Modesty blaise and peter odonnell and the last great. 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. But it never got the chance to survive the nonmodesty blaise that the 1966 film delivered. 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. She is listed on freeones since 20 and is currently ranked 10446th place. Screenplay by evan jones, based on the comic strip by peter odonnell, jim holdaway. A modesty blaise adventure pics, images, clips, trailers, production.
These characters are important to blaises adventures throughout most of the published stories. Modesty blaise is an orphan with a dark and troubled past who was head of a criminal syndicate before she was 20, and retired wealthy before she was 30. 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. The internet movie database has entries for the original 1966 film, the 1982 tv movie and 2002s my name is modesty. There is some continuity between the books and they are best read in the order below.
Then one day i was typing a script for garth when i mistyped the adverb modestly and it came out modesty. Todays inaugural column focuses on the stellar 1960s actionadventure comic strip modesty blaise, written by peter odonnell and illustrated in its initial run by jim holdaway. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. A large departure for director joseph losey, better known for brooding interpretations of harold pinter works the servant, accident, the film is emphatically. Spotlight on peter odonnell and jim holdaways modesty blaise.
A woman alexandra staden spins a tale about her past while she spins a roulette wheel in a game of chance with thugs holding. This first film focused entirely on blaises backstory, as it takes place. Monica vitti looks like she never held a gun before in her life. The strip follows modesty blaise, an exceptional young woman with many talents and a criminal past, and her trusty sidekick willie garvin. It would be almost forty years later that anyone would try again. In these columns i hope to shine a light on some underappreciated films, books, comics, and albums. A 1966 movie based on peter odonnells creation, modesty blaise, was made anyway, with monica vetti and terence stamp. My name is modesty on dvd 096009774592 from echo bridge home entertainment. This went straight to dvd and was felt by many as an attempt to regain the rights rather than a serious try to launch the character. Not the newspaper strips, comics, or graphic novels. The reason i bring all this up is because my name is modesty, released under the miramax banner, totally deserved the attention that the dimension films name often adds to a genre pic. It turns out she is more than just a modest worker.
Aug 17, 2015 in these columns i hope to shine a light on some underappreciated films, books, comics, and albums. My name is modesty cleverly introduces modesty s background and wiles in a thriller set during an armed takeover of the casino. And modesty blaise also inspired one of the best, lesserknown songs by sparks. Peter odonnells novels and comic strip was previously brought to film by actress monica vitti and director joseph losey in an eponymous. 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. When shes unable to prevent the owners murder at the hands of an old foe, modesty is hellbent on seeking revenge. In the books lob was totally helpless without modesty, and modesty first learned. I was looking for a dramatic name but nothing appealed. But even so, this relatively obscure movie that inspires a loveitorhateit reaction, as well as the enigmatic modesty blaise. 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.
The late don marksteins toonpedia an excellent reference for all things comicrelated has this overview of the newspaper strip. In 2004 miramax, who still hold the rights to the character, made a film my name is modesty featuring alexandra staden as young modesty. Ive read the first novel, modesty blaise, and one collection of the comic strips. Series of novels and short stories by peter odonnell, spun off from his longrunning adventure comic of the same name. It was adapted into films in 1966, 1982, and 2003, and from 1965 onwards eleven novels and two. They travel from london to the south of france, across the mediterranean to cairo before battling, against impossible odds, a private army of professional killers. Its the novel, which emphasizes modestys origins, that reminds me of lisbeth salander. The movie does not introduce willie garvin or sir gerald. But hey, celebration day, so on we go with modesty blaise, 1966. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing modesty blaise near you. Presented by quentin tarantino, my name is modesty is the thrilling adventure about a. The name modesty blaise emerged for me long after devising the character. British author peter odonnell created the iconic character of modesty blaise in 1963 as the heroine of an action adventure comic strip. The film directed by joseph losey was a self indulgent ego trip and should be avoided at all costs.
The modesty blaise collection the movie database tmdb. One of the first things that came to my mind after seeing the film and after passing. It seems fans of the character of modesty blaise, created by author peter odonnell, may finally have something worth their wait in this film, my name is modesty. My name is modesty cleverly introduces modestys background and wiles in a thriller set during an armed takeover of the casino. Because as i was checking online for information about that old movie, i stumbled on a 2004 movie in which no less than quentin tarantino was involved my name is modesty, a modesty blaise adventure. This is the third production that brings peter odonnell s character modesty blaise to. It stars monica vitti as modesty, opposite terence stamp as willie garvin and dirk bogarde as her nemesis gabriel. Welcome, dear readers, to the first in a new ongoing column spotlight.
The film is based on the early years of the character modesty blaise, a former crime boss turned secret agent. My name is modesty is a 2004 american action film directed by scott spiegel. 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. History 1945 modesty blaise modesty blaise was a young amnesiac that escaped from a displaced persons, or dp camp. The film is loosely based on the modesty blaise comic strip created and written by peter odonnell. A modesty blaise adventure with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. It was interesting and it was meant to be a prequel for the real modesty blaise adventures to. This comic strip follows the life of modesty blaise, whos a remarkable young woman whos very talented but has a criminal history. The result was my name is modesty, a small directtovideo movie that introduces the character.
Linkmeister, the modesty blaise phenomenon grew to include quite a number of novels and the awful 1966 movie in addition to the comic strip. A modesty blaise adventure pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released my name is modesty. 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. Raymond cruz, fred pearson, eugenia yuan, nicolaj coster waldau. In the comic strips modesty blaise is the former head of the network.
A modesty blaise adventure mar 06, 2009 a small oddity action drama with what appears to have originated out of eastern europe. The second book of the modesty blaise series is a very well written novel and takes us on from the first book in the series modesty blaise which i believe was a novelization of the script of the original film. A modesty blaise adventure january 1, 2004 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. Modesty blaise alexandra staden is in tangier working at the casino owned by her. My name is modesty a modesty blaise adventure 2004. This one was a lot better, which is not saying much. He didnt do the art work for the strip that was done by four successive artists altogether, but he was responsible for the storylines and printed matter during the whole 38year run, continuing until 2001.
Thats when it hit me that this would be the ideal antithetic forename for her. The 1960s film never happened, it was a horrid figment of your imagination, but the later film, my name is modesty, fits the background reasonably well. I feel that this small, engaging and highly entertaining picture was just dumped haphazardly on the video market because the almighty miramax didnt know what to. It stars monica vitti as modesty blaise, terence stamp as willie garvin, and dirk bogarde as the villain, gabriel. In her first adventure for british intelligence, modesty blaise and her loyal lieutenant, willie garvin, attempt to foil a multimillion pound diamond heist. Willie garvin is a multitalented cockney former street kid who became modesty s trusted righthand man and followed her. The impossibly intimate but entirely non sexual nature of the relationship. Nov 03, 2019 but hey, celebration day, so on we go with modesty blaise, 1966.
Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of my name is modesty. 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. Based on the popular british comic strip, modesty blaise recounts how the titular heroine emerged with amnesia from a greek refugee camp in 1945 and wandered postwar europe until connecting. Deflecting demands by a terrorist leader nikolaj costerwaldau while also creatively keeping hostages alive, modesty agrees to a game of roulette with the strongman.
Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Modesty blaise is a 1966 comedy actionspy fiction film directed by joseph losey. Abandoned by her parents, modesty blaise is raised by a casino owner who trains her to fight. Peter odonnell wrote the script for the movie, and of course hes the man, and he is modesty blaise, so the script was full of goodness.
Thats just one symptom of the loose, meandering way this film is put together. These characters are important to blaise s adventures throughout most of the published stories. Just as the comedy is occasional and the sixties glam is occasional, we also have action stuntery and derringdo supplied on an occasional basis. An adaptation of the modesty blaise novels and comic strip by peter odonnell. Alexandra staden celebrity profile check out the latest alexandra staden photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Willie garvin is a multitalented cockney former street kid who became modestys trusted righthand man and followed her. Willie garvin is a multitalented cockney former street kid who became modesty s trusted righthand man and followed her into wealthy retirement. The film, based on the eponymous character of a longrunning british comic strip, is of the so bad its bad variety. Modesty blaze is a adult model from united kingdom. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. A modesty blaise adventure 2003, produced by quentin tarantino.
You could turn him into a woman but it would be an entirely. A modesty blaise adventure is the cinema equivalent, a movie made quickly and cheaply to satisfy a contractual obligation and let the studio hold on to the film rights author existence failure. My name is modesty on dvd 786936223743 from disney buena vista. Though, titled modesty plays, it was supposedly written as a theme song for a modesty blaise tv show that never was made. Staring nikolaj costerwaldau, alexandra staden, eugenia yuan and fred pearson. Diabolik has a round rotating bed, modesty has a round rotating bedroom. See more ideas about modesty, pulp fiction art, pulp art. The movie was, unfortunately, not a great success, and the blame falls largely to the fact that movie people seem unable to not fuck everything up. Blaise of no glory modesty blaise and my name is modesty tor. With alexandra staden, nikolaj costerwaldau, raymond cruz, fred pearson.
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