The Cinematic Connery: The Films of Sir Sean Connery

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Scotlands greatest export. The worlds first super spy. Voted the sexiest man on the planet.Sir Sean Connery was a titanic figure on screen and off for over half a century.

Behind the son of a factory worker, growing up in near-poverty on the harsh streets of pre-war Edinburgh,lay a timeless array of motion pictures that spanned multiple decades and saw Connery work across theglobe with directors as diverse as Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Spielberg and Michael Bay. And amongstthem his greatest role, whether he liked it or not Bond, James Bond.

Author A. J. Black delves into Connerys life for more than mere biography, exploring not just theenormously varied pictures he made including crowd pleasing blockbusters such asThe UntouchablesorIndiana Jones and the Last Crusade, serious-minded fare inThe HillorThe Offence, and hisstrange sojourns into eclectic fantasy withZardozorTime Bandits, but also the sweep of a career thatcrossed movie eras as well as decades.

From skirmishes with the angry young men of the British New Wave, via becoming the cinematic icon ofthe 1960s as 007, through to a challenging reinvention as a unique older actor of stature in the 1980s,this exploration of the Cinematic Connery shows just how much his work reflected the changing movie-goingtastes, political realities and cultural trends of the 20th century, and beyond . . .

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'Both the definitive chronicle of a movie icon's career and a thrilling overview of postwar Hollywood cinema as a whole, Black's meticulously researched and insightful volume gets to the heart of the legend that is Sean Connery'

Author Bio

A. J. Black is a freelance writer from the West Midlands who now lives in the West Country. He has written for various online publications includingThe Quietus,The Companion,The Spool.Escapist MagazineandHorrified Magazine. He is the author ofMyth-Building in Modern MediaandStar Trek, History and Us, and writes primarily on film, television and broader popular culture. He is also an avid podcaster and runs a pop culture podcast network calledWe Made This. You can find him primarily on Twitter @ajblackwriter.