Its goodlooking and vapid, completely selfconscious and all style and no substance. Peter odonnell was invited to write a novel to tie in with the. Discover the growing collection of high quality most relevant xxx movies and clips. No disrespect to the actress but she is no modesty blaise, surely they could have chosen a better actress and not some willowy waif of a girl who exudes weakness. My name is modesty is a 2004 american action film directed by scott spiegel.
Modesty blaise titan graphic novels series in order. With a growing chorus demanding more equality in terms of. Modesty blaise monica vitti, a secret agent whose hair color, hair style, and mod clothing change at a snap of her fingers, is being used by the british government as a decoy in an effort to thwart a diamond heist. For almost 40 years, peter odonnells iconic heroine dropkicked her way through a swath of villains and into a unique place in. Details about my name is modesty dvd 2003 cult tarantino blaise spy thriller film movie. Peter odonnell acted as a consultant to the film with an updated sequence in the story mirroring how odonnell first met the girl who inspired him.
Burgerkriegswaise modesty blaise bewahrt sich als psychologisch versierte einzelkampferin in diesem als prequel bevorstehender bigbudgetgro. This character couldnt fight her way out of a shopping bag. Tempered in the fires of a refugee camp and trained in the killing arts, she has been a force to reckon with, when as a teenager she took control of a premier criminal. 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. It was adapted into films made in 1966, 1982, and 2003 and a series of novels. Staring nikolaj costerwaldau, alexandra staden, eugenia yuan and fred pearson. Modesty blaise is a 1966 comedy actionspy fiction film directed by joseph losey. Modesty blaise and peter odonnell and the last great. The complete series list for modesty blaise titan graphic novels peter odonnell. It stars monica vitti as modesty, opposite terence stamp as willie garvin and dirk bogarde as her nemesis gabriel. The modesty blaise novels began with the losey movie.
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Modesty blaise the strip follows modesty blaise, an exceptional young woman with many talents and a criminal past, and her trusty sidekick willie garvin. I read somewhere that peter odonnell didnt like the movie, he thought monica vitti all wrong for the part. Abandoned by her parents, modesty blaise is raised by a casino owner who trains her to fight. Modesty blaise was my secret self the year i was 15, the subject of ardent daydreams and the first female character i encountered who was truly in charge of something other than a hospital ward. A spy spoof in the 1960s tradition, featuring the comic book heroine modesty blaise monica vitti set in the italian mediterranean. Curiously, in the tarantino film pulp fiction, vincent vega is seen reading a copy of modesty blaise. When a group of violent criminals assassinate her surrogate father and enter the casino shooting staff. The film is based on the early years of the character modesty blaise, a former. Blaise of no glory modesty blaise and my name is modesty tor. The humor is very droll, yet needlesharp in its mockery of the amorality of empire and espionage, and in its parody of the conventions of the actionhero movie, its madcamp villain, its tools, its blue waters. Evan jones screenplay, peter odonnell comic strip stars. A modesty blaise adventure 2003 scott spiegel on allmovie peter odonnells novels and comic strip was. With ann turkel, lewis van bergen, keene curtis, sab shimono. This comic strip follows the life of modesty blaise, whos a remarkable young woman whos very talented but has a criminal history.
In the comic strips modesty blaise is the former head of the network. History 1945 modesty blaise modesty blaise was a young amnesiac that escaped from a displaced persons, or dp camp. Modesty blaise is loosely based on a comicbook superheroine and played by monica vitti. Regardless of its provenance, my name is modesty has all the markings of a movie that was rushed into production on a limited budget, and with a script that needed more than a little fine tuning. A popart explosion that makes austin powers look demure, modesty blaise is a bizarre relic from the heyday of swinging london. The movie received a nomination for a bafta award in 1967 and for an award at the cannes film festival in 1966. This is the company which owns the rights to my works, including modesty blaise and the romantic novels which i wrote under. Odonnell wrote the scenario for the movie, but the screenplay went through multiple rewrites and. Modesty blaise photos view all photos 4 movie info. Willie garvin also appears in every volume of the modesty blaise book series. Modesty blaise 1966 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Modesty blaise is a british comic strip featuring a fictional character of the same name, created by author peter odonnell and illustrator jim holdaway in 1963. In the tarantino film pulp fiction, vincent vega is seen reading a copy of modesty blaise. I have been a huge mb fan for over 20 years and bought this out of curiosity.
It was adapted into films made in 1966, 1982, and 2003 and a series of thirteen novels. It turns out she is more than just a modest worker. The strip follows the adventures of modesty blaise, an exceptional young woman with many talents and a criminal past, and her trusty sidekick willie garvin. Modesty blaise was an warorphan who moved about and eventually, relying on strength of character and other factors, ended up running the network, a successful crime organization that operated in europe and other locations. Feb 23, 2003 according to linda wells, the editor in chief of allure, modesty blaise is the perfect fashion movie. Rumours about a modesty blaise film, possiblyy involving quentin tarantino. Modesty blaise project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. The strip follows modesty blaise, an exceptional young woman with many talents and a criminal past, and her trusty sidekick willie garvin. This movie takes place in 2003 and in the comic modesty was born around the year 1938. 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.
Nothing can faze modesty blaise, the worlds deadliest and most dazzlingly female agent modesty blaise, a secret agent whose hair color, hair style, and mod clothing change at a snap of her fingers is being used by the british government as a decoy in an effort to thwart a diamond heist. Discover the growing collection of high quality modesty blaze xxx movies and clips. My name is modesty dvd 2003 cult tarantino blaise spy. Willie garvin is a character in the longrunning british comic strip series modesty blaise, as well as a series of novels based upon the strip. Feb 03, 2015 modesty blaise, a secret agent whose hair color, hair style, and mod clothing change at a snap of her fingers is being used by the british government as a decoy in an effort to thwart a diamond heist. Read modesty blaise comic online free and high quality.
The film is based on the early years of the character modesty blaise, a former crime boss turned secret agent. 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. After all the 60s spoof film with a blonde modesty was just annoying to watch and the 80s abc pilot was not as silly but still off the mark with a lite brown haired modesty. Tarantino has stated his interest in directing a modesty blaise film on several occasions, but to date the closest hes gotten was lending his name to a 2003 madeforvideo production, quentin tarantino presents. Although both modesty and willies back stories are given as described by odonnell, no explanation is provided. A modesty blaise adventure modesty blaise 2004 photo finish elen feathers 2003 hearts of gold anthea llewellynjones 2003.
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. It stars monica vitti as modesty blaise, terence stamp as willie garvin, and dirk bogarde as the villain, gabriel the film is loosely based on the modesty blaise comic strip created and written by peter odonnell. A modesty blaise adventure mar 06, 2009 a small oddity action drama with what appears to have originated out of eastern europe. Not the newspaper strips, comics, or graphic novels. No other sex tube is more popular and features more modesty blaise scenes than pornhub. According to linda wells, the editor in chief of allure, modesty blaise is the perfect fashion movie. Modesty blaise cover of the first us printing of the modesty blais. My name is modesty is an action film that is based on the life of a former crime boss who turned into a secret agent. 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. Unlike the 1966 film modesty blaise, this one handles its subject matter with unrelieved earnestness, which seems inappropriate for what should be a. A popular british comic strip series served as inspiration for this lighthearted espionage adventure, which if nothing else certainly shows. The main character is modesty blaise who is played by british actress alexandra staden. A modesty blaise adventure 2003 despite toiling as a sexy spy, the comicstrip character modesty blaise never quite caught on in america.
I am a long time fan of modesty blaise and have waited patiently for over 25 years to see a good production of her brought to life. The film was produced pro forma for miramax films to maintain rights to the source material, the modesty blaise comic strip. It stars monica vitti as modesty blaise, terence stamp as willie garvin, and dirk bogarde as the villain, gabriel. Modesty blaise first appeared in may 1963 in a comic strip written by peter odonnell. Browse through our impressive selection of porn videos in hd quality on any device you own. Watch modesty blaise porn videos for free, here on. Modesty blaise is a comic strip featuring a fictional character of the same name, created by peter odonnell writer and jim holdaway art in 1963. Cooler than the pretentious james bond, tougher than the braindead mike hammer. That is how they came to send me their proposals, one of which was to create a website for modesty blaise ltd. In 1966, modesty blaise was made into a motion picture by director joseph losey and starred monica vitti as modesty blaise and terrence stamp as willie garvin.
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