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DVD Casino Royale
John Huston was only one of five directors on this expensive, all-star 1967 spoof of Ian Fleming's 007 lore. David Niven is the aging Sir James Bond, called out of retirement to take on the organized threat of SMERSH and pass on the secret-agent mantle to his idiot son (Woody Allen). An amazing cast (Orson Welles, Peter Sellers, Deborah Kerr, etc.) is wonderful to look at, but the film is not as funny as it should be, and the romping starts to look mannered after awhile. The musical score by Burt Bacharach, however, is a keeper. --Tom Keogh
The Bond series of movies has had its share of low brow humor and over the top antics but not even Moonraker approaches the horror of the original big screen attempt at Casino Royale. Episodes of Sesame Street have plots that hold together better than this flimsy and unrecognizable attempt at adapting Ian Fleming's first novel. It's supposed to be about James Bond beating Le Chiffre in a high stakes gambling match designed to bankrupt Le Chiffre and cause his enemies to come after him. This movie has no fewer than 6 different actors portraying 007. Once Peter Sellers vacates the role there really is no rhyme or reason to what is going on or to why James Bond keeps changing bodies. It is simply one of the worst films ever made because there just is no possible way to follow the thread of story. It makes no sense and really isn't very funny at all. Any laughs are muted by utter confusion and the whole thing turns into one big incongruent series of comedy sketches vaguely attached to the bigger Bond theme. It's dumb; very dumb.
Peter Sellers = Austin Powers
I watched this movie for the first time in years last night. Great for all the stars, the "swinging sixties" atmosphere and the great music(made me think of my late grandparents and their Herb Albert albums!) I'm glad I read the other reviews about Sellers walking out and all the production problems--that explains alot about the plot problems and why Sellers character was killed off before the conclusion. Still a really fun film I enjoyed as much now as 25 years ago. After watching Peter Sellers performance I have no doubt Mike Myers thought the same. When Sellers(with his nerdy/hip looks and thick black glasses)took off his shirt and exposed his hairy back all I could think of was Austin Powers! + The scene in the first Austin Powers with Bacharach's "The look of Love" was lifted staight out of this movie. Obviously a big influence. GREAT FUN. I WOULD BUY A COPY
Bond Unbound
I never could figure out why the now legendary James Bond series didn't start with Casino Royale, but after a golden run of four hits with Sean Connery, Peter Sellers and co. took their shot at Britain's most famous spy, casting a dashing David Niven in the role. What followed was a hilarious send-up to Ian Fleming's famous character, in a series of mistaken identities, silly pratfalls and numerous sight gags which only Sellers and company could do. Ursula Andress showed what a good sport she was by playing in this silly caper. It is a great cast, which included Woody Allen, Orson Welles, William Holden, Deborah Kerr and many others. The producer, Charles K. Feldman, turned the movie into a spoof after a dispute with Broccoli, who refused to underwrite him. Feldman had originally produced "What's New, Pussycat," which gives you a pretty good idea where he came from in making this movie. This whacky venture was no doubt the inspiration for Austin Powers, but I think you will find this version of "Casino Royale" much more funny, depending on your age of course.
After years of enduring Roger Moore in the role of James Bond, it was good to have Sean Connery back in this 1983 film for a one-time-only trip down 007's memory lane. Connery's Bond, a bit of a dinosaur in the British secret service at (then) 52, is still in demand during times of crisis. Sadly, the film is not very good. In this rehash of Thunderball, Bond is pitted against a worthy underwater villain (Klaus Maria Brandauer); and while the requisite Bond Girls include beauties Kim Basinger and Barbara Carrera, they can't save the movie. The script has several truly dumb passages, among them a (gasp) video-game duel between 007 and his nemesis that now looks utterly anachronistic. For Connery fans, however, this widescreen print of the Irvin Kershner (The Empire Strikes... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Irvin Kershner DVD Release Date: Released the 17 October 2000 Usually ships in 24 hours
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An appealing, free-floating lunacy fuels What's New Pussycat?, and there's enough of it bubbling around to carry the movie past its many defects. The cast is like a collection of terribly attractive people stumbling over each other at a disorganized cocktail party--they aren't always witty, and some of them are drunk, but there's enough going on to keep you distracted. Peter O'Toole plays a swinging London womanizer seeking help for his addiction, who makes the mistake of consulting one Dr. Fritz Fassbender (Peter Sellers), a demented psychoanalyst. Woody Allen made his movie debut here and wrote the script (much altered, to Allen's chagrin, in the filmmaking process). This movie and Casino Royale--which also features Sellers, Allen, Ursula Andress, and a Burt... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Peter Sellers - Peter O'Toole - Romy Schneider Director(s): Clive Donner DVD Release Date: Released the 07 June 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Phase II of the 007 film recapitulation gives the viewer access to five James Bond movies (Thunderball, The Spy Who Loved Me, View to a Kill, Die Another Day, and License to Kill). The restored quality of these films is fantastic, and the added bonus features takes the compilation to a higher level. When you watch these films, keep in mind the times they were created in before you pass them off as sophomoric. The technology we have to today, and fictionally used in more recent 007 movies, was not imaginable during the early sixties and seventies.
The criticism that comes from other reviewers over not having the option of purchasing these films separately is justified. For someone like me, who had only two previous Bond movies in his collection, the redundancy is not so... More Info about this DVD Director(s): John Glen (II) - Terence Young - Lee Tamahori DVD Release Date: Released the 07 November 2006 Usually ships in 24 hours
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GOLDFINGER never looked or sounded better. They did an outstanding job. The KungFu out-takes on THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN were outstanding. Those two girls were the real thing. The remastered sound on DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER raised this Connery Bond film to a new level. This is a great volume. More Info about this DVD Director(s): Guy Hamilton - Michael Apted DVD Release Date: Released the 07 November 2006 Usually ships in 6 to 12 days
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Though this film is a relatively minor one in the massive canon of Peter Sellers, it has moments of absolute hilarity. Written and directed by Blake Edwards, one of Sellers's most fertile collaborators, the film stars Sellers as a would-be actor from India (let them try to get away with that today) who is a walking disaster area. After ruining a day's shooting as an extra on a film, he finds himself unintentionally invited to a big Hollywood party. That's pretty much it as far as plot goes, but Edwards and Sellers know how to milk a simple idea for an unending string of slapstick gags. The result is a film that is episodic and sketchy, but also frequently loony in an inspired way. --Marshall FineMore Info about this DVD Actor(s): Peter Sellers Director(s): Blake Edwards DVD Release Date: Released the 11 December 2001 Usually ships in 24 hours
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