Post by ©DURANMANIA Board Team on Jun 23, 2004 23:45:43 GMT -5
Date of Release
World Premiere 13th November 1995, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, USA.
the story
Former agent 006, Alec Trevelyan, plans to use the Russian’s satellite weapon system ‘GoldenEye’ to steal millions via the London Banks’ computer systems in the final seconds prior to the satellite’s electromagnetic pulse destroys all the banks’ records.
Bond’s Women
Natalya Fyodorovna Simonova (Izabella Scorupco)
Caroline (Serena Gordon)
Bond’s Enemies
Alec Trevelyan (Sean Bean)
Xenia Zaragevna Onatopp (Famke Janssen)
Boris Grishenko (Alan Cumming)
General Arkady Grigorovich Ouromov (Gottfried John)
Bond’s Allies
Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky (Robbie Coltrane)
Jack Wade (Joe Don Baker)
Russian Defence Minister Dimitri Mishkin (Tcheky Karyo)
Bill Tanner (Michael Kitchen)
‘M’ (Judi Dench)
Miss Moneypenny (Samantha Bond)
‘Q’ (Desmond Llewelyn)
Bond's Car
Aston Martin DB5
BMW Z3
Bond’s Gadgets
Omega Seamaster watch which emits laser and also remotely arms magnetic mines.
Parker Pen Class 4 Grenade.
Main Title Music
‘GoldenEye’ sung by Tina Turner
End Title Music
‘The Experience of Love’ composed & sung by Eric Serra
Music Score
Eric Serra
Production Design
Peter Lamont
Main Titles Designer
Daniel Kleinman
Screenplay
Jeffrey Caine & Bruce Feirstein
Story
Michael France
Editor
Terry Rawlings
Director of Photography
Phil Meheux
Director
Martin Campbell
Presented by
Albert R. Broccoli
Producers
Michael G. Wilson & Barbara Broccoli
Worldwide Box Office
$350.7 million
Worldwide Box Office Gross Income 2002 inflation-adjusted
$415 million
Critics:Well, I liked it. I thought that it was a great action movie. But it only succeeded as an action movie. As a James Bond movie, it left much to be desired. There weren't enough of the key elements that make a Bond movie a Bond movie. Too much emphasis was put into the action scenes, and not enough on the others. For example, the relationship between Alec Trevelyan (Janus & 006) and Bond could have been much better developed, as could have the relationship between Onnatopp and Bond.
QUESTIONS LEFT UNANSWERED:The movie also didn't deal with one major issue, how the heck did Bond get back into Her Majesty's Secret Service? At the end of License to Kill, Bond had gone AWOL and was released from service. The movie started out with Bond in action, as 007, without any explanation about how he came back. The closest we got was when 'M' told Bond not to make his mission into a personal vendetta, and Bond said, "Never!" That was it. Bond at least should have had a flashback of his reinstatement at one point during the movie.
AND OF COURSE, PIERCE: Last, but not least, Pierce Brosnan. He is pretty good. Give him two to three more shots at the Bond character until he perfects his approach. As a whole, I liked him. He needs to get a bit more stern, but not like Dalton. I foresee about six more movies for Brosnan. Keep it up Pierce!
Natalya Fyodorovna Simonova (Izabella Scorupco), James Bond (Pierce Brosnan)
Alec Trevelyan/ 006 (Sean Bean)
peace & love
SLIM K
