Stan accepted a knighthood in his friend Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson's controversial resignation list in 1976. He died from pneumonia in Spain before he could make the journey to Buckingham Palace, aged 48. He released a statement saying he had accepted the award because it was for his acting career, and because he hoped it could help the British film industry.
Sean Connery, also very left-wing, accepted a knighthood some years ago. In fact I believe he complained about not getting one.
Posts from ColeThornton in thread „The Guns Of Navarrone“
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Yes but Sir Stanley was very far to the Left and an active socialist, as reflected by most of his films. He didn't get on with Dirk Bogarde who was a Conservative.
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Oh, I always thought he committed suicide.
Zulu was another major anti-war film. It would have been interesting to see Wayne make a movie with Stanley Baker, although I know they wouldn't have got on. -
Hi Itdo -
I was aware that Navarone was fictitious, but did not know of any of the actual locations for shooting the movie.
Does anyone know if that cliff face that the guns were entrenched in was an actual edifice or was that a case of movie magic and models. It certainly looked real.
Cheers - Jay -
Yes Jay, there never was a guns of Navarone mission. The full-scale guns were in the studio in London, while all the shots of the cliffs were models. It's a shame because although I enjoyed the movie when I was 13, there are too many very obvious studio sets and the cast were a bit old.
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Was The Bridge on the River Kwai the first major anti-war film?
