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Price: $24.99 as of 03/21/2010 20:16 EDT
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0883904139522
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageFrenchOriginal LanguageEnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledMandarin ChineseSubtitledKoreanSubtitledThaiSubtitledFrenchDubbed
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
MPN: 113952
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 24, 2009
Running Time: 142 minutes
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 1969
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Product Description:
Studio: Tcfhe/mgm Release Date: 03/24/2009 Rating: Pg
Amazon.com:
Australian model George Lazenby took up the mantle of the world's most suave secret agent when Sean Connery retired as James Bond--prematurely, it turned out. Connery returned in Diamonds Are Forever before leaving the role to Roger Moore and Lazenby's subsequent career fizzled, yet this one-hit wonder is responsible for one of the best Bond films of all time.
In On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 007 leaves the Service to privately pursue his SPECTRE nemesis Blofeld (played this time by Telly Savalas), whose latest master plan involves a threat to the world's crops by agricultural sterilization. Bond teams up with suave international crime lord Draco (Gabriele Ferzetti) and falls in love with--and marries--his elegant daughter, Tracy (Diana Rigg). Bond goes monogamous? Not at first; after all he has Blofeld's harem to seduce. Lazenby hasn't the intensity of Connery but he has fun with his quips and even lampoons the Bond image in a playful pre-credits sequence, and Rigg, fresh from playing sexy Emma Peel in The Avengers, matches 007 in every way. Former editor Peter Hunt makes a strong directorial debut, deftly handling the elaborate action sequences--including a car chase turned road rally through the icy snow--with a kinetic finesse and a dash of humor. Though not a hit on its original release, On Her Majesty's Secret Service has become a fan favorite and the closest the series has come to capturing the spirit of Ian Fleming's books. --Sean Axmaker
Average Rating: 
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"On Her Majesty's Secret Service" has always been an underrated Bond film. People used to delight in putting it down because it was the only film to star George Lazenby as Bond. Years ago I saw a list that had it listed as the worst Bond film.
It has since been reevaluated and it is now recognized as what I've always known it to be: "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" is a great Bond film, one of my five personal favorites.
OHMSS is a triumph for the director, Peter Hunt (the former editor ... Read More
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Let me set the record straight, once and for all. Only George Lazenby could have made this movie work! I'm so sick and tired of reading reviews from critics about how Sean Connery would have made this movie better. Lazenby has usually gotten the short end of the stick, because he had the misfortune of being the first man to succeed Connery in the role of James Bond. Comparisons between the two were inevitable. Critics have been quick to point out how Lazenby lacked the movie star presence and charisma ... Read More
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Got the movie from the library and had to turn off. The "dramatic" intro is a fist fight on the beach. Characters spend half the movie discussing plot. The script staggers with no chemistry. The music and interior decors are also grating. Bond resigns and then is rehired in scenes that are completely irrelevant. Too many Bond movies are for Bond fans only, and this one lacks even that moral victory. BAD!!!
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George Lazenby was just as good as Connery. He was very underrated. Too bad he didn't make ten more J.B. flicks.
Excellent Bond film - action, scenery, acting. Diana Rigg was great.The sequence showing the helicopter assault on Piz Gloria was the best action segment of all the Bond films. Telly Savalis was the best Blofeld.A must-see for all Bond fans.
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I was quite pleased by the speediness of the delivery. I didn't realize the 2 disc DVD would not come in plastic packaging, it seems it came from a boxset. That information would have been useful in the description as it was a gift for my brother an avid Bond fan. However, he has no complaints as of yet! So overall, I'm a satisfied customer.
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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0883904139522
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Languages:
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
MPN: 113952
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 24, 2009
Running Time: 142 minutes
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 1969