NOTE: Review information of the For Your Eyes Only Special Edition DVD is based on Region One encoding (US and Canada only)
• Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen
• Commentary by director John Glen
• Commentary by producer Michael Wilson and crew members • Production notes
• Theatrical trailer(s), TV and Radio spot(s)
• Documentary: Inside For Your Eyes Only
• “For Your Eyes Only” music video by Sheena Easton
• Behind-the-scenes photo gallery with over 150 pictures
• Active storyboard sequences of ski chase and ATAC retreival
• Collectible behind-the-scenes booklet
• Widescreen anamorphic format
For Your Eyes Only has two audio commentaries, with Track One belonging mainly to John Glen, the narrarator and former cast and crew members. Marketing exec Jerry Juroe and actors Lynn-Holly Johnson and Topol provide additional commentary. Some of the highlights of the commentary:
– Derek Meddings jokingly asked to direct FYEO
– John Glen makes no bones about the fact that it is Blofeld at the beginning of the film, but had to take direct references out
– “Identigraph” was originally written into Fleming`s Goldfinger novel, though less sophisticated
– Narrarator freely compares the many similarities between FYEO and From Russia, With Love
– Bibi Dahl was written into the script after Cubby Broccoli saw Ice Castles
– Charles Dance, who played Klaus, was considered for the part of 007 at one time (he went on to play Ian Fleming in the TNT production of GOLDENEYE)
– The situation with transexual model Tula was not glossed over but the tragic bobsled accident was not mentioned
– Narrarator needs to get his facts straight: Moonraker was Bernard Lee`s last film, not The Spy Who Loved Me.
Track two includes audio commentary by Michael Wilson, Arthur Wooster, Derek Meddings and Martin Grace. Of keen interest to Bond fans is an explanation by Arthur Wooster on how John Glen was able to get the actors and stunt men in the water with sharks, and how two sharks attacked a stuntman without injuring him.
The film is dubbed in French, though the actress providing the voice for Melina sounds like a parrot being violated when she screams during the sequences between the Neptune and Kristatos` other submersible. Ironically, Carole Bouquet, whose native language is French, did the film in flawless English, only to be dubbed back into French by an entirely different actress.
If For Your Eyes Only is your favorite Bond film, you should love this Special Edition.