USA TV - `From Russia With Love` and `Never Say Never Again` on AMC, Wednesday night

03-May-2006 • Media Alert

Film: "From Russia With Love" (1963)
Channel: AMC (USA)
Date: Wednesday 3rd May 2006
Time: 20:00

Super-spy James Bond finds his life under threat when he aids a beautiful Russian girl who wants to defect to the West with a politically invaluable cipher machine. It soon becomes apparent that the girl is merely being used as a pawn by SPECTRE, a group of international criminals intent on finishing off 007 once and for all - wherever in the world he may flee.

Directed by: Terence Young
Cast: Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi, Lotte Lenya, Robert Shaw, Pedro Armendariz, Bernard Lee

Film: "Never Say Never Again" (1983)
Channel: AMC (USA)
Date: Wednesday 3rd May 2006
Time: 22:30

Connery, ever-aware that he`s at the centre of a big, expensive joke, still makes you believe that he`s heroic to the core. His well-groomed presence holds the screen with ease and he`s flanked here by three charismatic ne`er-do-wells, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Max von Sydow and Barbara Carrera. The plot, which Producer Kevin McClory rehashed from his rights to Thunderball, lurches badly at times, but the wild action set pieces, decked out in gals (Kim Basinger among them), gadgets and glib lines, are there to be cherished. Listen out for Q`s smart remark about gratuitous sex and violence.

Director: Irvin Kershner
Starring: Sean Connery, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Kim Basinger, Barbara Carrera

Thanks to `SportzStooge007` for the alert.