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From Russia With Love
1963
Secret agent James Bond battles the all-enveloping tentacles of an international crime syndicate called SPECTRE. The organization's mad plan for world supremacy unfolds with the icy efficiency of a chessmaster's complex strategy, and if they succeed, the antagonism of the cold war will be pushed from deep-freeze to the .. Read more
| Starring | Sean Connery, Robert Shaw, Lotte Lenya, Bernard Lee |
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| Director | Terence Young |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
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From Russia With Love
Secret agent James Bond battles the all-enveloping tentacles of an international crime syndicate called SPECTRE. The organization's mad plan for world supremacy unfolds with the icy efficiency of a chessmaster's complex strategy, and if they succeed, the antagonism of the cold war will be pushed from deep-freeze to the supernova of atomic oblivion. But our man Bond dispatches sultry spies, madmen, and double agents with the same coolness he displays while downing martinis and making love to beautiful blondes. In this, the second of the series, Bond travels to Turkey to meet a mysterious Russian woman who claims to have fallen in love with his photograph. She offers him a secret translating device if he will join her, although he does not know that she has been put up to the task by Rosa Klebb, formerly of the KGB, who has gone to work for SPECTRE. It's Bond's assignment to get the girl and the machine back to England--and to do it, of course, in style.
| Starring | Sean Connery, Robert Shaw, Lotte Lenya, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Eunice Gayson, Daniela Bianchi |
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| Director | Terence Young |
| Studio | MGM ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 50 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 2 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
| Language | English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Swedish |
| Released | DVD: 03 Nov 2003 Blu-ray: 20 Oct 2008 Production year: 1963 |
| Format | DVD |
From Russia With Love (1963)
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Ian Fleming received a useful boost to his sales when President Kennedy listed From Russia with Love as one of his ten favourite books. It is also one of the most popular Bond movies and a terrific thriller in its own right, owing much to Hitchcock and Carol Reed's The Third Man in its marvellous atmosphere of foreign intrigue. Superbly shot on location in a pre-touristy Istanbul, and closely following Fleming's original story, the film has Sean Connery duped into smuggling a top secret communist decoding machine, plus blonde Russian diplomat Daniela Bianchi, from Turkey to the west via the Orient Express. Lotte Lenya is unforgettable as lesbian villain Rosa Klebb, and Robert Shaw is an impressive hit man who commits a terrible faux pas in front of 007 by ordering red wine with fish.
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The second Bond adventure and possibly the best, with Istanbul and Venice for backdrops and climaxes involving a speeding train and a helicopter. Arrant nonsense with tongue in cheek, on a big budget.
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FANTASTIC THRILLER AND A CLASSIC MOVIE!
President Kennedy had named ' From Russia With Love' as one of his favourite books. since the massive box office success that went with ' Dr No'
producers Harry Saltzman & Albert R. ' Cubby' Broccoli made this film. Sean Connery's second appearance as 007: James Bond is even better than first time round. Daniel Bianchi plays Tatiana ' Tanya' Romanova with considerable skill. Anthony Dawson who played Professor Dent in ' Dr.No' plays Ernst Stavro Blofeld in this movie. with classic villains like Donald ' Red' Grant with the garret & Rosa Klebb with the pointy shoe this movie is fantastic. the fight sequence in the orient express is dark, tortured and thrilling. the suspense is fabulous. so many cool scenes. so many cool scenarios. even after 1963 { in which this film was released} this movie is still as cool as ever. -
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Clasic
Made in 1963, this is the James Bond with out all the Hi-tech gadgets. It also lacks some of the homour of subsiquent affairs, which for a Bond fim, is quite refreshing. This is a true cold war spy film, no fast cars or planes that come from barns, just helicopters, steam trains and speedboats.
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Sheen to play Bond baddie Blofeld?
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Actor Michael Sheen is set to sign up to the next James Bond movie - to play legendary villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld, according to reports. The Queen star is said to be in negotiations with 007 bosses to join Daniel Craig in the 23rd instalment in the superspy franchise, which is slated for release in 2011. And Sheen will be taking on the role of bad guy Blofeld - the recurring character seen in six Bond films including From Russia with Love, You Only Live Twice and For Your Eyes Only. The... Read more
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From Russia With Love
Secret agent James Bond battles the all-enveloping tentacles of an international crime syndicate called SPECTRE. The organization's mad plan for world supremacy unfolds with the icy efficiency of a chessmaster's complex strategy, and if they succeed, the antagonism of the cold war will be pushed ...
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