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I kid you not, there was a movie with Sean Connery called "Medicine Man" (1992) with this exact same theme. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104839/?ref_=fn_t_1 h
by frellus 3mo ago
I kid you not, there was a movie with Sean Connery called "Medicine Man" (1992) with this exact same theme.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104839/?ref_=fn_t_1 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104839/?ref_=fn_t_1
In it, Connery finds what looks to be a rare natural cure to all cancer in the Rain Forest (spoiler: not a frog, but equally as weird), and is literally battling the nearby deforesting and bulldozers. For a Sean Connery movie it was bizarre (As a young teen, I saw it in the theaters.. quite a bit less action than a 007 movie but good drama and dramatic Sean Connery acting).
- tclancy 3mo ago>For a Sean Connery movie it was bizarre Buddy, if you're trying to tell me it's weirder than Darby O'Gill and the Little People, I am going to need more than Sir Connery in a ponytail.
- SideburnsOfDoom 3mo ago> I am going to need more than Sir Connery in a ponytail Check out Zardoz: Connery with a ponytail, a pistol in hand, wearing thigh-high boots and a mankini. And a giant flying stone head that vomits guns. I am not joking.
- tclancy 3mo agoOh, I didn't need you to say more than Zardoz to bring that beautiful memory back.
- frellus 3mo agoYeah, with a movie like that in his credits, it seems a miracle he was ever selected to be James Bond. His radar for picking great movies was equally bad as it was good.
- stogot 3mo agoHe had to pay his bills
- peterleiser 3mo agoHa, yeah. Fortunately for him, Connery did James Bond first, then later did Zardoz and Highlander.
- tclancy 3mo agoI think he was one of those people that was acting to keep the lights on well after he was set for life. It's a mindset, especially depending on how you grew up.
- RockyMcNuts 3mo agoYou're the man now, dog!
- 6P58r3MXJSLi 3mo agoI've seen the movie several times. In Italian, the title was translated simply as Mato Grosso, which makes it oddly geographically specific. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Connery definitely starred in even weirder movies. Have you seen Zardoz? https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070948/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070948/ https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNmI2NjI2OWYtMzU5NS00MDg5LWE0MTctOTAyYjE4YmEzYmU2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_.jpg https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNmI2NjI2OWYtMzU5NS00...
- klibertp 3mo ago> Have you seen Zardoz? Oh, yes! Just once, but Connery, in just underpants and boots, battling some surreal head-shaped apparitions, is something I won't ever forget. I have no idea what the plot was about - but that's OK, because I had no idea about that either during or just after watching :D A movie so bad it's kind of good - though second-hand embarrassment (at the performances, effects, plot, characters) was a bit hard to bear at points.