Tuesday, December 19, 2006

A View to a Kill

1985/Action, MPAA Rating) 2Discs/3:52:40
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Crew: Directors and cast members (includes IMDB links)
Details: (Netflix summary)
Content:
Disc 1 - Theatrical Version 2:11:15
- Commentary Featuring Director John Glen & Members of the Cast & Crew
- Commentary Featuring Sir Roger Moore
Disc 2 - Extras ~1:41:25
- Film '85 BBC Report 4:35
- Original Promotional Featurette 7:43
- Deleted Scenes (11:00) with Introductions by Director John Glen: 1. Streets of San Francisco 3:03, 2. Float Like a Butterfly Test Footage 1:31, 3. Paris Police Station 1:18, 4. Stacy Gets Fired 1:58, 5. Protesting Zorin 2:24, 6. Zorin & Crew Pull Up to City Hall :45
- Alternate & Expanded Angles (6:39) with Introduction by Director John Glen: 1. Eiffle Tower 3:06, 2. Drawbridge 1:30, 3. Bond Rescues Stacy 1:53
- Inside A View to a Kill 37:26
- The Music of James Bond 21:37
- Duran Duran-A View to a Kill Music Video 4:30
- Theatrical Archives (5:51): 1. Unmissable Bond 1:28, 2. Danger 1:30, Action, 3. Secret Mission 2:53
- TV Broadcasts (2:04): 1. From the Siberian Ice Caps :31, 2. Roger Moore is :31, 3. Greatest Criminal Genius :31, 4. James Bond 007 :31
- 88 Image Database (Slideshow) Includes: 1. Introduction (0), 2. Roger Moore (6), 3. Tanya Roberts (4), 4. Christopher Walken (3), 5. Grace Jones (17), 6. Patrick Bauchau (1), 7. Bond's Team (4), 8. Cold Warrior (4), 9. La Tour Eiffel (9), 10. Golden Gate (18), 11. At Home with Stacy (3), 12. San Francisco Fire (9), 13. Main Strike (7), 14. Marketing (3)
Eggs: (
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Musical Highlights: Duran Duran-A View to a Kill
Factoids: (
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1. First Bond film to not say the title of the next Bond film during the ending credits.
2. When Moore and Patrick Macnee are unpacking, Moore hands Macnee an umbrella. Macnee often used an umbrella as a weapon on "The Avengers" (1961).
3. The cuts made to the film by the BBFC exist in all worldwide prints as of 2006.
4. The description of Max Zorin in the script was based on Sting, who was considered for the part.5. Lois Maxwell's (Miss Moneypenny) approached the film makers to suggest she come back playing the role of M. The makers declined, saying they didn't think a woman could play M.
6. First use of a snowboard in any movie.

Comments: B. The Ultimate Collectors Edition adds 29:58 new material to approximately 1:11:27 of older material.