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The discs were pulled because of the commentary tracks -- as I recall the studio(s)/right- holders thought they contained statements of a potentially litigious nature. However, pulling them just made more folks seek out the discs and the commentary tracks! I believe that some of the commentary tracks have now been released officially on some discs -- but I may be totally wrong about that!
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A discussion about the commentary tracks on another website by folks who gave them a recent listen featured several people who appear to have had first hand knowledge of the to-do, including Steven Jay Rubin who wrote "The James Bond Encyclopedia" and hosted the commentary track for "From Russia With Love". Sounds like there were a number of reasons for the brouhaha. This is quoted from the website: "Steven Jay Rubin, on January 5, 2012 at 12:49 am said: I can offer a thought or two since I hosted the commentary for From Russia With Love. Writer and director David Lee Miller, who ran Criterion back in the early 1990s was one of the pioneers in developing commentary tracks. When we did From Russia With Love, commentaries were very rare and David admitted that they never asked Eon’s permission to do one. Thus, not only did Cubby object to the content, he probably objected vehemently to the fact that they were never asked or consulted. It was a big faux pas on Criterion’s part. Having written “The James Bond Films” in 1981 and having just completed “The Complete James Bond Movie Encyclopedia” in 1990, both done without a tad of EON cooperation, I probably wasn’t number one on their friends list. However, I think my involvement in the commentary was less important to EON than the straight-from-the-cuff content they provided. I can imagine the look on Cubby’s face when Terrence Young started talking about the fact that Lotte Lenya was in her 70s but still screwing left and right. EON was always about control and these discs were, as one of the commentators above said, more appropriate for a roundtable in the local pup. However, for that very reason, they are fascinating and go way beyond the typical press kit interview."
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Well, thanks to this thread I'm gonna crank up my ancient LD player this weekend and give the "Goldfinger" CAV set a spin (the only one I acquired of the withdrawn Criterions) and listen to the commentary. It's been years!
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Wow. Thanks for the warning.
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one sad result of the controversy is we don't get to hear Guy Hamilton's fantastic story regarding seeing GOLDINGER with an audience. The story about a fan commenting out loud about the 007/Odd Job finale is priceless bruce
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