[frellus]

I kid you not, there was a movie with Sean Connery called "Medicine Man" (1992) with this exact same theme.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104839/?ref_=fn_t_1

In it, Connery finds what looks to be a rare natural cure to all cancer in the Rain Forest (spoiler: not a frog, but equally as weird), and is literally battling the nearby deforesting and bulldozers. For a Sean Connery movie it was bizarre (As a young teen, I saw it in the theaters.. quite a bit less action than a 007 movie but good drama and dramatic Sean Connery acting).

[6P58r3MXJSLi]

I've seen the movie several times. In Italian, the title was translated simply as Mato Grosso, which makes it oddly geographically specific. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Connery definitely starred in even weirder movies. Have you seen Zardoz?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070948/

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNmI2NjI2OWYtMzU5NS00...

[klibertp]

> Have you seen Zardoz?

Oh, yes! Just once, but Connery, in just underpants and boots, battling some surreal head-shaped apparitions, is something I won't ever forget. I have no idea what the plot was about - but that's OK, because I had no idea about that either during or just after watching :D

A movie so bad it's kind of good - though second-hand embarrassment (at the performances, effects, plot, characters) was a bit hard to bear at points.

[tclancy]

>For a Sean Connery movie it was bizarre

Buddy, if you're trying to tell me it's weirder than Darby O'Gill and the Little People, I am going to need more than Sir Connery in a ponytail.

[SideburnsOfDoom]

> I am going to need more than Sir Connery in a ponytail

Check out Zardoz: Connery with a ponytail, a pistol in hand, wearing thigh-high boots and a mankini.

And a giant flying stone head that vomits guns.

I am not joking.

[tclancy]

Oh, I didn't need you to say more than Zardoz to bring that beautiful memory back.

[frellus]

Yeah, with a movie like that in his credits, it seems a miracle he was ever selected to be James Bond. His radar for picking great movies was equally bad as it was good.

[peterleiser]

Ha, yeah. Fortunately for him, Connery did James Bond first, then later did Zardoz and Highlander.

[tclancy]

I think he was one of those people that was acting to keep the lights on well after he was set for life. It's a mindset, especially depending on how you grew up.

[stogot]

He had to pay his bills

[RockyMcNuts]

You're the man now, dog!