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James Bond Ultimate Edition - Vol. 3 (GoldenEye / Live and Let Die / For Your Eyes Only / From Russia With Love / On Her Majesty's Secret Service) | 
 enlarge | Actor: James Bond-ultimate Edition
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
List Price: $59.98
Buy New: $36.69
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Rating:  47 reviews
Sales Rank: 7551
Format: Ac-3, Box Set, Color, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Mandarin Chinese (Original Language), Korean (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 10
Running Time: 633
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.6 x 1.8
MPN: 027616060150
UPC: 027616060150
EAN: 0027616060150
ASIN: B000ICM5V2
Theatrical Release Date: November 17, 1995
Release Date: December 12, 2006
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Condition: Brand New Sealed. Usually shipped within 24 yours with USPS delivery confirmation.
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Product Description
James Bond tries to stop a Spectre plan to pit the U.S. and Russia against each other, find a stolen British encryption device, marries a crime boss's daughter in order to find Ernst Stavro Blofeld, investigates the deaths of several British agents, and tries to stop the hijacking of a nuclear space weapon.ries to stop the hijacking of a nuclear space weapon.
Genre: Feature Film-Action/Adventure
Rating: NR
Release Date: 6-NOV-2007
Media Type: DVD
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 Goldeneye: The 18th James Bond adventure was a runaway box-office success when released in 1995, thanks to the arrival of Pierce Brosnan as the fifth actor (following the departure of Timothy Dalton) to play the suave, danger-loving Agent 007. This James Bond is a bit more vulnerable and psychologically complex--and just a shade more politically correct--but he's still a formally attired playboy at heart, with a lovely Russian beauty (Izabella Scorupco) as his sexy ally against a cadre of renegade Russians bent on--what else?--global domination. There's also a seductive villainous with the suggestive name of Xenia Onatopp (Famke Janssen), and the great actress Judi Dench makes her first appearance as Bond's superior, M, who wisecracks about 007's "dinosaur" status as a globetrotting sexist. All in all, this action-packed Bond adventure provided a much-needed boost the long-running movie series, revitalizing the 007 franchise for the turn of the millennium. --Jeff Shannon Live and Let Die: Roger Moore was introduced as James Bond in this 1973 action movie featuring secret agent 007. More self-consciously suave and formal than predecessor Sean Connery, he immediately reestablished Bond as an uncomplicated and wooden fellow for the feel-good '70s. This film also marks a deviation from the more character-driven stories of the Connery years, a deliberate shift to plastic action (multiple chases, bravura stunts) that made the franchise more of a comic book or machine. If that's not depressing enough, there's even a good British director on board, Guy Hamilton (Force 10 from Navarone). The story finds Bond taking on an international drug dealer (Yaphet Kotto), and while that may be superficially relevant, it isn't exactly the same as fighting supervillains on the order of Goldfinger. --Tom Keogh  For Your Eyes Only: After a ship sunk off the coast of Albania, the world's superpowers begin a feverish search for its valuable lost cargo: the powerful ATAC system, which will give its bearer unlimited control over Polaris nuclear submarines. As Bond joins the search, he suspects the suave Kristatos (Julian Glover) of seizing the device. The competition between nations grows more deadly by the moment, but Bond finds an ally in the beautiful Melina Havelock (Caroline Bouquet), who blames Kristatos for the death of her parents. The non-stop action includes automobile chases, thrilling underwater battles, and even a breathtaking tour over razor-sharp coral reefs. But all of this is merely a prelude to 007's cliffhanging assault of a magnificent mountaintop fortress. -- Robert Lynch From Russia with Love: Directed with consummate skill by Terence Young, the second James Bond spy thriller is considered by many fans to be the best of them all. Certainly Sean Connery was never better as the dashing Agent 007, whose latest mission takes him to Istanbul to retrieve a top-secret Russian decoding machine. His efforts are thwarted when he gets romantically distracted by a sexy Russian double agent (Daniela Bianchi), and is tracked by a lovely assassin (Lotte Lenya) with switchblade shoes, and by a crazed killer (Robert Shaw), who clashes with Bond during the film's dazzling climax aboard the Orient Express. From Russia with Love is classic James Bond, before the gadgets, pyrotechnics, and Roger Moore steered the movies away from the more realistic tone of the books by Ian Fleming. --Jeff Shannon  On Her Majesty's Secret Service: Australian model George Lazenby took up the mantle of the world's most suave secret agent when Sean Connery retired as James Bond (although Connery returned in Diamonds Are Forever before leaving the role to Roger Moore); Lazenby's subsequent career fizzled, yet this one-hit wonder is responsible for one of the best Bond films of all time. In On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 007 leaves the Service to privately pursue his SPECTRE nemesis Blofeld (played this time by Telly Savalas), whose latest master plan involves a threat to the world's crops by agricultural sterilization. Bond teams up with suave international crime lord Draco (Gabriele Ferzetti) and falls in love with--and marries--his elegant daughter, Tracy (Diana Rigg). Bond goes monogamous? Not at first; after all he has Blofeld's harem to seduce. Lazenby hasn't the intensity of Connery but he has fun with his quips and even lampoons the Bond image in a playful pre-credits sequence, and Rigg, fresh from playing sexy Emma Peel in The Avengers, matches 007 in every way. Former editor Peter Hunt makes a strong directorial debut, deftly handling the elaborate action sequences with a kinetic finesse. Though not a hit on its original release, On Her Majesty's Secret Service has become a fan favorite and the closest the series has come to capturing the spirit of Ian Fleming's books. --Sean Axmaker Beyond James Bond Ultimate Collection - Vol. 3 
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 $30 for 5 J-A-M-E-S- B-O-N-D movies. Need I say more? June 7, 2008
1=> Read title line.
2=> ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE is
NOT available seperately. Enough said.
The Ultimate Sets are the way to go! Dump the Special Editions when you can! May 14, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
After waiting for a very long time to acquire the Bond Ultimate Edition sets at a reasonable price, I finally ditched my Special Editions in favor of the new ones. I, perhaps like many others, was always reluctant to give up my Special Editions because frankly I spent a lot of time and money putting the original, Special Edition set together.
After watching the Special Edition and Ultimate Edition of "Dr.No", I finally realized how "ultimate" the new discs are. Gone are the film scratches, imperfections and faded colors that plagued most of the Bond early films such as the Connery & some of the Moore films. The new Dolby & DTS 5.1 surround sound are fantastic! The 1962 "Dr. No" looks like it was filmed yesterday. The special features on "Dr. No" includes a segment on the outstanding work put into the frame by frame restoration. A truly tremendous effort and much appreciated!
I like the slim-line cases for the new sets. My entire Bond collection now only takes up less than half the space on my shelves than it did before. Although I tend to agree with other reviewers that it's kind of cheesy how the booklets for each film are stored in the box and not the individual cases, the overall quality of the DVD's negate any negatives. I spend more time watching the films than browsing the booklets. Forget buying any of the Ultimate Editions individually which are single discs because the DVD's in the Ultimate Edition box sets are double-disc sets. One disc for the feature film for optimized quality and one disc for the special features.
I'm not bothered in the fact that all films in all four volumes are not packaged chronologically, since I went through the same process when I purchased the Special Edition box sets. I understand the studio's logic for "mixing it up", since a chronological DVD order would mean more popular sales for the Connery sets and lower sales for the Moore/Daulton sets. I'm a fan of all the Bond films as I appreciate all of the different actors from Connery, Lazenby, Moore, Daulton, Bronson to Craig and for what each one of them has contributed to the Bond Legacy. Many thanks to Daniel Craig for resurrecting this franchise with his outstanding debut in "Casino Royale". Looking forward to "Quantum of Solace" later this year.
VOLUME 3; This is personally my favorite volume because it contains my favorite Bond film "On Her Majusty's Secret Service". Although Lazenby's one & only performance was questionable I like all of the elements of the film including Bond's shocking marriage & sudden widow. I also really like "Live & Let Die" which was Moore's debut film. I liked it despite the odd settings of Moore in Harlem being called "honkey" in a predominately, black neighborhood. Moore's other effort "For Your Eyes Only" simplifies the antics of Moore to more conventional methods after Moore's previous efforts while flying in Space and driving submarine cars. Bronson's debut film "Goldeneye" is great also (love the tank scene in Russia!) as well as Connery's classic "From Russia with Love".
Ulitimate Yes March 27, 2008
I give it 2 thumbs up, I love this James Bond. Oh yeah the documentaries keep me interested in seeing the movie over ,and over again.
Now that am up to date with the Bond movies, I can sit down ,and watch my favorities.
Anyone who is a big fan in Bond flims should get this box set. Start your collection with this Ultimate James Bond Edition.
Cannot wait in another 20 years they start a new box set of Bond movies.
Thanks Amazon for having it at a cheap price.
james bond movies March 10, 2008
i have been a james bond fan since it first hit the screen. this completes my collection in dvd. this was a good price.
"The name is Bond, James Bond." February 8, 2008
I have always been a Bond fan. I have the entire collection and regularly watch a Bond. This is a great item for any movie collector or movie buff.
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