Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3241 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-07-17
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Formats: Box set, PAL, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: Greek, Dutch, Norwegian, Finnish, English, Danish, Swedish, Hindi
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 120 minutes

Special Features
THE ULTIMATE EDITION CONTAINS: NEVER BEFORE RELEASED ON DVD: Newly Recorded Audio Commentary Featuring Sir Roger Moore DECLASSIFIED: MI6 VAULT 007 in Egypt • Roger Moore: My Word Is My Bond • On Location With Ken Adam • 007 Stage Dedication - Original 1977 Featurette Escape From Atlantis: Storyboard Sequence 007 MISSION CONTROL Interactive Guide Into the World of The Spy Who Loved Me THE COMPLETE SPECIAL FEATURES LIBRARY: MISSION DOSSIER Audio Commentary Featuring Director Lewis Gilbert, Production Designer Ken Adam, Co-Writer Christopher Wood and Michael G Wilson Inside The Spy Who Loved Me • Ken Adam: Designing Bond MINISTRY OF PROPAGANDA Original Trailers, TV Spots, Photo Gallery & Radio Communications

Synopsis
James Bond (Roger Moore) is coupled with Russian agent Anya Triple-X Amasova (Barbara Bach) to recover stolen Soviet submarines from evil oceanographer Carl Stromberg (Curt Jurgens) and his gigantic lackey, Jaws (Richard Kiel). When Triple-X learns that Bond killed her boyfriend on a mission in the Alps, she must overcome her selfish notions of revenge and work with 007 for the good of the world. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME, the 10th film in the James Bond series, ventures not only into the depths of the ocean but into the deep topic of betrayal and morality as well, placing it among the boldest of the 007 films. In addition to the Bond staple of girls and gadgetry, the film features beautifully shot footage of the Austrian Alps, Venice, and the Egyptian pyramids. Furthermore, director Lewis Gilbert uses the film to push the cinematic envelope with stunning underwater action sequences, that leave the viewer gasping for air and a vodka martini shaken, not stirred.

Customer Reviews

double-'o' heaven in '77!
1974: Cubby Broccolli, with his taste for lavish finery and all the luxurious leisures in life, pored uneasily over the less than earth-shattering returns on 'GOLDEN GUN': while far from a box-office flop, the monetary---and critical-----rewards were pale in comparison with earlier, superior 007 entries.

The public clearly clamoured for spectacle, as the dynamics for cinema audiences was truly changing, especially with 'young guns ' on the block [SPIELBERG and LUCAS] snapping at BROCCOLLI'S heels, eating inroads into his once-profitable cinematic series.

Re-thinking his strategy with an almost militaristic precision, CUBBY spent much time and resources on this next BOND outing, neccessitating a 3-year gap between movie releases.

Opting to grab the audience by the scruff of the neck, and bludgeon them senseless thereon, 'BROCCERS' proceeded to do exactly that, with the exhillerating, goose-pimple inducing 'suicidal' ski-jump off a perilous cliff: this rates as THE definitive pre-title sequence, which segues successfully into the somewhat 'stuck -in-time' theme song, which nevertheless suits this particular film nicely.

MOORE'S interpretation here is still 'quipsville UK' but the dangers and glossy melodramas are treated with relative respect, the out-and-out flippancy [which angered many BOND purists] more a product of the 80s outings. MOORE has touted this extravaganza as his own personal favourite, and for sheer spectacle and cutting-edge [1977-style] action octane, remains a high water mark of the MOORE contributions, and of the series itself.

BARBARA BACH cuts a rigid dash as an initially-frosty, RUSSKIE ice-maiden, who eventually warms to BOND'S western quips, and emerges as a beautiful, memorable 007 heroine. RICHARD KIEL'S 'JAWS' character is a worthy, fitting adversory and BOND opponent, coming on as a TERMINATOR-like unstoppable killing-machine, and works very well within the format of this film. 'BLACK HEART' RUM beauty CAROLINE MUNROE also radiates brriefly, though her character is also 'terminated' all too quickly.

The 'underwater lotus' sequence impressed deeply in summer 1977, and although it has been easily superceded by today's ever more polished special effects, still retains a splendid period charm, cementing the craft's status as one of the most memorable BOND vehicles ever. Excellent production design in baddie STROMBERG'S vast underwater fortress, 'ATLANTIS' , which rises from the sea with a 'WAR of the WORLDS' vigour. STROMBERG may not be among the most memorable BOND villian, but his outlandish ambitions yield the usually impressive mayhem so beloved of BROCCOLLI.

A climatic action sequence [with a nautical, submarine-docking backdrop] is choreographed almost like a symphonic ballet, with endless flying bodies, machine-gun casualties and bomb victims who keep their heads and limbs intact, without so much as a drop of blood spilled......goodness only knows what a veteran who experienced all-out WAR in the real world would make of all this!

This enjoyable, lavish outing ends with BOND and BACH cavorting in a luxurious marine-craft which bobs boyountly on the vast Atlantic seas, and the credits roll as a rousing reprise of the theme song [belted out, Military-style] concluding a superior, nicely entertaining entry in the BOND stakes.


BROCCOLLI sat triumphantly as he viewed the finished, pre-view cut; he knew instinctively he had successfully rejuvenated the slipping franchize back to it's winning level........this was clearly the direction to adhere to, and his frequent visits to SAVILLE ROW tailors, and his craving for the high life he so aching desired, would remain a reasurringly long-term reality.

One of Moore's best
Roger Moore's third one, at 50 years old, he was good! The script from Christopher Wood and Richard Maibaum is excellent, the directing from Lewis Gilbert finally proved that he was a good director because Moonraker and You Only Live Twice weren't very good. I own the Ultimate Edition 2-disc and it's superb for me. The film itself is wonderful and comes in second on my ranking of Roger Moore films. The one thing I found confusing was Stromberg himself. Curt Jurgens played him well, but his normal megalomaniacs' plot was different to that of SPECTRE and Ernst Stavro Blofeld. It was confusing, which is why I have deducted a star. Live And Let Die was better for the simple reason that it's plot was easier to understand. Not my favourite Bond film and not my favourite Moore one either, but it comes about seventh in my list.

The Spy Who Loved Me - A Review
Pretty much an epic greatest hits pack for Bond featuring everything you would expect in the Bond films. Roger Moore returns once again to cement his role as Bond who has to stop evil maniac, Karl Stromberg from destroying the world. Featuring the ever famous Jaws and one of the best Bond girls, pre-creds sequence, henchmen and finale in a Bond film. If you are to watch any one Bond film in your life, make it this one.