Hes a sarcastic git whose most common interplay with others involves bluntlyissued insults and the sort of strenuous eyerolling that would have mantan moreland nodding in approval. Dead on target, but i still found the book interesting reading, if only to show what a marvelous job james coburn did in improving upon the character as. The tv movie was also a pilot for a possible weekly series, but it did not get good enough ratings to warrant such, and. Cobb, gila golan, edward mulhare, benson fong, rhys williams, peter brocco, michael st. Watch derek flint our man flint 1965 full movie ursula strauss on dailymotion. And out of all the oddball spy flicks, the austin powers trilogy owes the greatest debt to the flint series. Scanlan, ray danton, sharon acker, lawrence dane december 25, 2018 oil company executive wendell runsler gets abducted by a liberation army group from the middle east. Dead on target 1976 updated on july 4, 2015 by ken begg 20 comments. Released by 20th century fox music in 1966 containing music from our man flint 1966. Cobb gila golan 1966 superspy derek flint james coburn, agent of z. The little documentaries were only mildly informative and the long lost tv movie dead on target would have been better off had it remained lost.
The film originally aired on abc on march 17, 1976. Not that you can touch a classic, but i heard a whisper in the wind over at fox the other day. Two dudes in overalls appear to install a large, wide file cabinet in runslers office. Most of these are discussed by film historians eddie friedfeld and lee pfeiffer in their commentary tracks on the ultimate flint collection our man flint in like flint our man flint. Clair, gianna serra, sigrid valdis, shelby grant, helen funai, tura satana, robert gunner. The ultimate flint collection our man flint in like. Presidential phone sound effect our man flint austin. Hit secret agent movies spoof with james coburn in the title role. Not only as a purported sequel to the two james coburn films of. The austin powers phone sound effect began life as the presidential phone sound effect in the film our man flint. Dead on target tv 1975 oil company executive wendell runsler gets abducted by a liberation army group from the middle east. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing our man flint near you. Collect bonus rewards from our many partners, including amc, stubs, cinemark connections, regal crown club when you link accounts.
The film was directed by daniel mann, written by hal fimberg and ben starr, and starred james coburn as master spy derek flint, with lee j. Derek flint our man flint 1965 full movie video dailymotion. Our man flint movies a list of 3 titles created 23 feb 2014. Our man flint proved successful enough to warrant its own sequel which came less than a year later.
Secret agent derek flint james coburn is the kind of man who likes to unwind after a long day by stopping his pulse while lying rigid between two chairs, who travels to moscow not to watch ballet, but to teach it, and whose lighter has 82 different functions83 if you wish to light a cigar. Scanlanray danton, sharon acker, lawrence dane, donnelly rhodes, gay rowan, franz russell, linda sorensen. Dead on arrival would have been a far more apt title. Cobb shows once again that he was an extraordinary actor, able to take an essentially. The tv movie was also a pilot for a possible weekly series, but it did not get good enough ratings to warrant such, and dead on. Ultimate flint collection our man flint in like flint.
Flint was the american answer for james bond, however never reach at their foots, even james coburn did, ray danton carry on trying to, but didnt have a charisma to take advance to allow challenge 007, in this final flint s saga the plot is quite unbelievable to start, some devices used by flint a lacking substance, all women are highly prudish, well dressed like my mother, danton really. Dead on target, 1976, directed by joseph l scanlan, with ray danton, sharon acker, gaye rowan, at turner classic movies. Solar music rights management, warner chappell, bmi broadcast music inc. Flint can tell whether a man is dead just by holding and looking at his face briefly. Dead on target was a cheesy 1976 tv movie that tried to reconnect flint with the public, but it was a misfire.
Cobb, gila golan, edward mulhare, and benson fong the main premise of the film is that a trio of mad scientists attempt to blackmail the world with a weather. Lee j cobb now a govenment agent needs help from derek flint, to help solve a problem on the isle of galaxy where people have been taken prisoners in the past to live up to modern and world of technology as the scients their see. Dead on target film third and final film in the our man flint movie trilogy. So what weve got is a parody of a parody of a parody. To be honest, those bonus features werent much of a bonus at all. Dead on target full movie in hd visit dead on target is the third and final film in the our man. Our man flint is a 1966 american action film that parodies the james bond genre. Our man flint is a 1966 american spyfi comedy film that parodies the james bond film series. When originally released on dvd in 2002, fox released our man flint and its sequel, in like flint 1967 as part of a fourfilm spy wave which included 1966s modesty blase and 1967s fathom, but the flint films were reissued in 2006 a 3disc ultimate flint special edition box with audio commentaries for each film, plus a third dvd with. Dead on target is the third and final film in the our man flint movie trilogy.
Our man flint soundtrack from 1966, composed by jerry goldsmith. A lighthearted 1966 parody of james bond movies, starring james coburn as supermegaomnicool exz. The film originally aired on abc on march 17, 1976 and was shot in vancouver. Lee j cobb now a govenment agent needs help from derek flint, to help solve a problem on the isle of galaxy where people have been taken prisoners in the past to live up to modern and world of technology as the scients their see it. This then is a guide to our man flint, an escapist comic spy movie that unconsciously tells us a great deal about the happy year of 1965. Benson fong will be remembered by many as charlie chans number three son tommy, a role which he played in five monogram films. The tv movie was a pilot for a possible weekly series, but it did not get good enough ratings to warrant such, and the aptly titled dead on target became the last derek flint movie. Flint is forced out of retirement to battle galaxy, an organization led by a trio of utopian mad scientists out to take over the world via their weathercontrol machine. Cobb as his his harried former boss, lloyd cramden. Dead on targets flint, in contrast, seems to enjoy pretty much no ones company. With ray danton, sharon acker, lawrence dane, donnelly rhodes. Flint teams up with his spunky and eager new partner bonita rogers and hits the streets in search of runsler. When scientists use ecoterrorism to impose their will on the world by affecting extremes in the weather, intelligence chief cramden calls in top agent derek flint.
Flint being in savannah, being with thomas, thomas dying eventually, and flint drinking himself to death out of loneliness and the loss of what maybe could have been with the war neatly fills in the blanks for ti with. This is captured from the soundtrack not particularly high definition, then processed to make it as clean as possible. The most successful james bond imitator by far was derek flint, a lanky, toothy cool cat created specifically to outdo the reigning king of screen espionage. The tv movie was also a pilot for a possible weekly series, but it did not get good enough ratings to warrant such, and dead on target became the last derek flint movie. They poked fun of spy movies, yet they were just as fun, colorful and action packed as any spy movie. Oil company executive wendell runsler gets abducted by a. Mann didnt stick around to direct this time and gordon douglas took over but james coburn and lee j. Shrewd, handsome, and dashing private eye derek flint is hired to find runsler. So it should come as no surprise that he knows a thing or two about french cuisine. Oil company executive wendell runsler gets abducted by a liberation army group from the middle east. The threedisc ultimate flint collection includes both flint films, in like flint and our man flint as well as a third disc containing a handful of bonus features. I feel like flint being dead the whole time ironically makes it all infinitely messier, and much harder to slot into ti itself.
The problem with it though is the writer norman klenman and the director for that matter dont appear to have watched a coburn flint movie or at the very. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Our man flint james coburn like in like flint a great ladies man be wanted and assigned to solve a case on his terms. The rumours are that it was buried because it was such a stinker. Our man flint from the 20th centuryfox film our man flint duration. Our man flint and in like flint were the princess bride and shrek of spy movies. Dead on target film third and final film in the our man flint movie trilogy dead on target 1988 list of hunter episodes this disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title dead on target. Not only as a purported sequel to the two james coburn films of the 1960s. A sequel, in like flint, followed two years later, and in 1976, the character was revived for a tv movie, our man flint. Mar 25, 2009 our man flint from the 20th centuryfox film our man flint duration. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title dead on target.
Theyre all picking on james bond, sure, but by the time our man flint came out in 1966, 007 himself had fallen into selfparody as well. Both albums found the composer soaring with a vernacular previously unheard, a propulsive display of global action, romance, infectious melody, nefarious happenings and superagent heroics in kindfrom the blasts of alto and tenor sax. Directed by daniel mann, our man flint keeps the jokiness contained to the first few minutes and then quickly settles into a spy thriller that doesnt need to be parodying anything to hold up on its own. Street date january 15, 20 available through screen archives entertainment 29. The film originally aired on abc on march 17, 1976 and was shot in vancouver, british columbia. Dead on target, with ray danton taking over the role of derek flint. Mar, 2007 secret agent derek flint james coburn is the kind of man who likes to unwind after a long day by stopping his pulse while lying rigid between two chairs, who travels to moscow not to watch ballet, but to teach it, and whose lighter has 82 different functions83 if you wish to light a cigar.
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