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Post by felixdeburgh on Feb 27, 2018 14:08:44 GMT
David Walliams has just tweeted about the sad death of the Bond director just a few days short of his 98th birthday. His films were some of the best in the series IMO, especially The Spy Who Loved Me, but he also directed Alfie and Sink The Bismarck! amongst others.
RIP.
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Deus est regit qui omnia.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2018 14:40:48 GMT
I agree re Lewis's contribution to the Bond series especially with YOLT and TSWLM. Also directed 'Carve Her Name With Pride', 'Reach For The Sky', Shirley Valentine' and 'Educating Rita'.
A great innings.
RIP
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Post by felixdeburgh on Feb 27, 2018 14:47:48 GMT
Albert RN and Cosh Boy too.
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Post by McCann on Feb 27, 2018 18:04:43 GMT
Impressive innings for the Alfie and You only live twice director to live until now.
He had a lucky escape back in 1966 along with Cubby Broccoli, Harry Saltzman and others in the crew when they missed the BOAC flight 911 which crashed minutes after takeoff, killing all on board. They were scouting filming locations in Japan for You only live twice.
The Spy who loved me opening will be one of the highlights of his long directing career.
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Post by pr1 on Feb 27, 2018 20:32:01 GMT
He directed one of my favorite Bond movies, You Only Live Twice as well as Roger Moore's best Bond film The Spy Who Loved. In interviews he came across as a true gentlemen. Rest In Peace.
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Post by felixdeburgh on Feb 27, 2018 21:32:27 GMT
Impressive innings for the Alfie and You only live twice director to live until now. He had a lucky escape back in 1966 along with Cubby Broccoli, Harry Saltzman and others in the crew when they missed the BOAC flight 911 which crashed minutes after takeoff, killing all on board. They were scouting filming locations in Japan for You only live twice. The Spy who loved me opening will be one of the highlights of his long directing career. That opening sequence was directed by second unit (and later main unit) director John Glen. When I interviewed him a few years ago he said they were on the verge of packing up and going home because of the bad weather but at the 11th hour it cleared allowing them to go for a take. Even then it was so cold that not all the cameras were working and when you watch it in the film it’s pretty much one camera that follows him all the way down. It looks very effective but it was actually because that was the only camera that was fully working. The stuntman, Rick Sylvester, was asked if he would do it again so they could get some different angles and he told them in no uncertain terms that he was lucky to have got away with it once and wouldn’t risk doing it again. The main problem was that he had to get rid of the skis almost straight away as they would destabilise his descent but in doing so he risked them striking the canopy which one of them actually did but obviously didn’t cause any damage. Sylvester said he was never fully confident that he could actually do it but wanted try so it was probably a good decision not to try it a second time. |
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Post by Zimbo on Feb 27, 2018 23:10:41 GMT
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Post by bodiesstuntdouble on Feb 28, 2018 19:28:44 GMT
The man had an enviable CV of credits to his name.
RIP Sir
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Post by McCann on Jun 27, 2018 18:11:22 GMT
Interview from 1977 and The Spy Who Loved Me Esprit
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Post by thewoodster on Jun 27, 2018 22:39:53 GMT
RIP lewis
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