Category: Films

“Octopussy”: First Danish retail VHS (1989)

In 1989 Warner Home Video issued all of the James Bond 007 films (except the Columbia-produced "Casino Royale" from 1967) on retail VHS through local distributor Metronome Video. The Bond films had not previously been available on sell-through video in Denmark.

This initial retail series had specially designed cover art with raster graphics on a metallic grey background which was obviously meant to resemble Maurice Binder's famous gunbarrel design.

Below is the Danish cover art for the first Danish retail VHS of "Octopussy" (EON 1983):

“For Your Eyes Only”: First Danish retail VHS (1989)

In 1989 Warner Home Video issued all of the James Bond 007 films (except the Columbia-produced "Casino Royale" from 1967) on retail VHS through local distributor Metronome Video. The Bond films had not previously been available on sell-through video in Denmark.

This initial retail series had specially designed cover art with raster graphics on a metallic grey background which was obviously meant to resemble Maurice Binder's famous gunbarrel design.

Below is the Danish cover art for the first Danish retail VHS of "For Your Eyes Only" (EON 1981):

FYEO VHS 1989 omslag

Licence to Kill (1989): From Denmark with Love

DANISH CONNECTIONS

 
Carlsberg's product placement deal with EON, which started with "The Living Daylights" (1987), continued in the subsequent James Bond film, "Licence to Kill" (1989).

The Danish brewing group's characteristic logo appears in more than a dozen shots in the five-minute long sequence which takes place around the fictional pub The Barrelhead Bar. Thai Island Restaurant & Sushi Bar in Key West, Florida, USA provided the exterior for Barrelhead Bar, while the interior was built for the film as a set at Churubusco Studios in Mexico City.
Time code (Blu-ray): 0:50:50-0:54:59

The Carlsberg logo is first seen when James Bond (Timothy Dalton) arrives by boat at the Barrelhead Bar, the shabbiest harbor bar in Bimini in the Bahamas.

LTK Carlsberg eksteriør 1

Inside the Barrelhead Bar, both James Bond and Dario (Benicio Del Toro) pass by several green neon signs displaying the Carlsberg logo.

LTK Carlsberg Dalton 1

LTK Carlsberg Benicio 1

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“Moonraker”: First Danish retail VHS (1989)

In 1989 Warner Home Video issued all of the James Bond 007 films (except the Columbia-produced "Casino Royale" from 1967) on retail VHS through local distributor Metronome Video. The Bond films had not previously been available on sell-through video in Denmark.

This initial retail series had specially designed cover art with raster graphics on a metallic grey background which was obviously meant to resemble Maurice Binder's famous gunbarrel design.

Below is the Danish cover art for the first Danish retail VHS of "Moonraker" (EON 1979):

Moonraker VHS 1989

“The Living Daylights” (1987): From Denmark with Love

DANISH CONNECTIONS

 
For "The Living Daylights" (1987), EON Productions set up a product placement deal with the Danish brewery group Carlsberg. A neon sign with the familiar green Carlsberg logo was featured prominently in the sequence where James Bond (Timothy Dalton) meets his contact Saunders (Thomas Wheatley) at the Prater Café in Vienna, only to witness him being killed in a runaway sliding door, rigged by the hitman Necros (Andreas Wiesniewski).
Time code (Blu-ray):  01:03:08-01:06:27

TLD Carlsberg screengrab 1

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“Never Say Never Again”: Cartoons from the daily Information (1983)

Ahead of the Danish theatrical release of "Never Say Never Again" (Taliafilm 1983), in which 53-year-old Sean Connery made his comeback appearance as James Bond 007, the daily Information printed the following two cartoons created by British newspaper cartoonist Raymond Jackson ("JAK")  for The Evening Standard.

The first cartoon in which Connery is ridiculed for his advanced age in the Bond role is put in a different light today by "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" which is currently (2023) showing in cinemas. Harrison Ford was 80 years old during the shooting of his farewell performance as the heroic action archeologist Indiana Jones. (By the way, Connery was only 12 years older than Ford when they played father and son respectively in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" (1989).

From Information, December 23, 1983:

NSNA Jak vittighedstegning 1 (Inf 23-12-1983)

The caption reads: "Sean Connery has finished a new 007 film at the age of 53: - Yes, but the wheelchair chase is supposed to be amazing!"

Fra Information 4. januar 1984:

NSNA Jak vittighedstegning 2 (Inf 04-01-1984)

Caption: "Children are not the only ones affected by violence in films: - Be nice to him. He always gets so aggressive after watching those horrible James Bond films".

With thanks to Isak Thorsen.