anyway since you seem to be one of the resident bond experts here I thought I would ask a question.
How come criterion never did a release of thunderball?
did it have to do with the fight they were having with eon over the commentary tracks they wanted censored?
I think thunderball is superior to goldfinger but that's because I like terrence young's work. Dr.no, from russia with love and thunderball have to be my favorite bond films.
there was a laserdisc release of thunderball that had a ton of supplements are those on the new ultimate edition dvd?
Do you have a screenshot showing the diffrence between the 1993 connery collection thunderball and the 2:35:1 ratio of later releases?
what about the fact that audio commentary on an official bond dvd says it was shot in cinemascope and was the first bond film to be so as well as being the first showing of connery in the gunbarrel sequence. I was under the impression that cinemascope was an anamorphic process yielding a wider image of a 2:35:1 ratio.
The ultimate edition releases are being released in their correct and theatrical aspect ratios for the first time according to publicity and thunderball is 2:35:1 on the dvd.
The line "the things I do for england" was recycled for a view to a kill but ultimetely cut and is on the u.e. dvd. It was also used as a parody in the movie XXX with vin diesel when he says "the things i'm gonna do for my country"