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Sean Connery returns in the third "James Bond 007" film, GOLDFINGER (1964). Creator and Author of James Bond, Ian Fleming died on August 12, 1964, before the films' release.
James Bond's mission is to spy on Auric Goldfinger (Gert Frobe) who Bond is keeoing a watchful eye on at the Fountainebleau Hilton Hotel Resort in Miami Beach, Florida. Goldfinger plays a very sneaky hand of gin. Bond goes up to Goldfinger's hotel room and finds a black bikini-clad Jill Masterson (Shirley Eaton) looking through binoculars and the opponent's cards and speaking through an earpiece to Goldfinger. Well, James Bond wins that hand and invites Jill out to dinner as it were. Actually we see Bond kissing Jill in bed with a bottle of Dom Perignon '53 by the side. In the kitchen, Odd job (Harold Sakata) knocks Bond out cold. Later, when Bond comes to, he finds Jill dead in the bed with her body completly painted in gold. The hunt is on for Auric Goldfinger.
Bernard Lee returns as "M". Lois Maxwell returns as "Miss Moneypenny", Desmond Llewelyn returns as "Q".
Cec Linder as "Felix Leiter". Tania Mallet as "Tilly", Burt Kwouk as "Mr. Ling", Honor Blackman as "Pussy Galore". Les Tremayne (Shazam! tv series) is the voice of the Radio newsman). Michael G. Wilson plays a "soldier".
The man in the classic gun-barrel opening sequence as 007 shots his gun and blood cascades down, is not Sean Connery, but stuntman Bob Simmons who also appears as a soldier inside Fort Knox in this film.
This is the film that has Sean Connery tied up on the table with a red laser gradually burning up between his legs.
Shirley bassey performs "Goldfinger".
If the Fontainebleau Hotel looks familar, you may also have seen it in the Jerry Lewis film THE BELLBOY.
Other Locations: Burnham Beeches, Stoke park House, all in Buckinghamshire, England.
Southend (Rockford) Airport and Southend-on-sea, all of Essex, England.
Fort Knox, Kentucky. Louisville, Kentucky.
Miami, Florida.
Did you find the Colonel sanders Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in the background?
Despite the rumors, Shirley Eaton did not die in real-life as a result of the Gold paint all over her body. Miss Eaton is still very much alive.
James Bond returns in THUNDERBALL (1965).
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Whether it's my nostalgia talking or a plain fact, I've always looked at this as the best James Bond film ever produced. It had the most memorable characters and scenes I can remember over these four decades of Bond films. Yes, it's dated by now and not as exciting as when it came out, but it's a treasure among the films of the 1960s.
It has a winning combination of good action, drama, romance and comedy. Best of all, it has great characters that all of us who first saw it years ago still remember: "Auric Goldfinger," Oddjob,." and - of course - "Pussy Galore," one of the all-time great names in the history of film!
The story moves fast without overdoing the action. Sure some of it - especially today - looks contrived and corny, but that's part of the fun and charm of the film. Meanwhile, Bond's Aston-Martin DB5 sports car will never go out of style. It's still very cool.....like the film.
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Goldfinger is one of the most recognized and celebrated Bond films, starring the charming, confident, brilliant, and suave Connery as 007, a man every male viewer wants to be and every female viewer wants to be with. We've got the over-the-top villians in the form of the filthy rich, despicable, and card-cheating Goldfinger and his bulky henchman Oddjob. We've got the alluring female (not a pawn, but a powerful woman) played by Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore. And, of course, the gadgetry, ranging from lasers to the tricked out Aston-Martin with an ejection seat (and more) to Goldfinger's plane to Oddjob's lethal black hat.
Anyone who was introduced to Bond via the movies of the 1990's and 2000's should return to this classic (the third Bond movie in a list that will reach 21 with 2006's release of Casino Royale) to see where it all came from. The later Bond movies skimp on plot and go for awe-inspiring death-defying tricks whenever possible. Goldfinger has some great tricks, of course, but also excellent dialogue and a well-crafted plot.
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IN A NUTSHELL: 5-STAR ENTERTAINMENT THAT PUSHES REALITY TO THE LIMIT & BEYOND
In this, the 3rd James Bond feature again starring Sean Connery, [3rd time] we see a magnificent spy epic that essentially created its own genre, here at its very best. We have girls, gadgets, Q, M, Goldfinger, and Oddjob as the ultimate nemesis for 007, plus that incredible Aston Martin DB-5!
Terrific and exciting entertainment that seems real without any possibility of actually being real.
WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT:
The entire movie stems from Goldfinger's unique, and outrageous plan to make his gold ten times more valuable than it already is, by criminal means [of course].
THE ACTORS - PRODUCTION TEAM - MAJOR AWARDS
-----*- THE ACTORS:
Sean Connery - James Bond
Gert Fröbe - Auric Goldfinger
Honor Blackman - Pussy Galore
Harold Sakata - Odd Job
Shirley Eaton - Jill Masterson
Bernard Lee - M
Lois Maxwell - Miss Moneypenny
Desmond Llewelyn - Q
Tania Mallet - Tilly Masterson
Austin Willis - Simmons
Cec Linder - Felix Leiter
-----*- THE PRODUCTION TEAM:
Guy Hamilton - Director
Albert R. Broccoli - Producer
Harry Saltzman - Producer
Paul Dehn - Screenwriter
Ian Fleming - Book Author
Richard Maibaum - Screenwriter
Ted Moore - Cinematographer
John Barry - Composer (Music Score)
Leslie Bricusse - Songwriter
Anthony Newley - Songwriter
Peter Hunt - Editor
Ken Adam - Production Designer
Peter Murton - Art Director
Freda Pearson - Set Designer
Paul Rabiger - Makeup
John Stears - Special Effects
-----*- THE MAJOR AWARDS:
Best Sound Effects (win) Norman Wanstall 1964 Academy
Best Screenwriting (nom) Richard Maibaum 1964 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Screenwriting (nom) Paul Dehn 1964 New York Film Critics Circle
ABOUT THE DVD: EXCELLENT WIDESCREEN TRANSFER
DVD Features:
--*- Available Subtitles: English, French
--*- Available Audio Tracks: English, French [both in Dolby Mono]
--*- Commentary by: director Guy Hamilton, the cast and crew
--*- Original Radio Interviews With Sean Connery
--*- Documentaries: The Making of Goldfinger & The Goldfinger Phenomenon
--*- Original publicity featurette
--*- Behind-the scenes still gallery featuring hundreds of images
Collectible "Making Of" booklet
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The initial filmic foray into James Bonds world, the 1962 DR. NO introduced a number of key elements in what would become known as the "James Bond formula." We have the suave and sophisticated British agent defeating a larger than life villain among an exotic land populated by beautiful, exotic women, some good and some bad, and signature sets designed by the legendary designer Ken Adam. Then a year later came FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, the second entry which further added the elements of a shocking pre-credits sequence, a gadget laden briefcase and a seemingly indestructible henchman in the shape of Robert Shaw's Red Grant. Yet, it is 1964s GOLDFINGER which is almost universally acknowledged as setting the blueprint for all future movies not only because it combined all the previous element, but that it put them all together in one bigger and more fantastic tapestry of overblown action and spectacle. It's not surprising that many Bond fans list this extravaganza as one of the most consistently entertaining of the series.
Based on the 1959 book by Ian Fleming, the main attraction in this movie is the villain, who utters some of the most memorable lines in film history. Who can forget the image of Bond strapped down to a table about to be dissected by a laser. "Do you expect me to talk?," asks 007 nervously eyeing the danger. "No Mr. Bond, I expect you to die," replies Goldfinger before going on about his business.
We catch our first sight of Goldfinger on Miami Beach immediately after a stand-alone precredits sequence and a main title sequence that features Shirley Bassey belting out the famous title track.
In a quite ingenious manner Goldfinger is cheating at cards. It's not long before Bond has figured out the manner by which he is doing it, but also met a very beautiful blonde named Jill Masterson (played by the impossibly beautiful Shirley Eaton) and turned the tables on Goldfinger - all in a matter of a couple of minutes (this 007 guy doesn't stick around I tell you). However, later that night, as Bond recovers from being knocked out cold we are presented with one of the iconic images of 1960s pop culture with a dead Jill, nude on a bed and covered entirely in gold paint. This image proved so enticing that it became a trademark image associated with the film and the series for years to, come.
Another trademark image from the movie is a giant Korean (the actor was actually Hawaiian) who kills people with a steel-rimmed bowler hat. Oddjob, who would set the standard by which all future henchmen would be measured) makes his first on-screen appearance in a game of golf (although he is clearly the one who knocked Bond out earlier). In what is one of my favorite sequences in the 40-plus years of the Bond franchise Goldfinger is at it again - cheating. This time when a ball is lost Oddjob simply drops another ball in a more convenient location. However yet again Bond manages to turn the tables on him. It's the understated game of cat and mouse set on the lush green golf course that really set the magic for me in this scene.
The book is set into three sections and these are mirrored here in this movie. The first section of the book is titled "Happenstance" in that one meeting can be a matter of timing and focuses mainly on the meeting between 007 and Goldfinger in Miami. The second section is titles "Coincidence" to explain a second meeting and this focuses on the golf game between the two. The third section is titled "Enemy Action" in explaining Goldfingers take on 007s third encounter with 007 and details the confrontation between the two in Switzerland that form the middle-part of the movie.
Another seminal image of the movie is the gadget laden Aston Martin DB5 complete with ejector seat. Pushing the envelope and taking its cue from the briefcase in the previous movie here we have a car that includes among its special features an oil slick, homing system, guns behind the lights and revolving number plates.
Truly this is the seminal entry in the franchise and we are treated here to a nice collection of special features the most impressive of which is a scene specific commentary from director Guy Hamilton.
On a sidenote - work is currently underway by Lowry Digital to restore this movie, if audio and video is of primary importance to you then you might want to wait until that is released in 2006.
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