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LOS ANGELES, CA – The world’s most well known secret agent is even hotter in high definition when six, must-have, electrifying James Bond films debut on Blu-ray Disc from MGM and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Recently restored and re-mastered for the highest quality picture and sound quality via the state-of-the-art Lowry process digital frame-by-frame restoration and featuring special features galore, Bond is primed for Blu-ray Disc with a selection of 007 adventures spanning the storied career of cinema’s most recognizable spy. Bond titles arriving on Blu-ray Disc, timed to the highly anticipated worldwide theatrical premiere of the 22nd James Bond mission QUANTUM OF SOLACE this November include 
DR. NO, DIE ANOTHER DAY, LIVE AND LET DIE, FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE and THUNDERBALL.

One of the world’s most successful film franchise, Bond… James Bond has generated more than four billion in global box office gross and boasts an astounding 98% global consumer awareness. CASINO ROYALE, the most recent James Bond film starring Daniel Craig, debuted on BD March 2007, and continues to rank as one of the best selling Blu-ray Disc releases to-date.

Each James Bond Blu-ray Disc will be available for the suggested retail price of $34.98 U.S. / $46.98 TBD Canada and will be packaged with a movie ticket for the all-new Bond adventure QUANTUM OF SOLACE. Additionally the films will be available in two 3-pack Blu-ray Disc collections with two movie tickets – VOLUME ONE: DIE ANOTHER DAY, LIVE AND LET DIE and DR. NO; VOLUME TWO: FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE and THUNDERBALL – and will be available for a suggested retail price of $89.98 U.S. / $119.98 Canada. Prebook is September 24.

Disc Specific Special Features:
Dr. No
“The Complete Special Features Library: Mission Dossier” – Audio Commentary Featuring Director Terence Young and Members of the Cast and Crew
“Top Level Access 007”: License to Restore – Featurette Detailing the Bond Ultimate Edition Film Restoration Process
“Declassified: MI6 Vault” – The Guns of James Bond
Premiere Bond
SEARCH CONTENT EXPANDED “007 Mission Control” Interactive Guide Into the World of Dr. No – REFINISHED IN HD Exotic Locations Featurette
“Mission Dossier”
REFINISHED IN HD Inside Dr. No
REFINISHED IN HD Terence Young: Bond Vivant
Dr. No 1963 Featurette
“Ministry of Propaganda” – Original Trailers, TV Spots, Photo Gallery and Radio Communications

Die Another Day
“The Complete Special Features Library: Mission Dossier” – Audio Commentary Featuring Director Lee Tamahori and Producer Michael G. Wilson
Audio Commentary Featuring Pierce Brosnan and Rosamund Pike
“Declassified: MI6 Vault”
From Script to Screen
Shaken and Stirred on Ice
Just Another Day
The British Touch: Bond Arrives in London
On Location With Peter Lamont
SEARCH CONTENT EXPANDED “007 Mission Control” Interactive Guide Into the World of Die Another Day – REFINISHED IN HD Exotic Locations Featurette
MI6 DataStream
“Ministry of Propaganda” Photo gallery

Live and Let Die
Audio Commentary Featuring Sir Roger Moore
“The Complete Special Features Library: Mission Dossier” – Audio Commentary Featuring Guy Hamilton
Audio Commentary Featuring Tom Mankiewicz
“Declassified: MI6 Vault”
Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary
Roger Moore as James Bond, Circa 1964
Live and Let Die Conceptual Art

SEARCH CONTENT EXPANDED “007 Mission Control” Interactive Guide Into the World of Live and Let Die – REFINISHED IN HD Exotic Locations Featurette
“Mission Dossier”
REFINISHED IN HD Inside Live and Let Die
On Set With Roger Moore
“Ministry of Propaganda” – Original Trailers, TV Spots, Photo Gallery and Radio Communications

For Your Eyes Only
Audio Commentary Featuring Sir Roger Moore
“The Complete Special Features Library: Mission Dossier” – Audio Commentary Featuring John Glen and Actors
Audio Commentary Featuring Michael G Wilson and Crew
“Declassified: MI6 Vault”
Deleted Scenes and Expanded Angles
Bond in Greece, Bond in Cortina
Neptune’s Journey
SEARCH CONTENT EXPANDED “007 Mission Control” Interactive Guide Into the World of For Your Eyes Only – REFINISHED IN HD Exotic Locations Featurette
“Mission Dossier”
REFINISHED IN HD Inside For Your Eyes Only
Animated Storyboard Sequences
Sheena Easton’s “For Your Eyes Only” Music Video
“Ministry of Propaganda” – Original Trailers, TV Spots, Photo Gallery and Radio Communications

From Russia With Love
“The Complete Special Features Library: Mission Dossier” – Audio Commentary Featuring Director Terence Young and Members of the Cast and Crew
“Declassified: MI6 Vault”
Ian Fleming: The CBC Interview
Ian Fleming and Raymond Chandler
Ian Fleming on Desert Island Discs
Animated Storyboard Sequence
SEARCH CONTENT EXPANDED “007 Mission Control” Interactive Guide Into the World of From Russia With Love – REFINISHED IN HD Exotic Locations Featurette
“Mission Dossier”
REFINISHED IN HD Inside From Russia With Love
REFINISHED IN HD Harry Saltzman: Showman
“Ministry of Propaganda” – Original Trailers, TV Spots, Photo Gallery and Radio Communications

Thunderball
“The Complete Special Features Library: Mission Dossier” – Audio Commentary Featuring Terence Young and Others
Audio Commentary Featuring Peter Hunt, John Hopkins and Others
“Declassified: MI6 Vault”
The Incredible World of James Bond – Original 1965 NBC Television Special
A Child’s Guide to Blowing Up a Motor Car – 1965 Ford Promotional Film On Location With Ken Adam
Bill Suitor: The Rocket Man Movies
Thunderball Boat Show Reel
Selling Bonds – Original 1965 Television Advertisements
SEARCH CONTENT EXPANDED “007 Mission Control” Interactive Guide Into the World of Thunderball – REFINISHED IN HD Exotic Locations Featurette
“Mission Dossier”
REFINISHED IN HD The Making of Thunderball
REFINISHED IN HD The Thunderball Phenomenon
REFINISHED IN HD The Secret History of Thunderball
“Ministry of Propaganda” – Original Trailers, TV Spots, Photo Gallery and Radio Communications

You can Pre-order Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 at Amazon for $62.95 ea., or the Amazon Exclusive Six-Pack for $111.95.

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