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Just thought I'd mix things up a bit. It looks like a sophisticated bunch of movie watchers visit this site so let's test that:
Sean Connery appeared in the film 'Goldfinger' in 1964. The financial terms of the contract he signed for that movie set him apart from all the other actors in movie history. What was so special about those terms?
A cookie to the first person with the answer.
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For his role in Goldfinger, Connery signed a contract that made him the highest paid actor to ever grace the silver screen for a film going into production. The contract was for $1,000,000! A paltry sum by today's standards but considered an outrageous amount of money at the time.
Second part of the trivia question as to how that amount of money relates to another Bond film: The movie 'Dr.No', the first Bond film with Connery, cost almost exactly the same amount of mula to produce: a little more than $1,000,000!
Stay tuned for another 'quiz-post' about Connery in the upcoming days...That is if you all can stand the tension 8> )
Spinner,
As we're riding the trivia trail: In 1962, Elizabeth Taylor was paid $1,000,000 for the title role in "Cleopatra", which was released in 1963. I've heard more than once that Taylor was the first actor to receive $1,000,000 for a single movie.
Cheers,
Bambi B
Thinking back to that moment 44(!) years ago it could be that Connery earning that million dollars for Goldfinger made him the highest PAID actor in Hollywood because he had already singed for Thunderball. I believe he earned a nice 1.5 mill for that role. I'll try checking some archived mag articles to get to the bottom of this.
Thanks again for the response. I'm looking forward to more sparring along the way...
By the by, I think Liz got her million dollar salary in chicken wings so I might be right after all! Now that's a greasy Hollywood secret very few people are aware of.
You know, I read that as well. I remember reading about Connery getting his million as being the first ever paid to an actor and Liz Taylor also getting paid the same amount for her Cleopatra role. I guess the particulars as too why Connery was said to be first and who actually was have to be investigated.
Perhaps it had to do with the profitability of the two films determining when or how they both got paid. Although I doubt it. The three Bond films were overnight success's while Cleopatra was a budget-busting nightmare. Perhaps there's a website where film-star contract information and movie budgets can be examined. Now that would really be a great site- having access to film contracts and budgets sure would make for interesting reading.
Thanks for the response. This is something I will have to look into for more detail. Sometimes learning how actors made-out financially can be more interesting than how the movie they starred in suceeded. This could be one of those times.
1,000,000 years BC (Before Cleopatra).
Beat that!
Best Regards,
Chris redmond.
chris.redmond,
Yes, good point, although the 1966 movie with Raquel Welch is properly called "One Million B.C.". There was another movie with the same title of 1940 with Victor Mature as the decoration!
And, let's not forget the wonderful suburban greed fantasy, "The Million Dollar Duck" of 1971.
Cheers,
Bambi B
Most people will say "From Russia With Love". If you settle in you will find it the most trite of them all with the dialog nullified by "Bondisms". Still, I would say that--it was my favorite of all the books.
...and Lotta Lenya's Rosa Klebb are two beautifully rendered Bond villains - best book.
The only Bond movie I yet own is the latest "Casino Royal" w/ Daniel Craig -- intense and modern.
One favorite Bond story is "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" with George Lazenby and Diana Rigg trying to help each other return from the brink -- tragic romance.
What a series!
Do you realize that after that film debuted there was serious talk about nominating Connery for the 'Best Actor' award by people close to the Academy? Supposedly the nomination never went through because the 'Bond' movies lacked stature at that time. John Wayne had the same problem. He was definitely worthy of consideration for his role in 'The Searchers' but Westerns just weren't thought of as serious films.Go figure.
'From Russia' could be seen as the culminating film that brought Connery into the light as an actor as well as set the stage for what was to be the most popular of the early Bond films, Goldfinger.
from the pressure for repeats.
"Supposedly the nomination never went through because the 'Bond' movies lacked stature at that time. John Wayne had the same problem."
John Wayne played Bond?
Just can't imagine Big John asking for a dry Martini, shaken - not stirred, but I can't imagine anyone making fun of him either. :0)
Best Regards,
Chris redmond.
...The hell I ain't".
that's my guess, but I'm going to go 'Google' to find out for sure if possible.
Best Regards,
Chris redmond.
that's what I said!
Baba-Booey to you all!
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Best Regards,
Chris redmond.
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Baba-Booey to you all!
Starting in 1950 with "Winchester '73".
Points instead of an up front salary.
"...You're all welcome to stay for the next set...we're going to play all the same tunes, but in different keys..." -Count Basie
First person to get $100K for a movie?
Another film in the 'Bond' series Connery worked in also revolved around this financial integer- but it was for the whole film!!
Two cookies to whoever can tie these two questions together.
100K per month worked on the film for th'other?
Actually during that period of movie making I believe most actors moved toward getting a 'lump-sum' payment instead of it being spread out. As time went by and movie grosses got bigger, the actors wanted a piece of the action so percentages came into their own and the 'residual' concept became more commonplace.
Connery wanted his in a lump-sum payment and that's what he got. For its' day it truly broke ground.
Another hint: This info is a little tough to find. But if you happen to have an LP of the 'Goldfinger' sound-track you might want to check it.
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