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Actor Sean Connery, born in 1930 in Edinburgh, Scotland, and celebrates his birthday on August 25th.
Although best known for portraying James Bond in six feature films (1962-1971), Connery has maintained a successful career post-Bond. He has portrayed four different kings: King Daniel Dravot in The Man Who Would Be King (1975), King Agamemnon in Time Bandits (1981), King Richard in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) and King Arthur in First Knight (1995). He won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar and Golden Globe for his role in The Untouchables (1987). Connery was awarded Knighthood of the British Empire in the 2000 Queen's Millennium Honors List for his services to Film Drama. His latest feature film role was Allan Quartermain in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003). Connery lives in the Bahamas.
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The Man Who Would Be King
By Huston, John
1997/11 - Warner Home Video
BL09914DVD Find in the Library
Danny Dravot and Peachy Carnehan leave 19th century India and set out for the isolated, primitive land of Kafiristan, whose people haven't seen an outsider in hundreds of years. Peachy becomes lord of the kingdom's treasury, a huge chamber spilling over with limitless gold and priceless rare jewels. Danny is first crowned king, then, declared a god
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Time Bandits
By Gilliam, Terry
Cleese, John
Connery, Sean
2004/01 - Starz/Sphe
0013131234091 Find in the Library
Cosmic dwarfs take a boy on an odyssey featuring Robin Hood, Napoleon, King Agamemnon. Directed by Terry Gilliam.
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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
By Reynolds, Kevin
2004/09 - Warner Studios
BL11024DVD Find in the Library
The legendary Sherwood Forest outlaw leader comes to life in this 12th century medieval epic adventure.
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First Knight
By Zucker, Jerry
2002/09 - Columbia Tristar
BL11021DVD Find in the Library
This is a new vision of King Arthur's Camelot. A vision of breathtaking battles, heart-pounding courage, of the undeniable love that brought an entire kingdom to its knees ... and the undying passion that made it live forever.
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The Untouchables
By Palma, Brian de
Niro, Robert de
Costner, Kevin
2006/05 - Paramount Home Video
9780792199090 Find in the Library
Eliot Ness and his men fight Al Capone in Chicago during Prohibition. Directed by Brian De Palma. Best supporting actor Oscar for Connery.
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
By Norrington, Stephen
Connery, Sean
Wilson, Peta
2006/12 - Tcfhe
0024543101901 Find in the Library
Based on the graphic novel, literary characters meet up in New York at the turn of the 19th Century to battle criminal elements of the highest order.
When a masked madman threatens to launch a global Armageddon, legendary adventurer Allan Quartermain steps in with a legion of superheroes, the likes of which mankind has never seen, including Dorian Gray, Dracula's bride, Tom Saywer, Captain Nemo, Dr. Jekyll and an Invisible Man. Now, despite fighting their own personal demons - and each other - they must join forces to save the world.
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Entrapment
By Amiel, Joe
Connery, Sean
Zeta-Jones, Catherine
2006/12 - Tcfhe
0024543003465 Find in the Library
When a priceless Rembrandt is stolen from a New York high-rise, the evidence points to master thief, Robert MacDougal who is about to meet Virginia Baker, the insurance company's most cunning and seductive investigator. Following a nerve-racking game of cat and mouse, the two join forces...or so it seems.
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A Fine Madness
By Kershner, Irvin
Connery, Sean
Woodward, Joanne
2006/06 - Warner Home Video
9781419822735 Find in the Library
A frustrated poet lives in New York with his second wife, sees a psychiatrist and goes mad.
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The Great Train Robbery
By Crichton, Michael
Various Artists
Connery, Sean
2005/09 - Tcfhe/MGM
0027616714923 Find in the Library
Dapper thieves rob gold bars from a moving train in 1855 England. Written/directed by Michael Crichton.
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The Hunt for Red October
By McTiernan, John
Neufeld, Mace
Connery, Sean
2005/05 - Paramount Home Video
9780792187158 Find in the Library
A new, technologically superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captian Marko Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. A lone CIA analyst has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it. The entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find him, too.
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The Longest Day
By Annakin, Ken
Marton, Andrew
Wicki, Bernhard
2008/05 - Tcfhe
0024543234647 Find in the Library
Allied forces prepare for and participate in the D-Day invasion of Normandy in World War II. The huge cast includes Rod Steiger, Peter Lawford, Sean Connery, Richard Burton.
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Medicine Man
By McTiernan, John
Connery, Sean
Wilker, Jose
2003/07 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment
0717951003188 Find in the Library
A scientist resents the young woman sent to check on his wildflower cancer cure in the Amazon rain forest.
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Murder on the Orient Express
By Lumet, Sidney
Bacall, Lauren
Bergman, Ingrid
2006/01 - Paramount Home Video
9780792198246 Find in the Library
Agatha Christie's Belgian sleuth, Hercule Poirot, solves a train stabbing in 1934.
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The Name of the Rose
By Annaud, Jean-Jacques
Connery, Sean
Abraham, F. Murray
2005/09 - Warner Home Video
0085393746520 Find in the Library
A 14th-century Franciscan monk solves murders at an abbey conclave in Italy. From the Umberto Eco novel.
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Playing by Heart
By Carroll, Willard
Various Artists
Anderson, Gillian
2004/01 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment
0717951002112 Find in the Library
Playing By Heart is a sexy, romantic comedy about couples coming together in funny and unexpected ways. After years of marriage, Hannah and Paul still learn some surprising things about themselves and their marriage. Meredith is a theater director determined to avoid romance. Joan and Keenan are hitting the club scene searching for love in an era of dating with new obstacles. |
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The Presidio
By Hyams, Peter
Connery, Sean
Ryan, Meg
2006/04 - Paramount Home Video
9780792159674 Find in the Library
An Army provost marshal clashes with a detective over a murder at the San Francisco military base.
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