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Casino Royale (1967)

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Reviews Counted: 29 Fresh: 8  Rotten:21 Average Rating: 4.6/10

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Runtime: 2 hrs 17 mins

Synopsis: This swinging spoof of Ian Fleming's spy hero features an aging James Bond (David Niven), reluctantly dragged out of retirement to chase down the evil crime clique called SMERSH. In order to confound the forces led by the villainous Le Chiffre (Orson Welles), the Secret Service enlists five... This swinging spoof of Ian Fleming's spy hero features an aging James Bond (David Niven), reluctantly dragged out of retirement to chase down the evil crime clique called SMERSH. In order to confound the forces led by the villainous Le Chiffre (Orson Welles), the Secret Service enlists five other agents, also under the name "Bond," and all six converge on the titular casino. Meanwhile, Woody Allen, as the retiring secret agent's nephew, causes havoc at every turn. The gleefully chaotic product of five directors, numerous screenwriters, and the late 1960s in general, CASINO ROYALE revels in its psychedelic spy satire premise. The comedy features a legion of stars in roles both large and small: Niven, Welles, Allen, Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, William Holden, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jacqueline Bisset, Deborah Kerr, and many more. (Apparently, Sellers and Welles despised each other, and Sellers would frequently not show up for his scenes.) Amid the wackiness, there are genuine moments of hilarity, making the film a surreal romp through Bond lore and the more eccentric aspects of 1960s pop culture. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, David Niven, Peter Sellers, Orson Welles

Screenwriter: Wolf Mankowitz, John Law, Michael Sayers, Billy Wilder, Val Guest, Joseph Heller, Ben Hecht, Terry Southern
Producer: Charles K. Feldman, Jerry Bresler
Composer: Burt Bacharach

DVD Info

Release:

Mar 6, 2008

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen - 2.35

Audio:

  • Mono - English, French, Spanish
  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentaries - Steven Jay Rubin, John Cork - James Bond Historians
  • Behind the Scenes - 1. "The Making of Casino Royale"
  • 2. "The Big Climax"
  • 3. "It's a Wrap!"
  • Featurettes - 1. "Bond, James Bond"
  • 2. "A 3 Ring Circus"
  • 3. "More Directors, More Stars"
  • Trailers - Theatrical Trailer

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Even less amusing than the more 'serious' Bond films.

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02/09/06
Geoff Andrew
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2/4

Surrealisticly bad

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02/12/08
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
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Peter Sellers has some amusing gags as the gambler, the chance of dressing up in various guises and a neat near-seduction scene with Ursula Andress.

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08/15/07
Variety Staff
Variety
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2/4

A mess. Casino Royale is two hours and eleven minutes of non sequitur.

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08/15/07
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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Out of five directors -- only McGrath manages to connect with this brontosaurian James Bond parody.

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08/15/07
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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3/5

Now Craig assumes the mantle, and you know, he does OK.

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11/16/06
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review
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No less than five directors, including John Huston, and eight writers, including Billy Wilder and Ben Hecht, tried to salvage this lengthy, laden all-star Bond spoof--to no avail.

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11/11/06
Emanuel Levy
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2/4

The few good aspects of this farce are vastly outweighed by the bad.

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11/05/06
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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2/5

It's cheesy, cheesy, cheesy.

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11/05/06
Greg Muskewitz
eFilmCritic.com
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...only a very small minority of those acquainted with the more arcane aspects of 1960s cinema are going to have some appreciation for CASINO ROYALE.

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06/26/05
Dragan Antulov
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It's the sort of reckless, disconnected nonsense that could be telescoped or stopped at any point.

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05/09/05
Bosley Crowther
New York Times
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Watching this movie is a serious drag.

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03/22/05
Matt Bailey
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3/5

No review available.

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01/14/05
Robin Clifford
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1/5

Even more awful considering the wasted talents.

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10/30/04
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan
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...a definitive example of what can happen when everybody working on a film goes simultaneously berserk.

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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Profoundly unamusing bore.

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04/23/04
Dan Lybarger
Nitrate Online
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Outlandish oversized spoof -- a perfect evocation of its time.

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11/20/03
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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It's a spoof that went places even James Bond feared to tread.

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10/01/03
Austin Chronicle
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08/22/03
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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No review available.

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08/21/03
John Esther
Pasadena Weekly
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