George Lazenby Attends Quebec Film Festival In Canada
By: FSWL team
Published:
2017-08-30
Quebec City Film Festival (FCVQ), presented by Québecor and powered by Restos Plaisirs, is very proud to announce that James Bond actor George Lazenby will be in Quebec City to present screenings of Bond fan favourite On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) and acclaimed documentary Becoming Bond on 15-16 September, 2017.
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Friday 15th September at 8:00pm
George will make an appearance at an outdoor public (free) screening of
On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
>More info
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Saturday 16th September at 2:00pm
Screening of
Becoming Bond at the Palais Montcalm venue (Raoul-Jobin auditorium) followed by a 45-60 minute Q&A with George and a
signing of autographs and pictures with fans.
>Book tickets
The documentary by
Josh Greenbaum tells the real story of
George Lazenby, a poor Australian mechanic who, after an incredible combination of circumstances, landed the role of
James Bond even though he had never appeared in a film before!
One of the film posters for On Her Majesty's Secret Service and the poster for Becoming Bond.
About George Lazenby
Born in Goulburn, Australia in 1939, George Lazenby’s peripatetic life led him to London and international stardom as Ian Fleming’s James Bond in
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service taking over from
Sean Connery. Although a worldwide critical and financial success, George forsook the role of 007 to carve out his own spiritual adventure in life in the Far East and the United States working with filmmakers as varied as
Peter Bogdanovitch,
Cy Endfield,
John Landis and
Bruce Lee.
Still much in demand on TV and film, Lazenby starred as Civil War General J Johnson Pettigrew and Superman’s father, Jor-El, a role initially essayed by
Marlon Brando. Recent work includes a voice role the in DC Batman animated series and in critically acclaimed independent films such as
A Winter’s Rose (2016),
Death Game (2017) and the forthcoming crime thriller
The Order (2018).
Press articles:
>Le Journal de Quebec (August 30)
>Le Soleil (August 30)
>The Sherbrooke Times (August 30)
>TVA Nouvelles (August 30)
>Cinoche (August 30)
For more information about Quebec City Film Festival, visit the official website.
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