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The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'My performance hasregularly been singled out 'as one of thebetter Bond villains, 'and...

'My performance has
regularly been singled out 'as one of the
better Bond villains, 'and that is a compliment
I don't take lightly

Full Transcript

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'My performance has regularly been singled out
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'as one of the better Bond villains,
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'and that is a compliment I don't take lightly.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:56:09
Uploaded
Apr 03, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Canal Cat Films,Trigger Films,BFI

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Movie Summary

Follows fresh interviews, archival footage, and various animation techniques like marionation to recreate one of the world's leading actors on screen, bringing them back to life through innovative methods.
'My star had risen. I had arrived.' - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:14
'My star had risen. I had arrived.'
He was a very sensitive man and he'd been, really, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:08
He was a very sensitive man and he'd been, really,
There's a little, little touch of bad luck even here - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:15
There's a little, little touch of bad luck even here
You know, I mean, look, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:10
You know, I mean, look,
But by comparison to the other James Bond films up to that time, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:07
But by comparison to the other James Bond films up to that t...
So, you know, there were these- these little touches of bad luck - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:09
So, you know, there were these- these little touches of bad ...
But maybe-maybe that's, you know, the actor's lot in many ways. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:06
But maybe-maybe that's, you know, the actor's lot ...
On my return to Britain, all that awaited me - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:08
On my return to Britain, all that awaited me
And to be honest, not so many of those - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:07
And to be honest, not so many of those
'In our mutual interest, I had picked up the rights - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:15
'In our mutual interest, I had picked up the rights
'Well, they dragged their feet, but eventually got it made. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:05
'Well, they dragged their feet, but eventually got it m...
'A tepid adaptation which angered Wheatley.' - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:05
'A tepid adaptation which angered Wheatley.'
'It would be my last film for Hammer, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:07
'It would be my last film for Hammer,
'They had managed to snare Richard Widmark as leading man, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:21
'They had managed to snare Richard Widmark as leading m...
A life of discotheques and things like that. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:05
A life of discotheques and things like that.
It was a life of work - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:08
It was a life of work
It was a very fruitful period for Christopher. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:05
It was a very fruitful period for Christopher.
He loved being in Hollywood and he was working. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:06
He loved being in Hollywood and he was working.
Real actors and real Hollywood stars, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:07
Real actors and real Hollywood stars,
'My first film was a huge movie for Universal, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:07
'My first film was a huge movie for Universal,