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Dr. No [Blu-ray] [1962]
enlarge	Director: Terence Young Actors: Sean Connery, Zena Marshall, Ursula Andress, Jack Lord, Joseph Wiseman Studio: MGM Entertainment Category: DVD List Price: ~~£19.98~~ Buy New: £9.31 as of 29/7/2010 11:29 MDT details You Save: £10.67 (53%) New (13) Used (3) from £8.38 Seller: orbitingbooks Rating: 16 reviews Sales Rank: 18850 Format: PAL Language: English (Original Language) Rating: Parental Guidance Media: Blu-ray Region: 0 Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.66:1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 105 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5039036038904 ASIN: B001CRRAJY Theatrical Release Date: 1962 Release Date: October 20, 2008 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 16 1 2 3 4 Next » DR NO....YES!!! July 1, 2010 A. Parkes (united kingdom) 0 out of 1 found this review helpful MY FIRST BOND FILM ON BLU-RAY. NEVER BEEN A CONNERY FAN SO WAS A BIT SCEPTICAL ABOUT BUYING THIS. BUT WAS I WRONG!..WOW!!!! I BOUGHT THIS PURELY BASED ON OTHER REVIEWS AND THEY WERE RIGHT..IT IS AN AMAZING PRINT OF THE FILM ON BLU-RAY. THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO BREATHING NEW LIFE INTO THIS FILM HAS BEEN A LABOUR OF LOVE. THE EXTRAS, (INCLUDING A SHORT PIECE ON HOW THE FILM WAS CLEANED UP ESPECIALLY FOR THE BLU-RAY RELEASE) ARE PLENTY FOR ANY BOND FAN TO GET THEIR TEETH INTO! THE PICTURE QUALITY IN HI-DEF IS BREATH TAKING, COLOURS ARE SOLID AND WELL DEFINED. SOUND IS IN 5.1 DTS, ALTHOUGH IV'E YET TO HEAR IT MYSELF ONCE I CONNECT MY SOUND SYSTEM UP! OVER-ALL VERDICT: OUTSTANDING BOND! A MUST BUY.. blue ray upgrades June 18, 2010 malcatglos The blue ray versions of DR. No and From Russia with love, which I have also purchased, are vast improvements on the original DVDs. My only disappointment is that the soundtracks are not stereo which I assume were on the master film tapes.I have the complete collection of James Bond movies and will gradually update the lot to blue ray. The first Bond, better than ever! June 8, 2010 Gabriel De Bourg (Stockholm, Sweden) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful Dr. No was the start of the mega-franchise that would become James Bond. While the film is good, I actually prefer the book. But for this review I will focus mostly on this Blu-Ray edition. First I actually own this one on DVD (single disc version) and I did a side-by-side comparison and what a huge improvement the Blu-Ray edition was. The picture was crispy and full of life, while the DVD looked rather muddy. It is also nice to have it presented in the original ratio of 1.66:1 rather than having it in 1.78:1. While picture did have a bit of grain, it was very natural and given for a film like this. The sound of the dialogue was lacking, but that was more because of the source material, rather than the restoration. The music however was booming out of the speakers and being very alive. While the commentary is a bit lacking, being made from interviews it makes up for it in the documentaries. All of the ones included on set are of top-notch quality, with great interviews. I don't mind these not having been changed, as they remain as great today. As there is not much to add I don't feel that they would have needed more new material. All in all I highly recommend stepping up with this collection! Finally, a fitting tribute May 6, 2010 Tom Cat © (Earth) 0 out of 1 found this review helpful Little did the world know, 1962 would be the beginning of a new generation for film making and commercial enterprise. Yet despite some initial mixed reaction, Dr. No went on to become the foundation for, what would soon be, the era of spy-dramas and new global franchises. It was of course, the arrival James Bond had arrived on screen. Unlike Disney, who control their "classic" releases under a very slow stopwatch and sharp pitchfork, MGM haven't been shy in dishing out the DVD's and VHS's over the past 10 years. And while I've had the opportunity of owning each of the more reputable works of Bond (such as Dr. No) on these mediums, I have no doubt that MGM's latest release, welcoming Blu-Ray technology, is a truly fitting tribute to a genuinely classic and important film of an era gone by. Yet although Dr. No is the most important outing of the entire saga, it also one of the more modest. This doesn't give the film any bad attributes; it actually, in many respects, only betters the experience. Bond relies on the flesh between his ears rather than fancy gadgetry or terrible one-liners to progress to a final show-down with 'Doctor No', a Chinese scientist who plans on toying with the Americans (isn't it always the case?) by disrupting their early Space missions using radio technology. No world domination here - Bond is a rookie, and its only fitting that his assignment is somewhat less detrimental to the stronghold of mankind. Though later missions would prove he knows how to fly Space Shuttles suddenly... It isn't just the story that's attractive, but the general look of the sets and chosen locations. On what was then a limited budget, all staging was done efficiently and close attention was paid to character development rather than action. This makes for a much more refreshing movie that feels so distant to the wonderful From Russia With Love, yet it is a distance characterised by the fashions of the time. Little touches such as the iconic Ray Ban Wayfarers, the choice and tailoring of Bonds/Leiters wardrobe and the constantly cycled soundtrack are just some of the elements that you back to a time when glamour and style were much less sophisticated, and ultimately more now, much more appreciable. But I haven't even got to the best bit yet. Before discarding this as just another release with a new, fancy Menu (which are always slow anyway, and nothings changed!), you should begin to sweat when I tell you that the film has been completely restored frame-by-frame by Lowry Digital, who are world leaders in video repair. Lowry, who have also been restoring the latest batch of traditional Disney films, take a rare opportunity to appear in the Bonus Features and take us step-by-step through the restoration process. It is a well deserved feature, as once you get a feel for how much effort and technology goes into repairing these films, its hard not to imagine how much pride the staff must feel seeing this level of detail. Dr. No is, excuse the pun, No exception. This release is a revelation, revealing an amount of detail that surpasses anything I've seen before from live-action footage of this age. Although the original film grain has been kept (and quite rightly), the new definition between foregrounds and backgrounds contribute to a far greater detailed experience, unlike Standard Definition which tends to merge the two perspectives together and look very flat. The result is that there are more 'portrait-like' shots, and in turn, more dimension is created. It has amazed even me how good quality the cameras were during production. The soundtrack has also had an excellent treatment and reveals a much cleaner frequency range. Although some bounces in levelling still occur (all part of the production process unfortunately), its so good to hear the lossless fidelity of this Blu-Ray disc. Much of the 'tinny' output you will have heard on older DVD/VHS issues have been fixed, though I was surprised to hear just one anomaly that hadn't been fixed, and that was right at the end when Bond and Honey sail into the sea, following the Credits. The brass music warbles and is disjointed just like previous releases, which I'm disappointed couldn't be fixed. My only gripe visually concerns the Aspect Ratio, which has been zoomed in to fit standard Widescreen (16:10) TV's, when the film is actually a 1.66:1 ratio. It baffles me why MGM have taken this route considering they've spent thousands of dollars restoring the film, and even then, later releases such as Thunderball are all presented in their original Aspect Ratio. The only consolation is that no important action is missed on screen (since roughly, only 13% of the footage is lost), and the zooming only presents this new detail further to the viewer, unlike CinemaScope/Technirama recordings. Despite these little hiccups, their is no reason not to buy now. Other Bond Blu-Ray titles have varying degrees of quality due to the condition of the film, but Dr.No is the one that utilises the restoration and High Definition technology best. In its 4K resolution, its makes the ignorant tale of "old films can't be 'put' in HD" to bed. Though I cannot help but envy those who were lucky enough to see this film on its original release, the Blu-Ray edition is the closest step you can take to going back in time. Tom Cat (Flickfeast.com) Dr. No gets boiling mad May 2, 2010 bernie (Arlington, Texas) This 1962 movie based on Ian Fleming's book contains the first or our favorite charters, including Sean Connery as James Bond, Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder, and Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny. A surprise and shocker is seeing Jack Lord playing the U.S. CIA agent Felix Leiter. The earlier Bond movies required more acting than fancy gadgets. However you will still recognize his puns. Dr. No is suspected of being up to no good. A previous agent on the trail of this mysterious Dr. No (Joseph Wiseman) seems to have disappeared. And there are no more transmissions from the local outpost in Jamaica. So it is up to James Bond (Sean Connery) to find out what happened and finish the project. Naturally he finds trouble from the beginning; however this is nothing compared to what he will find on Crab Key. Showing reviews 1-5 of 16 1 2 3 4 Next »

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