MUMBAI: As part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the James Bond film franchise on the anniversary of the first film Dr. No, that had its world premiere 5 October, 1962 in London, Albert R. Broccoli‘s EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment have decided to celebrate 5 October this year as the Global James Bond Day with a day-long series of events for Bond fans around the world.
This is the time when a new feature documentary Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Passion Pictures and Red Box Films will be unveiled.
Directed by Stevan Riley, the film focuses on three men with a shared dream - Bond producers Albert R. Broccoli, Harry Saltzman and author Ian Fleming. It‘s the thrilling and inspiring narrative behind the longest running film franchise in cinema history that began in 1962.
The worldwide events celebrating Bond‘s golden anniversary include a global online and live auction charity event of 50 lots to benefit twelve charitable institutions organized by Christie´s in London, a global survey to discover the favorite Bond film by country, a film retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York among many others.
Leading up to Global James Bond Day, for the first time ever fans can own all 22 films in the franchise on Blu-ray Disc in one comprehensive collection with Bond 50, releasing worldwide beginning September 24.