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post #301 of 313
4/13/06 at 1:02pm
Wow. Seeing those teaser pics brought back memories of what was so great about James Bond.
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post #302 of 313
4/13/06 at 4:14pm
I just hope these carry over the previous commentary tracks, documentaries, storyboards, trailers and radio spots, etc.

Not to be too picky, but I'd have to refuse picking them up no matter how amazing the new DVDs might be just out of principle if Sony decided to drop any of those from these "Ultimate Editions".

Let's hope for the best...
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post #303 of 313
4/28/06 at 3:37pm

Re: The James Bond DVDs again?

Well feast your eyes on this: R2 17July2006
http://www.choicesdirect.com/Special...o=1&StartPos=1

As with the Leone Trilogy, we either have to buy an R2 player-is there an R1 release date on these yet? Or is it gonna be like the Man with No Name Trilogy..? months and months or years later...


this isnt even on Amazon.uk yet
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post #304 of 313
4/28/06 at 5:26pm

Re: The James Bond DVDs again?

Well, it looks like it pretty firmly set for this year in R1. Didn't you see hear about the trailer on the last page?
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post #305 of 313
4/28/06 at 5:55pm

Re: The James Bond DVDs again?

Well, if they aren't made available on HD-DVD, that'll be a major dissappointment.

http://greenbriarpictureshows.blogspot.com/
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post #306 of 313
4/28/06 at 10:10pm

Re: The James Bond DVDs again?

I stumbled across DR. NO on Encores a few months ago, and they were showing it (full frame, boo!) with the remastered surround soundtrack, and it really impressed me. After years of hearing the LD and DVD with the original mono track, the new soundtrack did add a new dimension to the movie. I can imagine the others they update will be equally impressive.
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post #307 of 313
4/29/06 at 11:40am

Re: The James Bond DVDs again?

Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnPM
Well, if they aren't made available on HD-DVD, that'll be a major dissappointment.

they will be on Blu-ray definitely. 100% certain of that.
these films were one of the main reason Sony bought the MGM/UA catalog- and it was specifically to give Blu-ray some more killer apps.
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post #308 of 313
4/29/06 at 12:21pm

Re: The James Bond DVDs again?

Don't know if this has been discussed, I wonder if the jump-cut scene at the end of FRWL has been found and re-inserted.
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post #309 of 313
4/29/06 at 2:03pm

Re: The James Bond DVDs again?

Which jump cut? During the end titles? That was fixed years ago when MGM released the movie letterboxed in the Connery Collection box set. Every video transfer prior to that one (including the Criterion) was missing the announcement that Goldfinger would be the next movie. However a poorly dubbed line of dialogue was missing on the MGM LD that was on the Criterion LD. It's Tatania saying, "What is it?" even though her lips don't move. I believe the current MGM DVD has both the poorly looped line and the Goldfinger announcement.

I just hope the end titles for Thunderball are complete. Every version I've ever seen (on video or projected) has had a wipe added, removing (presumbaly) the announcement for You Only Live Twice.
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post #310 of 313
4/29/06 at 11:53pm

Re: The James Bond DVDs again?

He's referring to the infamous jump cut before the closing credits that has been missing from American prints since the 1960's. Glenn Erickson has a thorough article about it here..

http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s18jc3fromrus.html

By the way, if memory serves....I think one of the MGM documentaries has a clip showing that the original THUNDERBALL prints had an announcement that Bond would be back in ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE, not YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, which was ultimately chosen to replace it as the next film in the series (something about the time of year they were shooting not being condusive to the snow scenes required for SECRET SERVICE.) It would explain why the announcement would have been clipped from all subsequent prints.
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post #311 of 313
4/30/06 at 11:01am

Re: The James Bond DVDs again?

Goldfinger is the film that originally announced On Her Majesty's Secret Service. I saw a 35mm print with this and when it's shown on AMC that announcement is there too!
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post #312 of 313
4/30/06 at 5:40pm

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oops, well I knew it was one of them!
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post #313 of 313
4/30/06 at 8:33pm

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The suitcase packaging is a nice touch. However, I hope they add a few slots in the suitcase for future bond releases. At least allow us to put Casino Royale in the suitcase.
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