MGM Home Entertainment has announced the technical specs and special features for the upcoming Blu-ray releases of the James Bond films 'Dr. No', 'Die Another Day', 'Live and Let Die', 'For Your Eyes Only', 'From Russia With Love', and 'Thunderball', due to hit store shelves on October 21st. Video will be presented via 1080p AVC accompanied by a 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack.
Each title, which has recently been restored and re-mastered via Lowry's digital frame-by-frame restoration, will include a movie ticket to the upcoming Bond flick 'Quantum of Solace'. They will also be packaged in sets of three, with Volume 1 featuring 'Dr. No', 'Die Another Day', and 'Live and Let Die' while Volume 2 will feature 'For Your Eyes Only', 'From Russia With Love', and 'Thunderball'. These three-packs will feature two movie tickets.
Extras for these releases are as follows:
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 Communication
Josh, is there any indication whether the three-packs will be 3 BD keepcases in some sort of slipcase, or an awful digipack style job??
You can probably guess what I'm hoping for
These are going to be seriously good looking Blu-rays! Lowry's frame-by-frame restoration made these films looks as good as Casino Royale. They were also re-done while DTS owned Lowry Digital Images so we have not only the best picture but best sound as well.
So the newest movie is "quantum of solace" ???? I give up...what kind of name is that?? It sound
like something to do with particle physics... WOW, I'm speechless by the new name of the Bond
film. Will this attract crowds with it's unusual hard to understand name??? I'm glad to see that
some of the Bond flicks coming out on Blu. Although Thunderball is a classic, the first volume seems
to be the better buy. I could not stand the model for mens fashions (aka Pierce Brosnan) as Bond.
The new comer Craig wasn't worth a second watch of the first movie which was poor in general, but
let's hope the new movie is good despite the puzzle-like name it has.
What sort of title is "Quantum of Solace", you ask? Well it's an Ian Fleming title. BTW Daniel Craig is the best Bond since Connery and "Casino Royale" is a top 5 Bond movie.
That's Awesome! but: i'm going to wait a year or two when the entire 22 blu-ray boxset of every James Bond movie ever is released! i mean that boxset might be around $450.00 but it's so a deal!
Finally! I've been waiting forever for these James Bond movies! Is it me or do studios seem to not like 7.1? Still, DTS-HD MA is awesome! I will be picking these up the first day!
Is that how they're going to release all the 007 James Bond movies on Blu-ray?
In sets of 3? If so ... I'll buy Vol. 1 and 2, and wait for 3 etc.
There's 21 Bond movies at the moment. Hope they release 7 volumes quickly ...
Hmm, but I already own Casino Royale lol ... and Quantum of Solace might come out soon ...
Looks like they're selecting their titles for the boxsets very carefully so as to maintain the same level of interest with each one. So we have some classics (Dr. No, From Russia With Love, For Your Eyes Only) some fair/middling series entries (Live and Let Die, Thunderball), and a turkey (Die Another Day).
Lyle: Hell, I'd even take 5.1 remixes for all of the Dolby Surround movies (from 'The Spy Who Loved Me' on). But yeah, if that's the only option for the mono movies, much as it pains me I won't be getting these.
I've been going through the DVDs (first 6 films down, bunch more to go). Generally I cannot stand stereo or surround remixes for movies that were mono when they came out, and just about never bother with them. The Bond DVDs have marvelous DTS (surround) tracks, that's all I've been listening to. They did a wonderful job with them. They sound fantastic (although Dr. No sounded a bit on the shrill side, as I recall (both the mono and DTS)).
Really not that big of a loss to not have the mono tracks, assuming they actually end up without them. The DTS mixes are fairly conservative for the first 6 films anyway.
Also, after my comments regarding the PQ of the first 5 films on DVD, upon watching #6 (On Her Majesty's Secret Service), I was forced to re-evaluate. Blu should be significantly better. I'm now thinking I will be taking the plunge on some of these at least.
[I'd rate Thunderball above the fair/middling range, by the way. Dr No I found to mostly be a snore-fest, took 2-3 times to make it all the way through that one - I think it's aged pretty badly, except for Ursula of course. From Russia With Love was decent, Goldfinger pretty nice too.]
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