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Gold on DVD? / Roger Moore

post #1 of 14
10/15/07 at 7:22pm
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I read a while back that Roger Moore had recorded an audio commentary for this film while doing the tracks for the 007 films. I believe the article also mentioned Anchor Bay as the studio, but when I contacted them they didn't know anything about the film.

I have a cheap copy of the film on dvd.

Does anyone know the status of the film being given a proper release? What studio owns it, etc?
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post #2 of 14
10/15/07 at 8:10pm

Re: Gold on DVD? / Roger Moore

WB owns the U.S. rights to this movie, and in one of the previous HTF chats said they were working on a DVD of it - perhaps that's what Moore was referring to. No date has been announced yet for release though.
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post #3 of 14
10/15/07 at 9:13pm

Re: Gold on DVD? / Roger Moore

I bought a region 2 edition here:

http://xploitedcinema.com/catalog/go...n-p-11760.html

Nice uncut, widescreen, anamorphic transfer.
I'll gladly replace it with an NTSC edition.

SHOUT AT THE DEVIL, Peter Hunt's next film with Roger Moore, is also available on an uncut, widescreen anamorphic region 2 disc and is worth seeking out.
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post #4 of 14
10/23/07 at 3:26pm
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Re: Gold on DVD? / Roger Moore

Thanks for the info on both Roger Moore films Richard!

I hope they are released in Region 1 soon!

Here's the original story about the Gold commentary.

http://commanderbond.net/cw.cgi?action=Story&SID=2879
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post #5 of 14
10/23/07 at 4:47pm

Re: Gold on DVD? / Roger Moore

Funny thing about Gold, I was thinking about buying it when one of our sunday newspapers decided to include a free DVD of the film inside every paper. Widescreen and stereo too.
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post #6 of 14
11/1/07 at 6:10pm
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Re: Gold on DVD? / Roger Moore

Nice that they gave it away in the UK!

I hope it becomes available soon in the US with the Roger Moore commentary.
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post #7 of 14
11/1/07 at 9:48pm

Re: Gold on DVD? / Roger Moore

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Originally Posted by Steve Christou
Funny thing about Gold, I was thinking about buying it when one of our sunday newspapers decided to include a free DVD of the film inside every paper. Widescreen and stereo too.
Lucky Brits!
Does it have Roger Moore's commentary?
Does he talk much about the director, Peter Hunt?

I'll buy a region 1 DVD in a New York minute.
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post #8 of 14
11/2/07 at 10:20am

Re: Gold on DVD? / Roger Moore

No extras on the freebie dvd, there never are any extras, no plastic case either, some sort of cardboard thingy. Can't complain, it's free!

The past few years there have been a whole bunch of movies, old and fairly new offered free in British newspapers, including - The African Queen, His Girl Friday, Spellbound, Moby Dick, Zulu Dawn, Prizzi's Honor, Glengarry Glen Ross, Swimming With Sharks, David Lynch's Dune, and most of the Carry On series.
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post #9 of 14
11/2/07 at 2:49pm

Re: Gold on DVD? / Roger Moore

They are always very poor quality as well, with widescreen invariably being 4 x 3 letterboxed. Most of these Britishy freeebies I've found to be worthless.
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post #10 of 14
10/27/08 at 7:53am

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I just read Roger Moore's autobiography.

In it, he says that he owns the rights to GOLD today. Apparently, he gave up part of his salary to get a cut of the profits. When he didn't get anything, he eventually looked into it, and somehow wound up owning it today.

Since the film seems to be in the public domain here (or, at least many PD companies continue to release it) I don't know if anyone knows this, other than Moore.
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post #11 of 14
10/27/08 at 9:28am

Re: Gold on DVD? / Roger Moore

Negotiating distribution is not what actors are best at, but lets hope Roger Moore gives it a try with some American distributor. Moore gives one of the most nuanced performances of his career. Susannah York sports one of her worst haircuts. It's also a superior adventure film thanks to the directing and editing skills of Peter Hunt who is best known for editing and second-unit directing the early Bond films and for directing On Her Majesty's Secret Service (which almost starred Roger Moore). In addition to the link below, there is another region 2 DVD that offers an enhanced widescreen transfer of Gold:

Amazon.co.uk: Gold [1973]: Roger Moore, Ray Milland, John Gielgud, Bradford Dillman, Susannah York, Peter R. Hunt: DVD

Moore and director Peter Hunt bring out the best in each other in Gold and their next film, Shout At the Devil. These two films offer a hint of the quality and originality the 1970s Bond films could have achieved if Peter Hunt had been left in charge of the series. Next to Terence Young, nobody understood the Bond films better than Peter Hunt, and with Roger Moore in the lead, they were the right creative team.
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post #12 of 14
11/26/08 at 9:57pm
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Re: Gold on DVD? / Roger Moore

Great posts!

I'm also reading the Moore book right now. I also saw his comments on the fact that he does own the Gold film.

It would be nice to see a proper release of this film, as well as several other Moore films that are not available in the US on DVD.

Interesting comments on Peter Hunt's direction with Moore and the impact it may have had on Bond if he was allowed to continue after On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Was Hunt let go after OHMSS for any good reason? They lost a pretty fine editor when Hunt moved on to directing.

I would like to see Shout At the Devil. I haven't seen this Roger Moore film yet.
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post #13 of 14
11/27/08 at 3:40am

Re: Gold on DVD? / Roger Moore

Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard--W
Negotiating distribution is not what actors are best at, but lets hope Roger Moore gives it a try with some American distributor. Moore gives one of the most nuanced performances of his career. Susannah York sports one of her worst haircuts. It's also a superior adventure film thanks to the directing and editing skills of Peter Hunt who is best known for editing and second-unit directing the early Bond films and for directing On Her Majesty's Secret Service (which almost starred Roger Moore). In addition to the link below, there is another region 2 DVD that offers an enhanced widescreen transfer of Gold:

Amazon.co.uk: Gold [1973]: Roger Moore, Ray Milland, John Gielgud, Bradford Dillman, Susannah York, Peter R. Hunt: DVD

Moore and director Peter Hunt bring out the best in each other in Gold and their next film, Shout At the Devil. These two films offer a hint of the quality and originality the 1970s Bond films could have achieved if Peter Hunt had been left in charge of the series. Next to Terence Young, nobody understood the Bond films better than Peter Hunt, and with Roger Moore in the lead, they were the right creative team.

I have the copy in that link, it is a good transfer.
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post #14 of 14
11/27/08 at 9:10am
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Re: Gold on DVD? / Roger Moore

Thanks Simon!
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