Its harry palmers wits against the worlds deadliest mind. If you have any information regarding this film, any of the stills, or even better, some now shots please contact us. Billion dollar brain by ken russell ken russell, michael. Billion dollar brain internet movie firearms database. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that youve provided to them or that theyve collected from your use of their services. Radnja prikazuje kako palmera njegovi pretpostavljeni salju u helsinki u misiju ciji je cilj vratiti. The brain sends palmer to latvia and after he is dropped off by plane he makes his way to the. Ken russells film of billion dollar brain, deliriously wacky though it is, is actually closer to len deightons source novel than the previous movies in.
Billion dollar brain dvd, 2005 for sale online ebay. Even ken russell has changed his original negative assessment of it. While harry palmer and films like billion dollar brain were not quite the antithesis of those slick bond extravaganzas that took the movie industry by storm in the early 1960s the plot of this movie, for example, could quite easily be adapted into an 007 pic they. Meanwhile bond producer harry saltzman released the third film in his harry palmer series, starring michael caine as the secret agent who is. It follows the ipcress file 1962, horse under water 1963, and funeral in berlin 1964. Tasked with infiltrating the private espionage network of general midwinter creator of the eponymous billion dollar brain, our protagonist falls in with harvey newbegin, one of midwinters men in a tale of cross. Michael caine returned as palmer and the film was adapted from another one of the len deighton novels and was directed by ken russell lisztomania the following weapons were used in the film billion dollar brain. An insane oil billionaire, intent on destroying communism by starting a new world war, is close to achieving his goal with the help of the worlds. Having left britains espionage service, palmer is scraping out a living as a private investigator, but hes still willing to give his old boss colonel.
Thriller avontuur film geregisseerd door ken russell. Billion dollar brain enjoys a much better reputation today and is often considered the liveliest and most stylish entry in the harry palmer series. Harry palmer michael caine is instructed by an electronic voice over the phone. Billion dollar brain 1967 harry palmer michael caine is a former british secret agent who has taken up work as a private detective. But the film gets the political mechanism of war 100% correct it creates opportunities for war profiteers to earn steal. Although donald sutherland has only a brief onscreen role in this film as a scientist, he has a second, more important and uncredited role as the voice of the brain, the billiondollar.
Not so in billion dollar brain, the third film in which caine plays palmer. With michael caine, karl malden, ed begley, oskar homolka. As james bond mania peaked globally in the 1960s, several alternative spy films challenged the supremacy of 007. Billion dollar brain is a 1967 british technicolor espionage film directed by ken russell and based on the novel of the same name by len deighton.
The asheville film society will screen billion dollar brain tuesday, july 1, at 8 p. Billion dollar brain is a 1967 britishamerican technicolor espionage film directed by ken russell and based on the novel of the same name by len deighton. An anonymous party hires him to deliver a seemingly normal. Ken russells billion dollar brain reassessed bright. British intelligence officer harry palmer discovers that a mad rich american is trying. Michael caine, karl malden, ed begley, francoise dorleac, guy doleman, ken russell. A year after billion dollar brain was released, russian tanks crushed the prague spring, an act of ruthless efficiency the professional in stok would have admired. The brain of the title is a sophisticated computer with which an anticommunist organisation controls its. As james bond mania peaked globally in the 1960s, several alternative spy films challenged the. The swift destruction of midwinters army can be seen as a grim forewarning. The ice attack and sinking of vehicles looked very real and only in a few spots did i question the shots but, this was made before the cgi era so, what you saw was very real indeed. Secret agent harry palmer michael caine, get carter is blackmailed into working for mi5 again on his wildest and most dangerous assignment yet.
It ties in nicely with the previous two the ipcress file and funeral in berlin as. The billion dollar brain 1967 opening titles youtube. Billion dollar brain is the third of the harry palmer film series, preceded by the ipcress file 1965 and funeral in berlin 1966. Making the film was such a struggle and its reception so dispiriting that for years after i automatically ran it down to everyone. His credits include film history books, dvd and bluray audio commentaries and special features. In 1975, he won the pulitzer prize for distinguished criticism.
Although a troubled production with big sleeplevel plot complications and an unlikely director in arthouse favorite ken russell, its considered the. The film features michael caine as secret agent harry palmer, the antihero protagonist. A very strong 60s spy film, a rare breed, billion dollar brain is highly recommended. A hd uploaded trailer for the 1967 michael caine film. With a great deal of history and interesting facts about the actors, this, the third in the series and the last actual theatre release of the harry palmer series, it lacks the feel of the previous two films and the time period is a bit old now. Directed by ken russell, this film is the last in a trio of espionage thrillers. Billion dollar brain 1967, ken russell part of a very loosely connected movies about the secret agent harry palmer. The billion dollar brain, united artists, 1967 in the great harry palmer series starring michael caine. Roger ebert was the film critic of the chicago suntimes from 1967 until his death in 20. Billion dollar brain from 1967 could have been the start of a wealthy career for russell, his second film but this one commissioned by the james bond producer harry saltzman, story by novelist len deighton and with michael caine starring in his third harry palmer role. Billion dollar brain is a 1967 british espionage film directed by ken russell and based on the novel billiondollar brain by len deighton. Jan 21, 2017 billy williams shooting billion dollar brain at pinewood with ken russell 32172 duration. Inventiveness in the field of soundtracks doesnt necessarily equate with success, and richard rodney bennetts score for ken russells movie billion dollar brain is a case in point.
The fourth of deightons unnamed spy novels, this is a far more subtle story than the subbondian antics of the film adaptation. Having watched tommy earlier the same day, i thought i was pushing my luck by watching two ken russell films in the same day surely i would hate at least one. A former british spy stumbles onto a plot to overthrow communism with the help of a supercomputer. At the texas compound of oil zillionaire and cold war agitator general midwinter ed begley, harry palmer michael caine, who s posing as a forhire private eye after having been pressed back into service with britain s mi5, takes in some doctrine, in billion dollar brain, 1967. After producing the first two harry palmer movies to provide a more realistic, intellectual alternative to his cartoonish james bond series, producer harry saltzman bonded it up for this third entry after the ipcress file and funeral in berlin. Predstavlja ekranizaciju istoimenog romana lena deightona, odnosno drugi film iz serije o britanskom obavjestajcu harryju palmeru ciji lik tumaci michael caine. He still has the mild cockney accent, but hes lost his sense of humor and his love for the little things of life, like cooking.
One of his first assignments is to deliver an apparently innocent thermos flask to an old friend in helsinki, palmer is suspicious of the flask contents and begins to doubt the motives of his friend and those of his boss a texan billionaire. Harry palmer michael caine, the reluctant secret agent from the ipcress file 1965 and funeral in berlin 1966 both like the source for this movie based on novels by len deighton is back again in ken russells billion dollar brain. Nov 10, 2014 thriller 1967 111 minutes color harry palmer has left the british secret service and become a private detective. Leo and palmer go to self styled general midwinters castle and access a terminal of the billion dollar brain. Billion dollar brain plot takes too long to get moving, and when it does it is quite incredible and hard to follow. Ken russells film of billion dollar brain, deliriously wacky though it is, is actually closer to len deightons source novel than the previous movies in the harry palmer series, apart from the ending. Billion dollar brain mastered in hd its harry palmers wits against the worlds deadliest mind. Billion dollar brain has its topical aspect the character of general midwinter ed begley sr. It sold in only a fraction of the numbers that john barrys james bond soundtracks of the same era did, but it was more inventive than any of the bond scores. Honey, i shrunk the kids the tv show s03 ep02 honey, its a billion dollar brain hd watch. Billion dollar brain is a 1966 cold war spy novel by len deighton.
Spy movies were winding down in 1967 with 007 becoming a silly selfparody. Legendary filmmaker ken russell altered states directed this 3rd and final film. It was the fourth to feature an unnamed secret agent working for the british woocp intelligence agency. Michael caine returned as palmer and the film was adapted from another one of the len deighton novels and was directed by ken russell lisztomania. The 1st was the ipcress file universal, 1965 and the 2nd was. Jun 24, 2014 the asheville film society will screen billion dollar brain tuesday, july 1, at 8 p. If you have any information regarding this film, any of the stills, or even better, some now shots.
Whiteleys department store, queensway, london w2 he views the contents of the flask with the aid of a pedoscope a primitive foot xray machine that every upmarket shoe shop once had at whiteleys in queensway, w2, the bayswater megadepartment store tube. Apart from two lackluster cable tv movies in the 1990s, billion dollar brain was the last harry palmer. For one thing, we never get to know palmer this time. Billion dollar brain is a little odd politically in its rather benign vision of the ussr. The complex main theme, built on a beautifully complex. Billion dollar brain 1967 movie clip the air in texas.
We use cookies to personalize content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyze our traffic. Billy williams shooting billion dollar brain at pinewood with ken russell 32172 duration. The two previous movies, the ipcress file 1965 and funeral in berlin 1966, were fairly straightforward spy yarns that, for all of their. Hunt and exmajor general edwin walker though what begley brings to the role, especially when he is speechifying about communism, is likely very close to what he did as. The two previous movies, the ipcress file 1965 and funeral in berlin 1966, were fairly straightforward spy yarns that, for all of their inventiveness, followed. The film is full of great little details and every line is effective, it does stretch plausabilty at times the supercomputer the billion dollar brain of the title now doesnt seem very super, but its still more believable than many other spy films. Billion dollar brain doesnt know what it wants to be when it grows up a mostly disappointing end to the original harry palmer trilogy thats far too overthetop and selfconsciously wacky to make a decent followup to funeral in berlin, or the ipcress file, but also lacking in sufficient quantities of ken russells patented pixie dust of delirious perversion and frantically melodramatic. Thriller 1967 111 minutes color harry palmer has left the british secret service and become a private detective. It is the only film in which ken russell worked as a mainstream directorforhire, and the last film to feature actress francoise dorleac. The third of the 1960s film adaptations of len deightons espionage novels to star michael caine, billion dollar brain was also the most problematic of the three, mostly owing to john mcgraths script and ken russells direction. Web of stories life stories of remarkable people 287 views 5.
Stuart galbraith iv is the kyotobased film historian and publishereditor of world cinema paradise. Billion dollar brain 1967 was the third film based on len deightons harry palmer secret agent novels, following the ipcress file 1965, with a score by john barry and funeral in berlin 1966, scored by konrad elfers. Mozak od milijardu dolara je britanski spijunski film snimljen 1967. This is the third harry palmer film and is the most ambitious of the films. You dont need to have seen any of the others to understand this one. Directed by ken russell, this was the third film to star michael caine as harry palmer, spy novelist len deightons reluctant hero. Billion dollar brain is the third installment in the original trilogy of harry palmer films that began with 1965s the ipcress file.
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