James Bond - The Spy Who Loved Me (Ultimate Edition 2 Disc Set) [1977]

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Editorial reviews

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

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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.

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Customer reviews

review by: Ax date: 2008-04-21 rating:
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.

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review by: date: 2007-11-21 rating:
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.

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review by: skenn1701a date: 2007-10-02 rating:
Moore finds his groove as Bond
By this 1977 movie, the Roger Moore era of movies had found their direction and formula. The same as Goldfinger represented the coming together of ingredients for Connery, here Moore is at his most relaxed in the role, but still young enough to get away with it, and the sets, the villain, the set pieces, all create the mood for the definitive Moore Bond movie.
Alas, the definitive Bond movie has aged badly, unless you are able to relish the campness of the massive (and still impressive) sets and the script apparently written by a three year old (GIRL: `James, I need you!'... BOND: `..so does England!'). It's a miracle that medical attention was not required to remove tongues from cheeks...
Clearly, the mood of the times was for escapism and fantasy - and this movie fit the mould well. Barbara Bach is one of the most beautiful Bond girls, and actually plays quite a strong role, even though her acting lessons seem to have been taken at a carpentry school instead of a drama school. The signature stunt at the beginning of the movie, where Bond skis off a cliff and after a few heartstopping moments the parachute bursts open to reveal the Union Jack, is sublime lunacy that raised cheers in the cinema in 1977. Curt Jurgens is inspired casting to lend a degree of gravitas to the megalomaniac Stromberg. An additional bonus is the first appearance of Jaws, played by Richard Kiel - you can't help feeling that the scenes where he keeps trying and failing to get 007 leave you rooting for Jaws more than Bond. It's obvious why they brought him back in the next movie. The music has shifted in tone from John Barry's classic riffs and stringy feel, to an electronic mood, which again exaggerates the 70's feel of the movie... and let's not start on the ladies hairstyles... And the character of Bond is changing. More one liners than ever to be sure.. but compare Connery in the very similar action scene at the end of You Only Live Twice (same director) - there, Connery moves gracefully throught the milieu almost like a dancer, dealing with the enemy only as and when he needs to to achieve his goal, leaving the fighting and blowing up to others. Here, Moore has to be at the centre of everything, and lead all the action scenes. It's a trend which takes the character into fantasy more than ever before.
The Ultimate Edition has the crystal clear picture and sound we have come to expect, and all the extras from the Special Edition, including the essential documentary Inside The Spy Who Loved Me, and the commentary of the movie - all excellent value. New features include a brand new commentary by Moore, and an abundance of minor period featurettes, such as the 007 sound stage dedication, opened by Harold Wilson, the ex -PM.
This is a movie much parodied, and obviously camp and dated, and yet that is its whole appeal - it was at the time entirely original (well, except the plot elements stolen from other Bond movies) and full of iconic items and moments - the Lotus Esprit, the Pyramids light show, the first movie appearance of a jetski, Jaws... It is a movie which in no way tries to be timeless - it is very much of the time, and as such it's a small treasure.... as long as you know what you are letting yourself in for.

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review by: Myers date: 2007-08-28 rating:
the BEST of the BONDS
i bloody love this film, the extras on the DVD are alright but lets talk about the film itself. the restoration work on this edition to the series for the late seventies is quite impressive. the newly recorded commentary from Sir Roger Moore was also entertaining, listening to the stories from his career and of course filming The Spy Who Loved Me, which was his favourite of the Bond he did. can you blame him? even after thirty years, this film is the definitive Bond film and is on my list of all-time favourite films. if you only buy one Bond, get this one! JAWS ROCKS!





review by: date: 2007-07-28 rating:
Vintage James!
This is Roger's tour-de-force as 007: a white submersible Lotus Esprit, Barbara Bach, Egypt, Richard Kiel as Jaws, the incredible opening sequence, Carly Simon's fabulous theme tune...this re-released version has some nice extras, and I would watch it on as big a TV as you can find because I still cannot beat the experience I had watching this as a ten year old in 1977 on the big screen: when the Bond music kicked in after the opening chase everyone in the cinema cheered, and rightly so!

Nice one Roger...

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