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'James Bond Blu-Ray Collection Six-Pack'
(Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan, et al / 6-Disc Blu Ray / NR / 2008 / MGM)

Overview: The world’s most well known secret agent is even hotter in high definition when six, must-have, electrifying James Bond films debut on Blu-ray Disc from MGM and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Recently restored and re-mastered for the highest quality picture and sound quality via the state-of-the-art Lowry process digital frame-by-frame restoration and featuring special features galore, Bond is primed for Blu-ray Disc with a selection of 007 adventures spanning the storied career of cinema’s most recognizable spy.

DVD Verdict: Released in 1962, 'Dr. No' was the first James Bond movie; and to my mind remains one of the best - and serves as an entertaining reminder that the Bond series began with a surprising lack of gadgetry and big-budget fireworks. Sean Connery was just 32 years old when he won the role of Agent 007. In this film Bond is sent to Jamaica to investigate the death of a British agent. The trail leads him to the island home of the reclusive Dr. Julius No. Bond uncovers Dr. No's plot to disrupt American rocket tests, and scuttles his operation. Note that this movie does not show Bond earning his "double-0" status which gives him a licence to kill but presents him as a seasoned veteran. There is also no title song sung at the beginning of this movie. Instead there is instrumental music that has the James Bond theme music with lively Jamaican music!

“The Complete Special Features Library: Mission Dossier” - Audio Commentary Featuring Director Terence Young and Members of the Cast and Crew
“Top Level Access 007”: License to Restore – Featurette Detailing the Bond Ultimate Edition Film Restoration Process
“Declassified: MI6 Vault” - The Guns of James Bond
Premiere Bond
SEARCH CONTENT EXPANDED “007 Mission Control” Interactive Guide Into the World of 'Dr. No' – REFINISHED IN HD Exotic Locations Featurette
“Mission Dossier”
REFINISHED IN HD Inside Dr. No
REFINISHED IN HD Terence Young: Bond Vivant
Dr. No 1963 Featurette
“Ministry of Propaganda” - Original Trailers, TV Spots, Photo Gallery and Radio Communications

In 'Die Another Day,' Pierce Brosnan is paired with American agent Jinx (Halle Berry) in chasing a genetically altered North Korean villain (Rick Yune) armed with a satellite capable of destroying just about anything. I truth the movie has many nods towards previous Bond movies-from Halle coming out of the water in Ursula's bikini, to the plot-a diamond-encrusted laser, and many more. But the thing I loved about DAD is it was totally over-the-top, but treated itself very seriously. The scenes were directed with punch. It was the opposite of say, "Spy Who Loved Me", which was fantastic, but didn't take itself seriously. Halle Berry was great (although hardly the first ever 'equal' Bond girl - from Pussy Galore to Michelle Yeou's character in "Tomorrow Never Dies", there have been more than a few women who were more than mere set-decoration).

“The Complete Special Features Library: Mission Dossier” - Audio Commentary Featuring Director Lee Tamahori and Producer Michael G. Wilson
Audio Commentary Featuring Pierce Brosnan and Rosamund Pike
“Declassified: MI6 Vault” - From Script to Screen; Shaken and Stirred on Ice; Just Another Day; The British Touch: Bond Arrives in London; and On Location With Peter Lamont
SEARCH CONTENT EXPANDED “007 Mission Control” Interactive Guide Into the World of 'Die Another Day' – REFINISHED IN HD Exotic Locations Featurette
MI6 DataStream
“Ministry of Propaganda” Photo gallery

In 'Live At Let Die,' Roger Moore was introduced as James Bond in this 1973 action movie featuring secret agent 007. More self-consciously suave and formal than predecessor Sean Connery, he immediately reestablished Bond as an uncomplicated fellow for the feel-good '70s. This is far and away the funniest Bond I've ever seen. The laughs start kind of slow, then they keep coming. First of all, to see James Bond, crisp, white, British secret agent, in 1973 Harlem is a blast in itself. He looks so out of place, it's actually funny! Check out the first taxi scene and the following scene where he enters the Fillet of Soul - this defines the whole fish-out-of-water thing. Inside the restaurant, Bond talks to his waiter at his table, and as he asks him for information, the wall revolves with Bond still at the table! Watch how Moore tries in vain to get up from his seat, and how the waiter, unfazed, spins on his heel and walks away drinking Bonds drink. If you don't laugh at that, you don't know humor! The action scenes are also first rate, particularly the boat chase and the plane chase. The fight scene on the train between Bond and TeeHee is reminiscent of the one from "From Russia With Love".

Audio Commentary Featuring Sir Roger Moore
“The Complete Special Features Library: Mission Dossier” - Audio Commentary Featuring Guy Hamilton
Audio Commentary Featuring Tom Mankiewicz
“Declassified: MI6 Vault”
Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary - Roger Moore as James Bond, Circa 1964; and 'Live and Let Die' Conceptual Art
SEARCH CONTENT EXPANDED “007 Mission Control” Interactive Guide Into the World of 'Live and Let Die' – REFINISHED IN HD Exotic Locations Featurette
“Mission Dossier”
REFINISHED IN HD Inside 'Live and Let Die'
On Set With Roger Moore
“Ministry of Propaganda” - Original Trailers, TV Spots, Photo Gallery and Radio Communications

In 'For Your Eyes Only,' Roger Moore portrays Agent 007 with lethal determination in a plot that finds him racing against time to find a stolen device capable of controlling a fleet of nuclear submarines. This movie sports several of my favorite characters from the entire EON canon. Topol plays a brilliant, amiable Greek smuggler named Columbo and the good natured trust and friendship between him and Roger Moore's James Bond is clearly evident in every scene they share together. Noted British television actor Julian Glover plays Greek mercenary and chief villain Kristatos and I love the understated mannerisms and menace that literally oozes from every line. The movie also has one of the series most beautiful women with the appealing Carole Bouquet and this particular Bond fan had a huge crush on Lynn Holly Johnson who portrayed the chipper Bibi Dahl. Add these elements together and place it against the backdrop of the Italian Alps and the Adriatic and you have one of the best entries in the series.

Audio Commentary Featuring Sir Roger Moore
“The Complete Special Features Library: Mission Dossier” - Audio Commentary Featuring John Glen and Actors
Audio Commentary Featuring Michael G Wilson and Crew
“Declassified: MI6 Vault” - Deleted Scenes and Expanded Angles; Bond in Greece, Bond in Cortina; and Neptune’s Journey “Mission Dossier”
REFINISHED IN HD Inside 'For Your Eyes Only'
Animated Storyboard Sequences
Sheena Easton’s “For Your Eyes Only” Music Video
“Ministry of Propaganda” - Original Trailers, TV Spots, Photo Gallery and Radio Communications

In 'From Russia With Love,' the second James Bond spy thriller is considered by many fans to be the best of them all. Certainly Sean Connery was never better as the dashing Agent 007, whose latest mission takes him to Istanbul to retrieve a top-secret Russian decoding machine. Terence Young, who also helmed Dr. No and Thunderball, does an outstanding job of directing. He makes wonderful use of the locations, especially in Istanbul. As with his other two Bond efforts, Young eschews a cartoon approach to the action in favor of a more brutal, realistic approach. And unlike many later Bond directors, Young concentrates on developing characters, making them real people with real emotions. The audience feels for the characters emotionally - something unheard of with the cardboard cutout characters of the later films. Peter Hunt's editing is a marvel. The action scenes are tightly edited and the film's pacing and continuity are flawless.

“The Complete Special Features Library: Mission Dossier” - Audio Commentary Featuring Director Terence Young and Members of the Cast and Crew
“Declassified: MI6 Vault” - Ian Fleming: The CBC Interview; Ian Fleming and Raymond Chandler; Ian Fleming on Desert Island Discs; and Animated Storyboard Sequence
SEARCH CONTENT EXPANDED “007 Mission Control” Interactive Guide Into the World of 'From Russia With Love' – REFINISHED IN HD Exotic Locations Featurette
“Mission Dossier” - REFINISHED IN HD 'Inside From Russia With Love'; REFINISHED IN HD Harry Saltzman: Showman
“Ministry of Propaganda” - Original Trailers, TV Spots, Photo Gallery and Radio Communications

And finally, in 'Thunderball' James Bond's fourth adventure takes him to the Bahamas, where a NATO warplane with a nuclear payload has disappeared into the sea. For me, 'Thunderball' contains all the great locales, villains, and Bond coolness that we love, without getting into the ridiculous, gadget-filled territory of the later films. It introduces us to our first true Bond femme fatale, and also gives us the first really interesting Bond girl in Claudine Auger's Domino character. The music in the movie by John Barry is very nice, high-lighting the slower pace of much of the film. This movie is longer than the previous three by almost 20 minutes, and it is a nice extra cushion to really build the tension. In fact, Bond is largely absent from the first 45 minutes of the movie, and we finally see more of the villians plans - what they are and how they are being accomplished - in almost meticulous detail. Somehow, this makes the threat more real.

“The Complete Special Features Library: Mission Dossier” - Audio Commentary Featuring Terence Young and Others
Audio Commentary Featuring Peter Hunt, John Hopkins and Others
“Declassified: MI6 Vault” - The Incredible World of James Bond - Original 1965 NBC Television Special; A Child’s Guide to Blowing Up a Motor Car - 1965 Ford Promotional Film On Location With Ken Adam; Bill Suitor: The Rocket Man Movies; Thunderball Boat Show Reel; and Selling Bonds - Original 1965 Television Advertisements
SEARCH CONTENT EXPANDED “007 Mission Control” Interactive Guide Into the World of 'Thunderball' – REFINISHED IN HD Exotic Locations Featurette
“Mission Dossier”
REFINISHED IN HD The Making of 'Thunderball'
REFINISHED IN HD The Thunderball Phenomenon
REFINISHED IN HD The Secret History of Thunderball
“Ministry of Propaganda” - Original Trailers, TV Spots, Photo Gallery and Radio Communications

Important Retail Info: Each James Bond Blu-ray Disc will be available for the suggested retail price of $34.98 U.S. / $46.98 TBD Canada and will be packaged with a movie ticket for the all-new Bond adventure QUANTUM OF SOLACE. Additionally the films will be available in two 3-pack Blu-ray Disc collections with two movie tickets - VOLUME ONE: DIE ANOTHER DAY, LIVE AND LET DIE and DR. NO; VOLUME TWO: FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE and THUNDERBALL – and will be available for a suggested retail price of $89.98 U.S. / $119.98 Canada.

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