In the looselybased 1966 comedy thriller modesty blaise, the titular role was portrayed by monica vitti. Fans of the picture are going to love it when the main title pops up, all those thin yellow. Modesty blaise 1966 dvd region 2 import monica vitti. Modesty is a tough, brilliant and beautiful woman along the lines of the avengers mrs. Kino lorber has released on bluray modesty blaise, the 1966 superspy satire from fox, directed by that laughriot himself, joseph losey, and starring monica vitti, terence stamp, dirk bogarde, harry andrews, michael craig, clive revill, alexander knox, rossella falk, scilla gabel, and tina aumont. Modesty blaise, a secret agent whose hair color, hair style, and mod clothing. Meanwhile, at his island hideaway, gabriel, the diamond thief. Richard lester said something like this in his series hollywood uk. Modesty blaise pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released modesty blaise pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from rotten tomatoes movie pictures archive.
What strange is either its monica vitti disguising modesty blaise from the. High in style and low in plot, the cast obviously had a ball working on this great film. Modesty blaise 1965, suomeksi modesty blaise sabretooth 1966, suom. Modesty blaise is a 1966 british comic spyfi film directed by joseph losey, produced by. It was adapted into films in 1966, 1982, and 2003, and from 1965 onwards eleven novels and two. The strip follows modesty blaise, an exceptional young woman with many talents and a criminal past, and her trusty sidekick willie garvin. Modesty blaise 1966 joseph losey cast and crew allmovie.
Modesty blaise dvd monica vitti terence stamp dirk bogarde. Odonnell wound up writing a whole series of modesty blaise novels that were. Modesty blaise a beginners guide to modesty blaise discogs. 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. The title of the first modesty blaise novel was exactly that, modesty blaise, published by souvenir press in 1965. The movie was a comedy that shouldnt have been made, sadly. Modesty blaise on peter odonnellin luoma sarjakuvahahmo. Itself not meant to be taken entirely seriously its based on a comic strip of the same name, made at a time when it wasnt common to make liveaction adaptations of them. Season six bluray the almodovar bluray collection detailed links to amazon 3 bad men american dreamer the bloodstained butterfly city on fire the huntsman. This also damages the films attempt to be a modesty blaise filmwhatever its many failures, the 1966 film looked like a big, bold blaise adventure.
Soloes 2 armed mercenaries while unarmed and naked 2. Modesty blaise is a 1966 british comic spyfi film directed by joseph losey, produced by joseph janni, and loosely based on the popular comic strip modesty blaise by peter odonnell, who cowrote the original story upon which evan jones and harold pinter based their screenplay. Discover titans range of modesty blaise collections, each packed with incredible bonus materials and beautifully restored strip. Based on the popular british comic strip, modesty blaise recounts how the. Modesty blaise bluray disc, 2016 for sale online ebay. This comic strip follows the life of modesty blaise, whos a remarkable young woman whos very talented but has a criminal history. Along the x axis is time, and on the y axis is the count of editions published. Modesty blaise is loosely based on a comicbook superheroine and played by monica vitti. Modesty blaise is a heroine for our time the atlantic. Mar 28, 2017 i learned of modesty blaise when reading the psychology of the girl with the dragon tatoo by robin s. The modesty blaise series was a great action series, featuring the title character and her assistant.
Nothing can faze modesty blaise, the worlds deadliest and most dazzlingly female agent 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. Modesty blaise, a secret agent whose hair color, hair style, and mod clothing change at a snap of her fingers is being used by. Rosenberg who mentions stieg larson was a big fan of the modesty books. Louche manages to kill the driver and two other assailants, but the. Monica vitti, terence stamp, dirk bogarde, harry andrews, clive revill. Mahdoton neitsyt pieces of modesty 1972, novellikokoelma, ei suomennettu the silver mistress 1973, suom.
Modesty blaise is an enjoyable, campy little gem that is quite fun. Things just kind of happen for 2 hours and modesty is, like, really really uninteresting. See more ideas about modesty, pulp fiction art, pulp art. Modesty blaise is director joseph loseys closest and most successful approach to pure comedy. The legendary modesty blaise first appeared in a bestselling series of novels in may 1965, and we are now celebrating their fiftieth anniversary. Jul 17, 2009 for those of you who saw my previous post youll know that the 1966 classic camp film, modesty blaise, was shown in the early morning hours on amc. Based on the popular longrunning comic strip character, the story concerns highclass jewel and art thief modesty blaise played bewitchingly by monica vitti who is called upon to. Ann turkel in 1982, a wellreceived television pilot for modesty blaise was filmed.
Blaise of no glory modesty blaise and my name is modesty. For those of you who saw my previous post youll know that the 1966 classic camp film, modesty blaise, was shown in the early morning hours on amc. There is some continuity between the books and they are best read in the order below. Publishing history this is a chart to show the publishing history of editions of works about this subject. 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. Modesty blaise is a comedic spyfi deluxe color film produced in the united kingdom and released worldwide in. The film, based on the eponymous character of a longrunning british comic strip, is of the so bad its bad variety.
Buy modesty blaise 1966 dvd region 2 import monica vitti from amazons movies store. Along the x axis is time, and on the y axis is the. Modesty blaise 1966 directed by joseph losey genres comedy, spy film subgenres spy comedy, parodyspoof release date may 1, 1966 usa unknown run time 120 min. The 1966 film was not much of a hit, but it did prompt a new set of modesty. Not the newspaper strips, comics, or graphic novels. This year celebrates 50 years since the fantastic modesty blaise graphic novel first appeared in the evening standard. Reviewed in the united kingdom on february 2, 2019. Trailer for this thriller based on the comic strip. Songs include modesty john dankworth, benny green, sung by david and jonathan, and we shouldve. Modesty, of course, had appeared even earlier, as her adventures in book form were preceded by those in the daily comic strips, debuting in the london evening standard in 1963.
Sep, 2016 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. A popular british comic strip series served as inspiration for this lighthearted espionage adventure, which if nothing else certainly shows the marks of its origins in the mid1960s. Monica vitti, terence stamp, dirk bogarde, harry andrews, michael craig, clive revill, alexander knox. But even so, this relatively obscure movie that inspires a loveitorhateit reaction, as well as the enigmatic modesty blaise. Jan 25, 2014 this feature is not available right now.
From 1953 to 1966 he wrote for garth, and from 1956 to 1962 romeo brown with jim holdaway as an artist. 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. A 1966 movie was made of the novel, and it followed the book fairly well, but was done strictly for laughs. May 16, 20 this year celebrates 50 years since the fantastic modesty blaise graphic novel first appeared in the evening standard. Terence stamp in modesty blaise 1966 modesty blaise monica vitti 1966 20th.
She is being set up by the feds but is wise to the plot and calls in sidekick willie garvin and a few other. London, naples and sicily italy, amsterdam netherlands. Monica vitti, terence stamp, dirk bogarde, harry andrews, clive revill locations. When the british government has to pay an arab sheikh a fortune in diamonds in return for an oil concession, modesty blaise, a retired queen of international crime, is called in. He was also an awardwinning gothic historical romance novelist who wrote under the female pseudonym madeleine brent, in 1978, his novel merlins keep won the romantic novel of the year award by the. Modesty is an expert martial artist who excells at using pressure points. Gallery of 11 movie poster and cover images for modesty blaise 1966.
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. With monica vitti, terence stamp, dirk bogarde, harry andrews. Blaise of no glory modesty blaise and my name is modesty tor. Peter odonnell 11 april 1920 3 may 2010 was a british writer of mysteries and of comic strips, best known as the creator of modesty blaise, an action heroineundercover troubleshooter. A popular british comic strip series served as inspiration for this lighthearted espionage adventure, which if nothing else certainly shows the marks of its origins. Aug 14, 2016 modesty blaise is a young woman with many talents and a criminal past, who along with her trusty sidekick willie garvin, accepts requests for assistance from sir gerald tarrant, a highranking official of the british secret service. The humor is very droll, yet needlesharp in its mockery of the amorality of empire and espionage, and in its parody of the conventions of the actionhero movie, its madcamp villain, its tools, its blue waters.
Modesty blaise was released at the height of two cinematic trends. The encoding may have been digitally enhanced to a degree in the first scene i saw evidence of edge enhancement. See more ideas about comic art, o donnell and comic strips. The first artist for the strip was jim holdaway, then romero and a. The kl studio classics bluray of modesty blaise corrects the weaknesses of the old fox dvd from 2002 colors are strong, the image is stable, and the audio is free of distortion. A spy spoof in the 1960s tradition, featuring the comic book heroine modesty blaise monica vitti set in the italian mediterranean. May 17, 2019 this also damages the films attempt to be a modesty blaise filmwhatever its many failures, the 1966 film looked like a big, bold blaise adventure. The complete twelfth and final season 12 dvd, 2019. Modesty blaise monica vitti 1966 20th century fox terence stamp and monica.
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