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starring: Irvin Allen, George Baker, Yuri Borionko, James Bree, Geoffrey Cheshire
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780792828624
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Letterboxed, NTSC
ISBN: 0792828623
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release Date: May 21, 1996
Running Time: 142 minutes
Sales Rank: 35300
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: December 18, 1969
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Australian model George Lazenby took up the mantle of the world's most suave secret agent when Sean Connery retired as James Bond--prematurely, it turned out. Connery returned in Diamonds Are Forever before leaving the role to Roger Moore and Lazenby's subsequent career fizzled, yet this one-hit wonder is responsible for one of the best Bond films of all time.
In On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 007 leaves the Service to privately pursue his SPECTRE nemesis Blofeld (played this time by Telly Savalas), whose latest master plan involves a threat to the world's crops by agricultural sterilization. Bond teams up with suave international crime lord Draco (Gabriele Ferzetti) and falls in love with--and marries--his elegant daughter, Tracy (Diana Rigg). Bond goes monogamous? Not at first; after all he has Blofeld's harem to seduce. Lazenby hasn't the intensity of Connery but he has fun with his quips and even lampoons the Bond image in a playful pre-credits sequence, and Rigg, fresh from playing sexy Emma Peel in The Avengers, matches 007 in every way. Former editor Peter Hunt makes a strong directorial debut, deftly handling the elaborate action sequences--including a car chase turned road rally through the icy snow--with a kinetic finesse and a dash of humor. Though not a hit on its original release, On Her Majesty's Secret Service has become a fan favorite and the closest the series has come to capturing the spirit of Ian Fleming's books. --Sean Axmaker
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Rating:  - THE MOST PERFECT BOND
On Her Majesty's Secret Service - 2-Disc Ultimate Edition
I think GEORGE LAZENBY is the BEST BOND EVER. Too bad that Albert R. Brocolli and Harry Saltzman decided to chuck this Australian car salesman, after his one-time appearance as James Bond. Diana Rigg IS the prettiest Bond Girl. Louis Armstrong sings: 'We have all the time in the world'. Telly Savalas makes a terrific Ernest Stavro Blofeld. There is a tremondous Ice-Skating sequence, that has yet to be repeated. Many viewvers even from ... Read More
Rating:  - One of the best Bond movies.
At about 140 minutes, this is one of the longest Bond films, and I remember thinking it was a bit too long. But when watching it again I don't think it was. It has action, character development and humour (including one of the best one liners, "He had a lot of guts!"). George Lazenby's performance is good. He doesn't get as many closeups and isn't as charming as Connery's Bond, but with the help of the script, he adds depth to the character. It would have been interesting to see what direction the ... Read More
Rating: - Real Bond
This and Casino Royale are my all time Bond favorites. The special effects are somewhat hokey but that's what makes it so much more entertaining. The pace is a little slower than the new flicks but you have time to digest the plot. The other Jameses aren't as captivating.
Rating: - He Looks & Acts Like James Bond to Me
"On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969) was the sixth James Bond film and the first without Sean Connery in the starring role. Australian George Lazenby took over the part for this ONE AND ONLY film.
The story involves Bond falling in love and ultimately marrying (!) a mob boss's daughter (Diana Rigg) and investigating a Swiss mountain-top lair wherein Blofeld (Telly Savalas) schemes to brainwash an assortment of women from around the world for his bizarre nefarious purposes.
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Rating: - In the top 3 Bond films
It is almost inexplicable that this movie isn't more widely heralded as a benchmark for the series, but I'll give it a shot. First, Lazenby made one of the gravest errors in Bond history by announcing that this would be his only Bond film PRIOR to the movie's release. I think this made audiences wonder if it was worth getting to know him, and so many passed it by (therefore, the low box office). Secondly, an unfortunate many of us are distracted by appearance, and in this film Bond wears ascots and ... Read More
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