Los Angeles, U.S.A — Friday, October 5, 2012 will be Global James Bond Day, marking the 50th anniversary of the James Bond film franchise. It was Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman who adapted Ian Fleming’s books and brought Dr No to the screen in 1962. The 007 franchise today is the longest running in film history with twenty-three films produced.  The latest James Bond adventure is entitled Skyfall and will be released in the UK on October 26 and in the US O n November 9.

In the US, events for Global James Bond Day include a film retrospective at The Museum of Modern Art inNew York and a Music of Bond Night hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles.  In other countries around the world, special events have been planned.

In the UK, an auction of James Bond memorabilia is taking place at Christie’s with all proceeds going to UNICEF and a number of charitable causes. In Belgium and South Africa, offices will celebrate with Bond-themed Casual Fridays where people will turn up to work dressed in gowns and tuxedos.

In addition, Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007, the feature documentary, will be screened in Australia, Belgium,France, Holland, India, Japan, Latvia, Mexico, and Russia.  Radio stations around the world are planning to play Bond theme songs.

In addition, pre-sale tickets for Skyfall will be available in most locations on Friday, October 5.  Moviegoers may check with their local theaters for details.

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Los Angeles, U.S.A. — All the Bonds. All the girls. All the action. All in high-definition. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment mark James Bond’s monumental golden anniversary with the release of “Bond 50,” the complete Bond experience showcasing all twenty-two classic films on Blu-ray together for the first time ever, neatly packaged into one cool, sleek collectable box-set. The collection will be available beginning September 24 in the United Kingdom and September 25 in North America with additional international markets to follow that week. “Bond 50” marks the debut of nine James Bond films previously unavailable in high definition Blu-ray and comes with a dossier of more than 122 hours of bonus features on twenty-three discs. Each disc contains a film and bonus content for that film except for the final disc.

The final disc of the “Bond 50” contains only bonus material such as “The World of Bond,” “Being Bond,” and the “Skyfall” video blogs.

Set for release just prior to the theatrical premiere of “Skyfall” in November 2012, “Bond 50” will offer a look at the latest Bond film through videoblogs shot with the cast and crew. The “Bond 50” collection also provides two all-new pieces that spotlight the history of 007. “The World of Bond” takes a look at the style and attitude that is signature to Bond; pulling together the cars, the women, the villains and the music that have been a staple of these films for the past 50 years. “Being Bond” profiles the six distinguished actors that have had the honor of portraying 007.

Additional bonus content in the “Bond 50” collection includes cast and crew commentaries, the behind-the-scenes making of each film, in-depth interviews with every actor that played Bond, a closer look at the exotic locations as shot on-the-set, the women of Bond, the villains of Bond, Bond’s cars and gadgets, music videos and much, much more.

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