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amanaplan1 wrote:If you feel like cherry picking at that one point regarding Tarzan among all of my others, then go for it. However, as I wrote in my original post and reiterated later, up until Lazenby replaced Connery, the '60s Bond series was the single most successful film franchise produced by the same filmmaking team for the same studio with the same leading man in history. In that regard, it is much closer to subsequent film franchises like Star Wars, Star Trek, and Indiana Jones. Much more than that, it became an international phenomenon, the scale of which had never been seen before in a sustained film series. The same cannot be said of the Bowery Boys, et al.
Apr 23 15 6:29 AM
“Lazenby, 29, was a rebel to the end. Despite pleas by producers Harry Saltzman and Albert Broccoli to turn up looking like James Bond, he appeared bearded with his dark brown hair to his shoulders.” (from a Reuters dispatch printed December 20, 1969).
It's a fact that George Lazenby had earlier threatened to boycott the premiere. Then, surprisingly and regardless of the recent and very embarrassing public chest thumping, Lazenby flew from the United States to London to attend the premiere of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service after all. “I am James Bond in the film,” the actor reminded the reporters and photographers who converged on the Odeon to cover the gilded engagement. “Tonight I am George Lazenby.” When directly asked why he chose to attend the premiere after all the very public ill-will of the previous month, George, mindful that the Duke and Duchess of Kent were attending, politely told newsmen “I felt I could not snub royalty.” Such a sentiment was positively gentlemanly, but surely not characteristic of an authentic sixties rebel. It’s interesting to see that at the premiere a frustrated Saltzman had already backed off of his claim that George was under exclusive contract. Saltzman told Reuters, with more than a hint of his usual blunderbuss, “James Bond is the modern Tarzan. There have been fourteen Tarzans. There will be another James Bond.”
Saltzman quote from “Actor George Lazenby officially retires as James Bond.” (Reuters), December 20, 1969.
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amanaplan1 wrote:Hi, Ghostwriter, no, my friend, that was meant for anyone on this thread who didn't understand the meaning of my original post. The slew of Tarzan films -- some saying back to being black and white, some silent, some low-budget -- spread out over the decades and produced by different men at different studios -- was never a SINGLE, CONSISTENT, STUDIO SERIES. The '60s Bond series started as a five-picture deal. Connery starred as the leading man in five sequential films in as many years for that SAME producer/studio franchise, which is a different kettle of fish than Tarzan.
Apr 23 15 4:42 PM
Wich2 wrote:It's a good thing to know history. Burroughs' Tarzan of the Apes was gigantic - I know that much, and I'm not even that big a fan of the character. Start with the Elmo Lincoln movies, which were smashes. Crunch a few numbers re: how many people saw that whole series of films, and how many bucks they brought into box offices. Beware of navel-gazing: "Only MY Era's Legends Are Real Legends!"
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