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What's your favorite film by Guy Hamilton?

haven't seen any
1 (5.9%)
don't like any
1 (5.9%)
other
0 (0%)
An Inspector Calls
0 (0%)
The Colditz Story
1 (5.9%)
The Devil's Disciple
0 (0%)
A Touch of Larceny
0 (0%)
The Best of Enemies
0 (0%)
Man in the Middle (aka. The Winston Affair)
0 (0%)
Goldfinger
8 (47.1%)
Funeral in Berlin
1 (5.9%)
Battle of Britain
0 (0%)
Diamonds Are Forever
1 (5.9%)
Live and Let Die
1 (5.9%)
The Man with the Golden Gun
0 (0%)
Force 10 from Navarone
1 (5.9%)
The Mirror Crack'd
0 (0%)
Evil Under the Sun
1 (5.9%)
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
1 (5.9%)

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Hamilton, Guy
« on: May 23, 2011, 02:09:49 PM »
1. Goldfinger
2. Diamonds Are Forever
3. The Man with the Golden Gun
4. Live and Let Die
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Re: Hamilton, Guy - Director's Best
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2011, 03:44:05 PM »
The Colditz Story
Goldfinger


Battle of Britain

Force 10 from Navarone
Evil Under the Sun
Diamonds Are Forever


Live and Let Die
The Man with the Golden Gun
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins


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Re: Hamilton, Guy - Director's Best
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2011, 06:28:50 PM »
1. Goldfinger
2. Live and Let Die
3. Diamonds are Forever
4. Remo Williams
5. The Man with the Golden Gun
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Re: Hamilton, Guy - Director's Best
« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2012, 04:01:44 AM »
1. Goldfinger
2. Funeral In Berlin
3. Live and Let Die
4. The Man With The Golden Gun
5. Diamonds Are Forever
6. Battle of Britain

These are the better Bonds.
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Re: Hamilton, Guy - Director's Best
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2015, 10:44:58 AM »
Goldfinger
Diamonds are Forever
The Man with the Golden Gun

Live and Let Die


Might be my favorite Bond director even though he directed one of the worst Bond films ever.

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Re: Hamilton, Guy - Director's Best
« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2015, 07:38:36 AM »
I thought about voting for Goldfinger or Force 10, but had to vote for Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

I saw Remo, and it hooked me enough to track down the books it was based on. I bought and read about 60 of the series. The books are total pulp fiction, but so much fun. I was into them around the time Lethal Weapon 2 came out. The opening scene in that, where we meet the bad guy, reminded me so much of the style of the Remo books, that I was not surprised that Warren Murphy one of the co-writes of the books was one of the story writers for the LW2.

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Re: Hamilton, Guy - Director's Best
« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2015, 09:39:31 AM »
Thanks Davey!
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Re: Hamilton, Guy
« Reply #7 on: March 29, 2016, 03:23:32 PM »
1. Goldfinger (3.5)
2. The Man with the Golden Gun (3)
3. Diamonds are Forever (2.5)
4. Live and Let Die (2.5)
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Re: Hamilton, Guy
« Reply #8 on: September 08, 2016, 06:56:53 PM »
1. Evil Under the Sun
2. An Inspector Calls

3. The Devil's Disciple
4. The Colditz Story
5. Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
6. Force 10 from Navarone
7. Goldfinger
8. Funeral in Berlin
9. Battle of Britain
10. The Winston Affair
11. Live and Let Die

12. Diamonds Are Forever
13. The Ringer

14. The Man With the Golden Gun
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Re: Hamilton, Guy
« Reply #9 on: September 08, 2016, 07:23:46 PM »

The Devil's Disciple (1959)
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I've had this one around the house for months, but was afraid because descriptions about it didn't give me confidence. It's a Revolutionary War adventure film, but it's also described as a comedy despite the serious subject matter. (Accidental comedy? I wondered.) The stars are Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas, who always work well together, but they're up against Laurence Olivier, a solid actor whose name on a marquee is to comedy with Christopher Nolan is to comedy.

Having watched the film, I get it now, but I can't clarify the description. It is largely a joyous adventure, much like The Adventures of Robin Hood. Lancaster is the solid center while Douglas reaches for Errol Flynn levels of gleeful treason. It is not as fun as a Flynn adventure, perhaps because of the elevated language, which takes a few scenes to tune the ear to, but once it's in harmony there's a lot of good dialogue and sly humor.

Olivier gets one of the funniest scenes as the British general who's tired of American rebels blocking his path with trees and sniping his soldiers. He expresses this displeasure while both are happening in his vicinity (eyes rolling with the sound effects) and while having a picnic with his wife, a sign of his helplessness. However, the highlight is an extended action scene where Lancaster has finally had enough, but every time he tries to take action, fate delays him. The gags are paced like a silent comedy and Lancaster is a muscular Buster Keaton.

So, The Devil's Disciple is an odd film, a short film, a hard film to recommend because it easily contradicts expectations unless you expect nothing but what it chooses to give you. This includes the interludes of stop-motion animation, a female lead (Janette Scott) whose strict repression melts in a moment and Kirk Douglas taking none of it seriously.
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