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This is one of the finest James Bond stories and films, and possibly *the* finest. The storyline in this film tracks the Ian Fleming novel almost perfectly, and generally when 007 films do this, they turn out for the better. This one exemplifies this.
The only deviation that this film takes from the Fleming novel (no spoiler here) is that Spectre, rather than Smersh, is the villain. This was evidently to avoid being anti-Soviet. The Fleming novel had no such qualms, and in the novel the Soviets are portrayed as frank thugs. No matter, other than the substitution of Spectre for Smersh (Smersh is the Soviet counterspy organization, the name of which roughly translates to "Death to Spies) this film tracks the novel with great fidelity.
This is a wonderful film. A beautiful Soviet cipher expert agrees to defect with a valuable code-breaking machine on condition that James Bond handles the defection. Of course, M and 007 smell a trap, but cannot pass up the chance to snag the priceless Soviet code machine. More would be telling, but this is a fast-paced, engaging, and classy film that will hold the viewer's interest.
As always, Sean Connery is perfect as agent 007, and carries off the role with class and elan. Highly recommended.
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A beautifully remastered copy of From Russia with Love, full of vivid color and crisp detail. The Ultimate DVD edition includes still photos on and off-set of the cast, and includes director Terence Young and Ian Fleming. There are behind the scenes stories from the production crew, from Daniela Bianchi, a near-fatal helicopter crash for Young, and the very real danger Sean Connery was in during the helicopter scene near the end -- something Hollywood insurance companies probably wouldn't allow today. Also there is the story of Pedro Armendariz illness and death during filming, making From Russia with Love not only his last movie but the performance for which he is most remembered, Kerim Bey. A must have for Bond fans!
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For the first time, we are introduced to the leader of Spectre, Ernst Stavros Blofeld known as number one, and whose face remains hidden until "You Only Live Twice."
His goal is to steal a new decoder, the Lektor, from the office of the Russian consulate, heats up the Cold War by killing and attacking the Russians and the British, through their respective agents, the Bulgarians and the Gypsies...
Spectre has a feeling of resentment against Bond, because he eliminated Dr. No... He instructed number 5: "Let his death be a particularly unpleasant humiliating one."
Sean Connery's second portrayal of the Secret Agent 007 is right on target... Our patriot-libertine is always ready to seduce a pretty spy for his country... He is hard during his interrogation of Tatiana... That slap must have hurt... He has trouble disabling his vicious adversaries... His ultimate match with Klebb's poisoned toe cap left him sweaty... Luckily Tatiana knows which side to stand...
The charming Daniela Bianchi is Tatiana Romanova, a young Greta Garbo... She plays a pawn in Spectre blackmail scene... She knows her defection is fake but doesn't know that Klebb is a Spectre agent who will try to acquire the Lektor, and trap Bond at the same time... She also ignores that behind the mirror above the king sized bed, Spectre agents are secretly filming her love making with Bond from a cabinet de voyeur...
In his final appearance, Pedro Armendariz plays Bond's most memorable Turkish Ally, the delightful Ali Kerim Bey, head of Station T, in Turkey... Kerim Bey is the perfect combination of aggression and intelligence... (Dying of cancer and hospitalized in Los Angeles, this great Mexican actor, took a pistol from under his pillow and shot himself...)
Lotte Lenya plays number three, Rosa Klebb, former head of operations for SMERSH, and now a sadistic Spectre agent placed in control by the mysterious number one, who found Donald "Red" Grant fit enough for duty... This repugnant lady recruits the good-looking Tatiana from the Istanbul consulate... For her, "Training is useful, but there is no substitute for experience."
Robert Shaw is "Red" Grant, a psychopath training on Spectre island who has to take the decoding device from Bond... He is, perhaps, the most memorable assassin who succeeds in making Bond kneel...
Walter Gotell (later known as General Gogol) makes his first appearance in the series...
Vladek Sheybal plays the master planner, Spectre top operative on the mission, number five, Kronsteen... He is a chess master known as the "Wizard of Ice." His plan involves using Bond and Russian cipher clerk Tatiana as pawns...
Fred Haggerty plays the Bulgarian killer Krilencu... The way he is dealt with is very original...
"From Russia with Love" introduces "Q" to the series... Desmond Llewelyn isn't called "Q" yet, but the credits refer to him as Major Boothroyd, the equipment officer...
"From Russia with Love" is a straight spy adventure with lots of action and beautiful women: The attractive masseuse oiling Grant in the garden of Spectre training camp; Sylvia, the "interesting old case;" Kerim's slinky mistress lying on the settee, chews 'her breads and whines for attention;' Leila, the belly dancer at the Gypsy camp overwhelming Bond with her abdominal skill; the stunning two Gypsy girls (Vida and Rosa) whom Bond is told to select the victor in their Gypsy fight to the death; the lovely Tatiana lying naked in Bond's bed with only a black ribbon tied around her neck...
"From Russia with Love" is a splendidly entertaining film against exotic Istanbul and Venice backgrounds...
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FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE has always been my favorite James Bond film. Why? I can't say for sure. Being adversaries in the film, both Sean Connery and Robert Shaw both possessed enough masculinity and virility to square off against each other very convincingly in a highly dramatic and very physical display of fisticuffs in their ultimate confrontation aboard the Orient Express. Connery not only possessed enough polish, sophistication and wit as James Bond but he looked like he was more than capable of handling himself in any scrape. The enigmatic and chameleon-like Robert Shaw, though lacking social refinement, was probably Bond's greatest equal when they came face to face. Dramatically it was a duel between two blunt instruments. Philosophically the confrontation represented more than good against evil. The world's social hierarchy of the superiority of the sophisticated and cultured class opposed to the unrefined lower classes was at stake. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE is full of emotion and energy. In a modern world filled with criminal minds living behind a veneer and facade of refinement it was just good to know that a worldly man like James Bond was on our side. Sean Connery embodied all those qualities.
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Dr. No was a good beginning, but From Russia With Love is the first Bond movie to hit classic status. Sean Connery still dynamite as 007! The lovely Daniella Bianchi totally exudes sensuality. Robert Shaw ranks with the best of the 007 adversaries, as Red Grant. The train fight between him and Bond is, in my opinion, the greatest movie fight scene of all time! Lotte Lenya is equally despicable as the lesbian-like Rosa Klebb. Love those poison-tipped shoes! We also get our first indelible image of a certain faceless SPECTRE boss stroking his favorite pet white cat. Pedro Armendarez is funny and enthusiastic as Bond's male aly, Kerim Bey. One great action set-piece after another! Now, the Bond series first hits it's stride!
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