LONDON, England April 21, 2016 (Gephardt Daily) –Guy Hamilton, the director of four films, has died on the Mediterranean island of Majorca at the age of 93, according to Variety. Hamilton directed two different James Bonds, in 1964’s “Goldfinger” and 1971’s “Diamonds are Forever,” he worked with Sean Connery. He also directed 1973’s “Live and Let Die” and 1974’s “The Man with the Golden Gun,” starring Roger Moore as 007. In a statement, Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson told Variety: “We mourn the loss of our dear friend Guy Hamilton who firmly distilled the Bond formula in his much celebrated direction of “Goldfinger” and continued to entertain audiences with ‘Diamonds Are Forever,’ ‘Live and Let Die’ and ‘The Man with the Golden Gun.’ We celebrate his enormous contribution to the Bond films.” Hamilton also directed many other films including, “Funeral in Berlin,” “Battle of Britain” and 1978’s “Force 10 From Navarone,” starring Harrison Ford.
His Bond movies, in common with his other pics, were marked by a wry humor, rooted in his war-time experience. “Everybody was a bit facetious, and the typical English thing is to make jokes in order to pretend you’re not frightened,” Hamilton once said.How can I confirm the code for the keypad after I enter it? Games Guru: Just hold down the key/button. The code numbers will flash and you will have confirmed the code numbers. But keep holding down that button. I’m stuck on the third level where I have to free the hostages, and I can’t find the hostage in the bathhouse. Games Guru: The first hostage is being guarded in a secret room that can be entered only by trudging through the water. When you are in the outdoor area, follow the water into the opening under the building and climb the ladder. You’ll find her … and her guard. The second hostage is behind a secret door. You will find a Yakuza patrolling an unlit bedroom. After taking out the Yakuza, activate the picture in that bedroom to reveal a hidden door that will lead you to a courtyard.
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Any use of this information is at your own risk.For corrections, please email me.Back to news feed Legendary actor, Sir Christopher Lee, sadly passed away on Sunday at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London, following a short illness. Tolkien fans are familiar with Sir Christopher Lee for his role in The Lord of the Ring trilogy as Saruman, which he more recently reprised for The Hobbit trilogy. He originally auditioned for the role of Gandalf, after sending Peter Jackson a photo of himself dressed as a wizard. Describing the character of Saruman, Sir Christopher said: Saruman is number one. Saruman is, very definitely, the most brilliant, the most powerful, with the greatest intellect and the greatest knowledge. Gandalf…well he’s number two. But Saruman’s whole character becomes perverted and distorted and he lusts for power and gradually, as it very often does, the old famous quote ‘power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely’. Sir Christopher had the pleasure of meeting J.R.R. Tolkien in the Eagle and Child pub in Oxford, “We were sitting there talking and drinking beer, and someone said, ‘Oh, look who walked in.‘ It was Professor Tolkien, and I nearly fell off my chair.“.
Flummoxed, Sir Christopher said “How do you do?” A musician, Sir Christopher released several heavy metal albums, and collaborated with the Tolkien Ensemble on their albums At Dawn in Rivendell and Leaving Rivendell. Aside from his roles in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, Sir Christopher is well-known for playing Count Drakula in the Hammer Horror films, Scaramanga in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun, and Count Dooku in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. He has starred in over 200 films, making him one of the most prolific actors in history. Sir Christopher read The Lord of the Rings when it was first released in 1954, and has reputedly read it every year since. He said about the book, “What Professor Tolkien achieved is unique in the literature of my lifetime. Indeed, in my opinion, he had reached the peak of literary invention of all time. Nothing like it has ever existed, and probably never will.” In a longer interview, he said: I still think The Lord of the Rings is the greatest literary achievement in my lifetime.
Like so many other people, I couldn’t wait for the second, and then the third book. Nothing like it had ever been written. Other authors like T. H. White and Lewis Carroll invented imaginary worlds, but Tolkien not only invented an imaginary world, he invented imaginary races, which you can easily believe in. And he created very long appendices with all the family trees and the names of the previous Kings and so-forth. It’s quite incredible, really, the scholarship and imagination that went into the writing of it. And what is even more remarkable is that Tolkien, who was a professor of philology, invented new languages. The Elf languages are two: Quenya and Sindarin. Quenya is based on Finnish, and Sindarin is basically Welsh. Most of the Elves speak Sindarin. And if you want, you can learn to read it, to write it and to speak it, just like English or any other language. I always thought the books would make a wonderful film, but I also felt it would probably never happen, because of the enormous amount it would cost to make.