Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment Announces 6-Film James Bond Collection


6-FILM JAMES BOND COLLECTION
STARRING SEAN CONNERY 
COMES TO 4K ULTRA HD 

The Sean Connery Collection
will be released on June 10, 2025

THE SEAN CONNERY COLLECTION from Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM), a collection of six James Bond films starring Sean Connery as 007, will be available to own on June 10 as a 4K UHD collection for the first time for the ultimate at home movie-watching experience. The collection includes Dr. No, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice and Diamonds Are Forever. 

The collection will be available in collectible steelbook packaging and as a standard 4K collection.

These six films will also be available on Digital from MGM.

The action, the intrigue, the women… The films and THE Bond that established the enduring franchise. Experience the spy thrillers that made Sean Connery immortal like you’ve never seen them before in stunning 4K for the first time. The films are part of the 5th highest grossing film franchise of all time with more than $7.8 billion in worldwide box office revenues.

The 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray discs of THE SEAN CONNERY COLLECTION will feature Dolby Vision ultra-vivid imaging.  When compared to a standard picture, Dolby Vision® can deliver spectacular colors never before seen on a screen, highlights that are up to 40 times brighter, and blacks that are 10 times darker.  With Dolby Vision®, you will feel as if you are inside the action alongside 007 as the picture comes to life. 

4K Ultra HD** showcases 4K resolution with High Dynamic Range (HDR) and a wider color spectrum, offering consumers brighter, deeper, and more lifelike colors for a home entertainment viewing experience like never before.  

About the Films:

Dr. No (1962)
James Bond, a resourceful British government agent, seeks answers in the disappearance of a fellow spy and a plot to disrupt an American space program.

Cast: Anthony Dawson, Bernard Lee, Eunice Gayson, Jack Lord, John Kitzmiller, Joseph Wiseman, Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Zena Marshall
Producers: Harry Saltzman
Albert R. Broccoli
Director: Terence Young
Screenplay by: Richard Maibaum, Johanna Harwood, Berkely Mather

From Russia With Love (1963)
James Bond willingly falls into an assassination plot involving a naive Russian beauty in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device that was stolen by the organization Spectre.

Cast: Bernard Lee, Daniela Bianchi, Lois Maxwell, Lotte Lenya, Pedro Armendariz, Robert Shaw, Sean Connery
Producers: Harry Saltzman, Albert R. Broccoli
Director: Terence Young
Screenplay by: Richard Maibaum
Adapted by: Johanna Harwood

Goldfinger (1964)
While investigating a gold magnate’s smuggling, James Bond uncovers a plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold reserve.

Cast: Austin Willis, Bernard Lee, Bill Nagy, Cec Linder, Gert Frobe, Harold Sakata, Honor Blackman, Lois Maxwell, Martin Benson, Sean Connery, Shirley Eaton, Tania Mallet
Producers: Harry Saltzman, Albert R. Broccoli
Director: Guy Hamilton
Screenplay by: Richard Maibaum, Paul Dehn

Thunderball (1965)
James Bond heads to the Bahamas to recover two nuclear warheads stolen by S.P.E.C.T.R.E. agent Emilio Largo in an international extortion scheme.

Cast: Adolfo Celi, Bernard Lee, Claudine Auger, Desmond Llewelyn, Earl Cameron, Guy Doleman, Lois Maxwell, Luciana Paluzzi, Martine Beswick, Molly Peters, Paul Stassino, Rik Van Nutter, Roland Culver, Sean Connery.
Producers:Harry Saltzman, Albert R. Broccoli
Director: Terence Young
Screenplay by: Richard Maibaum, John Hopkins
Original Screenplay by: Jack Whittingham
Story by: Kevin McClory, Jack Whittingham, Ian Fleming

You Only Live Twice (1967)
James Bond and the Japanese Secret Service must find and stop the true culprit of a series of space hijackings, before war is provoked between Russia and the United States.

Cast: Akiko Wakabayashi, Bernard Lee, Charles Gray, Desmond Llewelyn, Donald Pleasence, Karin Dor, Lois Maxwell, Mie Hama, Sean Connery, Teru Shimada, Tetsuro Tamba
Producers: Harry Saltzman, Albert R. Broccoli
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Screenplay by: Roald Dahl
Additional Story Material by: Harold Jack Bloom

 Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
A diamond smuggling investigation leads James Bond to Las Vegas where he uncovers an evil plot involving a rich business tycoon.

Cast: Sean Connery, Jill St. John, Charles Gray, Lana Wood, Jimmy Dean, Bruce Cabot, Putter Smith, Bruce Glover, Norman Burton, Bernard Lee, Desmond Llewelyn, Lois Maxwell
Producers: Harry Saltzman, Albert R. Broccoli
Director: Guy Hamilton
Screenplay by: Richard Maibaum, Tom Mankiewicz


THE SEAN CONNERY COLLECTION 4K ULTRA HD SPECIFICATIONS 

Street Date: June 10, 2025
Screen Format:  Dr. No, From Russia With Love, and Goldfinger
Widescreen 1.75:1
Thunderball and You Only Live Twice Widescreen 2.35:1
Diamonds are Forever
Widescreen 2.39:1
Audio: Diamonds are Forever, Dr. No, From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, and You Only Live Twice
English Dolby ATMOS
English 2.0 DTS-HDMA
English Descriptive Audio 2.0 Dolby Digital
Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 
French Dolby Digital 5.1 
Subtitles:  Diamonds are Forever, Dr. No, From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, and You Only Live Twice
English SDH, Spanish, French