This seems more light-hearted than the other films and is easily the most Bond-like (comparisons are inevitable). A clever, brisk, entertaining spy picture that has a lot more Ken Russell in it than you might suspect. She's mesmerizing in every scene she's in, and had she not died so young, so senselessly, there's little doubt she would have been a huge international star on the order of Deneuve at the very least. Communicating only through a giant computer, Leo pads his payroll with non-existent agents and fictional foreign contacts while pretending to foment revolution. Anya shoots Harry's bodyguards as the train pulls away from a station near the border. She was excellent in Jacques Demy's musical
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Whoa, Keanu 'Ipcress File' Success Surprises Caine November 15, 2009 He's taken the money, but all Harry find when he goes into Latvia is motley bunch of broken-down black marketeers whose orders are to kill him and make it look like the work of the Soviets. Cast and locations are excellent. Michael Caine's characterization of Harry is spot on as always. We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future.Regal Mortimer, Penelope. Editorial Reviews. And then there's Leo, who has taken millions from Midwinter, supposedly to establish a secret underground in Latvia, waiting for the signal to rise up against the Soviets occupying their country that will spread across the Baltics and beyond and bring down the Soviet government. Billion Dollar Brain was released after her death, leading some to speculate whether her voice was dubbed, but it sure sounds like Dorléac's to me. Don’t worry, it won’t take long. New York Times (]30 Jan 1966: BR5.Criminals at Large "He was the least ideal man to do a thriller.
As a 'sixties spy thriller you expect a good dose of Cold War espionage, but Billion Dollar Brain combines that American Insularism and nazi-esque, extreme right wingism to deliver a film which still has social relevance. He gives the eggs to Harry, explaining, "We don't need them; we have our own ideas." The Observer 19 Nov 1967: 24. Billion Dollar Brain (1967) Director: Ken Russell. Lennon, Peter.
Shop Billion Dollar Brain [DVD]. The third of the 1960s film adaptations of Len Deighton's espionage novels to star Michael Caine, Billion Dollar Brain was also the most problematic of the three, mostly owing to John McGrath's script and Ken Russell's direction. Price: $9.99. Only 2 left in stock - order soon. Russell slams the I-Spy trappings into disjunctively eccentric frenzies Use up arrow (for mozilla firefox browser alt+up arrow) and down arrow (for mozilla firefox browser alt+down arrow) to review and enter to select.Click or Press Enter to view the items in your shopping bag or Press Tab to interact with the Shopping bag tooltipCurrent price is $18.19, Original price is $19.99. The main idea is a computer-age extrapolation of the 'fake spy' idea in Graham Greene's Audience Reviews for Billion Dollar Brain Jan 09, 2013 Enjoyable if dated, they are still using punch cards to program their computers!, espionage thriller with a solid cast. That interests Palmer's old friend, Soviet security chief Colonel Stok (Oskar Homolka, in an almost movie-stealing performance), very much, and he, too, wants to know what Palmer knows. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Billion Dollar Brain (DVD, 2005) at the best online prices at eBay! | Rating: B The Observer 2 Sep 1973: 25New films Francoise Dorleac is a lovely mystery woman although her character seems to vanish at several key points in the film when it feels like she would be there.