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New James Bond Ultimate Editions on Blu-ray & DVD!

New James Bond Ultimate Editions on Blu-ray & DVD!
" Bond, Bond, Bond! ...New "Ultimate Editions" on Blu-ray (and DVD too).

Blu-ray and DVD news

By James Plath AND Mondo Kane
First published Jul 29, 2008
Story last updated Oct 19, 2008

Update: DVD EDITIONS ADDED!

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UPDATE... Here is a reminder of the six new James Bond Blu-ray "Ultimate Editions" debuting in a few days (October 21), available individually or packaged in two "3-packs" (see more details below).

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MGM Home Entertainment has recently announced these same titles are also being released in "2-disc DVD Ultimate Editions" (available individually). In addition to the six titles scheduled to debut Tuesday, two more Bond films are being re-released on DVD: Octopussy and The Living Daylights.

See our previous announcement below...

Los Angeles, Calif. –More Details have been released on the first wave of James Bond Blu-rays 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, the first six (Dr. No, Die Another Day, Live and Let Die, For Your Eyes Only, From Russia with Love, and Thunderball) arrive on Blu-ray disc timed to coincide with the highly anticipated worldwide theatrical premiere of the 22nd James Bond mission, QUANTUM OF SOLACE this November. The discs will be hit the streets on October 21, 2008.

Each individual James Bond Blu-ray disc will be available for the suggested retail price of $34.98 ($46.98 Canada) and will be packaged with a bonus 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, for $89.98 ($119.98 Canada) --

Volume One:
DR. NO
DIE ANOTHER DAY
LIVE AND LET DIE

Volume Two:
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
THUNDERBALL

Disc Specific Bonus Features:

DR. NO

-"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: M16 Vault" - The Guns of James Bond
-Premiere Bond
-"007 Mission Control" Interactive Guide Into the World of Dr. No
-Inside Dr. No
-Terence Young: Bond Vivant
-Dr. No 1963 Featurette
-"Ministry of Propaganda" - Original Trailers, TV Spots, Photo Gallery and Radio Communications

DIE ANOTHER DAY
-"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: M16 Vault" - From Script to Screen
-Shaken and Stirred on Ice
-Just Another Day
-The British Touch: Bond Arrives in London
-On Location With Peter Lamont
-"007 Mission Control" Interactive Guide Into the World of Die Another Day
-MI6 DataStream
-Additional DVD-ROM Features Available!
-Madonna´s "Die Another Day" Music Video
-"Ministry of Propaganda" Photo gallery

LIVE AND LET DIE
-Audio Commentary Featuring Sir Roger Moore
-"The Complete Special Features Library: Mission Dossier" - Audio Commentary Featuring Guy Hamilton
-Audio Commentary Featuring Tom Mankiewicz
-"Declassified: M16 Vault" - Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary
-Roger Moore as James Bond, Circa 1964
-Live and Let Die Conceptual Art
-"007 Mission Control" Interactive Guide Into the World of Live and Let Die
-Inside Live and Let Die
-On Set With Roger Moore
-"Ministry of Propaganda" - Original Trailers, TV Spots, Photo Gallery and Radio Communications

FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
-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: M16 Vault" Deleted Scenes and Expanded Angles
-Bond in Greece, Bond in Cortina
-Neptune´s Journey
-"007 Mission Control" Interactive Guide Into the World of For Your Eyes Only
-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

FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
-"The Complete Special Features Library: Mission Dossier" - Audio Commentary Featuring Director Terence Young and Members of the Cast and Crew
-"Declassified: M16 Vault" Ian Fleming: The CBC Interview
-Ian Fleming and Raymond Chandler
-Ian Fleming on Desert Island Discs
-Animated Storyboard Sequence
-"007 Mission Control" Interactive Guide Into the World of From Russia With Love
-Inside From Russia With Love
-Harry Saltzman: Showman
-"Ministry of Propaganda" - Original Trailers, TV Spots, Photo Gallery and Radio Communications

THUNDERBALL
-"The Complete Special Features Library: Mission Dossier" - Audio Commentary Featuring Terence Young and Others
-Audio Commentary Featuring Peter Hunt, John Hopkins and Others
-"Declassified: M16 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
-Selling Bonds (original 1965 Television Advertisements)
-"007 Mission Control" Interactive Guide Into the World of Thunderball
-The Making of Thunderball
-The Thunderball Phenomenon
-The Secret History of Thunderball
-"Ministry of Propaganda" - Original Trailers, TV Spots, Photo Gallery and Radio Communications

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mvckalel

Jul 29, 2008 - CDT 8:15 PM
says... I now own UP and Monsters, Inc. on blu-ray!!!
mvckalel
Member since:
October 2007
Considering you can still buy the 5 movie Ultimate Boxsets for around $35, still not a double dip for me, but a buy for Hendrix...

Henning

Jul 30, 2008 - CDT 3:35 AM
says... http://twitter.com/madeby
Henning
Member since:
February 2002
Yes, the price is a bit steep for catalog titles but I got to have Bond in good HD. I just do! Love those movies.

Love Hendrix!

Jul 30, 2008 - CDT 4:08 AM
says... Thanks for visiting DVDTOWN, and enjoy the news!
Love Hendrix!
Member since:
June 2006
mvckalel... as I said a few months back (when editor James Plath made the news announcement about the new Bond BDs), the only one I will buy seperately on BD is For Your Eyes Only (my favorite Roger Moore Bond film), and just rent the others.

I'm not going to support buying these now, when we know that MGM will be releasing the inevitable deluxe Bond Set (at a later date) of ALL Bond films. And I already own many of them in the last remastered SD-DVD editions.

I think many of us have 'caught on' to the studios' marketing plans, and are hesitant to double & triple-dip in buying the same films over and over. So, unless you find editions on a great sale, I'd pass until a complete box set is released.

Just like how I'm skipping on buying any of the "Indiana Jones" films, until Paramount releases ALL of them on Blu-ray (hopefully by early 2009).

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-JOE-
(Jimi McLovin - Love Hendrix!)

posters5

Jul 30, 2008 - CDT 7:47 AM
posters5
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March 2002
http://www.dvdtown.com/messageboard/topic/6149/6/0

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