Leaving the costume of James Bond, first temporarily, then definitively, Sean Connery, who died in the night from Friday to Saturday, in his sleep, at the age of 90 years, thought about it from the second 007, in 1963. Selection of his best feature films.
"No Spring for Marnie" (1964)
This is the comedian's first attempt to take the field with 007. For this portrait of a playboy who falls in love with a woman haunted by his neuroses, director Alfred Hitchcock needs a strong actor. appeal, embodying virility, which Connery represents perfectly.
But it is against use: the heroine traumatized by childhood wounds wants to marry him, but without any physical contact ... It is not Bond who would have played this role of very patient shrink.
"Zardoz" (1974)
Difficult to imagine him more poles apart from his legendary class than in this role.
For this anticipatory film by John Boorman, where the Earth of 2293 is the prey of struggle between bloodthirsty tribes, he plays Zed, “exterminator” who goes shirtless, in red shorts and sporting a long ponytail!
Cult or nanar or probably both, depending on one or the other.
But the actor manages to be very credible ...
"The Man Who Wished To Be King" (1975)
Connery liked to remember that it was his favorite role, despite the difficulties of a complicated filming with John Huston, a huge filmmaker, especially westerns, noir films and adventures, very attached to this project.
He plays - wonderfully - a Briton who dreams of becoming king of a small country near India.
"The Name of the Rose" (1986)
Outside of Bond, it was the film that made him most famous.
Jean-Jacques Annaud had the excellent idea, for this adaptation of Umberto Eco's novel recounting the investigation, in the 14th century, on a series of assassinations of monks in an abbey, to entrust him with the role of man. Church in charge of investigation, to which he lends all his inner strength and wisdom.
"The Untouchables" (1987)
For this adaptation of the 1950s TV series devoted to the hunt for Al Capone by a brigade of federal agents, Brian De Palma recruits a five-star cast: Robert De Niro, Kevin Costner ... But Connery, as an old cop rogue, steals the show.
"Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" (1989)
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Who besides Sean Connery could be sexier and more seductive than Harrison Ford as he played the latter's father?
It is on this virile rivalry that Steven Spielberg has built the third version of his adventure saga: a formidable idea crowned with success.
"In pursuit of Red October" (1990)
In this adaptation of Tom Clancy's bestseller, Sean Connery is Marko Ramius, commander of a Russian nuclear submarine that has decided to go West.
His very fine incarnation commands respect and contributes to the film's credibility.
