tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942111195746710054.post7873042743684173118..comments2023-12-28T11:47:57.696+00:00Comments on The Bondologist Blog: George Lazenby and the film of Len Deighton's Horse Under Water (1963) that never wasThe Bondologist Blog http://www.blogger.com/profile/03877901404588318838noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942111195746710054.post-40382423031880600472013-05-07T09:28:39.135+01:002013-05-07T09:28:39.135+01:00Thanks for you comment, Anon. What did you think o...Thanks for you comment, Anon. What did you think of this piece specifically? I run a Len Deighton group on Yahoo!The Bondologist Blog https://www.blogger.com/profile/03877901404588318838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942111195746710054.post-23655039348881509382013-05-07T00:24:34.489+01:002013-05-07T00:24:34.489+01:00I'm a committed fan of the Deighton books and ...I'm a committed fan of the Deighton books and their subsequent films. Michael Caine was the perfect choice for the central part, and it has always been an irritation that "Horse Under Water" wasn't filmed in the 60s.<br />When "Spy Story" was filmed in the 70s an undistinguished Michael Petrovitch played the lead role (named Patrick Armstrong, owing to Deighton's never naming the character in the books) which only emphasised how important Caine was to the series.<br />The 90s films were never going to be on a par with the originals (since they weren't based on Deighton and had budget restrictions), though it was a pleasure to see Palmer again.<br />Any contemporary filming of "Horse" (or perhaps "An Expensive Place To Die") would have to look very carefully at casting the lead role to even begin to compare with Michael Caine- and Jude Law just ain't the man for the job!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com