The Connery Collection in Technicolor

The Connery Collection in Technicolor

For the last 10 years, I have been collecting and scanning Theatrical film prints of James Bond. So far, I have scanned just about all of the trailers, and at least one print (sometimes as many as three) of every feature film from Dr No – Goldeneye, with the exception of Live and Let Die and Man with the Golden Gun. A copy of the former should be heading my way soon, and I know somebody with a print of the latter which I can borrow, so hopefully by the end of this year I’ll have scanned the first 17 films (plus 2 copies of Never Say Never Again). read more

Nintendo 64 GoldenEye Commercial (1997) [4K]

Nintendo 64 GoldenEye Commercial (1997) [4K]

Another really nice 4K film scan courtesy of FT Depot, this time for what many people consider the greatest James Bond video game of all time – Goldeneye for the Nintendo 64. This ad ran on 35mm film in cinemas back in 1997.

35mm Bond SE DVD Collection AD (AUS)

35mm Bond SE DVD Collection AD (AUS)

Cinema Advertizement for the Special Edition James Bond DVD Collection, from a 35mm film reel sent to Hoyts Village Cinema in Sydney Australia, to be shown starting on October 31st 2002. Scanned at 5K by our very own Q Branch.

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See James Bond in Technicolor!

See James Bond in Technicolor!

Thunderball 35mm IB Technicolor print

On Saturday, June 25. Exhumed Films and the Mahoning Drive-In Theater are having a BOND SALE! Triple the danger! Triple the excitement! Triple the 007! It’s Sean Connery as James Bond in three of his biggest and best adventures shown from original IB Technicolor 35mm prints!

FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (1963) – Dir. by Terence Young – 115 mins.
GOLDFINGER (1964) – Dir. by Guy Hamilton – 110 mins.
THUNDERBALL (1966) – Dir. by Terence Young – 130 mins.

This event will be preceded by a big reel of vintage James Bond trailers (provided by The 007 Dossier), and the intermissions will be kept brief due to the length of the features. read more

16mm B&W James Bond Promos

16mm B&W James Bond Promos

The first of these, all about Dr. No, appears on as a Special Feature on the Ultimate Edition DVD. The second is for You Only Live Twice. Both were scanned from 16mm film by our very own Q Branch.

No Time To Die

No Time To Die

No Time To Die Movie Poster

I’ll confess that I was not all that excited about this one. I caught a TV ad for it a couple of weeks ago and genuinely thought they were showing shots from previous Daniel Craig outings – the DB5 machine guns and the motorcycle jump looked like they were cut and pasted from his earlier films. Armed with these low expectations, I finally went to see the film last night and I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it.

I made the choice not to read any reviews before going to see it and writing my own review here, so that I wouldn’t be influenced by what other people thought of it. If you haven’t seen it yet, there are spoilers ahead so this would be a good place to stop reading, go watch the film, and then come back to read the rest. read more

James Bond Masterclass

James Bond Masterclass

Presumably the hunt for a New 007 will be resuming soon so here are Sean and Roger with some advice for the next James Bond, courtesy of Spitting Image (season 16, episode 6)

Diamonds Are Forever in Glorious Technicolor

Diamonds Are Forever in Glorious Technicolor

More James Bond on 35mm film in Glorious Technicolor, scanned as usual by our very own Q-branch. Here’s the short clip from Reel 1. Note that the original TransAmerica logo has been replaced on this print with the more modern 1982 “paper clip” UA logo. (This logo replacement unfortunately occurred on the entire UA library after UA folded in 1981 and Transamerica wanted all references to their ownership of UA removed.)

Download: https://mega.nz/file/wVUB1IIC#A6S8G2WVXCWxYTKxOvOVv1YTu8ywTTS_58ALK_277Ec read more

Very Early 35mm Teaser Trailer for Dr No

Very Early 35mm Teaser Trailer for Dr No

Really more of a Theater snipe than a trailer, this would have been American theater goer’s first look at the upcoming James Bond film series. Here’s how it looks today, nearly 60 years later:

Since it’s essentially just a few still images, restoring it is very easy. Here’s how it would have looked when new:

The 007 Dossier