Casino Royale [DVD] [1967] | ![Casino Royale [DVD] [1967]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51CASDBN4XL._SL160_.jpg) | Directors: John Huston, Val Guest, Ken Hughes, Robert Parrish, Richard Talmadge
Actors: Peter Sellers, David Niven, Ursula Andress, Joanna Pettet, Woody Allen
Studio: MGM Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 9711
Format: Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language)
Rating: Parental Guidance
Region: 2
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 125 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5050070005493
ASIN: B00005B1N4
Theatrical Release Date: April 28, 1967
Release Date: April 24, 2001
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Amazon.co.uk Review
John Huston was only one of five directors on Casino Royale, the expensive, all-star 1967 spoof of Ian Fleming's 007 lore. David Niven is the aging Sir James Bond, called out of retirement to take on the organised threat of SMERSH and pass on the secret-agent mantle to his idiot son (Woody Allen). The amazing cast (Orson Welles, Peter Sellers, Deborah Kerr and others) is wonderful to look at, but the film is not as funny as it should be, and the romping even starts to look mannered after a while. The musical score by Burt Bacharach, however, is a keeper. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com
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 Unofficial Premium Bond June 28, 2009
Matthew Mercy (Wigan, England)
Released in 1967, Casino Royale started life as a serious Bond film, designed to rival (and capitalise on) the successful Eon series. When these plans came to nothing, the film was instead touted as a spy spoof, to star Peter Sellers in the Bond role, but due to Sellers' unprofessionalism (leaving before his scenes were finished) and various other production nightmares, the film gradually mutated into the overblown tribute to 1960s' pop culture that we all know, but don't necessarily love. However, despite its reputation as an unfunny, overblown disaster of a film, the fact is that Casino Royale is actually quite an enjoyable movie. Holding the whole thing together with his customary charm and good humour, David Niven (playing the `original' James Bond) gives perhaps his most impressive performance of the 1960s; when Niven starts saying lines like `be careful, that's my loose kneecap' and `it's depressing that the words `secret agent' have become synonymous with `sex maniac'', you can't help but buy into the film, and laugh with it, rather than at it. Barbara Bouchet, playing Miss Moneypenny, is one of the most attractive women I have ever seen, and the film features a veritable parade of gorgeous sixties' starlets wearing very little indeed. John Huston, William Holden, and Orson Welles do great cameos (I'll take Welles' Le Chiffre over `Nads' Mikkelsen's any day), and Woody Allen, back when he was funny, has some good lines as Niven's nephew Jimmy Bond. The sets and art design for the film are absolutely astounding, and tons of British comedy actors appear in minor roles, some funny (Geoffrey Bayldon, Ronnie Corbett), some not (Bernard Cribbins). But the best thing about the film is the music; Burt Bacharach's score for Casino Royale must be one of the most underrated in film history, and is annoyingly catchy. All in all, Casino Royale is by no means a great film, but it is a harmless and funny one.
It's too much for one James Bond! February 4, 2009
Mr. C. J. Joyce
The idea of more than one actor playing the role of James Bond would have seemed very whacky when this film was made - as Sean Connery was seen my many to actually BE James Bond. However, when this movie came out during Sean Connery's final 60's Bond adventure going head to head with 'You Only Live Twice' it became apparent that even without Connery the Bond brand still had box office potential. Without 'Casino Royale', it is possible that the best Bond movie 'OHMSS' would not have been made. Today of course we have had seven actors playing the role of Bond and the character changes his face almost as regular as that other bastion of Britishness a certain TV Time Lord. Therefore Casino Royale can be considered as remarkably prescient in casting almost every character in the movie as a 'James Bond' - during the climax a number of performing seals and a Typhoo Tea chimpanzee dressed in a tuxedo and wearing a toupee are identified as 007 - I am not sure about the seals but the chimp has always struck me as a rather nasty but hilarious visual gag at the expense of Mr Connery. This film has had for me a fascination bordering on obsession for details regarding the production, the editing and the missing scenes and what was contained in the original screenplay before Peter Sellers left. Finally, the 40th Anniversary Edition DVD is my dream come true as it features an comprehensive documentary detailing the making of the film, and also features interviews with some of the directors and actors and actresses who participated in it. There are some real gems of anecdotes both in the documentary and on the commentary track. My only disappointment is that the deleted scenes were not included on the DVD - but it appears they have long been destroyed. I had often heard that there was a spoof gun barrel scene with a champagne bottle cork popping but this too is missing. There are those who hate this film, but there are also those who like me absolutely adore it as a work of post-modern genius. The bold primary colours, the massive and imaginative sets - the classic and unsurpassed soundtrack by Bert Bacharach, the casting of Peter Sellers, David Niven, Woody Allen, Orson Welles etc make this a must see movie for any fan of cinema. This is a Bond film whether you like it or not it just TOO MUCH FOR ONE JAMES BOND!
 Rubbish April 7, 2008
Mr. M. Wells (UK)
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
I wouldn't normally write reviews as it's all so subjective. However, this was so bad I feel compelled to tell you. I wanted to turn it off after 30 minutes but persevered. It's awful.
 The Real Casino Royale!!! January 30, 2008
Axey the Pax (Bristol)
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is brilliant, entertaining stuff! Classic Bond for fans of all ages! It shows Bond in a totally new way and I think that is good. You need to see something different to the EON portrayals of Bond. You might be disappointed with the 1967 edition of Casino Royale, but not forgetting this was a spoof. It was funny, and enjoyable. The 2006 edition was good and before the Casino scene very action packed. The 2006 edition got a bit on the "not really Bond" side after the Casino scene, and the it portrayed Bond as a vulnerable young man. The 2006 edition also varied from the book, with a chase at the beginning with Bond becoming a "00" agent, and had a different Vesper Lynd death.
The 1954 Casino Royale, originally lost, is the most loyal adaption to Ian Fleming's 1952 book. However, there are numerous changes to the adaption, including Bond becoming American, Felix Leiter becoming Clarence Leiter, Vesper Lynd becoming Valerie Mathis and no car chase scene. But all in all it stays loyal to the book and keeps you on the edge of your seat.
It has a perfect story-telling recheme and keeps you gripped the whole movie. It's perfect fun, action and real Bond. It's nothing like the EON films, but it's the most loyal adaption of Fleming's first and as some people might say BEST Bond book.
 It seemed like a good idea at the time... December 12, 2007
Trevor Willsmer (London, England)
Oh, the pain, the pain of the first 45 minutes and the last 25 of the 1967 epic spoof version of Casino Royale, which try too very hard to be wacky and with it and funny to be anything other than execrable. Two or three jokes sort of work, but probably only because you're desperate for something, anything to work - and then suddenly the Peter Sellers-Joanna Pettet sections kick in and suddenly the film seems almost good. It even starts to look like a real movie instead of an over-decorated Christmas tree, with a particularly stunning bit of slo-mo in the Look of Love scene, and some genuine wit in Q's scene, set in the basement of Harrods. It's a shame that Sellers walked off the picture, because the gaps are often all-too visible and horribly papered over. And then, after an hour of not bad, Sellers is gone and it suddenly goes straight back to overproduced Hell for a painful and redundant finale. Still, at least Burt Bacharach's score is a lot of fun and a joy to listen to: if only it graced a worthier film.
While the PAL UK DVD only includes a trailer and a teaser, the original US NTSC disc included both a trailer (though not the teaser trailer) and the 1954 live TV version of Casino Royale, with an uncomfortable Barry Nelson as Jimmy Bond of the CIA, Michael Pate a wildly unconvincing Leiter of British Intelligence, don't ya know, and a very good Peter Lorre as Le Chiffre. The plot is boiled down to a 50-minute running time but it's not without interest and while it may spare Bond the carpet beater it doesn't completely cop out on the torture scene.
However, the TV version isn't present on the subsequent 2008 NTSC special edition DVD with a new documentary on the making of the film.
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