Modesty blaise is a 1966 british comedy spyfi film directed by joseph losey. Modesty blaise was my secret self the year i was 15, the subject of ardent daydreams and the first female character i encountered who was truly in charge of something other than a hospital ward. It stars monica vitti as modesty blaise, terence stamp as willie garvin, and dirk bogarde as the villain, gabriel. There is some continuity between the books and they are best read in the order below. With alexandra staden, nikolaj costerwaldau, raymond cruz, fred pearson. Sabre tooth modesty blaise by peter odonnell 14aug 2003 paperback on. Rossella falk was born on november 10, 1926 in rome, lazio, italy as antonia falzacappa. The film is loosely based on the modesty blaise comic strip created and written by peter odonnell. It opens in the balkans where some soldiers happen upon a resourceful little girl, a wild child. The only exceptions to this rule occur in the comic strip origin story, in the beginning and in the 1996 short story collection cobra trap, the final modesty blaise book, which contains five stories that take place where modesty s age moves from 20 to 52 approximately, and the 2003 film my name is modesty, which is a prequel depicting modesty in her late teens. Odonnell also wrote thirteen modesty blaise novels between 1965 and 1996, and a television pilot episode was produced in 1982, as well as another film adaptation in 2003. Despite the great costumes and more than adequate lead performances, there isnt much to.
Julia sweeney tells the viewers the monologue about the hard time in her life when her brother fought with cancer. The film was released straighttovideo with tarantinos imprimatur. The main character is modesty blaise who is played by british actress alexandra staden. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Like the roger corman version of the fantastic four, this was apparently made as a stopgap just to retain rights to the name. A woman alexandra staden spins a tale about her past while she spins a roulette wheel in a game of chance with thugs holding. Tarantino has stated his interest in directing a modesty blaise film on several occasions, but to date the closest hes gotten was lending his name to a 2003 madeforvideo production, quentin tarantino presents. Two more serious attempts at adapting the comic strip for the screen occurred in 1982 with a modesty blaise starring ann turkel as blaise, and again in 2003 with my name is modesty, a prequel starring alexandra staden in the title role and omitting the willie garvin character entirely. Julia sweeney tells the viewers the monologue about the hard time in her life when her brother fought with cancer and she was also diagnosed with a rare form of cancer.
This comic strip follows the life of modesty blaise, whos a remarkable young woman whos very talented but has a criminal history. A spy spoof in the 1960s tradition, featuring the comic book heroine modesty blaise monica vitti set in the italian mediterranean. Relative newcomer alexandra staden plays modesty, and the film serves as a prequel, an introduction to the character of odonnells work. This movie takes place in 2003 and in the comic modesty was born around the year 1938. Great actors, fine director and lovely sets cant save a bad script. A modesty blaise adventure 2003 a woman alexandra staden spins a tale about her past while she spins a roulette wheel in a game of chance with thugs holding her hostage. History 1945 modesty blaise modesty blaise was a young amnesiac that escaped from a displaced persons, or dp camp. My name is modesty is a 2004 american action film directed by scott spiegel. Forfatteren peter odonnell kontrollerede rettighederne til tegneserien, og han bestemte, at ingen andre skulle fa lov til at skrive nye afsnit om modesty blaise. That is how they came to send me their proposals, one of which was to create a website for modesty blaise ltd.
With ann turkel, lewis van bergen, keene curtis, sab shimono. Unlike the 1966 film modesty blaise, this one handles its subject matter with unrelieved earnestness, which seems inappropriate for what should be a. The film is visually beautiful and engaging, with grand colors and compositions with lots of space and depth. Despite the great costumes and more than adequate lead performances, there isnt much to cheer. Modesty blaise is a heroine for our time the atlantic. Though it was the second published, sabretooth 1966 is in effect the first of peter odonnells modesty blaise series of books. Evan jones screenplay, peter odonnell comic strip stars.
Modesty blaise was an warorphan who moved about and eventually, relying on strength of character and other factors, ended up running the network, a successful crime organization that operated in europe and other locations. The modesty blaise comic strip made two appearances of note in this movie. When ruthless bandits attack the casino and the staff is taken hostage, modesty secretly signals her partner, garcia raymond cruz, that theres trouble, then buys time by engaging the bandit leader, myklos. Peter odonnell acted as a consultant to the film with an updated sequence in the story mirroring how odonnell first met the girl who inspired him. A 1966 movie based on peter odonnells creation, modesty blaise, was made anyway, with monica vetti and terence stamp. The 2003 film my name is modesty was produced as a prequel to the comic strip and novels. Willie garvin is a character in the longrunning british comic strip series modesty blaise, as well as a series of novels based upon the strip.
Po zanru je mjesavina spijunskog i pustolovnog filma sa komedijom, a predstavlja adaptaciju istoimenog stripa petera odonnella. With monica vitti, terence stamp, dirk bogarde, harry andrews. Modesty blaise is a 1966 comedy actionspy fiction film directed by joseph losey. It was loosely based upon the popular comic strip modesty blaise by peter odonnell, who cowrote the original story upon which evan jones based his screenplay. Strip prati dozivljaje modesti blejz, neobicne mlade zene sa mnogo talenata i kriminalnom prosloscu i njenog vernog pratioca vilija garvina. The film was produced pro forma for miramax films to maintain rights to the source material, the modesty blaise comic strip. The storyline for this movie was based off a comic series with the same name.
Modesty blaise is a british comic strip featuring a fictional character of the same name, created by author peter odonnell and illustrator jim holdaway in 1963. Modesty blaise 1966 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Modesty blaise and peter odonnell and the last great. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Modesty, raised by a casino owner after being abandoned by her parents, has become skilled in the ways of fighting and now acts as the casino owners bodyguard. Since odonnell is deadmay 2010and modesty and willie are not coming back i suppose i will just have to accept the fact.
Abandoned by her parents, modesty blaise is raised by a casino owner who trains her to fight. Nicole kidman has also gone on record as being interested in making a modesty blaise film, and jennifer lopez was reported to be pitching for the part in 2003. A modesty blaise adventure 2004, ten minutes older. Modesy blaise battles the evil master of mime youtube.
Feb 03, 2015 modesty blaise, a secret agent whose hair color, hair style, and mod clothing change at a snap of her fingers is being used by the british government as a decoy in an effort to thwart a diamond heist. Modesti blejz je izmisljeni lik iz istoimenog stripa nastalog 1962. Modesty blaise, a secret agent whose hair color, hair style, and mod clothing change at a snap of her fingers is being used by the british government as a decoy in an effort to thwart a diamond heist. A modesty blaise adventure 2003 cast and crew a woman alexandra staden spins a tale about her past while she spins a roulette wheel in a game of chance with thugs holding.
After a decade of producing stories for hemen like garth and tug transom while also writing romantic fiction for female readers, odonnell had started. Sabre tooth modesty blaise by peter odonnell 14aug. In the comic strips modesty blaise is the former head of the network. Modesty blaise project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Alexandra staden was born on august 21, 1979 in highgate, london, england. As recently as 2014, bbc radio 4 has aired radio plays featuring the character, who retains her cachet as an emblem of 1960s cool.
The first, simply titled modesty blaise, was the novelization of a screenplay odonnell wrote for a movie based on his successful and popular modesty blaise. Although both modesty and willies back stories are given as described by odonnell, no explanation is provided. The only exceptions to this rule occur in the comic strip origin story, in the beginning, the 1996 short story collection cobra trap, the final modesty blaise book, which contains five stories that take place where modestys age moves from 20 to 52 approximately, and the 2003 film my name is modesty which is a prequel depicting modesty in. When her surrogate father who owns the casino she works in gets murdered, modesty blaise takes on those that killed him and are now at the casino to rob it. A woman alexandra staden spins a tale about her past while she spins a roulette wheel in a game of chance with thugs holding her hostage. Modesty blaise film, though the directors name appears on the 2003. When a group of violent criminals assassinate her surrogate father and enter the casino shooting staff. Find movie and film cast and crew information for my name is modesty. When shes unable to prevent the owners murder at the hands of an old foe, modesty is hellbent on seeking revenge. Peter odonnell was invited to write a novel to tie in with the 1966 film. Burgerkriegswaise modesty blaise bewahrt sich als psychologisch versierte einzelkampferin in diesem als prequel bevorstehender bigbudgetgro. In the mid1990s, dc comics published a oneshot modesty blaise graphic novel based upon the novel. The film is based on the early years of the character modesty blaise, a former. There is a close shot of a painting of the comic strip when willie garvin terence stamp is introduced, and in another shot, modesty blaise monica vitti is seen looking at copies of the comic strip.
The film then flashes forward to modesty as a young adult running a casino for the shady businessman, louche valentin teodosiu. A modesty blaise adventure 2003 trailers and clips a woman alexandra staden spins a tale about her past while she spins a roulette wheel in a game of chance with thugs. In the tarantino film pulp fiction, vincent vega is seen reading a copy of modesty blaise. Peter odonnells novels and comic strip was previously brought to film by actress monica vitti and director joseph losey in an eponymous 1966 spy spoof. The only exceptions to this rule occur in the 1996 short story collection cobra trap, the final modesty blaise book, which contains five stories that take place where modestys age moves from 20 to 52 approximately, and the 2003 film my name is modesty which is a prequel depicting modesty in her late teens. Reviewed in the united states on february 8, 2003 verified purchase at last legendary jazzist john dankworths score for joseph loseys 1966 british film modesty blaise has been re. The film was released straighttovideo with tarantino s imprimatur.
Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Naslovna protagonistica, ciji lik tumaci monica vitti, je spijunka modesty blaise koju britanska tajna sluzba angazira da zastiti posiljku dijamanata za bliskoistocnog. This is the company which owns the rights to my works, including modesty blaise and the romantic novels which i wrote under the name of madeleine brent. Sabretooth by peter odonnell 2003, paperback at the best online prices at ebay.
Clip of modesty blaise 1966 incongruously set to sunshine of my life. Regardless of its provenance, my name is modesty has all the markings of a movie that was rushed into production on a limited budget, and with a script that needed more than a little fine tuning. Modesty blaise je britanska igrani film snimljen 1966. She was married to gualtiero giori and nicola tufari. Relative newcomer alexandra staden plays modesty, and the film serves as a prequel, an introduction to the character of odonnell s work. The film s music composed by johnny dankworth and the theme song, modesty, sung by david and jonathan. Modesty blaise began in the london evening standard on may, 1963, but odonnells heroine had been lurking in the back corridors of his imagination for many months prior to that.
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