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On Her Majesty's Secret Service. George Lazenby IS (briefly) James Bond
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- čas přidán 18. 11. 2020
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Stam Fine Looks at a unique James Bond film, 1969's On Her Majesty's Secret Service, which stars George Lazenby in his only appearance as James Bond 007. Also stars Diana Rigg and Telly Savalas.
Sean Connery had resigned from the Bond role that he had originated, leading to producers Albert R Cubby Broccoli and Harry Saltzman to cast an unknown Australian model/car salesman, George Lazenby as James Bond. It's a unique film, unlike the Connery movies on either side.
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The book is especially good, and this film stands out as the most realistic and plausible in the series without the usual exaggerated set pieces and crazy plot.
That’s what the books more mostly like. The movies relied on over the top gimmickry crazy plots to the point where it became a full on parody of itself
I saw this for the first time about 20 years ago, after having seen maybe 8 or 9 of the other Bond films, and I was stunned by how good it was. Lazenby is adequate - way better than I expected - but the script is so much better than all but a handful of Bond films his performance almost doesn’t matter. Roger Moore might be a better actor but Olivier couldn’t save dreck like Octopussy.
The real star of this one though is Diana Rigg. You pretty much don’t notice Lazenby when she’s on screen and that’s a great reversal from the disposable bimbos cluttering up most Bond films, especially the Moore entries.
Easily one of the 5 best Bond films.
"Can't decide if she's suicidal or horny". That line killed me 😂
Lol its cause its true 😂
Connery was my favorite Bond but I really enjoyed Lazenby's Bond. "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" was a great Bond film.
Apart from Lazenby"s spotty acting, the film is one of my favourites in the Bond series. The John Barry score is probably the best in the series.
There is one major problem with the continuity of this film with the Connery films. It is that they filmed the Blofeld trilogy out of order. In "You Only Live Twice", Blofeld and Bond meet face to face. How could Bond think that he could pose as Hilary Bray with someone who should recognize him immediately?
I think OHMSS is supposed be a stand alone entry that just loosely mentions past events.
Never heard that before!
Should have taken it out of the novel they were desperate to stick to.
Quiet you.
They were never meant to meet in You Only Live Twice Roald Dahl put it in that they met so they had to find away round this. So this movie there was originally supposed to meet for the first time face to face.
Lazenby makes Roger Moore look like a great actor. How I wish Diana Rigg was still with us!
Hard to believe that George Lazenby was only 29 in this, he definitely looked the part
lifestyle differences between then and now. Sun, drinking and smoking all aged people faster.
@@StamFine He led quite a life up until then alright, no doubt about it
Christ...Im 47 and I look ten years younger than Lazenby! What the hell was he doing?
Bea Arthur played Maude in the 70s, was 47, dressed and looked 67.
@@blackamerican40 God'll get you for that!
"... wants to be a count, but again, he's one letter short." LMFAO!!!!
I “met” George at a panel a few years ago. He was cool. I asked him a question about ‘The Man from Hong Kong’ and he gave a long answer which was mostly reminiscences of filming in the titular city.
Always my choice of best of classic Bond - mostly as it is closest to the original book.
The cinematography and the soundtrack are also possibly the best in the entire oeuvre and the man diving head first out of the helicopter during the raid is my fav bond goof.
I really like OHMSS and even Lazenby. I think the idea of having Bond pretending to be another person for much of the film is a smart idea for Lazenby, although it leads to some CZcamsrs pointing out Lazenby’s “bad acting” incorrectly, such as “Why is Bond nervous in the helicopter?” when it’s obvious Bond is doing a Clark Kent act. Another good one is, “Lazenby’s accent is inconsistent. “ by people not understanding that he’s dubbed when in disguise.
Overall I think OHMSS is better than at least half of the Connery and Moore films, and almost all the Craig and Brosnan films. Dalton is a much better low-count Bond though.
I was 10 when I saw my first Bond film, Goldfinger. I instantly became a huge fan of the spy genre, but Bond was the pinnacle and I absolutely could not accept anyone other than Connery in the role. I saw OHMSS in the theater it’s opening weekend and spent the entire film critiquing Lazenby because I missed Connery. All these years later and now it is in my Top 5.
Yes, this was the "hidden" Bond film in the 1980's. I remember when TBS got the rights to the franchise. They'd show them over about a two week period, one film each evening, except for OHMSS. That film was shown Sunday morning at around 9 am.
makes sense
Let me get out my cane and walker. I remember when ABC would show them Sundays at 9pm back in the 80s and 90s.
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No walker for me , yet, but I remember watching them on TV in the early 70s; But, never OHMSS. Which sucked, because it’s, by far, my favorite.
@@blackamerican40 My father sat me down in front of the tv one Sunday night to watch Goldfinger. I was hooked. Sadly, my father died a few months later so we never got to see a Bond film together in a theater.
If you put Brosnan’s 42 year old face in Goldeneye next to Lazenby’s 29 year old face in this, and asked people to guess which was the younger man, nobody who didn’t already know would guess correctly.
In a very long ago interview Lazenby described the conversation with Broccoli when he declined the multi-film contract.
"You'll be doing spaghetti westerns!"
"Not exactly, I ended up doing chop-suey kung fu flicks in Hong Kong."
I have a dream that one day I will click on a Stam FIne video and be able to hear it at the same volume as all the other videos on youtube instead of having to turn the computer to full volume and still strain to catch all the words. It's a dream I have.
Aunty Beryl says "no".
Film makes me cry. And it's nice when movies make you feel things, even sadness
The best gun barrel of the entire series.... the best movie of the entire series
Lazenby was a great Bond, very believable emotionally, and athletic. Certainly not the worst and he would have only improved. The Director didn't fully play to his strengths either.
Both were rookies. I can't blame them for the off-key notes.
The locations in this film were glorious and the action scenes were brilliant (with a few shonky shots). The dubbing of George Baker over Lazenby's voice is toe-curling though.
I really didn't like this movie for many years. In the last few years though (as I've gotten older) I've learned to appreciate it for what it is. It's a unique entry in the series and -- if you watch it from the viewpoint -- is an enjoyable experience.
Brilliant James Bond 007 Film OHMSS
Lazenby was a great Bond and an action man to boot!
A case of staying too close to the book. The book came between Thunderball and You Only Live Twice, so it WAS the first time Bond and Blofeld met face to face. The death of Tracy was perfectly acted.
My personal favorite in the series. It has some issues besides Lazenby. Run time is a little long and Blofeld's scheme seems more suited for 'The Man From Uncle'. If Lazenby had returned....how would the series have continued? With a linked sequel? I can't imagine Lazenby in 'Diamonds Are Forever' with Hamilton as director. So with 'OHMSS' doing relatively low box office for Bond, would a continuation of the style of his first movie happen, or would the producers try to steer a different course? And most importantly, how would audiences have responded to either option? Would Lazenby have had the discipline to learn acting properly? Ultimately, it seems the most reasonable outcome that he departed when he did.
My favourite Bond film but you're right about the evil scheme. Why does Blofeld need the girls at all? Just send out a few henchmen with the bottles. Makes no sense. As for Lazenby, I think he's excellent. No other Bond had to show such range of emotions. Before he meets Tracy at the ice rink its the first time we've seen Bond vulnerable and genuinely afraid.
To answer your question, marrying Tracey would not make Bond a count. She became a countess when she married some Italian count. He died soon after and the title would pass on to his heir as he & Tracey did not have kids. Tracey was still able to use the title as she was the dowager countess, but could not pass it on to a new husband or any children she might have had with a new husband.
I haven’t seen this since I was a kid but I remember thinking he was decent in this no Sean Connery but still decent
George Lazenby was also in Emmanuelle the Series.
The start made me cross. Lazenby is good, like the books, vulnerable, a real human being. By the end you were completely balanced and fair. So I suppose the start was the equivalent of a clickbait headline
Excellent reviews and with great wit. Thank you! 😊
I know this is from 2 years ago but I just staring watching your site. OHMSS is my third favorite Bond movie after From Russia With Love and Goldginger. Yeah, Lazenby is not great, but the whole movie is fantastic!
Great film and a great Bond.
Great movie. Lazenby is underrated.
Love your videos mate, you crack me up lol
Godzilla as Bond? I would've definitely watched that!
Best Bond theme.
Best bond film
It would be good if they did make a film about George lazenby in the cinema
I personally think Lazenby did a very good job as Bond considering. I'd put him higher than Brosnan.
3:58 Shocked to find out he was only 28 when filming. He's still alive (85) so his longevity isn't stored in his face. Still not too late for him to bag another Bond film.
It was that last and agreed the best scene, that killed this movie with the American public. It brought too much reality into the Bond franchise.
And here we are, over 50 years later with No Time To Die....
@@evertonporter7887 Yes but it’s not just the Americans bitching about it now. Most CZcamsrs are screaming about the downer ending. I suspect they’ll revise their opinions in years to come. Personally I thought NTTD was doing some nice callbacks to OHMSS, and the film felt similar in many ways.
This one had the best title score.
Great review. Quite detailed.
Thanks for watching
28?! He looked 38!
The first Bond movie I ever saw.I loved it but perhaps it was just the novelty. I think Lazenby for a completely untrained actor did a pretty decent job and he later said he regretted not doing any more. If he'd getten properly trained than who knows? He might have gotten into the 'B' listers at least and at best maybe the lower end of the 'A' listers.
The best story of any of the novels or films. I blame the producers. If they had spent less time worrying about how he looked and more about working on his performance, he would have been much better. I agree that he was great in the action scenes and the romantic ones, which is more than Connery and way more than Moore; but, I think he was passable in his other scenes and showed more personality than Craig. Lazenby played it the only way he knew but Craig is a trained actor and actually chose to play Bond as a depressed void.
Timothy Dalton was offered the part; but, felt he was too young (and he was); but, imagine him in this caliber of a story! He suffered from scripts by committee and a lack of good villains. here, he would have had the best of both, plus Diana Rigg!
9:34 - I ended up driving Haskell Wexler around western Montana for a few hours when I was volunteering at the Hatchefest film festival around 2008 (his documentary "Who Needs Sleeps" was kind of a big deal because we'd lost a student the year before in a shoot related/sleep deprived car accident). I got to talk to him a fair bit but he couldn't hear well so it was mostly ""through" his wife as an interpreter and I spent most of the time time just answering basic Montana tour guide-type questions. (I also met Jeremy Renner and Paul Schneider that week/they were there promoting "The Assassination of Jesse James..." and the next year I hung out with Zoe Belle for literally an hour, the WHOLE TIME thinking I just recognized her from school/around town and it was only after I'd left the party that I realized I recognized her from "Deathproof"...)
cool.
@@StamFine I could almost hear the unsaid _"...story bro"_ and I can definitely _feel_ the crushing silence afterward like that anecdote just crashed into a mountain. Truly it's like film school all over again...
nah, it is a cool story. The only famous people I've met are software developers. Just a bunch of people looking at the floor while talking to your shoes.
@@StamFine Ha, I was actually there on that first day to sign up for computer science classes _(and basically only to "prove" to my girlfriend that I was indeed a good prospect)_ but those highly lucrative engineering school classes were all full up but guess which school had openings... Media Theatre Arts! (honestly a better fit since my only motivation to go to school was usually just _avoidance_ of disapproval).
REAL QUICK I swear though my best "met"-a-celebrity story was ...the three most famous comedians I've ever seen were all named Dave. I saw David Spade in '98 and Dave Attell in 2004 but in 2003 I got to see Dave Chappelle _juuuust_ as his fame was absolutely exploding and it was literally less than 90 minutes to showtime that we found out about it/decided to go _(and we were 45 minutes from the Murat in Indianapolis)_ so we got our last minute tickets from a record store _(the $25 were sold out so we got four of the $35 tickets...)_ and just manage to make it and are escorted to our seats which turn out to be _front row center..._ _(the $35 tickets turned out to be for the "reserved for performer/VIP" seats that never got filled)_ and he shook my hand first both when he came out and when he finished his set. It was the most magical thing ever...
Part of Connery interview in Playboy November 1965
PLAYBOY: In any case, Dr. No turned out to be a hit, and you found yourself under contract for a series ... exactly what you said you wanted to avoid.
CONNERY: Yes ... but it allows me to make other films, and I have only two more Bonds to do.
PLAYBOY: Which ones?
CONNERY: On Her Majesty's Secret Service and possibly You Only Live Twice. They would like to start On Her Majesty's Secret Service in Switzerland in January, but I'm not sure I'll be free in time and I don't want to rush it, although they say the snow will be at its best then. I'm not going to rush anything anymore.
PLAYBOY: We'll be looking forward to both films ... especially since we were fortunate enough to serialize both books exclusively prior to their hardcover publication. Do you think the success of the series will continue to snowball?
CONNERY: Well, it's a healthy market and it has been maintained because each succeeding film has got bigger and the gimmicks trickier. But we have to be careful where we go next, because I think with Thunderball we've reached the limit as far as size and gimmicks are concerned. In Thunderball we have Bond underwater for about 40 percent of the time, and there is a love scene underwater, and attacks by aquaparas from the sky, and two-man submarines under the sea, and Bond is menaced by sharks. Instead of the Aston Martin we have a hydrofoil disguised as a cabin cruiser, and Bond escapes with a self-propelling jet set attached to his back. So all the gimmicks now have been done. And they are expected. What is needed now is a change of course ... more attention to character and better dialogue.
No mention of Lazenby appearing in 1983's The Return of the Man From U.N.C.L.E as JB?
It's obvious to me that James Bond is a Time Lord
So are Blofeld and Felix Leiter and probably Moneypenny too
Best Bond movie ever.
I wouldn’t say the ‘70s films in the vein of ‘Easy Rider’ are forgotten. They were of their time like any given film from the past.
The movie has much to commend it, except Lazenby. Many people wish SC had done this but I disagree. Sean's persona would have been all wrong for the end. A peak Timothy Dalton would have been perfect. That said, Flemings choice to have Bond marry was just wrong. In the book order, YOLT comes next and the whole first half is Bond moping about losing his wife.
Lazenby was the Joe Besser of Bonds.
Godzilla as Bond is a movie I'd really like to see
At 4:53 I was really hoping you would put a U down instead
You start out with some good news: Sean Connery left. Even better news: George Lazenby replaced him! The belief that he was mimicking Connery is absolute rubbish (to be polite)! Was he imitating Connery’s sleepwalking in the previous film, or when he returned looking like Lazenby’s father? Lazenby brought new energy and freshness, as well as the most athleticism, to the role. No other Bond actor - especially Moore - would have done a better job in this film. Peter Hunt was the only director, beside Terence Young, who had a genuine sense of Ian Fleming’s world, and how to display it on film. From the beach fight and “This never happened to the other fellow,” to the tragic ending, I knew that James Bond was in good hands.
A film is a product of its time, so the question of being “dated” is moot. “From Russia With Love” is dated politically, but remains one of the finest spy thrillers of all time. For a truly “dated” period, look no further than Moore’s films, beginning with his sartorial tastes. Wide lapels, bell bottoms, safari outfits, and sport jackets resembling curtains, among other things. The “acting” of the ‘70s leading ladies is still painful to watch! Then you have the cashing in on the then-current trends - Blaxploitation, Kung-fu, sci-fi, and an overrated remake of “You Only Live Twice.”
As a grand spy adventure, “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” stands alone, not just part of a series. In large measure, this is due to George Lazenby, not in spite of him. It still boggles my mind that we went from this, to the dreck that followed!
Kind of agree, kind of don't.
First, Lasenby is no actor. Even he has admitted as such, commenting that he was impressed by Ilse Steppat for her ability to be "fully present" in her scenes, something Lazenby admitted was beyond his abilities at the time. I will say this, though, having been a model, he is not self-conscious or awkward on camera, like some new actors. And his well-known egomania made him look, if nothing else, confident onscreen.
Second, I don't so much think that Moore and Connery couldn't have done better as much as the part as written doesn't play to either man's strength as an actor. Moore was not a heavy dramatic actor. Connery wasn't a vulnerable one. Had either of them played the part, the film would have been approached differently.
Finally, despite it's flaws (overlong, some occasionally dodgy editing, and two divergent plot threads that don't quite come together), it's still one of my faves because, as the reviewers says, it stands out from the rest of the series. It's like a Bond film that was sent from an alternate universe, at once familiar, yet strangely different.
He did get to be "Bond" just one other time in the Man From U.N.C.L.E reunion TV movie as a "fellow spy" helping Solo during a car chase, driving the old Aston Martin on the streets of Las Vegas. Not even, [In my best Stam Fine voice] Sean Connery...got to do that.
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When the film aired on american television for the first time, ABC just butchered it. They started out with Bond escaping Piz Gloria and it was shown in two parts.
How unfair mr Lazenby was my bond
George Lazenby played James Bond twice can any one tell me what the other movie He was in that he played Bond?
The Return of the Man from Uncle. Of course, when I saw The Return etc. I hadn't seen OHMSS, so to me, the film was just using a random guy as Bond. When I did see OHMSS, I was intrigued by the first half, with Bond sometimes being more like a Le Carre spy, was captivated by Diana Rigg (I had seen reruns of The Avengers on Channel 4 - my second ever being 'Forget Me Not') and the ending had me close to tears. It's the part at clinic & Ruby, which I'd prefer to skip. The chase sequence at the Christmas market, with the incongruous music, I find genuinely disorienting & suspenseful, BEFORE those ice skates get their close up.
'Anti vax NONSENSE' 😂
That aged well
This entry arguably serves as corollary to one that came out two decades on; the former had great settings and even supporting cast, whereas the latter had great actor to portray the central character (both ingredients need to be present within any 007/Bond film for a great film) 🎥😐
Titel: On her majesty secret service
Story: 4/5
Bond: 3/5
Vilian: 3/5
Hench: 4/5
Girls: 4/5
M: 4/5
Q: 4/5
Moneypenny: 3/5
Leitner: ---
Location: 4/5
Action; 4/5
Song: 4/5 we have all the time in the world
Director: 5/5
Movie: 4/5
Posters: 5/5
Both Star and Other Elements (co-stars, story, music.....) have to be _top-notch_ in order for a 007 film to impress the public and/or commentariat. For OHMSS, it has a subpar star. For other entries, other parts are subpar (i.e. cheap production sets and miscast supporting roles for "Licence").
but TELLY SAVLAS! WHO LOVES YOU BABY!
If you're going to do just one Bond film, might as well make it a classic. Mission accomplished Meessers Hunt and Lazenby. Can't help thinking what might have heen if Craig had only made one classic Bond movie. No wait, he has!
I see what you did there!
I insist he's better than the comedian:Roger Moore
Lazenby WAS offered more bond films...but turned down the offer.
I thought GL was fired from the roll
I think this film should of been the first film James bond is not to be married it's not the way it's a love story with an unknown actor it's not a Jane's bond film it works for a romantic love story not sn
I liked George Lazenby much more than Roger Moore. Both Lazenby and Connery had that Bond "f*ck you" swagger whereas Roger Moore was just too polished. You could imagine both Lazenby and Connery sitting in a London pub, drinking beer and watching football on the tele whereas Roger Moore wouldn't be watching anything but polo at the country club and sipping some poofter drink.
The shocking ending stunned people. 007 films were seen as spy fi fun. Bond uses cool gadgets. Bond drinks cool drinks. Bond has sex with cool women. Bond is cool.
But in H.M.S.S. Bond falls in love and marries a cool chick only to have her murdered in the last scene. Too much reality.
As an Australian, I often wonder if Lazenby’s poorly-disguised Australian accent is as obvious to non-Australians as it is to me.
There's self-references and 4th wall breaks all over the place in this one.
I personally prefer Lazenby to Roger Moore, who already seemed smarmy and a bit stuffy. I can't imagine Moore pulling off that final death scene in OHMSS with any conviction.
I never thought Lazenby looked the part at all; he looks kind of horse-faced to me. My whole life I've been mystified as to what anyone ever saw in him, especially as a follow-up to Connery.
He's not Connery so NOT a favorite. Sorry.
I did love the theme song.
OHMSS should have been retitled so that the abbreviation could spell out OOPS! It was a big mistake from start to finish and an embarrassment to the franchise (even compared to the Casino Royale spoof).
He was only 28 ? Jesus ! That's some lousy DNA !
On the other hand, he's still going strong well into his eighties.
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Your description of why GL was a terrible Bond could be substituted verbatim as to why Brosnan was also a terrible Bond. PB always seems to be doing a half ass Bond impersonation, a poser in a tuxedo reciting dialog unconvincingly while relying on his looks to mask the fact that he's not a very good actor. I do not like Pierce Brosnan as James Bond.
Yeh, a great film....but lazenby was not in Connery's class...in fact no other actor has or ever will be...... Connery set the standard that will never be equalled.
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Pretty poor film but the theme had potential, as the group Propellerheads showed. :)
The bad jokes aged like left over milk.
Whoever thought it was a good idea to finish a Bond movie with a total downer ending needs a good slap.
You still think it's anti-vax "nonsense?"
Connery put on weight from every picture. Original weight for Dr no he weighed 170. Then he was fat by u only live twice.. then diamonds r forever, he was 45 pounds over 1st movie 😅