Click here to list by featured artists
- Mod Secret Agents Double Feature!
Both movies are Rare IB Technicolor Prints!
James Bond Rip-Off Heaven!Thursday July 26, 2007 - 7:30pm
Egyptian Theatre, Hollywood
- DEADLIER THAN THE MALE
- DEADLIER THAN THE MALE
- (1966, 98 mins, Directed by Ralph Thomas)
- An updated-to-the-1960’s incarnation of British Bulldog Drummond (Richard Johnson) takes on megalomaniac Nigel Green and his sadistic pair of scantily clad female assassins (Elke Sommer and Sylvia Koscina) as they try to corner the world industrial and oil markets, brutally eliminating all rivals. Fast-moving, beautifully shot in Technicolor on UK and Mediterranean locations, “Deadlier” is an extremely enjoyable Bond-style thriller. Watch for the great opening where bikini-clad Sommer and Koscina emerge from the sea with spear-guns and the jolting climax where villain Green attempts to defeat Drummond with his giant mechanical chess set. Checkmate! The theme song is co-written by Scott Walker and sung by The Walker Brothers.
Rare IB Technicolor Print!
- An updated-to-the-1960’s incarnation of British Bulldog Drummond (Richard Johnson) takes on megalomaniac Nigel Green and his sadistic pair of scantily clad female assassins (Elke Sommer and Sylvia Koscina) as they try to corner the world industrial and oil markets, brutally eliminating all rivals. Fast-moving, beautifully shot in Technicolor on UK and Mediterranean locations, “Deadlier” is an extremely enjoyable Bond-style thriller. Watch for the great opening where bikini-clad Sommer and Koscina emerge from the sea with spear-guns and the jolting climax where villain Green attempts to defeat Drummond with his giant mechanical chess set. Checkmate! The theme song is co-written by Scott Walker and sung by The Walker Brothers.
- LIGHTNING BOLT
- (1966, 90 mins, Directed by Antonio Margheriti)
- “Submit to the master or be frozen forever in his cold-storage harem!” screamed the tagline. There were legions of spy films lensed in the wake of 007, but no country produced more (or stranger!) entries than European genre champions, Italy. Antonio Margheritti (director of “Castle Of Blood”, helming under his quaintly-chosen English pseudonym Anthony Dawson) turned out this surprisingly entertaining and good-looking, low-budget Bondian knock-off. Anthony Eisley is a wisecracking, womanizing, Madison Avenue-type spy trying to bring down corpulent evil genius (and beer manufacturer!) Folco Lulli, with the help of his boss Diana Lorys and girl-in-jeopardy Wandisa Guida. Absurd humor (Eisley repeatedly tries to buy off villainous henchmen by writing them checks!), impressive production design (Lulli’s underwater city) and plenty of fast-paced albeit nonsensical action pepper the film. In the US, drive-in distributors tried to capitalize on the Bond craze by titling the film “Lightning Bolt” – playing off that summer’s “Thunderball” - while in Italy and Spain it was called “Operation Goldman” (hoping to lure in “Goldfinger” fans). No word on what it was titled in Albania…
Rare IB Technicolor Print!
- “Submit to the master or be frozen forever in his cold-storage harem!” screamed the tagline. There were legions of spy films lensed in the wake of 007, but no country produced more (or stranger!) entries than European genre champions, Italy. Antonio Margheritti (director of “Castle Of Blood”, helming under his quaintly-chosen English pseudonym Anthony Dawson) turned out this surprisingly entertaining and good-looking, low-budget Bondian knock-off. Anthony Eisley is a wisecracking, womanizing, Madison Avenue-type spy trying to bring down corpulent evil genius (and beer manufacturer!) Folco Lulli, with the help of his boss Diana Lorys and girl-in-jeopardy Wandisa Guida. Absurd humor (Eisley repeatedly tries to buy off villainous henchmen by writing them checks!), impressive production design (Lulli’s underwater city) and plenty of fast-paced albeit nonsensical action pepper the film. In the US, drive-in distributors tried to capitalize on the Bond craze by titling the film “Lightning Bolt” – playing off that summer’s “Thunderball” - while in Italy and Spain it was called “Operation Goldman” (hoping to lure in “Goldfinger” fans). No word on what it was titled in Albania…
Tonight's Stars!
|
- Musicians & Composers (seen and/or heard):
Scott Walker •The Walker Brothers - Actors/Directors/Producers/Cultural Icons:
Nigel Green •Richard Johnson •Elke Sommer
Return to The Mods & Rockers Homepage
Copyright © 2007 Springtime!