By Tim Greaves
In 1981, ITV screened a celebration of the premiere of For Your Eyes Only from the Odeon Leicester Square. I vividly recall my exclamation of surprise at spotting a familiar face in a shot of the crowded foyer – “That’s Harry Saltzman!” Yet as the programme continued and no mention was made of his presence I began to doubt myself. After all, he and his Bond movie co-producer Albert “Cubby” Broccoli had fallen out some years earlier, so it would be unlikely he’d be there; I must have been mistaken. It was some time later that I learned it had indeed been Harry, invited by Cubby upon the suggestion by one of the film’s stars, Chaim Topol, that he extend an olive branch to his old partner. It would be fair to say that the working relationship between the two men was a tempestuous one. Theirs...
In 1981, ITV screened a celebration of the premiere of For Your Eyes Only from the Odeon Leicester Square. I vividly recall my exclamation of surprise at spotting a familiar face in a shot of the crowded foyer – “That’s Harry Saltzman!” Yet as the programme continued and no mention was made of his presence I began to doubt myself. After all, he and his Bond movie co-producer Albert “Cubby” Broccoli had fallen out some years earlier, so it would be unlikely he’d be there; I must have been mistaken. It was some time later that I learned it had indeed been Harry, invited by Cubby upon the suggestion by one of the film’s stars, Chaim Topol, that he extend an olive branch to his old partner. It would be fair to say that the working relationship between the two men was a tempestuous one. Theirs...
- 10/30/2019
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
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