Product Description Disc 1 Side A: Fistful of Dollars WS Disc 1 Side B: Fistful of Dollars P&S Disc 2: The Pink Panther (1964) WS Disc 3: Dr. No WS Disc 4: The Magnificent Seven WS .com The Pink Panther: The history of film comedy would have been much altered if Peter Ustinov had stayed in the role of Jacques Clouseau, the bumbling French police inspector in The Pink Panther. But Ustinov dropped out, the role went to Peter Sellers, and a classic character was born: suspicious, blundering, with a pompous little mustache and a sometimes impenetrable accent, Clouseau was always one step behind everybody else in the room. The Pink Panther introduced Clouseau hot on the trail of a famous jewel thief (David Niven), who may be planning to make off with an expensive gem known as the Pink Panther. Set in a European ski resort, this bubbly comedy is a wonderful dose of '60s style, from the famous Henry Mancini theme music to the presence of two of Europe's top sex symbols of the era, Claudia Cardinale and Capucine. The film also introduced the popular cartoon Pink Panther, slinking around to Mancini's music in an animated credits sequence. The film's success brought a follow-up, A Shot in the Dark, also released in 1964; after 11 years, Sellers and top comedy director Blake Edwards (10) returned with three more sequels. --Robert Horton A Fistful of Dollars: A Fistful of Dollars launched the spaghetti Western and catapulted Clint Eastwood to stardom. Based on Akira Kurosawa's 1961 samurai picture Yojimbo, it scored a resounding success (in Italy in 1964 and the U.S. in 1967), as did its sequels, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. The advertising campaign promoted Eastwood's character--laconic, amoral, dangerous--as the Man with No Name (though in the film he's clearly referred to as Joe), and audiences loved the movie's refreshing new take on the Western genre. Gone are the pieties about making the streets safe for women and children. Instead it's every man for himself. Striking, too, was a new emphasis on violence, with stylized, almost balletic gunfights and baroque touches such as Eastwood's armored breastplate. The Dollars films had a marked influence on the Hollywood Western--for example, Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch--but their most enduring legacy is Clint Eastwood himself. --Edward Buscombe Dr. No: Released in 1962, this first James Bond movie remains one of the best, and serves as an entertaining reminder that the Bond series began (in keeping with Ian Fleming's novels) with a surprising lack of gadgetry and big-budget fireworks. Sean Connery was just 32 years old when he won the role of Agent 007. In his first adventure James Bond is called to Jamaica where a colleague and secretary have been mysteriously killed. With an American CIA agent (Jack Lord, pre-Hawaii Five-O), they discover that the nefarious Dr. No (Joseph Wiseman) is scheming to blackmail the U.S. government with a device capable of deflecting and destroying U.S. rockets launched from Cape Canaveral. Of course, Bond takes time off from his exploits to enjoy the company of a few gorgeous women, including the bikini-clad Ursula Andress. She gloriously kicks off the long-standing tradition of Bond women who know how to please their favorite secret agent. A sexist anachronism? Maybe, but this is Bond at his purest, kicking off a series of movies that shows no sign of slowing down. --Jeff Shannon The Magnificent Seven: Akira Kurosawa's rousing Seven Samurai was a natural for an American remake--after all, the codes and conventions of ancient Japan and the Wild West (at least the mythical movie West) are not so very far apart. Thus The Magnificent Seven effortlessly turns samurai into cowboys (the same trick worked more than once: Kurosawa's Yojimbo became Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars). The beleaguered denizens of a Mexican village, weary of attacks by banditos, hire seven gunslingers to repel the invaders once and for all. The gunmen are cool and capable, with most of the actors playing them just on the cusp of '60s stardom: Steve McQueen, James Coburn, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn. The man who brings these warriors together is Yul Brynner, the baddest bald man in the West. There's nothing especially stylish about the approach of veteran director John Sturges (The Great Escape), but the storytelling is clear and strong, and the charisma of the young guns fairly flies off the screen. If that isn't enough to awaken the 12-year-old kid inside anyone, the unforgettable Elmer Bernstein music will do it: bum-bum-ba-bum, bum-ba-bum-ba-bum.... Followed by three inferior sequels, Return of the Seven, Guns of the Magnificent Seven, and The Magnificent Seven Ride! --Robert Horton Beyond the United Artists Cinema Greats Collection, Set 1 The United Artists Cinema Greats Collection Series United Artists 30-Disc Deluxe Giftset More from MGM
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2 Classic Westerns, Great Comedy and First Spy movie of James bond that started the epic spy series.
I saw this 4 DVD collection of great movies to add to our family collection. United Artist did it right with a separate DVD and jewel box for each movie. The movies were great with superb color and sound. No faults. There were a very few places where the movies very temporarily paused as if edited or spliced. Very, very slight and quick and INMO did not detract from the movie. All 4 played perfect.Dr No was the first James Bond 007 movie. It was a low budget movie as no one had any idea that the movie would be such a great hit and the start of the fabulous James Bond 007 series. Sean Connery is introduced as the 1962 handsome, polished/refined British super secret agent 007 licensed to kill. He must defeat Dr No a Chinese scientist that is toppling and making US spacecraft crash off Cape Canaveral. Dr No is a member of Spectra, a super secret crime/extortion organization. The beautiful and super sexy Ursula Andress ( the original Bond girl) is shown coming out of the water off a beach collecting shells looking super sexy in a white bikini. A real hotti. Lots of action, fighting, killing and all kinds of super hero/spy activities. I loved this movie because of the superb acting of Sean Connery before the special effects of today's Bond movies became commonplace. Some special effects but the acting and superb plot made this movie. 5 starsThe Magnificent Seven was INMO one of the best westerns ever made. A bunch of Mexican farmers and their families are being attacked and their crops and goods stolen by about 40 outlaw Mexican gunman headed by Eli Wallah. The Mexican farmers hire 7 top gun hands for almost nothing. 20 dollars each...that's all they have..the entire village is poor. This movie was chocked filled with stars. Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Eli Wallace, Charles Bronson, James Coburn and Robert Vaugan. The magnificent 7 gunmen defeat the 40 plus Mexican outlaws in an epic battle. This is an epic western. If you like westerns you will love this movie. 5 starsFist full of Dollars was a very good western. Clint Eastwood stars as the man with no name. He is super fast with a handgun. He takes on 4 men one time and more men other times. He gives the undertaker lots of work. 2 rich families are in control of a town and wanting to control more. Clint Eastwood plays a dangerous game helping each family to defeat the other and getting well paid each time. Clint Eastwood's acting was great with his steely squint in his eyes, smoking his small cigar and great lines. The head of one of the families is an expert with a rife and tells Clint Eastwood, when a man with a pistol fights a man with a rife, the man with the pistol dies. NOT!... but look at the way Clint Eastwood outdraws him and 4 others by himself. I won't ruin the movie. Some of the scenes are incredible. 5 stars on Eastwood's acting and the scenery and plot of the movie. Some of the acting by the other actors/actresses was not up to Eastwood's calibur. 3 1/2 to 4 stars on their acting . Total 4 1/4 stars this movie.The Pink Panther was a very good comedy about a rich Knighted man ( David Niven) who is the notorious jewel thief the Fathom. He is out to steal the Pink Panther one of the world's greatest diamonds from a Princess. He wines and dines her and eventually both are semi in love. Robert Wagner stars as his nephew. Both have the hots for the French Police Commissioner's ( Peter Sellers)wife. Big party scene with fireworks and cars chasing the bad guys in ape costumes. The poor bumbling goofy Police commissioner actually arrests The Phantom and his nephew only to lose out in court and is sentenced as the The Phantom, while the Princess, the Phantom and nephew get off. A funny, goofy comedy. Just relax and enjoy it without trying to analyze it. 4 1/4 starsNo nudity, sex or 4 letter words in these movies. Great for a family DVD library but some shooting/killing in 3 of the movies. Probably not rated for the very young. Total 4 2/3 stars.
W**R
Great!!!
Great collection
C**M
Awesome! Love these "Combo's"
Gives great movies grouped together and fun to watch! Enjoy seeing a lot of the "oldies" - they are still "goodies". Thanks for putting together these collections.
P**Z
value
I enjoyed seeing these again, especially since they were digitally remastered. It's a unusual colection. I wonder who chose them. They make a unique addition to any library.
H**R
Fun
this was sent out just as stated on the order, we didn't have to wait and we are very happy
K**Y
DvD review
sevaral box sets of DVD's,it would take ages to list every DVD,however,YulBrynner,Tyrone Power,Lloyd Nolan, Peter Sellers,Marilyn monroe,west side story,Sian Connery etc,etc all were delivered quickly,well packed,and(very important)all had sub-titles.An excellent purchase
T**S
Sensational value!
The four films included in this box are available at a steep discount from numerous Amazon Marketplace sellers -- less than $5 for the set. All of the movies are blockbusters featuring great stars: Peter Sellers as the bumbling Inspector Clouseau in the first installment of his comedy series, "The Pink Panther"; Clint Eastwood as the Man with No Name in the first classic spaghetti western, "A Fistful of Dollars"; Sean Connery as 007 (and still the best of all the actors to play the superspy) in the very first James Bond film, "Dr. No"; and an all-star cast in "The Magnificent Seven," a western adaptation of the Japanese classic "The Seven Samurai." There are no extra features on these discs save theatrical trailers, but the films themselves are superb entertainment at a bargain price. Snap them up, along with sets 2 and 3 in this series of classic films from United Artists.
C**R
Great
My Husband loves old westerns and had me watching these movies and we totally enjoyed them stayed up all night watching
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