Dr. No (DVD)

In the first James Bond spy classic, Sean Connery is the ever-suave and fearless secret Agent 007 on a mission in Jamaica to thwart a fanatical scientist's world-threatening scheme.

Sean Connery embodies the suave yet lethal cool of Agent 007 as he battles the mysterious Dr. No, a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. space program.

General

Studio:	MGM Home Entertainment
Series:	James Bond
Release date:	September 2012
Actors:	Sean Connery • Ursula Andress • Joseph Wiseman • Jack Lord
Dimensions:	192 x 137 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:
Running time:	1 hour, 50 minutes
Region encoding:	Region 2. This DVD will play in all South African DVD players.
Age restriction:	10 PGLV
Categories:	DVD > Action DVD > Adventure DVD > Feature Film
LSN:	X0S-UM9-NFH-1
Barcode:	6009700319362

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Dr No

Mon, 8 Apr 2013 | Review by: Micky B

Made in 1962: nobody at the time could have forseen that this low-budget adventure-comedy yarn could positively transform the British film industry in a way that no other movie has done either before or since! Based on the novel of the same name by Ian Fleming, the story is good, but kept simple; there is no bad language, and the action is bloodless – making it a pretty good family picture all round! The leading roles are well-performed, though the actors themselves were no means the producers' original choice. Oh no Sir! Cary Grant was first considered for the 007 role. Not only was he suave, but also he was an Englishman as well! Mr Grant. However, didn't wish to commit himself to a series of films in which he would be expected to play the same role every time. Author Ian Fleming pressed for Roger Moore, but he was too busy fulfilling his lucrative contract as “The Saint” in the long-running British TV series. Moore was, however, to don the Bond cloak in times yet to come. Other possible contenders were Patrick McGoohan, David Niven, and even “shorty” Richard Todd...before United Artists finally settled on Sean Connery – a 28-year-old former soccer profssional – to fill the bill! Similarly, the female lead role of Honey Rider, was originally planned with Julie Christie in mind. But she was apparently not considered sexy enough to be a Bond Girl, and the powers-that-be went for Ursula Andress instead. With her attributes, nobody seemed to care that she had to have her voice dubbed for this picture. Her natural Swiss/German accent was too gutteral to be understood by most English-speaking audiences! The broad outline of the plot is as follows: in Jamaica, while investigating mysterious radio signals that are disrupting American spacecraft launches from Cape Carnaveral, a senior British Intelligence agent is ambushed and killed...so MI6 agent James Bond receives orders to go to the West Indies and look into the matter. In Jamaica, he discovers that the radio signals are eminating from Crab Key – a heavily guarded island that is occupied almost solely by one Dr Julius No (Joseph Wiseman,) a brilliant but reclusive scientist who is suspecterd of being a member of the dreaded enemy organisation known as SPECTRE. Amidst much danger and after many happenings, Bond eventually manages to make it to Crab Key,.where he encounters a bikini-clad Honey Rider and...well, see it for yourself! NOTE: Despite what movie boffins might try to tell you, this was <i>not</> the first Bond film ever made! The first <i>James</i> Bond film, perhaps: but an early black-and-white version of <Casino Royale</> was made way back in the 1950s (under a different title, naturally) in which the Amerian hero's name was JIM Bond!

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