DVD Special Features
Special Features
Audio Commentary featuring Director John Glen
^SInside Octopussy^T Documentary
^SDesigning Bond^WPeter Lamont^T Documentary
Animated Storyboard Sequences
Original Theatrical Trailers
^SAll Time High^T Music Video
Collectable ^SMaking of^T Booklet
2.45:1 widescreen 16:9 version
Dolby Surround
Subtitles: English, Norwegian, Hungarian, Portuguese, Finnish,
Swedish, Polish, Danish, Greek, English for the Hard of Hearing
From .co.uk
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A View to a Kill, Roger Moore's last outing as James Bond, is
evidence enough that it was time to pass the torch to another
actor. Beset by crummy action (an out-of-control fire engine?)
and featuring a fading Moore still trying to prop up his mannered
idea of style, A View to a Kill is largely interesting for
Christopher Walken's quirky performance as a sort-of
super-villain who wants to take out California's Silicon Valley.
Grace Jones has a spookily interesting presence as a lethal
associate of Walken's (and who, in the best Bond tradition, has
sex with 007 before trying to kill him later), and Patrick Macnee
(Steed!) has a warm if brief bit. Even directed by John Glen, who
brought some crackle to the Moore years in the Bond franchise,
this is a very slight effort. --Tom Keogh, .com
On the DVD: For Roger Moore's final Bond outing the production
crew faced the usual quota of difficulties and disasters, the
"making-of" documentary reveals: from base jumpers off the Eiffel
tower whose antics threatened to jeopardise fragile relations
with the Parisian authorities, to Ridley Scott thoughtlessly
burning down the 007 at Pinewood right before production was due
to start. Patrick MacNee, who has a supporting role in the movie,
hands over narrative duties on this one to Rosemary Ford. The
commentary is one of those less-than-satisfying montages of
comments from various members of cast and crew. Also included is
Duran Duran's "A View to a Kill" video (sounding hopelessly dated
now), the usual trailers and a brief deleted scene of comic
inside a Parisian station. The second documentary
concerns the music of Bond--always a crucial ingredient--although
it manages the neat diplomatic trick of interviewing both Monty
Norman and John Barry without giving the least hint of any
controversy about the famous James Bond theme. --Mark Walker
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From the Back Cover
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In his farewell to the Bond series, Roger Moore is pitted against
two of the deadliest villains: super-intelligent Max Zorin, the
product of a Nazi genetic experiment played by Christopher Walken
and his psychotic partner-in-crime Max-Day, played with delicious
malice by Grace Jones. A View To A Kill begins on location in
Artic Russia, with a chase to beat all chases involving
snowmobiles, helicopters and skis. Bond is saved by Secret
Service agent Kimberley Jones (Mary Stavins) who appears in an
'iceberg' Submersible to rescue him.Next location is Paris where
May Day makes a spectacular parachute dive from the Eiffle Tower,
but the final scenes are played out at the top of the Golden Gate
bridge overlooking San Francisco Bay - a perfect View To A Kill.
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