 | The Great Train Robbery
Buy used from: $4.08 Michael Crichton's WONDERFUL version of first British rail robbery is stylishly told, with Connery as suave mastermind, Sutherland and Down his partners; an exciting, exhilarating ROMP! Don't miss it!
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 | Meteor
Buy used from: $4.96 Forerunner of 'Armaggedon', the last of the '70s disaster films has Connery heading all-star cast as U.S. and U.S.S.R. launch nukes against asteroid about to hit Earth! CAMPY, at times, but GREAT fun!
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 | Cuba
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $3.16 Dark, funny story of British soldier recruited to help 'save' Batista regime in Cuba; instead, he rekindles affair with beautiful Brooke Adams! Similar in 'look' to Redford 'Havana'; entertaining GEM!
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 | Outland
Buy used from: $2.75 'High Noon' on Jupiter's moon, as Marshal Connery crosses 'boss' Boyle, and must take on assasins while population remains indifferent! TAUT, HIGHLY entertaining! A KEEPER!
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 | Time Bandits (Criterion Collection Spine #37)
Buy new: $35.99 / Used from: $5.70 WONDERFUL time-travel fantasy by Monty Python alum Gilliam; child and band of dwarves bounce around time, pursued by evil David Warner; Connery has GREAT cameo as King Agamemnon! CULT CLASSIC!
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 | Never Say Never Again
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $3.15 Connery's TERRIFIC one-film return to 007, in reworked 'Thunderball'. Film lacks polish of MGM Bond films, but Sean is more fit and attractive than in 'Diamonds Are Forever', made 12 years earlier!
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 | Highlander (The Immortal Edition)
Buy used from: $1.92 First and BEST of 'Highlander' series (FORGET rest!) French Lambert, as Scottish Immortal, is tutored in survival skills by Egyptian Immortal, played by Scottish Connery(??!!) FABULOUS fantasy!
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 | The Name of the Rose
Buy new: $10.49 / Used from: $3.63 WELL-MADE curio is medieval murder mystery set in cathedral, as priest Connery investigates, assisted by apprentice Slater! Unusual, rewarding whodunit!
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 | The Untouchables
Buy used from: $1.79 Bigscreen version of classic TV series, as Ness (Costner) takes on Capone (De Niro), with Connery's OSCAR-winning performance as doomed honest cop! Inaccurate, but GREAT yarn! ESSENTIAL!
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 | The Presidio
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $1.44 Murder at military base involves commander Connery, and ex-soldier/cop Harmon, who loves Sean's daughter, played by Meg Ryan! Convoluted plot, but GREAT action scenes, Connery performance!
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 | The Adventures of Indiana Jones (Raiders of the Lost Ark/ Temple of Doom/ Last Crusade) - Widescreen Edition
Buy used from: $22.98 Who ELSE but SEAN CONNERY could be Indiana Jones' father? 'Last Crusade' has father and son dealing with Nazis while searching for Holy Grail! A CLASSIC!
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 | Family Business
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $0.84 While Connery, Hoffman, and Broderick seem odd choices to play three generations of same family, chemistry works! Grandson recruits criminal grandpa for robbery; honest dad steps in protect son!
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 | The Hunt for Red October (Special Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $9.49 / Used from: $3.61 First 'Jack Ryan' film is THE BEST! Russian captain Connery defects with sub; CIA agent Baldwin works to get both safely to U.S.! With Sam Neill, Scott Glenn; ESSENTIAL!
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 | The Russia House
Buy used from: $9.37 Publisher Connery and mysterious Pfeiffer fall in love as international spy community fight for document she carries; TERRIFIC chemistry/romance between leads, although intrigue angle is dull!
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 | Medicine Man
Buy new: $8.49 / Used from: $3.93 The wild beauty of the Amazon, and Connery, as an irascible doctor, make this adventure work! A potential cancer cure is found in rainforest, as developers defoliate area! Lorraine Bracco MISCAST!
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 | Rising Sun
Buy new: $9.00 / Used from: $1.93 Stylish thriller of cop Snipes and Sinophile detective Connery investigating prostitute's death, linked to Japanese corporation! High-tech-themed film examines Japanese/American culture clashes; FUN!
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 | Just Cause (Snap Case)
Buy new: $11.49 / Used from: $0.66 Harvard law professor Connery takes on case of convicted killer Underwood, drawing ire of cop Fishburne! Great TWIST ending; with Ed Harris, Kate Capshaw!
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 | First Knight
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $1.72 Connery is a smidgen too old as King Arthur in this fast-and-loose retelling of the Camelot legend, but Gere SENSATIONAL as Lancelot (except for American accent), Ormond is an okay Guinevere!
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 | Dragonheart - Collector's Edition
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $3.68 VERY enjoyable fantasy! First half works best, as dragon (voiced by Connery) and dragonslayer (Quaid) team up to fleece villages! When story turns to legendary powers of heart, it falters, a bit!
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 | The Rock - Criterion Collection
Buy new: $30.49 / Used from: $6.93 FABULOUS action film, as agent Cage and old con Connery take on unbalanced Marine Harris, who's holed up at Alcatraz, threatening to use chemical weapons! Taut, SUSPENSEFUL!
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 | The Avengers
Buy used from: $0.01 Quite possibly the WORST performance in Connery's career, as villain in this totally MISCAST version of classic TV series! Lacks EVERYTHING that made show great; Sean's biggest TURKEY!
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 | Playing By Heart
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $2.24 WONDERFUL comedy/drama of family coming together for anniversary party; GREAT cast; Connery and Rowlands EXCELLENT as parents facing his mortality!
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 | Entrapment (Special Edition)
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $0.87 ENTERTAINING caper film helped propel Zeta-Jones to superstar status! Two professional art thieves with secrets take on a heist geared to Y2K; Sean looks a bit OLD for skyscraper acrobatics, tho!
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 | Finding Forrester
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $1.99 Pulitzer-prize winner Connery (in J.D. Salinger-type role) grudgingly helps young student Rob Brown (in film debut) hone his writing skills, as youth reawakens his love of life; WARM, UNFORGETTABLE!
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 | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $11.49 / Used from: $1.81 While story (literary heroes fight maniac's plan to start WWI) never quite 'works', Connery (as Allan Quatermain) is AMAZING, still dynamic and virile at 73!
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