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There's really been only one rival to James Bond: Derek Flint in the swinging-60s action-comedies Our Man Flint (1966) and In Like Flint (1967). That's because of James Coburn's special brand of American cool. He's so cool, in fact, that he doesn't care to save the world. That is, until he's personally threatened. He's a true libertarian, with more gadgets and girls than Bond, but with none of his stress or responsibility.
Our Man Flint finds our unflappable hero thwarting mad scientists who control the weather--and an island of pleasure drones. Lee J Cobb costars as Flint's flustered superior, and Edward Mulhare plays a British nemesis with snob appeal. For fans of Austin Powers, incidentally, the funny-sounding phone comes from the Flint films. However, Our Man Flint's best gadget remains the watch that enables Flint to feign death. There's a great Jerry Goldsmith score, too.
There was bound to be a sequel, and In Like Flint delivers the same kind of zany fun as its predecessor. Flint is recruited once again by Lee J Cobb to be the government's top secret agent, this time to solve a mishap involving the President. It turns out, the Chief Executive has been replaced by an evil duplicate. The new plan for world domination involves feminine aggression, and Flint, with his overpowering charisma, is just the man to turn the hostile forces around. In Like Flint is still over the top, but some of the novelty has worn off, and it doesn't have quite the same edge as the original. Even Jerry Goldsmith's score is a bit more subdued. But the film still has James Coburn and that funny phone. --Bill Desowitz
Special Features
- Our Man Flint theatrical trailer
- In Like Flint theatrical trailer
- Scene access
- Interactive menus
DVD Technical Information:
- Language: Our Man Flint - English 2.0, In Like Flint - English 5.0, French 2.0
- Subtitles: Our Man Flint - English for the hearing impaired, In Like Flint - French, English for the hearing impaired
- Colour
- Disc format: Dual layer, single sided disc DVD5
- Video Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
- Widescreen version 16:9
- Running time: Our Man Flint - 105 minutes, In Like Flint - 110 minutes
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
These DVDs are amazing value when you consider you get the two best spy spoofs ever made, beautiful locations, stunning girls, some wonderfully tongue in cheek humour and the supercool James Coburn saving the world not once but twice from villains so dastardly that you can't help but like them. Deserving of repeated viewings, the films recall a much missed age when special effects took a back seat to good solid storytelling. A breath of fresh sixties air.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Our Man Flint is the best of the American wannabe Bond spinoffs to hit the big screen in the wake of Thunderball's phenomenal box-office success. Unlike the all-but-unwatchable Matt Helm films or the myriad of one-off Fathoms and Modesty Blaise's or the Le Carre and Deighton anti-Bonds, it manages to embrace the absurdity but knows enough to play it straight for maximum effect. James Coburn's playboy adventurer Derek Flint shares Bond's ability to master anything he turns his hand to, but his is an almost throwaway expertise - when a bewildered Lee J. Cobb asks "You went all the way to Moscow just to watch a ballet?", he replies "No, to teach." as if it were the most natural and mundane thing in the world. The humor is often anarchic (an anti-American eagle or Benson Fong playing a Dr Steiner) and anti-establishment, at times much more of an influence on Austin Powers than the 007s, and it beats Bond to the hollowed out volcano lair by two years (the President's phone tone also turns up in Hudson Hawk while the weather-altering plotline was also used for The Avengers movie, but we'll skip over them). Edward Mulhare has fun as an old school tie-and-blazer combination villain called Rodney, there are some extremely good action scenes in finale, including that old 20th Century Fox favorite, a high dive into the lake on the Fox ranch (see also Jesse James, Planet of the Apes, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid among others), and Jerry Goldsmith contributes a terrific score that is every bit as versatile as Flint himself. Unfortunately the DVD has been cut to remove a scene of do-it-yourself CPR because the BBFC think it might inspire kids to try it for themselves at home on their friends...
In Like Flint is considerably less successful. In the opening half hour Coburn only has one scene, while the film strains a little too hard to be wacky and loses the straight faced charm of the original. With the exception of one excellent fight in a gym the action scenes are sloppier too. Then there's the sexism to contend with (although the notion of brainwashing the women of the world via hairdryers is ingenious), not to mention the sight of Lee J. Cobb in drag... Still, Goldsmith does have fun providing nifty variations on his themes from the first film while generally adding a more Neal Hefti tone to the proceedings.
Unlike the excellent Ultimate Flint NTSC Region 1 boxed set, which includes a plethora of extras and the dire 70s Canadian TV movie Our Man Flint: Dead on Target (starring Ray Danton and one of the worst hairstyles in television history as a very dull private eye), the only extra on the two Flint films are trailers. The 2.35:1 widescreen transfers are acceptable but not outstanding.
In Like Flint is considerably less successful. In the opening half hour Coburn only has one scene, while the film strains a little too hard to be wacky and loses the straight faced charm of the original. With the exception of one excellent fight in a gym the action scenes are sloppier too. Then there's the sexism to contend with (although the notion of brainwashing the women of the world via hairdryers is ingenious), not to mention the sight of Lee J. Cobb in drag... Still, Goldsmith does have fun providing nifty variations on his themes from the first film while generally adding a more Neal Hefti tone to the proceedings.
Unlike the excellent Ultimate Flint NTSC Region 1 boxed set, which includes a plethora of extras and the dire 70s Canadian TV movie Our Man Flint: Dead on Target (starring Ray Danton and one of the worst hairstyles in television history as a very dull private eye), the only extra on the two Flint films are trailers. The 2.35:1 widescreen transfers are acceptable but not outstanding.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
I gave up watching after the scene where flint was reviving an unconcious GI. This had obviously been cut (lamp CPR removed) and thus spoilt any enjoyment. Why do they cut 20, 30, 40 year old films?
Most Recent Customer Reviews
True Rubbish
I saw In Like Flint as a child in the late 60s and I bought the double DVD set at a bargain price.
Watching the film again I remembered that it wasn't that good first time... Read more
Watching the film again I remembered that it wasn't that good first time... Read more
Published 5 months ago by B. C. Swinbank
fantasy
you either love it or hate it, its a funny sort of take off, of bond, its over the top but i love it
Published 11 months ago by penny
Fluffy but fun
There is no denying money doesn't grow on trees but I'd have hoped for a tad more investment in a Cold War spy movie that spoofs the much beloved James Bond. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Movie Fan from Portugal
Just good old escapism
I love to watch these films, silly plots, but who cares, just enjoy them for what they are childish escapism, I love 'em.
Published 23 months ago by P. D. Willetts
Bond, James Bond ... noooo, James Coburn, whatever.
Flint, a James Bond all laughing now must defeat the supervillain organization that wants to conquer the world by controlling the weather, now delete the hags that through... Read more
Published on 27 April 2010 by Massimo Santilli
spoof on 007
nice and fun film unfortunatly edited at the sean were the milliary men are disscovered and flint revives them this sean has been edited out
Published on 21 May 2009 by Nicholas Simpson
Enjoyable 60s Kitsch
Created from scratch as America's James Bond, Derek Flint was a supa-dupa agent called on by the American government when faced with a world threatening situation. Read more
Published on 16 Dec 2008 by Princes Spider
Better than Bond
Flint is fantastic and better than Bond in that the film doesn't try to be serious. Even so, it is well acted, the girls are stunning and the locations are sunny and warm. Read more
Published on 17 Mar 2006 by "steamdreamer"
In Like Flint / Our Man Flint
I love spoof film, specially the spy ones. If you like Austin Powers you should definitely like Flint. He is the best. Everything is so over the top it is great.
Published on 6 Jan 2004 by Richard Eures
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