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James Bond Ultimate Sean Connery - Dr.No/From Russia With Love/Goldfinger/Thunderball/You Only Live Twice/Diamonds Are Forever (Box Set) (DVD)
Action/Adventure - Director: Lewis Gilbert, Guy Hamilton, Terence Young - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring:Sean Connery, Lana Wood, Jill St. John, Donald Pleasence, Akiko Wakabayashi, Bernard Lee, Claudine Auger, Gert Frobe, Honor Blackman, Lotte Lenya, Robert Shaw, Jack Lord, Ursula Andress more
Includes the James Bond films starring Sean Connery; DR. NO, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, GOLDFINGER, THUNDERBALL, YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, and DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER. In DR. NO, James Bond, a... more
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the suave and sophisticated MI6 agent 007. Dr. No: Bond's mission takes him to the steamy island of Jamaica where mysterious energy waves are interfering with U....
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through one of his most spectacular adventures to battle the diabolical villain Dr. No, a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. space program.From Russia With Love:A brutal helicopter attack, a deadly brawl aboard the Orient Express, beautiful women and exotic locales are all part of the job in this Bond adventure as 007 squares off against the evil Spectre organisation in a race to seize a Soviet decoding machine.Goldfinger:From the opening bomb blast outside a steamy nightclub to a last-minute escape from the U.S. president's personal jet, this exhilarating adventure pits 007 against a maniacal villain bent on destroying all the gold in Fort Knox - and obliterating the world's economy.Thunderball:Action, romance and edge-of-your-seat suspense this time around as Agent 007 travels to Nassau to track down villainous criminal Emilio Largo, who's threatening to plunge the world into a nuclear holocaust, but not before he feeds Bond to his killer sharksYou Only Live Twice:Again, Bond meets up with the diabolical Ernst Stavro Blofeld , who has hijacked US and Soviet spaceships.. Agent 007 must undertake a pulse-pounding race to prevent a nuclear war between the super-powers with the fate of the world hanging in the balance!Diamonds Are Forever:While investigating the diamond market underworld, James Bond elicits the help of a beautiful diamond smuggler to fight his evil nemesis, Blofeld, who is stockpiling the gems to create a deadly laser satellite that can destroy the world!
Production Year: 1964 - Action/Adventure - Director: Cyril Endfield - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring:Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth, Michael Caine, Nigel Green
Production Year: 2002 - Action/Adventure - Director: Vincenzo Natali - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Lucy Liu, David Hewlett, Anne Marie Scheffler, Joseph Scoren, Matthew Sharp, Jeremy Northam
A review by Timbo3107 on James Bond Ultimate Sean Connery - Dr.No/From Russia With Love/Goldfinger/Thunderball/You Only Live Twice/Diamonds Are Forever (Box Set) (DVD) January 7th, 2007
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All of Sean in one box
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This is a real treasure trove for Bond fans….
Sean Connery was the original Bond and this box contains all the Connery Bonds in the 2 disc format that was recently released. But be aware that this does not contain Never Say Never Again (1983) as this was not deemed an official entry.
This is classic Bond without any doubt. And even today they are still memorable, watchable and very enjoyable. Each film has been re-mastered digitally which means that you get a better picture, Dolby sound and a whole host of extras, in fact the extras are better than the previous release 4 years ago as more stuff has been added.
The quality of each film has been improved and to watch Dr No which was made in 1962 with this high quality shows how much work was done on each film, on the Dr No disc there is a documentary about the process and the depths they went to achieve this standard, this alone give some staggering figures on what was done with all 20 films.
We've all seen the films a number of times on a Bank Holiday and we all know what happens in them as there is a generic formula so I wont trudge through each film individually, but suffice to say that the first three films Dr No, From Russia With Love and Goldfinger do stand out above the rest as it was with Goldfinger that the formula was injected and as with You Only Live Twice the plots of the films start to get bigger and bigger and bigger. Especially with the gadgets and the stunts involved in the story.
The majority of the music in the box set is composed by legend John Barry and is recignisable as a Bond music, Shirley Bassey is on the soundtrack of two of the films. The Dr No soundtrack was composed by Monty Norman.
The method of direction accounts for a lot of the suspense/ action as well as you see different styles of story telling coming through, for example comparing Lewis Gilbert directing You Only Live Twice and Terence Young directing Dr No. Even though these films are just 5 years apart, you can clearly see the evolution of the franchise and how far it had come even then.
The documentaries on the second disc reflect this and take information about the films a stage further, not only do they tell the story from the idea and production stages but also follow it through to the Premier and afterwards with the actors and writers themselves with new interviews and footage from the time obatined by news fottage. They have even included items that you would normally get to hear about as they would not be considered "customer friendly"at the time. Most notably about incidents on set such as Helicopter crashes, the story of Sean Connery resigning from the role of Bond uncovers the process that the producers went through to find a replacement.
Every aspect is covered in the documentaries including profiles of Ian Fleming and the producers of the films as well. Michael Wilson does the narration on the newer extras that were not present on the previous release that I have mentioned. Patrick Macnee from The Avengers narrates the documentaries and conveys the stories with some style.
As I said earlier the quality of the films have been improved so much compared to previous releases, no crackles no hairs and so on, so if you have a big screen TV, this will be a match made in heaven. The sound of the explosions and gun shots on a sound system will be satisfying to say the least. It is only the quality that has changed, the films have not been "upgraded" I the way that Star Wars has been and all deleted scenes included are still kept separate.
Artwork and presentation is very effective due to its simplicity on the box and shows Connery in his prime in the iconic Bond pose, each individual disc has disc printed pictures related to the film as well. The menu stylization is unique to each disc, the pictures from each film have been added as background and the music from each film plays over the menus although the animation remains the same which does add a nice touch.
I have this already and am very happy with this as it is does look good on the shelf. Look around for the prices as they do fluctuate between vendors, this is not only good value for money as you get 6 films but also get double the amount in extras as well.
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Plot: Includes the James Bond films starring Sean Connery; DR. NO, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, GOLDFINGER, THUNDERBALL, YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, and DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER.
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DVD Region: DVD
Studio(s): MGM ENTERTAINMENT; 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Includes the James Bond films starring Sean Connery; DR. NO, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, GOLDFINGER, THUNDERBALL, YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, and DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER. In DR. NO, James Bond, a secret agent investigates the strange goings-on in Jamaica and uncovers a plot to conquer the world. Master criminal Doctor No becomes the chief suspect. In FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, James Bond battles against the international crime syndicate S.P.E.C.T.R.E, who intend to turn the cold war into a nuclear war. In GOLDFINGER, James Bond attempts to foil Auric Goldfinger's plan to contaminate Fort Knox's gold with atomic radiation, thus increasing the value of Goldfinger's own hoard of gold. THUNDERBALL finds super spy James Bond battling a powerful organisation named S.P.E.C.T.R.E, which has threatened to destroy Miami with an atomic weapon unless a huge ransom is paid. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE sees the Soviet Union and the United States blaming each other for mysteriously missing space capsules and nuclear warfare between the two superpowers seems imminent. However, Her Majesty's Secret Service suspects the rockets are being held in the Sea of Japan and assigns James Bond to fake his death in order to go undercover. In DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER, James Bond gets entangled in the world of international diamond smuggling. While on the trail of jewel thieves, he discovers plans for unleashing a nuclear armageddon on Earth.
Languages
Main Language: English
Subtitle Language: Greek, Dutch, Hindi, Norweigan, Finnish, Danish, English, Swedish
Hearing Impaired Language: English
Technical information
Special Features: Audio Commentaries , Deleted Scenes , Expanded Angles , Interactive Guide , Featurettes , Trailers , TV Spots
Sound: DTS 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
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