Admiral_Karasu Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 Movie of the Month for October 2024 North Sea Hijack Try having the movie watched by the first weekend or so, that's SAT/SUN September 5 to 6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjA0L5WdK54 Note! Recommended that you use the link to watch the movie in an adjacent tab or new window for ease of reference. On Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea_Hijack And on IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081809/ Spoiler Warning! If you have no clue about the movie previously, watch the movie first before going into the discussion. General discussion of the movie to follow below. 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfswetpaws Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 I visited the IMDB page, via the link you provided. I plan to watch it later. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamptonRoads Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 (edited) In case anyone else was confused about the title, this film was released in U.S. as ffolkes: Edited September 27 by HamptonRoads misspelling 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral_Karasu Posted September 27 Author Share Posted September 27 9 minutes ago, HamptonRoads said: In case anyone else was confused about the title, this film was released in U.S. as Ffolkes: But it's ffolkes, not Ffolkes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamptonRoads Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 My bad small "f," although it should be capitalized since it is Roger Moore's character name is Ffolkes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral_Karasu Posted September 27 Author Share Posted September 27 17 minutes ago, HamptonRoads said: My bad small "f," although it should be capitalized since it is Roger Moore's character name is Ffolkes. What! Can't be... I haven't watched the movie recently but I know his character is rather specific about the correct spelling... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamptonRoads Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 1 minute ago, Admiral_Karasu said: What! Can't be... I haven't watche the movie recently but I know his character is rather specific about the correct spelling... You are correct. I just looked it up on IMDB and it is ffolkes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamptonRoads Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 Just now, HamptonRoads said: You are correct. I just looked it up on IMDB and it is ffolkes. edited original post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDG44_Vet Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 Interesting movie, I wonder what the reaction of the SBS was at the time to having civilians portrayed as having to do their job? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamptonRoads Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 On 9/30/2024 at 6:46 PM, DDG44_Vet said: Interesting movie, I wonder what the reaction of the SBS was at the time to having civilians portrayed as having to do their job? Best guess is that they probably didn't care. Roger Moore was James Bond at the time, so I'm sure many of them wrote it off as over-the-top work of fiction. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral_Karasu Posted October 2 Author Share Posted October 2 4 minutes ago, HamptonRoads said: Best guess is that they probably didn't care. Roger Moore was James Bond at the time, so I'm sure many of them wrote it off as over-the-top work of fiction. Not to mention the fact that Roger Moore played a Scotsman in this movie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnrepentantSinner Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 Great pick, haven't seen this movie in ages, but i remember it fondly. Roger Moore gave an impressive performance in this movie. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamptonRoads Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 5 hours ago, UnrepentantSinner said: Great pick, haven't seen this movie in ages, but i remember it fondly. Roger Moore gave an impressive performance in this movie. I believe that at the time Roger Moore was trying to break his suave playboy type-cast (James Bond/Simon Templar.) Similarly, Anthony Perkins was trying to break the Norman Bates image. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral_Karasu Posted October 3 Author Share Posted October 3 7 hours ago, HamptonRoads said: I believe that at the time Roger Moore was trying to break his suave playboy type-cast (James Bond/Simon Templar.) Similarly, Anthony Perkins was trying to break the Norman Bates image. Well, Anthony Perkins sort of failed, as he played Norman Bates in three Psycho rehashes after this movie. Roger Moore, of course, also similarly returned to the role of James Bond three times after playing ffolkes. Still, I think both of them did fairly well in this movie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin_Simpleton Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 The clothes everyone in this movie was wearing was straight out of GQ, Gentleman's Quarterly. These were upper-class folks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral_Karasu Posted October 3 Author Share Posted October 3 57 minutes ago, Justin_Simpleton said: The clothes everyone in this movie was wearing was straight out of GQ, Gentleman's Quarterly. These were upper-class folks. Huh? To me they looked pretty normal. Well, apart from ffolkes who seemed to have Edwardian affectations. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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