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007 - View to a Kill (A) (1985)
Adventure Above And Beyond All Other Bonds.Director: John Glen
OVERALL: Draw-
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Commentaries:Audio Commentary Featuring Director John Glen And Members Of The Cast And Crew
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Extras:Inside A View To A Kill Documentary
The Music Of James Bond Documentary
Deleted Scene
Music Video
Theatrical Trailers
TV Spots
"Making-Of" Booklet -
Subtitles:French and Spanish
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 surround -
Case type:Keep Case
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Commentaries:DISC ONE
*The Film
Audio Commentary by director John Glen, with actors Tanya Roberts, Carole Ashby, Patrick Macnee, David Yip, and Fiona Fullerton, co-producer/co-writer Michael G. Wilson, production designer Peter Lamont, associate producer Thomas Pevsner, second unit director Arthur Wooster, ski sequence director and photographer Willy Bogner, Jr., special effects supervisor John Richardson, production supervisor Anthony Waye, action sequences arranger Martin Grace, stuntman B.J. Worth, location manager Serge Touboul, and publicist Jerry Juroe - moderated by David Naylor (of the "Ian Fleming Foundation")
Audio commentary by actor Sir Roger Moore -
Extras:"Ultimate Editions" trailer
DISC TWO
*De-Classified - MI6 Vault:
-"Original Promotional" featurette (7:44 min)
-"Butterfly Test Footage" -featurette (1:31 min)
-"Film ’85 BBC Report" -featurette (7:24 min)
-"The Streets of San Francisco" -featurette (3:02 min)
-"Deleted Scenes and Expanded Angles" (with introductions by director John Glen):
*Deleted scene - Paris Police Station (1:16 min)
*Alternative angle/extended scene - The Eiffel Tower (3:06 min)
*Deleted scene - Zorin & Crew Pull Up to City Hall (00:43 sec)
*Deleted scene - Protesting Zorin (2:22 min)
*Deleted scene - Stacey Gets Fired (1:59 min)
*Expanded Angles - Bond Rescues Stacey (1:48 min)
*Expanded Angles - The Drawbridge (1:26 min)
"007 Mission Control"-interactive feature: 007, Women, Allies, Villains, Mission Combat Manual, Q Branch and Exotic Locations
*Mission Dossiers:
-"Inside A View To A Kill - An Original Documentary" (37:26 min)
-"The Bond Sound - The Music of James Bond" -featuette (21:37 min)
-"Duran Duran: A View To A Kill" music video (4:31 min)
*Ministry Of Propaganda:
-3 theatrical trailers
-4 TV-spots
*Interactive Image Database:
-"Experience The World Of James Bond in 1985"
Booklet -
Subtitles:English, French, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, Korean, and Thai
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1
English Dolby Digital 2.0 surround
French Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Region 1 & 3 encoded. Also in the "James Bond Ultimate Edition, Volume 2" box set (5 Slim cases in a cardboard box), which contains "Thunderball", "The Spy Who Loved Me", "A View to a Kill", "Licence To Kill", and "Die Another Day".
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Commentaries:Audio Commentary Featuring Director John Glen And Members Of The Cast And Crew
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Extras:Inside A View To A Kill Documentary
The Bond Sound - Music Of James Bond Documentary
Deleted Scene
Duran Duran Music Video
Theatrical Trailers
TV Spots
"Making-Of" Booklet -
Subtitles:English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese and Swedish
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
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Case type:Keep Case
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Commentaries:DISC ONE
*The Film
Audio Commentary by director John Glen, with actors Tanya Roberts, Carole Ashby, Patrick Macnee, David Yip, and Fiona Fullerton, co-producer/co-writer Michael G. Wilson, production designer Peter Lamont, associate producer Thomas Pevsner, second unit director Arthur Wooster, ski sequence director and photographer Willy Bogner, Jr., special effects supervisor John Richardson, production supervisor Anthony Waye, action sequences arranger Martin Grace, stuntman B.J. Worth, location manager Serge Touboul, and publicist Jerry Juroe - moderated by David Naylor (of the "Ian Fleming Foundation")
Audio commentary by actor Sir Roger Moore -
Extras:"Ultimate Editions" trailer
DISC TWO
*De-Classified - MI6 Vault:
-"Butterfly Test Footage" -featurette (1:31 min)
-"Film ’85 BBC Report" -featurette (7:24 min)
-"The Streets of San Francisco" -featurette (3:02 min)
-"Deleted Scenes and Expanded Angles" (with introductions by director John Glen):
*Deleted scene - Paris Police Station (1:16 min)
*Alternative angle/extended scene - The Eiffel Tower (3:06 min)
*Deleted scene - Zorin & Crew Pull Up to City Hall (00:43 sec)
*Deleted scene - Protesting Zorin (2:22 min)
*Deleted scene - Stacey Gets Fired (1:59 min)
*Expanded Angles - Bond Rescues Stacey (1:48 min)
*Expanded Angles - The Drawbridge (1:26 min)
"007 Mission Control"-interactive feature: 007, Women, Allies, Villains, Mission Combat Manual, Q Branch and Exotic Locations
*Mission Dossiers:
-"Inside A View To A Kill - An Original Documentary" (37:26 min)
-"The Bond Sound - The Music of James Bond" -featuette (21:37 min)
-"Duran Duran: A View To A Kill" music video (4:31 min)
*Ministry Of Propaganda:
-3 theatrical trailers
-4 TV-spots
*Interactive Image Database:
-"Experience The World Of James Bond in 1985" -
Subtitles:English, English HoH, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Danish, Greek, and Hindi
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Also available in an exclusive Attaché Case, with all 20 Ultimate Edition DVDs.
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Commentaries:Audio Commentary Featuring Director John Glen And Members Of The Cast And Crew
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Extras:Inside A View To A Kill Documentary
The Bond Sound - Music Of James Bond Documentary
Deleted Scene
Duran Duran Music Video
Theatrical Trailers
TV Spots
"Making-Of" Booklet -
Subtitles:English, Hebrew, Greek, Polish, Hungarian, Portuguese, English HoH, Turkish, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
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Case type:Amaray Case
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Notes:Thanks to Downunder for these specs.
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Extras:DISC ONE
*The Film
Audio Commentary by director John Glen, with actors Tanya Roberts, Carole Ashby, Patrick Macnee, David Yip, and Fiona Fullerton, co-producer/co-writer Michael G. Wilson, production designer Peter Lamont, associate producer Thomas Pevsner, second unit director Arthur Wooster, ski sequence director and photographer Willy Bogner, Jr., special effects supervisor John Richardson, production supervisor Anthony Waye, action sequences arranger Martin Grace, stuntman B.J. Worth, location manager Serge Touboul, and publicist Jerry Juroe - moderated by David Naylor (of the "Ian Fleming Foundation")
Audio commentary by actor Sir Roger Moore
"Ultimate Editions" trailer
DISC TWO
*De-Classified - MI6 Vault:
-"Butterfly Test Footage" -featurette (1:31 min)
-"Film ’85 BBC Report" -featurette (7:24 min)
-"The Streets of San Francisco" -featurette (3:02 min)
-"Deleted Scenes and Expanded Angles" (with introductions by director John Glen):
*Deleted scene - Paris Police Station (1:16 min)
*Alternative angle/extended scene - The Eiffel Tower (3:06 min)
*Deleted scene - Zorin & Crew Pull Up to City Hall (00:43 sec)
*Deleted scene - Protesting Zorin (2:22 min)
*Deleted scene - Stacey Gets Fired (1:59 min)
*Expanded Angles - Bond Rescues Stacey (1:48 min)
*Expanded Angles - The Drawbridge (1:26 min)
"007 Mission Control"-interactive feature: 007, Women, Allies, Villains, Mission Combat Manual, Q Branch and Exotic Locations
*Mission Dossiers:
-"Inside A View To A Kill - An Original Documentary" (37:26 min)
-"The Bond Sound - The Music of James Bond" -featuette (21:37 min)
-"Duran Duran: A View To A Kill" music video (4:31 min)
*Ministry Of Propaganda:
-3 theatrical trailers
-4 TV-spots
*Interactive Image Database:
-"Experience The World Of James Bond in 1985"
Collectible Booklet -
Subtitles:English, English HoH, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Danish, Greek, Hindi, English (Commentary)
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS 5.1
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Region 2/4 encoded. Also available in an exclusive Attaché Case, with all 20 Ultimate Edition DVDs.
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OVERALL: Draw
R1 and R2/R4 UEs, for the new transfer, DTS, and extras. Note that R1 has the "Original Promotional" featurette which isn't on the other UE.
General notes (source: "James Bond DVD Guide" by Richard Crowther - Zetaminor):
"The only official BBFC mandated change to this film was a darkening of the image at one point during the title sequence, which otherwise revealed rather too much of a semi-nude woman.
However, I stumbled across some more information on another site recently, which suggested that the BBFC were also shown a rough cut of A View To A Kill, at which point, certain recommendations were made for cuts to be implemented to remove, quote, a 'heavy crotch kick and a double neck chop in a fight in a cellar under a building'. Presumably, this is a reference to the fight sequence under the stables, starting at 38’ 12” on the SE. This fight has always seemed somewhat choppier than Glen’s usual style, and contains one or two odd-looking cutaways to Sir Godfrey and the conveyer belt at a couple of points. These cutaways were presumably employed to facilitate the removal of the said kicks and chops, without resorting to jump cuts.
Also of note, there's an awkward jump-cut at 41’ 50” in the scene where May Day climbs into bed with Bond (either to combine two separate takes or, more likely, to remove some accidental nudity). This is still present in the UE."
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CUTS:
- R1 Special Edition America- MGM Home Entertainment - No Cuts
- R1 Ultimate Edition America- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - No cuts
- R2 Special Edition United Kingdom- MGM Home Entertainment - No Cuts
- R2 Ultimate Edition United Kingdom- Sony/MGM - No cuts (125:45 min - PAL).
- R4 Australia- MGM Home Entertainment - No Cuts
- R4 Ultimate Edition Australia- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - No cuts (125:45 min - PAL).
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