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Bond. James Bond. The suave spy has remained the world's most enigmatic action hero ever since his big-screen debut in 1962. Volume 1 of the James Bond Blu-ray Collection includes DIE ANOTHER DAY, LIVE AND LET DIE, and DR. NO!DIE ANOTHER DAY: When his top-secret mission is sabotaged, James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) finds himself captured by the enemy, abandoned by M16 and stripped of his 00-license. Determined to get revenge, Bond goes head-to-head with a sultry spy (Oscar winner Halle Barry), a frosty agent (Rosamund Pike) and a shadowy billionaire (Toby Stephens) whose business is diamonds...but whose secret is a diabolical weapon that could bring the world to its knees! Bristling with excitement and bursting with explosive special effects, DIE ANOTHER DAY is an adrenaline-pumping thrill-ride with "stunts and nonstop action [that] will astonish you" (Jeffrey Lyons, WNBC-TV)! LIVE AND LET DIE: James Bond battles the forces of black magic in this high-octane adventure that hurtles him from the streets of New York City to Louisiana's bayou country. With charm, wit and deadly assurance, Roger Moore steps in as Agent 007 and takes on a powerful drug lord (Yaphet Kotto) with a diabolical scheme to conquer the world. DR. NO: His name is Bond, James Bond. And here, in his explosive film debut, Ian Fleming's immortal action hero blazes through one of his most spectacular adventures. Sean Connery embodies the suave yet lethal cool of Agent 007 as he battles the mysteries Dr. No, a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. space programme.
"[Dr. No] Essential viewing for any Bond fanatic." Christopher Null, FilmCritic.com
"[Die Another Day] The real-deal, packed with more excitement, vigor and fortitude than an unfaltering Magnum." Clint Morris, Film Threat
"[Die Another Day] Tamahori pumps a tremendous amount of energy into his Bond movie, and it's an electrifying ride." Gregory Weinkauf, Dallas Observer
"[Live and Let Die] ...[has] a grand sense of fun and some of Moore's best moments in the franchise." Rob Vaux, Flipside Movie Emporium
"[Live and Let Die] Inventive...thrilling...high-powered." Time
"[Dr. No] An entertaining piece of tongue-in-cheek action hokum." Variety
Editor's Note
Get a smattering of some of the most beloved Bond incarnations in all their high-definition glory. First up, the super spy is played by Sean Connery in his inaugural outing, DR. NO (1962). Also included here is LIVE AND LET DIE (1973), the first 007 adventure in which Roger Moore takes over as an adequate shoe-filler, as well as Pierce Brosnan's final appearance in DIE ANOTHER DAY (2002).
| Features | Audio: English DTS HD 5.1 Surround Sound | | Audio: French, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Dubbed: French, Spanish | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: TCFHE/MGM |
| Release Date: 3/24/2009 |
| Running Time: 362 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1963 | | Catalog ID: 112095 | | UPC: 00883904120957 | | Number of Discs: 3 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Available Subtitles: French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 2.35:1/1.85:1/1.66:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
MTV Award (2003) | | | Halle Berry, Nominee, [Die Another Day] Best Female Performance | |
Image Award (2003) |  | Halle Berry, Winner, [Die Another Day] Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | |
Golden Globe (2003) | | | Madonna, Mirwais Ahmadzai ("Die Another Day"), Nominee, [Die Another Day] Best Original Song - Motion Picture | |
Grammy (1974) | | | Paul McCartney, et. al., Nominee, [Live and Let Die] Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture | |
Oscar (1974) | | | Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney ("Live and Let Die"), Nominee, [Live and Let Die] Best Music, Original Song | |
Golden Globe (1964) | | Ursula Andress, Winner, [Dr. No] Most Promising Newcomer - Female |
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| | Professional Reviews | ReelViews 8 of 10
[Dr. No] Barring a television adaptation of Casino Royale in the 1950s (not to be confused with the 1967 movie of the same name), 1962's Dr. No was the first opportunity fans of Ian Fleming's James Bond had to watch the intrepid superspy in action. However, producers Harry Saltzman and Albert Broccoli wanted their movie to appeal to a wider audience than just Fleming's readers. To that end, they altered the 007 of the novels to better fit the screen. Bond became more suave and witty, and less cold- blooded. Nevertheless, the hero of Dr. No is still grittier than he would become by Goldfinger (released only two years later)...Many elements of the "Bond formula" are present in their infancy. Maurice Binder does the opening titles, although they lack the flair of his later contributions...M and Moneypenny make their screen debuts (Q first appeared in the next film, From Russia with Love), and the first -- and perhaps best-remembered -- Bond girl, Ursula Andress, sets a standard that hasn't wavered in more than thirty years. All-in-all, Dr. No is a successful, if not superlative, motion picture. While it may appear tame by the standards of the later productions, it's an entertaining look back in movie history at a project that developed into a worldwide phenomenon. - James Berardinelli
San Francisco Chronicle 6 of 10
[Die Another Day] For those of us who enjoy James Bond movies (everybody?), "Die Another Day" has just enough juice to keep the romance going: a commanding Commander Bond (Pierce Brosnan), a pair of decorative Bond women (he gets two nowadays) and some imaginative gadgetry, including a disappearing car...But the new movie lacks something, a special something. It's a quality that has characterized some of the best of the first 19 Bond movies: extravagant ludicrousness. Or is it a buoyancy? Or a carelessness? Or a smirky heartlessness? The phrase is hard to find, but we know a James Bond atmosphere when we see one, and in "Die Another Day" it's there only intermittently. Film exactly the same movie without English accents, and it would be hard to identify it as a Bond movie...Berry deflects the indignity of Bond-girl status as if by resolving to be cheerful, while Rosamund Pike, as the other Bond girl, shines, bringing a cool implacability to what, at least here, passes for an interesting character: a fencing teacher/publicist/secret agent. These good points make the movie easy to sit through, but recommending it is another story. Still, even if fans are disappointed by "Die Another Day," they probably won't really regret having seen it. - Mick LaSalle
Chicago Sun-Times 7 of 10
[Live and Let Die] "Live and Let Die" is the ninth James Bond picture, and not exactly the best. It has all the necessary girls, gimmicks, subterranean control rooms, uniformed goons and magic wristwatches it can hold, but it doesn't have the wit and it doesn't have the style of the best Bond movies...This may have something to do with the substitution of Roger Moore for Sean Connery as 007. Moore has the superficial attributes for the job: The urbanity, the quizzically raised eyebrow, the calm under fire and in bed. But Connery was always able to invest the role with a certain humor, a sense of its ridiculousness. Moore has been supplied with a lot of double entendres and double takes, but he doesn't seem to get the joke...There are a few elements every Bond movie absolutely must have, and "Live and Let Die" has them. It opens, of course, with a meeting with M and the faithful Miss Moneypenny. It has Bond arriving at the Caribbean hideout by man-bearing kite. It has a spectacular chase (this one involves speedboats, but isn't as much fun as the great ski chase two Bonds ago). It has a spectacularly destroyed villain (he swallows a capsule of compressed air and explodes). It has the girls. And it has Bond exhibiting his mastery of the better things in life by asking room service for a bottle of Bollinger - not cold, but "slightly chilled," please. - Roger Ebert
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