The James Bond Collection - Special Edition 007: Volume 1 (DVD, 2002, 7-Disc Set, Seven Disc Set)

James Bond smashed onto the big screen in 1962 with Sean Connery in Dr. No. The six other movies in this set give a broad representation of 007 representation. Connery's Goldfinger Bond is the other 60's release included. For the 70's Roger Moore's Bond includes The Man With The Golden Gun and The Spy Who Loved Me. 80's Bond was Timothy Dalton with Licence To Kill represented. Finally the 90's Goldeneye and Tomorrow Never Dies round out the collection with Pierce Brosnan.
Some of these movies hit my 'favorites' list, others don't. But this set does give an excellent broad view of 20th Century 007. Each movie includes hours of extra material including things like full-length directors commentaries, 'The Making Of' featurettes, background comments from crew and actors, trivia, and TV and big screen trailers.
With seven movies and the plethora of quality extras included this set is good value for the money and allows Bond fans to dig deeper into the 007 experience.
- Sean Connery is NOT the first actor to appear as 007 on the big screen. (Another actor did the 'crosshairs silhouette' scene this first outing!)
- Sean Connery never went to Miami for the filming of Goldfinger. The scenes were all done with either sets to match the broad shots or with blue screens.
- The Man With The Golden Gun's Maud Adams is the only actress to have co-starred in two 007 movies (she appears in three!)
- The world's largest sound stage was built specifically to match the larger-than-life needs of The Spy Who Loved Me.
- Licence To Kill was originally to be named Licence Revoked but MGM studios determined that the average American didn't know the word 'revoked'.
- Goldeneye opens with the actual world record highest bungee jump.
- Tomorrow Never Dies was to have been shot in Vietnam but at the very last minute (crew were literally about to board planes) the country rescinded permission. Fortunately they incredibly found a suitable substitute location in Thailand almost immediately.
Four Bond's. Three M's. Two Moneypenny's. One Q. Countless bad guys, gadgets, and chase scenes. What's not to love?

The 007 movie franchise offers many great action films. They all feature incredible stunts and terrific action scenes but some really go above and beyond. This DVD set gives the range of four different actors in the role of James Bond. With this set you can decide which one you like the best, and I strongly advise getting this DVD collection.

Love it because it was a good selection of movies. I bought it for my father for christmas and I know he will love it as he loves James Bond movies. I like the fact that it has movies from four different James Bond actors. All of which made great films.

If you have ever had a problem deciding what to watch, you probably don't have any James Bond in your collection! The collection is one of the best of any out there. If you have the other to box sets but not this one you should make sure to get this one. If this is your first you will end up buying all three.

I bought these dvd's for a friends birthday. She is a huge James Bond fan. Since receiving the gift, my friend says she absolutely loves the collection. Two of the dvds replaced vhs tapes she previously owned. She said the quality in comparison to vhs was unreal & that the color & clarity were amazing.