Old Bond Comes To New Blu-ray

The best thing about a new Bond flick hitting theaters (Quantum of Solace in theaters Nov 14) is that it gives the studios yet another excuse to re-release the classic Bond movies we all know and love. Thanks to Blu-ray winning the format war, there’s even a cause beyond cashing in on a timely release, with six classic Bond adventures coming to Blu-ray on October 21st.

We’ve gotten a look at the specs and cover art for the new Bond releases, which include Sean Connery’s Dr. No, From Russia With Love, and Thunderball; Roger Moore’s Live and Let Die and For Your Eyes Only, and Pierce Brosnan’s Die Another Day. Each movie has a matching packaging that features each Bond wielding his pistol along with each movie’s specific Bond babe highlighted behind the super-spy. Through the gun barrel, a shot from one of each movie’s respective action sequences can be seen, usually involving one of Bond’s vehicles.

As for the specs, each disc is pretty well loaded, with Interactive Guides into each movie and previously released featurettes refinished in HD. I’m particularly excited about some of the Exotic Locations featurettes and how they’ll look in HD.

I’m a little curious about the movie selection that’s being released in what I hope will be wave one of several, so that all Bond movies will have a similar release. Two of Bond’s most popular outings, Goldfinger and Octopussy are absent, and they’ve picked what many would argue to be the weakest of Brosnan’s film (although it does give them the excuse to put Halle Berry on the cover). And no Dalton? What a shame.

Here’s a look at the specs for each respective release. Be sure to click on the gallery below to see the DVD covers for each movie as well.

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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