Billion Dollar Brain
The voice of the computer is Donald Sutherland's.,When Harry Palmer is being taken to the concert, he passes a sign in Russian that says "Mopchdt" which is a meaningless unpronounceable misspelling of "Molchat" meaning "silence.",Harry Palmer: Okay Leo, what's the job?
Leo Newbigen: The usual. Only more money.
Harry Palmer: What's the catch?
Leo Newbigen: No catch.
Harry Palmer: Who gets killed?
Leo Newbigen: Nobody. I'll take care of you.,In the opening credits, crew names are written in all uppercase letters, with the exception of Production Manager Eva Monley whose name is written "eva monley".,Thirty-one seconds of the original movie are missing on the MGM DVD release of 2004. The licensing rights of The Beatles song "A Hard Day's Night," which was heard in the scene where Harry meets Basil, were too expensive so they cut the whole scene.,Featured in Caine Below Zero (1967),Billion Dollar Brain (Main Theme)
(uncredited)
Composed and Arranged by Richard Rodney Bennett
Orchestra conducted by Marcus Dods,You can always tell Ken Russell's arty farty and not wholly successful direction in this film. Some of the scenes are just plain eccentric, but add a certain charm, especially when coupled with the wonderful Finland scenery. Definitely not as good as the Ipcress File, but still worth a look as an interesting 1960's period piece. It's the familiar Cold War story though this time Deighton has introduced a slightly more inventive, albeit fantastic plot. In this film it revolves around a billionaire nutcase who has built a super computer that is orchestrating an anti-communist revolution. As it's the late 1960's, when sophisticated computers were becoming in vogue, expect the usual enormous mainframe with lots of flashing lights, reel to reel memory banks, clackerty-clack machines which spew paper out and electronic noises nicked from James Bond films. I'm sure I saw some of the equipment in You Only Live Twice filmed in the same year. Also, I can't decide whether the soundtrack is good or rubbish - it sounds disjointed and inappropriate in some places. However, worth a look.,