batman

He wasn't short of a bob or two. He owned the worldwide rights tothe stage version of Camelot which netted him several million quid every year!

Bats.

Jingle bells Batman smells ... I heard that at school Daddy.

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Windthrop

The best financial decision of his career - I think he bought the rights after that run of films in the hope of reviving his career which it did. A big gamble which paid off handsomely.

Thats the joke that killed the Music Hall !

Azanti

Adapted from an Alastair Maclean novel, G R was one of those popcorn movies that didn't require a huge amount of concentration and therefore as a kid I found it thoroughly enjoyable and it's a guilty pleasure of mine now. I still have it on video, (recorded from the TV) though only the first screening of it on ITV in the early 80s (around 1981 I think) was shown uncut. The subsequent showings were trimmed for violence.
One of the best things about the movie was the instrumental score for the film which was done by none other than Jeff Wayne of War Of The Worlds fame. It's certainly no worse than half the crap America churns out these days and while we're on that, The Cassandra Crossing made for many a more interesting Boxing Day evening than chatting with elderly relatives, when I was young :O)

Grey Wyler

Snap.

I know its no classic,but it does have an odd sort of charm. I was a huge Harris fan back in the seventies, and still enjoy his movies. My favourites are Bloomfield and The Wild Geese, but i also have a soft spot for a few of the "duffers", Ravagers, A Game for Vultures and of course the already mentioned Golden Rendezvous.

dremble wedge

I think the best Harris performance of the 70s was also the shortest: his magnificent cameo as Richard the Lionheart in Robin and Marian

Grey Wyler

Thats a nice one. A director giving him the respect that so many lacked.

Windthrop

Also gave him one of his better 70s movies - Juggernaut

Thats the joke that killed the Music Hall !

Azanti

I had the pleasure of meeting him just once, only months before he died, in the pub next door to the Savoy. Mr best friend saw him first, and said 'That's Richard Harris, sitting in the corner' and I was adamant it was just someone that looked liked him, but not actually him, then I looked again and the penny dropped and I thought, well bollocks to this, I'm never going to get this chance again and I strolled right over to him and stuck out my hand and shook his, and said 'Your going to hate me for saying this, but my favourite film of yours is The Wild Geese and ever since I saw it as a kid, and I've been a huge fan of your work ever seen' - 'Thank you ever so much and your not the first person to mention that film' with that I offered to buy him a pint, but he already had a couple lined up.

I sure do miss him - He was such a great Dumbledoor.

Pipski

The plot of the film does make precious little sense. More sense than Hostage Tower, but only barely. The music though is great, and if you're in the mood for some ripe cheese then there's enough nonsensical action to satisfy.

Lord Brett

My favourite bad Richard Harris movie is John Frankenheimer's barmy 99/44 100% Dead (aka Call Harry Crown).

Once seen 20-odd years ago on late night Yorkshire Telly and never forgotten, my memory of it is that it's like an Ed Wood movie shot in the seventies on a big budget, so it looks great and moves like stink, but makes no sense whatever.