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To: Stoat; Salamander

Connery’s Irish attempts pale when compared to his portrayal of Captain Ramius in “Hunt for Red October.” He made no attempt at all to sound Slavic, testing (successfully) the audience’s ability to willfully suspend disbelief.


15 posted on 03/17/2009 10:53:59 PM PDT by shibumi (" ..... then we will fight in the shade.")
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To: shibumi; Stoat
Ramius wasn't Russian. He was Lithuanian.
33 posted on 03/18/2009 7:58:08 AM PDT by Pyro7480 ("If you know how not to pray, take Joseph as your master, and you will not go astray." - St. Teresa)
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