The classic Sean Connery Bond film Goldfinger will receive a re-release across 150 cinema’s in the U.K. this July. Glasgow based distributiors Park Circus are testing the waters with re-releasing the most popular films of their Bond catalogue before the release of the Bond 22. If the movie does well, the company plan to distribute From Russia with Love and Thunderball soon after.
I’ve been saying they should do this with classic movies for years. With the advent of new digital technology, the film copies cost as little as £50 each where traditional film prints cost thousands and thousands, so it’s extremely cost effective and with popular films… they have a great money making opportunity here and of course it makes us all very happy because we get to see our favourite films on the big screen.
John Letham, the managing director of Park Circus spoke of the release…
“The thing about James Bond films is that they work so well on the big screen,” he said. “They’re designed to be watched on the big screen.”
The article which I found over at Sunday Herald via Film Ick, also hints at more classic British movies being re-released, including the original Wicker Man and The Dam Busters with a big meeting apparently taking place tomorrow to discuss the plans.
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I agree that Bond films work great on screen. IMO the best Bond film for the big screen was Goldeneye. The title sequence where the relics of the old soviet empire pass before the screen (especially the statue of Lenin) HAS to be seen on the big screen.
And the opening shot of the movie where the camera pans up the height of the dam, seeing it on the big screen you feel overwhelmed by it. Pierce Brosnan is the first Bond I acutally liked. After 30 years I felt he was the first person to embody the Bond character in look -epecially- and demeanor.
Pierce Brosnan’s performance as Bond in Goldeneye was great, one of my favourite Bond portrayls from the 21 films so far.
Brosnan may have been the most consistent Bond in the history of the series, in terms of the quality of his performance.
Love that opening scene to Goldeneye too, everything from that damn jump… to the Sean Bean moments… to the escape on the plane.
Should be great, I am a big Bond fan and would love to see some of the classics on the big screen.
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