SilverWook said:

FanFiltration said:

SilverWook said:

I seem to recall much gnashing of teeth elsewhere about that curious error when the UE DVD came out.

Given how the studios sometimes grab whatever reels seem to be handy without really checking the contents, I'm surprised nobody ever released the ABC tv cut by mistake. ;)

I want to see that O.H.M.S.S. ABC T.V. abomination so badly! It was out in the torrents a few years ago as a faithful fan reconstruction, but somehow I missed getting hold of it. Yet, I do have the soundtrack audio around someplace, so I have heard it at least.

Even the website of the guy who made it seems to have gone missing.

I have vague memories of seeing it on ABC. (Honestly thought it was a made for tv thing at the time, as the other fellow wasn't in it!) All my early Bond experiences were with tv. I didn't realize until HBO ran all the Bond films in 1981(?) how much ABC snipped and sanitized them.

I seriously think an all 007 channel would be cool, actually. :)

I remember that HBO marathon. It was how I first saw the Connery Bond films, and I was hooked forever after. I also remember HBO showed "Moonraker" over and over, so much more then any other film in the series. I think that may have been before For Your Eyes Only, so 1981 sounds right. Yes "Moonraker" was the latest film at the time, and that is why it played so much. I also seem to remember that they did not play O.H.M.S.S. as part of that marathon at all. But they may have played it later in the mid 80's. I was forever searching for it on VHS at various video stores all over central New Jersey when I first got my license to drive. I remember finding it one day, and I think it had a slip draw cardboard case and the weight of the VHS tape was like 3 pounds. VHS was heavy duty, and built to last back then.