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Casino Royale (40th anniversary) 1967 version with Peter Sellers June 08

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4/14/08 at 8:34am
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Amazon.com: Casino Royale (40th Anniversary Edition): Ursula Andress,Alexandra Bastedo,Geoffrey Bayldon,Jacqueline Bisset,John Bluthal,Barbara Bouchet,Charles Boyer,Terence Cooper,Ronnie Corbett,Bernard Cribbins,Tracey Crisp,Colin Gordon,Percy Herber

June 8, 2008 is the release date.

Great title 40th anniversary edition

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4/14/08 at 6:38pm

Re: Casino Royale (40th anniversary) 1967 version with Peter Sellers June 08

As much as I REALLY try to warm up to this film, I just find it an overblown and mostly unfunny mess. I saw it in its 1967 theatrical run and have seen it several times since, including on DVD, and I think about the only worthwhile aspect of it for me is the Bacharach score. So much great talent....so little result.
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5/14/08 at 7:09pm

Re: Casino Royale (40th anniversary) 1967 version with Peter Sellers June 08

It looks like this release has been postponed until Oct 21.

While apparently there are few people hereabouts who regard the film with any affection, I personally look on it as a key movie of its era - a film which went wrong, but a film which could only have been produced at that specific time in the 1960s and which reflects that era in its incoherence.

I'd like to see the movie given the full restoration treatment - deleted scenes and such - and (and here's the reason I'm posting) I'm wondering if any unused material has survived. Anybody know?
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