Casino Royale [40th Anniversary Edition]

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

Retired after years of international espionage, Agent 007 is lured back into action to battle the evil spy organization SMERSH in this notoriously incoherent parody of the James Bond films. David Niven portrays the aging Bond, who atypically rejects the advances of a variety of women, and agrees to battle SMERSH's hold on the lavish Casino Royale only after organization head M is murdered. Also mixed up in the affair are several other secret agents, all named James Bond, played by everyone from Peter Sellers and Woody Allen to a chimpanzee. Despite a star-studded cast, a large production budget, and a hit score by Burt Bacharach, the film was universally panned as a muddled, overlong failure, with the occasional amusing sequence lost in the unintelligible surroundings. The participation of several screenwriters and five different directors, including John Huston, only adds to the confusion. ~ Judd Blaise, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 1
• Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 (Cinemascope)
• Screen: Color
• Features:
  • cc
  • Audio Commentary with Historians Steven Jay Rubin and John Cork
  • The Making of Casino Royale, A Thrilling, Behind-the-scenes documentary in Five Parts
  • Original Theatrical Trailer
  • Still Photo Gallery

AWARDS

• Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

•     Nominated Best Song - 1967 (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Peter Sellers - Evelyn Tremble
       Ursula Andress - Vesper Lynd
       David Niven - Sir James Bond
       Orson Welles - Le Chiffre
       Woody Allen - Jimmy Bond/Dr. Noah
       Daliah Lavi - The Detainer (007)
       William Holden - Ransome
       Charles Boyer - Le Grand
       John Huston - McTarry
       George Raft - Himself
       Jean - Paul Belmondo - French Legionnaire
       Terence Cooper - Cooper
       Barbara Bouchet - Miss Moneypenny
       Angela Scoular - Buttercup
       Gabriella Licudi - Eliza
       Tracey Crisp - Heather
       Jacqueline Bisset - Miss Goodthighs
       Anna Quayle - Frau Hoffner
       Derek Nimmo - Hadley
       Ronnie Corbett - Polo
       Colin Gordon - Casino Director
       Tracy Reed - Fang Leader
       Duncan MacRae - Inspector Mathis
       Graham Stark - Cashier
       Richard Wattis - British Army Officer
       Percy Herbert - First Piper
       Alexandra Bastedo - Meg

• Director:

  Val Guest, Ken Hughes, John Huston, Joseph McGrath, Robert Parrish

• Producer:

  Jerry Bresler, Charles K. Feldman

• Screenwriter:

  Val Guest, Ben Hecht, John Law, Wolf Mankowitz, Michael Sayers, Terry Southern, Billy Wilder, Joseph Heller

• Book Author:

  Ian Fleming

• Cinematographer:

  Jack Hildyard, Nicolas Roeg, John Wilcox

• Composer (Music Score):

  Burt Bacharach

• Songwriter:

  Hal David

• Editor:

  Bill Lenny

• Production Designer:

  Michael Stringer

• Art Director:

  Ivor Beddoes, Lionel Couch, John Howell

• Set Designer:

  Terence Morgan II

• Costume Designer:

  Julie Harris

• Choreography:

  Tutte Lemkow

• Assistant Director:

  Roy Baird