Groovy! MGM to Release Casino Royale Collector's Edition

All you fans of the Austin Powers movies will want to check this out: MGM plans to re-release 1967's bizarre Casino Royale, a fun, if dated spy spoof with an incredible cast: David Niven as James Bond, Peter Sellers, Orson Welles as a villainous mastermind, Ursula Andress as eye candy and a young Woody Allen as a nerdy mad scientist -not to mention Deborah Kerr, John Huston, George Raft, Charles Boyer, William Holden and Burt Bachrach. Whew!

Actually, the movie is a bit of a mess. Like many films in the psychedelic era, it's chaotic and sometimes hard to follow. But it's great fun to watch as an early satire of the hyper-successful 007 movies, and the direct ancestor of Mike Myers' spy comedies. It's uneven, often witty and occasionally laugh-out-loud funny. Watch for it in October, with lots of new features.