VOOM HD Networks today announced that international television star David Hasselhoff ('Baywatch,' 'Knight Rider'), will host a month-long Bond programming event beginning June 1st. Anchoring the month on FILMFEST HD (available nationally on DISH Network, Channel 9475) are 17 high-definition world premieres of James Bond classics, both uncut and commercial free. FILMFEST HD is one of 15 VOOM HD Networks, the largest suite of high-definition channels available anywhere. Hasselhoff, recently named host of the new NBC/Simon Cowell series America's Got Talent (premiering June 21), shows viewers he was the man that should have been Bond with his personal rendition of the Johnny Rivers' classic, 'Secret Agent Man,' a new music video that will air on the channel throughout the month and is available exclusively on www.bondonvoom.com. Airing in startling 1080i HD clarity and 5.1 surround sound, FILMFEST HD's 'Ultimate Bond' month features the following HD premieres with encore performances scheduled throughout the month:
June 1 at 8:00pm – Dr. No (1962)
June 2 at 8:00pm – From Russia With Love (1963)
June 3 at 8:00pm – Goldfinger (1964)
June 4 at 8:00pm – Thunderball (1967)
June 5 at 8:00pm – You Only Live Twice (1968)
June 6 at 8:00pm – On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
June 7 at 8:00pm – Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
June 8 at 8:00pm – Live and Let Die (1973)
June 9 at 8:00pm – Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
June 10 at 8:00pm – The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
June 11 at 8:00pm – Moonraker (1979)
June 12 at 8:00pm – For Your Eyes Only (1981)
June 13 at 8:00pm – Never Say Never Again (1983)
June 14 at 8:00pm – Octopussy (1983)
June 15 at 8:00pm – A View to a Kill (1985)
June 16 at 8:00pm – The Living Daylights (1987)
June 17 at 8:00pm – License to Kill (1989)
And the Bond celebration continues on Saturday, June 17 with a special interactive auction event on VOOM's TREASURE HD (DISH Network-Channel 9473) airing live from New York's Planet Hollywood Times Square and presented by Julien's Auctions, the premiere Los Angeles auction house specializing in high-end celebrity memorabilia. Airing from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM ET, the auction features 50 lots of rare Bond memorabilia including the original Lotus prototype driven by Roger Moore in For Your Eyes Only, estimated at $250,000/$350,000 plus items from the estate of Harold Sakata, whose portrayal of Odd Job is arguably one of the most well-remembered villains in Bond film history – on the block are Sakata's gold metal ring (est. $8,000-10,000) worn in ' Goldfinger' and the deadly black derby hat used to sever the head off a stone statue.
