Friday
05Dec2008
Connery's 007 Script Sells for Almost $70,000
Friday, December 5, 2008 at 11:28PM
I had no idea that
Sean Connery
ever wrote sceenplays, but apparently, he gave it a go in the mid-70s on a project
called Warhead. It was a James Bond script Connery co-wrote with Len
Deighton and Kevin McClory in 1976, five years after he quit playing Bond, oddly
enough.
Sharks with frickin' laser beams...
Still, the script fetched a healthy $68,400 as part of Christie's Pop Culture: Entertainment Memorabilia auction in London. It was expected to command about three grand. I would imagine the interest in the script has something to do with Bond movies being bigger than ever; Quantum of Solace will zoom past $400 million in worldwide ticket sales this weekend and probably will make a couple hundred million more.
McClory's script for another Connery Bond film, Never Say Never Again was also part of the auction, but sadly, not Connery's personal script from The Avengers or Dragonheart.
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