James Bond Collections & Releases

[Richard--W]

James Bond 007 in 4K UHD



Boxed Collections



Uniform Actor Sets




Steelbooks



Uniform and Individual blu-rays:













Non-Canonical Releases:



Ian Fleming, the real James Bond:




Quasi-Documentary:

Essential Links:
Official James Bond 007 Store
The Ian Fleming® Foundation
EON Productions
Scotland National Film and Television School: The Sean Connery Talent Lab
The James Bond Dossier: news & views on James Bond 007
International Spy Museum - Washington DC
007 Magazine


Recommended Reading about James Bond:
When Harry Met Cubby: The Story of the James Bond Producers by Robert Sellers
The Battle for Bond: The Genesis of Cinema's Greatest Hero by Robert Sellers
Some Kind of Hero: The Remarkable Story of the James Bond Films by Matthew Field and Ajay Chowdhury
Nobody Does It Better: The Complete Uncensored Unauthorized Oral History of the James Bond Films
by Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman
The James Bond Archives 007 by Paul Duncan
The James Bond Bedside Companion by Raymond Benson
The James Bond Movie Encyclopedia by Stephen J. Rubin
When Sean Became James: The Inside Story of the Bond Legend by Martin McNamara
My Word Is My Bond: A Memoir by Roger Moore
For My Eyes Only: My Life with James Bond by John Glen
The James Bond Girls by Graham Rye

Recommended Reading about Ian Fleming:
Ian Fleming the Complete Man by Nicholas Shakespeare
The Life of Ian Fleming by John Pearson
Ian Fleming by Andrew Lycett
The World Is Not Enough: The Life of Ian Fleming by Oliver Buckton
Ian Fleming's Inspiration: The Truth Behind the Books by Edward Abel Smith
Ian Fleming's War: The Inspiration for 007 by Mark Simmons and Anthony Horowitz
Ian Fleming and SOE's Operation Postmaster: The Untold Top-Secret Story by Brian Lett
Ian Fleming's Secret War by Craig Cabell
Ian Fleming's Commandos: The Story of the Legendary 30 Assault Unit by Nicholas Rankin
Ian Fleming and Operation GoldenEye: Keeping Spain Out of WWll by Mark Simmons
Ian Fleming's Favorite Spy 'Buster' Crabbe by Don Hale
One Day In August: Ian Fleming, Enigma and the Deadly Raid on Dieppe by David O'Keefe

Thank you DoctorShazbot for originating this thread and doing the heavy lifting.

[Dailyan]

Every disc release of each Bond film is the exact same regardless of it being individual or in bundles; the only difference will most likely be audio or subtitle options depending on where you get individual titles or bundles from. The decision is up to you. If you want all of them; The James Bond Collection has all of 'em thus far. If you want to go slowly through I'd recommend the actor collections. If you're one of those that want to have them individually shown then get the individual collections. Bare in mind that only the '15 releases (the ones with the white border) is the only set with a consistent spine if that matters to you for displaying.

[BNex99]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

Every disc release of each Bond film is the exact same regardless of it being individual or in bundles; the only difference will most likely be audio or subtitle options depending on where you get individual titles or bundles from.

I think the one exception to that is CASINO ROYALE (Craig version). The Sony "Collector's Edition" has a few exclusive extras that aren't on the MGM releases. Also, the 2012 UK BD has the full uncut version of the film (US releases are still the theatrical PG-13 version).

[CrockettTubbs]

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Bond-50-Blu-ray/36569/

[RCRochester]

As the discs are pretty much all the same I would suggest getting the box set in the white box, it has them all, it can be found cheap and takes up very little shelf space. The only drawback of course is that when Bond 25 eventually comes out you’ll have to buy that and it might violate your rule about packaging being stylized differently, plus it doesn’t include the two “unofficial” films.

[DoctorShazbot]

Originally Posted by RCRochester

As the discs are pretty much all the same I would suggest getting the box set in the white box, it has them all, it can be found cheap and takes up very little shelf space. The only drawback of course is that when Bond 25 eventually comes out you’ll have to buy that and it might violate your rule about packaging being stylized differently, plus it doesn’t include the two “unofficial” films.

Yeah, I was figuring I'd hold off on the Daniel Craig collection until he was done making the movies, but then again, that's in hopes that they make an updated collection that looks like the previous ones.

[RCRochester]

Originally Posted by DoctorShazbot

Yeah, I was figuring I'd hold off on the Daniel Craig collection until he was done making the movies, but then again, that's in hopes that they make an updated collection that looks like the previous ones.

They’ll probably discontinue all these and re-release them when the new one comes out, and maybe even have UHD releases too.

[DragonMovieCollector]

Originally Posted by RCRochester

As the discs are pretty much all the same I would suggest getting the box set in the white box, it has them all, it can be found cheap and takes up very little shelf space. The only drawback of course is that when Bond 25 eventually comes out you’ll have to buy that and it might violate your rule about packaging being stylized differently, plus it doesn’t include the two “unofficial” films.

What are the two unofficial films?

[DoctorShazbot]

Originally Posted by DragonMovieCollector

What are the two unofficial films?

Never Say Never Again is a remake of Thunderball from an entirely different film company. It has never been included in James Bond collections or canon. Somehow they gor Sean Connery to came back for it after being out of the role for about 20 years. Casino Royale was more of a spoof than an actual Bond film.

[Darby1985]

Bond 50 is the best for me. It also beats the OCD "how can it be complete when they're making more?" problem by being a celebration of just the first 50 years. So it's complete for that era wheras the other collections would be obsolete sooner or later.

[DoctorShazbot]

Originally Posted by Darby1985

Bond 50 is the best for me. It also beats the OCD "how can it be complete when they're making more?" problem by being a celebration of just the first 50 years. So it's complete for that era wheras the other collections would be obsolete sooner or later.

All except for these:

[hanshotfirst1138]

I got the Bond 50 set, the individual release of Spectre, and the UV code for the full set online. That’ll work for me for now.

[DoctorShazbot]

Originally Posted by hanshotfirst1138

I got the Bond 50 set, the individual release of Spectre, and the UV code for the full set online. That’ll work for me for now.

That doesn't drive you nuts have the one single release with the rest in the pack?

[hanshotfirst1138]

Originally Posted by DoctorShazbot

That doesn't drive you nuts have the one single release with the rest in the pack?

It does, but not enough to spends all that money, not to mention the fact that there’ll be another new Bond film on disc within the next year or so.

[megafan2000]

Bond 50 has been replaced by this


The one with the black slipbox has the extra bonus disc with the exclusive documentary.


Just get one or the other depending on whether or not you want the documentary.

[megafan2000]

Oh and here's a post I did a couple years ago talking about the various sets because of James Bond is one of the most guilty of re-re-re-releasing the exact same set over and over.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...4&postcount=26

[Michael24]

I guess there's no collection that only has the pre-Craig movies? I still have the four "Ultimate Edition" DVD box sets of the first 20 films and would like to get them on Blu-ray eventually but my brother already has the Craig movies on Blu-ray. So I guess the only way to get the original films on their own would be to either buy them individually or go for the "007" actor collections?

[DoctorShazbot]

Originally Posted by Michael24

I guess there's no collection that only has the pre-Craig movies? I still have the four "Ultimate Edition" DVD box sets of the first 20 films and would like to get them on Blu-ray eventually but my brother already has the Craig movies on Blu-ray. So I guess the only way to get the original films on their own would be to either buy them individually or go for the "007" actor collections?

Not as far as I can find. I was thinking I'd pick up all the actor-specific collections except for the Craig one since he's confirmed that he's doing one more. From what everyone is saying, it seems like that's the best way to go anyway.

[StingingVelvet]

Threads like this make me super glad I'm not so anal!

Like others I would suggest the newest black or white box sets, but when the next one comes out it won't match. Of course they're going to make Bond movies until the sun explodes, so they're NEVER going to all match, unless you re-buy them all every time a new movie comes out. It's just something you have to accept.

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

Threads like this make me super glad I'm not so anal!

Like others I would suggest the newest black or white box sets, but when the next one comes out it won't match. Of course they're going to make Bond movies until the sun explodes, so they're NEVER going to all match, unless you re-buy them all every time a new movie comes out. It's just something you have to accept.

Meh. I've got two actor collections, OHMSS steel, six gold sleeves, 3 '12 releases, and 3 '15 releases. I just care about the films, I could care less with how they're displayed.