JAMES BOND CELEBRATES
FIFTY INCREDIBLE YEARS WITH GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY BLU-RAY COLLECTION
BOND 50
LAS VEGAS, NV (January 10,
2012) – In celebration of James Bond’s monumental golden anniversary,
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
today unveiled BOND 50, a collectible box-set featuring all 22 James Bond
films on Blu-ray Disc for the first time in one complete offering. The
longest running film franchise of all time, the Bond 50 collection marks
the debut of nine James Bond films previously unavailable in high
definition Blu-ray. Fans around the world can pre-order now with
participating online retailers. |
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From left to
right, director Martin Campbell, actress Olga Kurylenko,
director Michael Apted, actress Caterina Murino, and director
John Glen pose together to celebrate the 50th anniversary of
James Bond and unveil Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Twentieth
Century Fox Home Entertainment's BOND 50 Blu-ray collection at
CES 2012 in Las Vegas, NV on Tuesday, January 10, 2012.
(PHOTOGRAPH/Dan Steinberg/AP Images for Twentieth Century Fox
Home Entertainment) |
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Acclaimed Bond directors
John Glen (five Bond films including
For Your Eyes Only,
Octopussy,
A View To A Kill,
The Living Daylights &
Licence To Kill), Martin Campbell (GoldenEye,
Casino Royale) and Michael Apted
(The World Is Not Enough) with special
guests Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace) and Caterina Murino (Casino
Royale) made the Blu-ray announcement during a Directors’ Panel
discussion in the Panasonic Booth at the annual Consumer Electronics Show. |
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BOND 50 showcases fifty years of Bond neatly packaged into one cool, sleek
collectable box-set featuring all six iconic James Bond actors. Produced
using the highest possible picture quality and audio presentation, the
collection includes all 22 James Bond feature films from Dr. No to
Quantum
of Solace and more than 130 hours of bonus features including some new and
exclusive content.
“With all 22 feature films available on Blu-ray in one collection for the
first time this is a great way for fans to catch up on 007’s epic journey
before Skyfall hits theatres next autumn,” said Michael Brown, Senior Vice
President, MGM Home Entertainment. “Now viewers can enjoy the intense
action of the innovative franchise in the most immersive home experience
possible.”
“We have a whole program of exciting activities planned for our 50th
anniversary year, beginning with today’s announcement, by Fox, of the
release of all 22 films on Blu-ray for the very first time,’’ added
Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, with EON Productions. “We are also
delighted that Fox has unveiled a specially designed anniversary poster
which we hope the fans will love as much as we do. Our website,
007.com
will be regularly updated with all the latest anniversary news and
events.” |
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