On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Jul 31 - Aug 06, 2009
(Peter R. Hunt, UK, 1969, 35mm, 142 min)
Special introduction by film critic Ted Fry on July 31
In one of the best and often overlooked films in the long running James Bond series (and the first without Sean Connery), 007 (George Lazenby) teams up with the lovely Tracy Di Vicenzo (Diana Rigg, of Avengers fame) to topple scar-faced Ernst Blofeld (Telly Savalas) in the Swiss Alps. Her Majesty’s has the distinction of being the only film in which Bond falls in love. No other filmmakers took Bond this seriously again until 2006’s Casino Royale.
