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DVD ~ Roger Moore
3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Roger Moore, Michael Lonsdale, Lois Chiles, Richard Kiel, Corinne Clery
  • Directors: Lewis Gilbert
  • Format: Box set, PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: Greek, Dutch, Hindi, Norwegian, Finnish, Danish, English, Swedish
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Mgm Home Ent. (Europe) Ltd.
  • DVD Release Date: 17 July 2006
  • Run Time: 122 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000FIKVVA
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 19,013 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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This was the first James Bond adventure produced after the success of Star Wars, so it jumped on the sci-fi bandwagon by combining the suave appeal of Agent 007 (once again played by Roger Moore) with enough high-tech hardware and special effects to make Luke Skywalker want to join Her Majesty's Secret Service. After the razzle-dazzle of The Spy Who Loved Me, this attempt to latch onto a trend proved to be a case of overkill, even though it brought back the steel-toothed villain Jaws (Richard Kiel) and scored a major hit at the box office. This time Bond is up against a criminal industrialist named Drax (Michel Lonsdale) who wants to control the world from his orbiting space station. In keeping with his well-groomed style, Bond thwarts this maniacal Neo-Hitler's scheme with the help of a beautiful, sleek-figured scientist (played by Lois Chiles with all the vitality of a department-store mannequin). There's a grand-scale climax involving space shuttles and ray guns, but despite the film's popular success, this is one Bond adventure that never quite gets off the launching pad. It's as if the caretakers of the James Bond franchise had forgotten that it's Bond--and not a barrage of gizmos and gadgets (including a land-worthy Venetian gondola)--that fuels the series' success. Despite Moore's passive performance (which Pauline Kael described as "like an office manager who is turning into dead wood but hanging on to collect his pension"), Moonraker had no problem attracting an appreciative audience, and there are even a few renegade Bond-philes who consider it one of their favourites. --Jeff Shannon

Special Features

THE ULTIMATE EDITION CONTAINS: NEVER BEFORE RELEASED ON DVD:

NEVER BEFORE RELEASED ON DVD: Newly Recorded Audio Commentary Featuring Sir Roger Moore DECLASSIFIED: MI6 VAULT 007 in Rio - Original 1979 Production Featurette • Ken Adam’s Production Films • Bond ’79 Learning to Freefall - Skydiving Test Footage • Skydiving Storyboards • Circus Footage Cable Car Alternative Storyboards 007 MISSION CONTROL Interactive Guide Into the World of Moonraker THE COMPLETE SPECIAL FEATURES LIBRARY: MISSION DOSSIER Audio Commentary Featuring Director Lewis Gilbert and Members of the Cast and Crew • Inside Moonraker - An Original Documentary The Men Behind the Mayhem - Special Effects Documentary MINISTRY OF PROPAGANDA Original Trailer & Photo Gallery

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars I think he's attempting re-entry sir!, 21 Aug 2003
By Mr. B. K. Taylor "bodie-of-c-i-5" (Derbu) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Moonraker [DVD] [1979] (DVD)
Yes, this Bond film is silly in parts, and yes it's not what Ian Fleming would have wished to see his creation doing, but different times call for different approaches, and in the late 70's, Bond was hitting all the right buttons with adventures like these.

Actually the plot of the film is quite intelligent-a megalomaniac wants to destroy the world from an orbiting space station and then re-populate it with a new 'master race.' Bond (played with confidence and extreme wit by Rog) must take on the maniac, while avoiding Jaws and sleeping with a truckload of fit babes.

The DVD is great, with some fun extras and an entertaining commentary. Overall, this is definately one of Roger's better Bond films, and is very rewatchable. Also for those saying Roger is a bit wimpy in the action stakes, check out the fight he has with a bodyguard, and his stabbing an assasin. Wimpy I think not.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars I also beg to differ, 1 Jan 2001
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This review is from: Moonraker [DVD] [1979] (DVD)
I loved this film. Not as good as Goldfinger, but still great. I judge a film by it's entertainment quality, and it's here. Special effects are done very well here, they haven't dated like current CGI will have drastically in 20 years time. The humour is quite good. Perhaps it is childish like others will testify, but it made me laugh so who cares! My only small problem with the film is the laser battle; well realised but out of place.

This DVD is very good. For the most part picture quality is excellent for a 21 year old film, presented in anamorphic panavision widescreen. Sound has been remixed into 5.1, and is surprisingly good, adding a new dimention to the space scenes. Extras are lighter than usual, but the "Inside Moonraker" documentary is slightly longer than the others in the collection.

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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Still spectacular 30 years on, 21 May 2009
By W. Beckett (Kent, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Moonraker [Blu-ray] [1979] (Blu-ray)
Well you either accept the film as a hugely enjoyable escapist romp or not. There's little point adding to what hasn't already been said about the movie over the past 30 years. But the fact it HAS been 30 years shows a remarkable eloquence and test of time. Ironically it's now kinda refreshing to see tongue in cheek hokum in these hard bitten cynical times. Anyway what blu-ray does here is first surprise you with the marvellous cinematography of the film. Something you wouldn't normally associate with a Bond film. Secondly, the genius of Ken Adams' set designs are shown off to even more supreme glory in High defination. He really was one of a kind! As was Derek Meddings of course with his master craftsman special effects... Often here, the model work can look even better than some of the rather flat CGI of today.
OK, yes, this was probably the pininacle of Roger Moore's humourously sly wink to the audience. After this, the laughs seemed to get a bit more painful and forcibly laid on with a trowl. Even the set pieces never seemed to segway or edit quite so well into each other as they were done with The Spy Who Loved Me or here! But alas, no more would the set designs of a Bond movie ever look so lavish, sumptuous or as visually stunning as they were presented here. On the blu-ray extras we even get home movie footage from Ken Adam when the production team was scouting various locations. So if like me you can take the film with a big pinch of salt and end up with a big smile upon your face, then believe me---- the blu-ray experience will only add a few more... Great fun.....
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