[NVIC] Sean Connery & Gulf War Vaccines

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http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=541012006

Scotsman

April 8, 2006

 

Never say never again as Sir Sean set for Gulf

War movie

 

MICHAEL BLACKLEY, Scotsman

 

 

SIR SEAN CONNERY is considering turning a novel

by an Edinburgh author into

a Hollywood blockbuster.

 

The former James Bond actor, who earlier this

week said he did not want to

act again, has been in contact with Ken McClure

about bringing his

controversial novel The Gulf Conspiracy to the

big screen.

 

Connery, who has been an executive producer on

such blockbusters as The

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Finding

Forrester, Entrapment, The Rock

and Just Cause, may even take on the behind the

scenes role for the new

movie.

 

The Gulf Conspiracy is a fictional thriller which

centres on the theory that

vaccinations were responsible for the development

of Gulf War Syndrome.

 

Vincent Finlayson, Dr McClure's business manager,

has been in contact with

the Oscar-winning actor about the project.

 

And Dr McClure, who lives in Currie, today said

he was shocked to come home

and hear Sir Sean's voice on his answer machine -

and instantly thought it

was his children playing a prank.

 

He said: " He phoned Vince and me separately. I

was out and it was an odd

message to come home to on my message machine.

You think instantly that it

is your son having laugh.

 

" He asked to see the book and left his address. I

sent him out the book and

I think he's been speaking to Vince since then.

 

" It would make an excellent film. Getting a name

like Sir Sean's linked with

it would make an enormous difference for me I'm

sure. He has produced films

and we'd love to see a film production company

take it on. "

 

Mr Finlayson originally took the book to the

Scottish Media Group to see if

they would be keen on TV rights.

 

But because of the scope of the subject area,

they said the project would be

too big for them and suggested contacting some of

the big American film

companies, or an " actor with clout " .

 

The book is published by a relatively small

publisher - Allison & Busby - so

print runs have remained relatively small, but

involvement of a name like

Sir Sean Connery in a film version would be

certain to give a huge boost to

sales.

 

In the novel, a vaccine designed by British

scientists becomes contaminated

in a freak accident, and military leaders decide

that it must remain a

secret. Twelve years later, veterans are dying

from a Gulf War Syndrome.

 

Dr McClure is a former medical researcher and

holds a PhD in microbial

genetics.

 

He says that although the book is a thriller, he

did a year's research

beforehand and was " absolutely convinced " by the

end of it that it was

caused by vaccinations.

 

Mr Finlayson said that he was determined to see

the book make its way on to

the big screen.

 

He said: " I've been on to Universal and SKG, and

I wrote to Sean Connery in

the Bahamas. Since then, both Ken and I have had

calls from Sean.

 

" He has interest from a film point of view. He

wouldn't appear as a

character - it would be more a sort of background

role, as an executive

producer.

 

" He has shown interest and asked Ken to send him

the book. He has produced

his last seven films, so I've been writing to him

on and off about producing

it.

 

" I'm determined it will happen. This is a

Schindler's List-type story in

that Ken is writing about things that people

don't really know too much

about yet. "

 

Earlier this week, Sir Sean, now 76, said he was

to retire from acting,

after 76 films.

 

He made the comments at Tartan Week in New York,

his first public appearance

since an operation to remove a tumour from his

kidney.

 

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