebrafishzebrafish <°)))< in Octopussy's garden in the shade
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    Probably few fans have heard of the ETH Bildarchiv (Zürich), which links to many of the images featured in the (excellent) protfolio book "The Goldfinger Files". Here's an entry point.

    Some of the highlights - but there are dozens more, if you search:
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  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited June 2023 Posts: 14,960
    Dwayne wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    Dwayne wrote: »
    130114-F-ME954-001.JPG
    Note: Some background on USAF Lt. Col. Charles Russhon (pictured with Connery in that last photo).
    https://www.afsoc.af.mil/News/Features/Display/Article/163717/007-the-spy-who-loved-spec-ops/

    Is that from Thunderball? Sean's 'piece looks a bit different! :D

    You're probably right. Sorry about that.

    Oh I wasn't trying to correct you: sorry if it came over that way. It's just more that spotting Sean's hairpieces is a tragic hobby of mine! :))
    And Russhon (must've been a tough name to have in the USAF at that time!) did work on GF so it's still a very interesting story, thank you.

    I like this one :D

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  • TheSkyfallen06TheSkyfallen06 Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou. I can still hear my old hound dog barkin'.
    edited June 2023 Posts: 8,696
    I think the submissions for GF so far prove beyond any doubt which film really started the Bond craze,
  • mattjoesmattjoes Kicking: Impossible
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    zebrafish wrote: »
    Nice one. No need to hide it here, post it on Fan posters!
    Hey, thanks! I'd posted it on the "making fun" thread, but I guess I'll post it there too. It was a more appropriate thread all along.

    TheSkyfallen06 wrote: »
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    Classic. I often walk on the street with that expression on my face.
  • BennyBenny In the shadowsAdministrator, Moderator
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  • Jordo007Jordo007 Merseyside
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    I love seeing how much fun the cast and crew are having making the films, especially Sean, heartwarming to know
  • BennyBenny In the shadowsAdministrator, Moderator
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  • VenutiusVenutius Yorkshire
    edited June 2023 Posts: 2,928
    It's really striking to see how many people were around in the shots of Connery in the Furka Pass. I love the famous photo of him leaning up against the DB5, with its air of man alone with the elements...but there must be twenty people behind the camera! It doesn't ruin the illusion, though - it's great to get these new perspectives on all this.
  • BennyBenny In the shadowsAdministrator, Moderator
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  • TheSkyfallen06TheSkyfallen06 Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    It's not actually from the shooting of the film, but from 2008 in a shoot for Octane magazine, but I love these shots of Tania Mullet back on location (may not show up if you don't have Facebook, I'm not sure)

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  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou. I can still hear my old hound dog barkin'.
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    Sorry to say that, but Tania Mallet looks like she is about fifty in those pictures. And she was quite good-looking in the film.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    j_w_pepper wrote: »
    Sorry to say that, but Tania Mallet looks like she is about fifty in those pictures.

    Considering she was 67 at the time, that's actually a compliment! :)
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou. I can still hear my old hound dog barkin'.
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    mtm wrote: »
    j_w_pepper wrote: »
    Sorry to say that, but Tania Mallet looks like she is about fifty in those pictures.

    Considering she was 67 at the time, that's actually a compliment! :)

    Yes, I missed that. I just looked at the pictures without reading your post first. Granted, in that case she looked quite marvelous, and I should know, being about the same age. I wondered what had happened to her in 1964 since it really looked like those pictures were taken during filming.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    No problem :-bd
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    Old Harold looks like a fun bloke.
  • zebrafishzebrafish <°)))< in Octopussy's garden in the shade
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    DarthDimi wrote: »
    Old Harold looks like a fun bloke.


  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou. I can still hear my old hound dog barkin'.
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    The (sort of) German version of a commercial for the same product from about the same time doesn't sport Harold Sakata, but is forever remembered as "Olaf hat Husten!" - "Was? Das darf er nicht!" ("Olaf's got a cough!" - "What? He mustn't have!")
  • zebrafishzebrafish <°)))< in Octopussy's garden in the shade
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    Excellent! A gem for all the Olafs in the world!
  • BennyBenny In the shadowsAdministrator, Moderator
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  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Love that shot of Connery tucked into the shadows on the vault set. Thanks for sharing, @Benny.
  • BennyBenny In the shadowsAdministrator, Moderator
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    Creasy47 wrote: »
    Love that shot of Connery tucked into the shadows on the vault set. Thanks for sharing, @Benny.

    I truly enjoy searching for these images. Often I think, I'll do a few more and then stop. Before realising another hour has passed.
  • RevelatorRevelator
    edited June 2023 Posts: 2,896
    I wonder if Connery was demonstrating a golf move to Saltzman and Fleming. GF was the last Bond film Fleming was around to see (in production rather than the theater). His last book, TMWTGG, was a down-to-earth tale, thanks to Fleming's ill health and lowered energy, but if he'd been in better health and survived another decade, who knows what future Bond novels would have been like in the wake of GF's success?
  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
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    Revelator wrote: »
    I wonder if Connery was demonstrating a golf move to Saltzman and Fleming. GF was the last Bond film Fleming was around to see (in production rather than the theater). His last book, TMWTGG, was a down-to-earth tale, thanks to Fleming's ill health and lowered energy, but if he'd been in better health and survived another decade, who knows what future Bond novels would have been like in the wake of GF's success?

    This was the film that got Connery into golf as a sport. He would play often through out the rest of his life. So it is possible that he was showing off a move. Interesting that you can see the blue screens which I am guessing was for the back projection of Miami? Or a way to light the set?

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