Despite its faults, billion dollar brain is a fine film. Billion dollar brain is a 1967 british technicolor espionage film directed by ken russell and based on the novel of the same name by len deighton. English actor michael caine on the set of the film the magus 1968. Released 1967, billion dollar brain stars michael caine, karl malden, ed begley, oscar homolka the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 51 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic.
Making the film was such a struggle and its reception so dispiriting that for years after i automatically ran it down to everyone. Billion dollar brain, bluray, action adventure, 738329141226. When, through faulty scripting or editing, the characters greet people they arent supposed to know. Billion dollar brain and the final option soundtrack. Billion dollar brain is a 1967 britishamerican technicolor espionage film directed by ken russell and based on the novel of the same name by len deighton. You can watch recordings anytime, anywhere with your cloud dvr. Film plaja billion dollar brain billion dollar brain. Cataloguing a mans love of mid to late 20th century.
Len deighton full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Interested in bringing billion dollar brain to your school or library. One of his first assignments is to deliver an apparently innocent thermos flask to an old friend in helsinki, palmer is suspicious of the flask contents and begins to doubt the motives of his friend and. To purchase the dvd with ppr or dsl, please contact estelle grosso or call 212 6296880. Billion dollar brain is a little odd politically in its rather benign vision of the ussr.
Billion dollar brain doesnt know what it wants to be when it grows up a mostly disappointing end to the original harry palmer trilogy thats far too overthetop and selfconsciously wacky to make a decent followup to funeral in berlin, or the ipcress file, but also lacking in sufficient quantities of ken russells patented pixie dust of delirious perversion and frantically melodramatic. The kino lorber edition of billion dollar brain seems to be the exact same transfer as. But the film gets the political mechanism of war 100% correct it creates opportunities for war profiteers to earn steal. Buy billion dollar brain movie posters from movie poster shop. Exspy turned private eye harry palmer michael caine ends a flirtatious snowmobile ride across a finnish lake with anya francoise dorleac, having insisted on seeing her boss about his payoff for a delivery, only to find he s his excia pal leo karl malden billion dollar brain, 1967. This includes personalizing content and advertising. Billion dollar brain is a little odd politically in that the repressive ussr was no beacon of good management or government, and needed to be dismantled. Billion dollar brain 1967 tt0061405 a former british spy stumbles into in a plot to overthrow communism with the help of a supercomputer. This soundtrack is shared on the same cd with billion dollar brain, frankly i have never heard of that film. A list of featurelength film uk cinema release dates scheduled for release during 1968. Caine below zero the making of the billion dollar brain 1968. The colour of the 16 mm film was very red so it has been changed into. Billion dollar brain 1967 harry palmer michael caine is a former british secret agent who has taken up work as a private detective. Inventiveness in the field of soundtracks doesnt necessarily equate with success, and richard rodney bennetts score for ken russells movie billion dollar brain is a case in point.
Butch cassidy and the sundance kid 1969 full movie. Harry palmer, the bland antiheroic secret agent of the ipcress file and funeral in berlin, the chap who hates his job and doesnt care what kind of dry vermouth they put in his martinis, is back with his spectacles and his nonu english accent in billion dollar brain. The billion dollar brain, style b, 1968, united artists. Legendary filmmaker ken russell altered states directed this 3rd and final film. Senaatintori, helsinki, finland see more company credits. This is the only final option soundtrack on cd to the best of my knowledge and it sounds great the film is offered elsewhere and is a great movie about the british sas regiment. Ben mankiewicz introduces billion dollar brain, 1967. The video for billion dollar brain has been given a 1080pmpeg4 avc that is displayed at an aspect ratio of 2. Even ken russell has changed his original negative assessment of it.
Michael caine hand signed movie photo the jigsaw man w coa. To ask other readers questions about billion dollar brain, please sign up. If u find any movie with download link unavailable leave a comment under that movie i will reupload quick. As james bond mania peaked globally in the 1960s, several alternative spy films challenged the supremacy of 007. It sold in only a fraction of the numbers that john barrys james bond soundtracks of the same era did, but it was more inventive than any of the bond scores. One response to billion dollar brain 1967 jackson j williams says. Billion dollar brain yify torrent and billion dollar brain.
This is the third harry palmer film and is the most ambitious of the films. Michael caine as spy harry palmer from the film billion dollar brain lights a cigarette. The film features michael caine as secret agent harry palmer, the antihero protagonist. One of his first assignments is to deliver an apparently innocent thermos flask to an old friend in helsinki, palmer is suspicious of the flask contents and begins to doubt the motives of his friend and those of his boss a texan billionaire. Billion dollar brain 1967 movie clip welcome to finland. Harry palmer michael caine, the reluctant secret agent from the ipcress file 1965 and funeral in berlin 1966 both like the source for this movie based on novels by len deighton is back again in ken russells billion dollar brain. It ties in nicely with the previous two the ipcress file and funeral in berlin as. It follows the ipcress file 1962, horse under water 1963, and funeral in berlin 1964. Michael caine and karl malden in billion dollar brain 1967 michael caine and. On thursday, french actress francoise dorleac appears in a chariy show in paris. Start streaming a complimentary selection of shows and movies while you wait for your xfinity tv service to be installed. Download premium images you cant get anywhere else. The quality of the original film is not great, but it does encapsulate well how the film series had developed and become bigger in scope, for example including a major battle.
This much rarer style b poster features some equally outthere fluorescent pop art. Billion dollar brain 1967 letterboxd your life in film. He views the contents of the flask with the aid of a pedoscope a primitive foot xray machine that every upmarket shoe shop once had at whiteleys in queensway, w2, the bayswater megadepartment store tube. How can you take it seriously when the spys mission is never made clear. Directed by ken russell, this was the third film to star michael caine as harry palmer, spy novelist len deightons reluctant hero. After two earlier low key harry palmer vehicles, ken russell pulls out all the stops to outdo james bond. The complex main theme, built on a beautifully complex. We use cookies to understand how you use our site and to improve your experience.
Released in uk cinemas thursday 18th january 1968 billion dollar brain. Billion dollar brain may also be available with public performance rights ppr and digital site licensing dsl for colleges and universities. Buy this disc from and help support rewind have you spotted a mistake in these specifications. Billion dollar brain movie posters from movie poster shop. Billion dollar brain yify torrent yify movies, download billion dollar brain yify, yts subtitles movie about harry palmer has left the british secret service and become a private detective. Jun 24, 2014 the asheville film society will screen billion dollar brain tuesday, july 1, at 8 p. Frances culture minister has passed a decree allowing the national film board cnc to tweak the countrys notoriously. Michael caine karl malden ed begley 1967 british spy harry palmer. Download the tv guide app for iphone, ipad and android. A former british spy stumbles into in a plot to overthrow communism with the help of a supercomputer. Billion dollar brain 1967 stanley caine at an event for billion dollar brain 1967.
The brain of the title is a sophisticated computer with which an anticommunist organisation controls its worldwide antisoviet spy network. An anonymous party hires him to deliver a seemingly normal. Billion dollar brain 1968 us one sheet film poster for the cold war espionage thriller starring michael caine as harry palmer, styleb, folded, 27 x 41 inches. Nov 10, 2014 thriller 1967 111 minutes color harry palmer has left the british secret service and become a private detective. Billion dollar brain soundtrack details home explore movies explore composers resource directory forums contact us about us search on. Find link is a tool written by edward betts searching for billion dollar brain 53 found 69 total alternate case. I reiterate that harry palmer is the name given to the character by the filmmakers of the three michael caine movies, though harry goes under the working name of liam dempsey in this novel. Billion dollar brain bluray kino lorber home video. The kinolorber edition of billion dollar brain seems to be the exact same transfer as.
Honey, i shrunk the kids the tv show s03 ep02 honey, its a billion dollar brain hd watch. Fistful of dollars, 1968r poster for sale at 1stdibs. Billion dollar brain 1967 was the third film based on len deightons harry palmer secret agent novels, following the ipcress file 1965, with a score by john barry and funeral in berlin 1966, scored by konrad elfers. The opening title sequence looks a bit dirty and damaged, but the image is much cleaner throughout the remainder of the film with black and white specks appearing on rare occasion. Jan 21, 2017 a hd uploaded trailer for the 1967 michael caine film. The guy mckone collection at the tiff film reference library. Released in uk cinemas sunday 21st january 1968 up the junction. Billiondollar brain is a 1966 cold war spy novel by len deighton. Year 1968 poster type us 1 sheet 27 x 41 inches style b art by rolledfoldedother folded condition nm condition details very little wear and. The 1st was the ipcress file universal, 1965 and the 2nd was. If were disappointed, its not because the movie wasnt a masterpiece but because it wasnt a western. Descriere film plaja billion dollar brain billion dollar brain billion dollar brain 1967 online in romana.
I have now finished the fourth and last harry palmer novel from len deighton, namely. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. Buy billion dollar brain movie poster style c 11 x 17 1968 at. Billion dollar brain 1967 1080p bluray x264 sadpanda. Apr 07, 2016 watch billion dollar brain michael goldman on dailymotion. Goofs after being freed from detainment, harry palmer attends the end of a symphony concert, which is supposed to feature dmitri shostakovichs leningrad symphony, written in 1941 during the siege of leningrad by german troops.
His objective is the overthrowing communism by means a coup deetat in riga. We dont go to a western expecting citizen kane, but we do hope for a good western. Apart from two lackluster cable tv movies in the 1990s, billion dollar brain was the last harry palmer. Billion dollar brain is a 1966 cold war spy novel by len deighton. Spy movies were winding down in 1967 with 007 becoming a silly selfparody. Billion dollar brain from 1967 could have been the start of a wealthy career for russell, his second film but this one commissioned by the james bond producer harry saltzman, story by novelist len deighton and with michael caine starring in his third harry palmer role. Its harry palmers wits against the worlds deadliest mind. The store has since been given a major makeover and now also houses an. Whiteleys department store, queensway, london w2 he views the contents of the flask with the aid of a pedoscope a primitive foot xray machine that every upmarket shoe shop once had at whiteleys in queensway, w2, the bayswater megadepartment store tube. A featuretteshort making of documentary about the harry palmer movie billion dollar brain of 1967 starring michael caine. Brain michael caine is back in his third outing as harry palmer in the ken russell directed billion dollar brain, a wonderfully crazy 60s brit spy romp. The swift destruction of midwinters army can be seen as a grim forewarning. Billion dollar brain 1967,karl malden,michael caine. The billion dollar brain is the 4th of four novels in the series, beginning wthe ipcress file, which were adapted to film starring michael caine as harry palmer.
The eisenstein ice ballet hommage is well shot but the special effects are not up to much,looking like outtakes from thunderbirds. Secret agent harry palmer michael caine, get carter is blackmailed into. Stock photo the brain 1969 paramount film with david niven and bourvil. But russell and saltzman were at loggerheads throughout the filming, billion dollar brain turned out to be a flop, and russell never made his nijinsky movie although saltzman did, in 1980. It is crisply shot,the exteriors of finland are beautiful and the scene where the russian cavalry routs the gangsterspartisans is brilliantly realised. Downatheel cellist wanda fleming bette davis does her shopping here in 1970 drama connecting rooms. Billion dollar brain 1968 original us sheet style b film. Billion dollar brain by len deighton, first edition abebooks. Kees stams excellent harry palmer movie site hosts a rarely seen making of short featuring michael caine talking about his third outing as harry palmer. Billion dollar brain 1967 billion dollar brain 1967.