WSR Detailed LaserDisc Review

Spy Who Loved Me, The
Genre:Action Adventure

Reviewed In Issue 29 Of Widescreen Review® Stars:
Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Curt Jurgens & Richard Kiel

WSR Review Scores
Picture Rating: 4
Sound Rating: 2.5
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DVD General Information
(Studio/Distributor): MGM Home Entertainment
(Catalog Number): ML102735
(MPAA Rating): PG
(Retail Price): $39.98
(Running Time In Minutes): 125
(Color Type): Color
(Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
(Closed Captioned): Yes
(Theatrical Release): 1977
(LD Release Date):
(THX® Digitally Mastered): Yes

Credits Information
(Director): Lewis Gilbert
(Screenplay/Written By): Christopher Wood & Richard Maibaum
(Story): NA
(Music): Marvin Hamlisch
(Director Of Photography):
(Production Designer): Ken Adam
(Visual Effects):
(Costume Designer):
(Editor): John Glen
(Supervising Sound Editors):
(Re-Recording Mixers):
(Executive Producers): NA
(Co-Producers): NA
(Producers): Albert Broccoli

DVD Picture Information
(Principal Photography): Panavision
(Theatrical Aspect Ratio): 2.40:1
(Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): 2.32:1

DVD Sound Information
(DVD Soundtrack): Dolby Digital Surround
(Theatrical Sound): Mag Stereo
(Theatrical Re-Issue Soundtrack):
(Remastered Dolby Digital): Yes
(Remastered DTS Digital Surround): No
(Additional Languages):

WSR Narrative Review
Story Synopsis:
In the 10th James Bond adventure, The Spy Who Loved Me, Agent 007 (Roger Moore) finds himself partnered with a voluptuous Soviet agent (Barbara Bach) to save the world from total annihilation.

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LaserDisc Soundtrack:
(Surround Bass Below 50Hz): No
(Aggressive System Surround): No
(Intense 25Hz Bass): No
(Deep Bass Challenging): No
(Aggressive 0.1 LFE):
(Holosonic Soundfield): No
(Aggressive Split Surround): No
(Center Back Surround Imaging): No
(Directionalized Dialogue): No
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Reference LaserDisc:
No
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