For the father and son film makers the Salkinds, there was a strange preoccupation with the supporting casts which would include big and expensive stars like Marlon Brando, the late Gene Hackman and Terence Stamp. So much so that they were higher up the cast list than the actor playing Superman Christopher Reeve. By the …
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Superman II
It is fair to say that comic book super hero movies have taken over Hollywood in the last two decades. Much of that is because of CGI and other innovations which can do them justice. Yet, back in the late 1970’s, probably the most famous super hero of them all was placed on the silver …
The Spy Without the Golden Gun
Sean Connery’s departure from the role of 007 just after 1967’s You Only Live Twice put the film series into a spiral for a decade, some of which was self-inflicted by Bond producers Cubby Broccoli and Harry Saltzman. Sure, Connery had become synonymous with the hero and a superstar in the process. Replacing him satisfactorily …
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