Post by ©DURANMANIA Board Team on Jun 22, 2004 6:20:20 GMT -5
Date of Release
World Premiere 17th September 1964, Odeon Leicester Square, London
the story
Special agent 007 has just come face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time. And now he'll have to outwit and outgun this powerful tycoon to prevent him from cashing in on a devious scheme to raid Fort Knox - and obliterate the world's economy!
Bond’s Women
girl thingy Galore (Honor Blackman)
Jill Masterson (Shirley Eaton)
Bonita – the night-club dancer (Nadja Regin)
Dink (Margaret Nolan)
Bond’s Enemies
Auric Goldfinger (Gert Frobe)
Oddjob (Harold Sakata)
Capungo (Alf Joint)
Bond’s Allies
Felix Leiter (Cec Linder)
Tilly Masterson (Tania Mallet)
‘M’ (Bernard Lee)
Miss Moneypenny (Lois Maxwell)
‘Q’ (Desmond Llewelyn)
Bond’s Car
Aston Martin DB5
Bond’s Gadgets
Aston Martin DB5 with accessories: bullet-proof windscreen, smoke screen, oil sprayer, front-wing machine guns, retractable rear bullet-proof shield, tyre-slashing hub cap blades, homer tracking screen, and front passenger ejector seat.
Homing devices for tracking vehicles / people
Main Title Music
‘Goldfinger’ sung by Shirley Bassey
End Title Music
‘Goldfinger’ sung by Shirley Bassey
Music Score
John Barry
Production Design
Ken Adam
Main Titles Designer
Robert Brownjohn
Editor
Peter Hunt
Screenplay
Richard Maibaum & Paul Dehn
Director of Photography
Ted Moore
Director
Guy Hamilton
Producers
*Harry Saltzman & Albert R. Broccoli
The listing shown is contractual for the Eastern Hemisphere and is reversed for
the Western Hemisphere.
Film Locations
Pinewood Studios, London, England
Burnham Beeches, Buckinghamshire, England
Esso oil refinery, Stanwell, England (opening sequence)
Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Miami, Florida, USA
Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK
Stoke Park House, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England
Switzerland
Budget
$2.5 million
Worldwide Box Office
$124.9 million
Worldwide Box Office Gross Income 2002 inflation-adjusted
$726 million
Review: Goldfinger has been called the quintessential Bond movie. It set the pace and created the formula that would be followed for years to come. The pre-title sequence was like a movie in itself and Bond taking off his wetsuit to reveal a white tuxedo shows just how suave and devonaire he is. Auric Goldfinger proved to be one of the most memorable villains of the series partly due to his voice, partly due to the "no Mr. Bond, I expect you to die" line. Oddjob was the perfect henchman; without speaking he could send a shiver down the spine. The character's only flaw was his apparent invincibility; that took away from the believability. girl thingy Galore helped introduce the "sleep with Bond...turn to the side of good" idea that has continued through today. The movie also gave us our first look at Q's laboratory with the gags in the background as well as his gadgets for Bond. The crowning glory of Q's lab was the introduction of the Aston Martin DB5 which has become synonymous with Bond. Finally, Connery has achieved the perfect Bond character and along with a great script, supporting cast, and score, he made the best performance of his Bond career. Perhaps the movie’s only flaw is the lack of realism. While the detonation of a “nuclear device” inside Fort Knox is a great plot, it raised the bar to a level where absurd action scenes had to be filmed to top the previous movies. Still, it’s classic Bond.
James Bond (Sean Connery), Auric Goldfinger (Gert Frobe)
peace & love
SLIM K
