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THE ULTIMATE EDITION CONTAINS: NEVER BEFORE RELEASED ON DVD: DECLASSIFIED: MI6 VAULT Ian Fleming: The CBC Interview • Ian Fleming & Raymond Chandler Ian Fleming on Desert Island Discs • Animated Storyboard Sequence 007 MISSION CONTROL Interactive Guide Into the World of From Russia With Love THE COMPLETE SPECIAL FEATURES LIBRARY: MISSION DOSSIER Audio Commentary Featuring Director Terence Young and Members of the Cast and Crew Inside From Russia With Love • Harry Saltzman: Showman MINISTRY OF PROPAGANDA Original Trailers, TV Spots, Photo Gallery & Radio Communications
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Classic Bond movie, from the golden era,
By Mr. Stephen Kennedy "skenn1701a" (Doha, Qatar) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: James Bond - From Russia With Love (Ultimate Edition 2 Disc Set) [DVD] [1963] (DVD)
The second in the Bond movie canon, and a satisfying balance is achieved in this, Sean Connery's favourite of the series. The plot is satisfyingly spy-like, with decoding machines, double crosses and foreign venues...
Cold war politics are not emphasised here, but instead Spectre, a fictional terrorist and extortion organisation, is invented for 1960 political correctness sake. However, with Terence Young once again in the director's chair we get a real cold war style spy thriller, as well as an element of the exotic we associate with Bond. So what do you get for twice the money as Dr. No..? A then stellar cast, including the famous German cabaret star Lotte Lenya, playing Rosa Klebb, the villain who inspires the Connery quip `She's had her kicks', Daniella Bianchi who had just come runner up in Miss Universe, as well as two more beauty pageant contestants, who play the fighting gypsy girls. Robert Shaw plays one of the more convincing and genually menacing villains, and of course Q makes his debut. The action scenes are varied, and satisfyingly interspersed with a real story, not so far removed from Fleming's original. Most famously of course, is the 6 minute fist fight between Connery and Shaw on the Orient Express, a scene which some producers at the time were worried was just too violent. Mostly, it is Peter Hunt's fantastic editing that makes the scene, and indeed adds a sense of style to the entire movie. Train fight aside, there are also set pieces including a gunfight in a gypsy camp, and a `money-shot' with exploding petrol canisters in a boat chase in a loch. As for the remastering, the film is now spotless, although there is no one place one can say the restoration has made a startling impact. Indeed, in some places the improved colour correction has made a night scene darker than before, albeit with improved contrast. The sound has become clearer, but without obvious tricksy surround effects on the dts or dolby digital soundtrack. The extras include all that the special edition had, plus one or two new items. Specifically, some archive material of Ian Fleming. The radio conversation between Raymond Chandler and Fleming is fascinating, while the other CBS interview and desert island disc appearance are of moderate interest but contain nothing surprising. However, even the original extras are worth revisiting, especially the documentary `Inside From Russia with Love', as the trouble shoot of this movie does have some fascinating stories behind it. All in all, this was not yet quite the Bond movie that would emerge in its full overblown form in Goldfinger, but a terrifically good thriller, especially given its age, and more of a genuine spy movie than the movies to follow.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
From Russia With Love, 2006 double disc Ultimate Edition - The best Bond film ever, in a stunning presentation.,
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This review is from: James Bond - From Russia With Love (Ultimate Edition 2 Disc Set) [DVD] [1963] (DVD)
This film is the second outing for superspy James Bond, and for my money is the best of the series.
Once again Sean Connery's secret agent is in action against SPECTRE, as the criminal organisation tries to get its hands on a secret Russian encryption device, using Bond as their unwitting pawn in their plot. There is a cracking script, a great twisting and turning plot, great characters and performances and a classy soundtrack, all of which come together to make this a classic film. It is the most gripping and entertaining of the series. This is the film in which we first meet Q and his gadgets. It also see fine performances form Pedro Armendariz as Kerim Bey, Robert Shaw as Grant and Lotte Lenya as Rosa Clebb, one of the more memorable villains. For Triv lovers, Lenya was a renowned jazz singer, wife of Kurt Weil and the first person to sing Mack the Knife. Louis Armstrong name checked her when he recorded his own version. Kerim Bey is one of the greatest Bond allies, a loveable rogue who knows his job and plays the game well. You sometimes feel that he is what Bond may be like when 30 yrs older. There is a great interplay between Connery and Armendariz, which really brings a sparkle to the film. This ultimate edition really is the best version of the film I have owned. The picture has been lovingly restored and cleaned up, and looks amazing. Really, I am not just saying that. It looks superb. The sound has been similarly treated and there is an option to listen to it in 5.1 DTS surround, which is truly exceptional. As well as the superb presentation of the film, there is also a host of extras, original trailers, informative audio commentaries and the such. These are exhaustive and some of them quite interesting, especially the featurette on Ian Fleming. But these really a garnish for the main course, which is the film itself. This is an excellent release, and does this classic film justice. This series of `Ultimate editions' really sets the standard for film releases. It really does not get any better.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Best of Bond,
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This review is from: James Bond - From Russia With Love (Ultimate Edition 2 Disc Set) [DVD] [1963] (DVD)
The Bond films vary in quality even more widely than the books, but this is still, hands-down, the best Bond film. It's more concerned with espionage than stunts, with character than supposedly cool one-liners, it has that gorgeous look of the best 60s films, it's not remotely self-referential and it doesn't have to struggle against competing spy/action franchises because it's so far ahead of the few rivals it had back then anyway. This DVD set makes FRWL look freshly-minted and is a significant step up from all previous editions. It looks good enough to eat - in fact, it's hard to imagine that hi-def could look significantly better.
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