Sean Connery Beyond Bond

Celebrating Sean Connery's birthday by exploring his acclaimed film career outside the world of international espionage.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
Callaroga Shark Media Greeting's trivia fans. I'm Mark Ellison, and
today we're celebrating Sean Connery's birthday by exploring his incredible
career beyond James Bond. Question one, in which nineteen eighty
seven crime drama did Sean Connery win his only Academy

(00:25):
Award for Best Supporting Actor? Question two? What nineteen ninety
submarine thriller featured Connery as a Soviet captain attempting to
defect with his vessel? Question three? In Indiana Jones and

(00:50):
The Last Crusade, what relation was Sean Connery's character to
Harrison Ford's Indiana Jones? Question four? Which nineteen ninety six
Michael Bay action film starred Connery as the only man
to ever escape from Alcatraz Prison? Question five? In what

(01:19):
nineteen seventy four Agatha Christie adaptation did Connery appear alongside
an all star cast to solve a murder on a
famous train. We'll be right back with these non Bond
answers after this break. Welcome back, trivia fans, Let's reveal

(01:42):
today's answers. Question one in which nineteen eighty seven film
did Connery win his Oscar Answer The Untouchables. Connery played
Irish American cop Jim Malone, who helped Kevin Costner's elliot
Ness take down al Capone in Prohibition era Chicago. Question
two What nineteen ninety submarine thriller featured Connery as a

(02:05):
Soviet captain Answer The Hunt for Red October based on
Tom Clancy's novel. Connery played Captain Marco Ramius, who attempts
to defect to the United States with the Soviet Navy's
most advanced submarine. Question three, What was Connery's relation to
Indiana Jones? Answer his father? Connery played Professor Henry Jones Senior,

(02:29):
Indiana's archaeology obsessed father, who was searching for the Holy Grail.
Question four which nineteen ninety six Michael Bay film featured
Connery as an Alcatraz escapee? Answer The Rock. Connery played
the only inmate to ever successfully escape from Alcatraz, who
is recruited to help retake the island from rogue marines.

(02:50):
Question five What nineteen seventy four Agatha Christie adaptation included
Connery Answer Murder on the Orient Express. This star studded
adaptation featured Connery alongside Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergmann, and others
in Sydney Lumet's acclaimed mystery that wraps up today's celebration

(03:10):
of Sean Connery's diverse film career. I'm Mark Ellison in
This podcast was crafted with the help of AI technology.
See you tomorrow.