...No" and "From Russia with Love" the public were expecting a bigger and better film with Goldfinger, the Bond films had been making a very high impact on the public and with Sean Connery in the role everyone thought this was just the right role for him.
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disparage the Beatles, that other 1964 phenomenon. No one but Connery can believably seduce women so effortlessly, kill with almost as much ease, and then pull another bottle of Dom Perignon 53 out of the fridge.Goldfingercontains many of the most memorable scenes in the Bond series: gorgeous Shirley Eaton (as Jill Masterson) coated in gold paint by evil Auric Goldfinger and deposited in Bond's bed; silent Oddjob, flipping a razor-sharp bowler like a Frisbee to sever heads; our hero spread-eagled on a table while a laser beam moves threateningly toward his crotch. Honor Blackman's Pussy Galore is the prototype for the series' rash of man-hating supermodels. And Desmond Llewelyn reprises his role as Q, giving Bond what is still his most impressive car, a snazzy little number that fires off smoke screens, punctures the tyres of vehicles on the chase, and boasts a handy ejector seat.Goldfinger's two climaxes, inside Fort Knox and aboard a private plane, have to be seen to be believed.--Raphael Shargel, Amazon.com--On the DVD:Featuring interviews with Honor Blackman, Shirley Eaton, the late Desmond Llewelyn and most of the surviving core cast and crew members, great on-set footage (Blackman and Connery look like they clearly had the hots for each other even when the camera weren't rolling) and a strong argument about how this firmed up the gadget-orientated, thrills-and-spills formula for the franchise, John Cork's "making of" featurette for this DVD is one of the most rewarding in this series. The two commentary tracks have moderately interesting observations by director Guy Hamilton, the cast and crew (many of their comments recycled from the documentary), and on both Bond superfan-and-author Lee Pfeiffer filling in blanks and explaining in exhaustive detail the history of the Aston Martin DB5 that first appeared in this film. Also included is an open-ended 1964 interview with Sean Connery, designed so that American radio disc jockeys could pretend they had an exclusive interview with the star, in which he extols the series' "sadism for the family" among other things. --Leslie Felperin
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Dry as ice, dripping with deadpan witticisms, only Sean Connery's Bond would dare to ... more
disparage the Beatles, that other 1964 phenomenon. No one but Connery can believably seduce women so effortlessly, kill with almost as much ease, and then pull another bottle of Dom Perignon 53 out of the fridge.Goldfingercontains many of the most memorable scenes in the Bond series: gorgeous Shirley Eaton (as Jill Masterson) coated in gold paint by evil Auric Goldfinger and deposited in Bond's bed; silent Oddjob, flipping a razor-sharp bowler like a Frisbee to sever heads; our hero spread-eagled on a table while a laser beam moves threateningly toward his crotch. Honor Blackman's Pussy Galore is the prototype for the series' rash of man-hating supermodels. And Desmond Llewelyn reprises his role as Q, giving Bond what is still his most impressive car, a snazzy little number that fires off smoke screens, punctures the tyres of vehicles on the chase, and boasts a handy ejector seat.Goldfinger's two climaxes, inside Fort Knox and aboard a private plane, have to be seen to be believed.--Raphael Shargel, Amazon.com--On the DVD:Featuring interviews with Honor Blackman, Shirley Eaton, the late Desmond Llewelyn and most of the surviving core cast and crew members, great on-set footage (Blackman and Connery look like they clearly had the hots for each other even when the camera weren't rolling) and a strong argument about how this firmed up the gadget-orientated, thrills-and-spills formula for the franchise, John Cork's "making of" featurette for this DVD is one of the most rewarding in this series. The two commentary tracks have moderately interesting observations by director Guy Hamilton, the cast and crew (many of their comments recycled from the documentary), and on both Bond superfan-and-author Lee Pfeiffer filling in blanks and explaining in exhaustive detail the history of the Aston Martin DB5 that first appeared in this film. Also included is an open-ended 1964 interview with Sean Connery, designed so that American radio disc jockeys could pretend they had an exclusive interview with the star, in which he extols the series' "sadism for the family" among other things. --Leslie Felperin
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Goldfinger (Dir. Guy Hamilton 1964): Heralded as the best Bond movie thus far Goldfinger ... more
features some of the most iconic moments in the series to-date. Who could forget Oddjob and his killer hat; Shirley Eaton doused in gold; Or one of the greatest comeback lines in history? Special Agent 007 (Sean Connery) 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 form cashing in on a devious scheme to raid Fort Knox - and obliterate the world economy! The Man With The Golden Gun (Dir. Guy Hamilton 1974): James Bond (Roger Moore) may have met his match in Francisco Scaramanga (Christopher Lee) a world-renowned assassin whose weapon of choice is a distinctive gold pistol. When Scaramanga seizes the priceless Solex Agitator energy converter Agent 007 must recover the device and confront the trained killer in a heart-stopping duel to the death! Goldeneye (Dir. Martin Campbell 1995): James Bond is back in an adventure which is bigger better and more explosive than ever before. It's packed with incredible stunts glamorous locations beautiful women and fast cars! Bond has a dangerous new enemy to face in his deadly mission. Aided by the Russian underworld his treacherous foe has stolen a top-secret helicopter and the lethal Soviet space weapon "GoldenEye" with which he plans to obliterate the Western world.
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Dry as ice, dripping with deadpan witticisms, only Sean Connery's Bond would dare to ... more
disparage the Beatles, that other 1964 phenomenon. No one but Connery can believably seduce women so effortlessly, kill with almost as much ease, and then pull another bottle of Dom Perignon 53 out of the fridge.Goldfingercontains many of the most memorable scenes in the Bond series: gorgeous Shirley Eaton (as Jill Masterson) coated in gold paint by evil Auric Goldfinger and deposited in Bond's bed; silent Oddjob, flipping a razor-sharp bowler like a Frisbee to sever heads; our hero spread-eagled on a table while a laser beam moves threateningly toward his crotch. Honor Blackman's Pussy Galore is the prototype for the series' rash of man-hating supermodels. And Desmond Llewelyn reprises his role as Q, giving Bond what is still his most impressive car, a snazzy little number that fires off smoke screens, punctures the tyres of vehicles on the chase, and boasts a handy ejector seat.Goldfinger's two climaxes, inside Fort Knox and aboard a private plane, have to be seen to be believed.--Raphael Shargel, Amazon.com--On the DVD:Featuring interviews with Honor Blackman, Shirley Eaton, the late Desmond Llewelyn and most of the surviving core cast and crew members, great on-set footage (Blackman and Connery look like they clearly had the hots for each other even when the camera weren't rolling) and a strong argument about how this firmed up the gadget-orientated, thrills-and-spills formula for the franchise, John Cork's "making of" featurette for this DVD is one of the most rewarding in this series. The two commentary tracks have moderately interesting observations by director Guy Hamilton, the cast and crew (many of their comments recycled from the documentary), and on both Bond superfan-and-author Lee Pfeiffer filling in blanks and explaining in exhaustive detail the history of the Aston Martin DB5 that first appeared in this film. Also included is an open-ended 1964 interview with Sean Connery, designed so that American radio disc jockeys could pretend they had an exclusive interview with the star, in which he extols the series' "sadism for the family" among other things. --Leslie Felperin
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Production Year: 1977 - Action/Adventure - Director: Clint Eastwood - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring:Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, William Prince, Bill McKinney
Production Year: 1964 - Action/Adventure - Director: Cyril Endfield - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring:Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth, Michael Caine, Nigel Green
Production Year: 2002 - Action/Adventure - Director: Vincenzo Natali - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Lucy Liu, David Hewlett, Anne Marie Scheffler, Joseph Scoren, Matthew Sharp, Jeremy Northam
Advantages: One of Sean Connerys best Disadvantages: None
...by "Shirley Bassey" in the Goldfinger song that everybody should know by now, and this is one of the best Bond songs in history.
We then find Bond away in Miami where Bond meets Jill Masterson who is spying for Goldfinger who is cheating on cards. Bond then sets up Goldfinger by making him loose $10000.00 to the other player he has been cheating on !
Goldfinger is mad at this and sends in his henchman Odd Job who knocks Bond ... ...of the plotline too much Goldfinger is hatching a plot to plant an atomic bomb in Fort Knox and contaminate the worlds gold supply.
There are some great sequences in this film, the laser sequence with Bond on the table is one of the most talked about sequences ever !, the name of one of the Bond ladies will be remembered forever Honor Blackman playing "Pussy Galore", Odd Job and his killing top hat, Bonds Aston Martin ... more
As Sean Connery was well established in the role of James Bond after "Dr.No" and "From Russia with Love" the public were expecting a bigger and better film with Goldfinger, the Bond films had been making a very high impact on the public and with Sean Connery in the role everyone thought this was just the right role for him. Sean was very happy to return in his role and other cast members in this film were, Gert Frobe who plays "Goldfinger", Honor Blackman who plays "Pussy Galore", Shirley Eaton who plays "Jill Masterson", Harold Sakata who plays Goldfingers henchman "Odd Job", also the old favourites were back such as Bernard Lee as "M" and of course Desmond Llewelyn as "Q"
The opening sequence of the film has Bond setting explosives and disposing of a henchman by knocking him into a bath then knocking a fan in. As Bond then says "Shocking, absolutely shocking" The main title is sung by "Shirley Bassey" in the Goldfinger song that everybody should know by now, and this is one of the best Bond songs in history. We then find Bond away in Miami where Bond meets Jill Masterson who is spying for Goldfinger who is cheating on cards. Bond then sets up Goldfinger by making him loose $10000.00 to the other player he has been cheating on ! Goldfinger is mad at this and sends in his henchman Odd Job who knocks Bond unconscious. Bond finds Jill dead covered from head to toe in gold paint. Bond returns to London and insists he wants to continue with his assignment. Without spoiling the rest of the plotline too much Goldfinger is hatching a plot to plant an atomic bomb in Fort Knox and contaminate the worlds gold supply.
There are some great sequences in this film, the laser sequence with Bond on the table is one of the most talked about sequences ever !, the name of one of the Bond ladies will be remembered forever Honor Blackman playing "Pussy Galore", Odd Job and his killing top hat, Bonds Aston Martin with the smoke screen and ejector seat, and just so much more.
Filming began on this on January 20th 1964 at Miami's Fountainbleau hotel and continued through to Pinewood studios. There was not a lot of locations as in other Bond films, and quite simply the story did not need anymore. The film was released later in the year and was one of the biggest and profitable Bond films.
The DVD itself includes an audio commentary featuring director Guy Hamilton, a second audio and cast commentary by the cast and crew, "The making of Goldfinger" documentary, "The Goldfinger Phenomenon" documentary, behind the scenes stills gallery with 200 photos, Publicity featurette, radio interviews from 1964 with Sean Connery, Making of Booklet, Original trailer, TV and radio spots. On hearing some of the commentarys I find that they are such an insight into the film and what the director was thinking of at the time when it was made, what he wanted to do and how to do it in the film. The cast and crew commentary is my favourite though as you will hear them talk about all they went through when filming this Bond masterpiece. The featurettes, trailers and TV spots have been tidied up on screen and look great for their time.
The soundtrack is in English mono, subtitles English only. Running time on the film without rating special features is 1hour 45 minutes. I am reviewing the region 2 format.
For me this film had so much I liked, being a Roger Moore fan in the role I thought that this was Seans greatest Bond film ever. I cannot think of anything that I do not like about the film, but my favourite parts are the laser on the table, and I will always remember from the first time I saw this was the Aston martin with the ejector seat.
Also during the start of the Bond movies there were a collection of all sorts of toys coming out, cars, figures, lunchboxes, and almost anything had a 007 logo on it as it was a huge moneyspinner at the time. I myself have the Aston martin with ejector seat somewhere but not being born at the time got a new one in the 80's after seeing the film for the first time.
"Do you expect me to talk ?" , "No Mr.Bond, I expect you to die"
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...~ ~ Bond again causes Goldfinger much trauma and stress when he challenges him to a golf match, (shot at Sunningdale in Berkshire) where Goldfinger again attempts his cheating ways, only to again be bested by the chicanery of our hero, who duly relieves him of the £5,000 side bet.
(Off topic slightly. I have a slight “claim to fame” here, as I actually beat Connery in a game of golf at Prestonfield Golf Club in Edinburgh in the late ... ...~ We soon learn that Goldfinger has ambitious plans to break into the biggest bank in the world, Fort Knox, and to blow up the vast reserves of gold bullion stored in its massive vaults with an atomic bomb, which will make his own existing hoard of gold worth a massive fortune.
To carry out this seemingly impossible task, as Fort Knox is guarded by literally thousands of US troops, Goldfinger has employed the services of a female pilot with her ...
the_mad_cabbie 18.06.2001 (04.03.2002)
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Advantages: Fantastic selection of extras, plus one of the best spy movies ever Disadvantages: The sound in is mono
...do about it (bored.com). Anyway, Goldfinger is of course the third Bond film and was originally released back in 1964. As with my other Bond opinions I will concentrate more specifically on the DVD extras, and improvements. However, for those of you who may be a little rusty on your 007 stories I will give a short overview of the film.
Bond (Sean Connery) is sent to investigate an international businessman, Auric Goldfinger (Gert Frobe) because ... ...course. Bond soon discovers that Goldfinger is somewhat of a cheat – he likes to win (don’t we all). The first we see of Mr Goldfinger is while he is cheating in a game of cards. Later when Bond takes on Goldfinger at golf we see him cheat again with the aid of his henchman the unforgettable Odd Job who has a few hat related tricks up his sleeves.
Bond soon discovers that Goldfinger is actually planning on cheating in a big way in order ...
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Advantages: It's a Bond movie! Disadvantages: None worth speaking of.
...Lee) to discover if Auric Goldfinger (Gert Fröbe), a gold obsessed industrialist, is smuggling gold out of Britain. During the course of his investigation, Bond discovers a much larger and more sinister plot by the villain to cripple the US economy which will increase the value of his own gold supply and help enemies of the United States in a financial sense.
This was Connery's (and indeed, everyone else's) third outing with Bond and I think this ... ...expect me to talk?"
• Goldfinger (laughing): "No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die!"
There are a few other outstanding elements of this particular Bond movie: the Aston Martin DB5 is a lovely car (the ejector seat when your girlfriend/boyfriend insists on listening to some crap music would be very handy, never mind the other cool stuff), and the theme tune, sung by Miss Shirley Bassey is one of the best on offer. Also, the image of Jill Masterson ...
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Advantages: Good Bond Film Disadvantages: It's still Bond
...a small run in with Goldfinger Bond returns to yet another hotel with yet another girl. Bond is knocked unconscious by yet another henchman, and wakes to find the girl dead and covered in gold paint. Apparently her skin was suffocated (explain that one to me!!). The plot moves on to reveal the usual get all the gold, bring down the world government??..and here we go with the standard Bond film. You have all the action, in the form of car chases and ... ...Bond films of all time. Goldfinger is a great villain, and the actor Gurt Frobe gives a wonderful performance. The film is enjoyable from start to finish, and has enough gadgets, gizmos and guns to keep everyone happy. The plot is one of the best, and this time they get very close to succeeding. We must remember that Bond is primarily a spy, not as he has been portrayed recently as the 'Last Action Hero'. Bond is great throughout the film, at his ...
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Advantages: Absolutely corking disc, wonderful picture, great extras and the classic Bond film Disadvantages: You can only listen to Shirley in mono
...pits his wits against Auric Goldfinger (the wonderful Gert Frobe) who intends to rob Fort Knox of all its gold. Bond must stop him. That's it. However, the plot does pad out nicely with the inclusion of Honor Blackman as the most famously named of all Bond girls: Pussy Galore. And of course, the first ridiculous henchman of the series, Oddjob (Harold Sakata), who makes good use of his sumo wrestler physique and his steel-lined Bowler. So what can ... ...producers have realised how popular Goldfinger is and given us a whacking amount of special features.
There's the ever present audio commentary from director Guy Hamilton, but can you beleive it, they've also included a second commentary from various members of the crew and a few cast. This gives you four extra hours of entertainment, though I must confess I'm not a big fan of audio commentaries. These commentaries are not very inspiring if I'm ...
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Advantages: Great film Disadvantages: Gert Frobe as Goldfinger not up to scratch with the others
well onto the screen by Richard Maibaum, the screenplay writer. Shirley Bassey provides the title track of the film, a song to stick in my mind - beautifully crafted and performed.
If there was anything negative to say it would be the choice of Gert Frobe as Goldfinger, as he does seem a little out of his depth in this. He is not very convincing as a villain, so it is just as well he has Oddjob and Pussy Galore, as they are very convincing.
Conclusion
Another good Bond film.
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Advantages: The second best James Bond film Disadvantages: Um...
It always makes me groan when someone connected to a new James Bond film entering production inevitably expresses a desire to return to the down to earth Sean Connery films that started the series in the sixties. What down to earth Sean Connery films?! The Connery era was pure pop-culture escapism, with lasers, ejector seats, gadgets, colourful villains with metal hands, hollowed out volcanoes, jet packs, grand scale battle sequences, eye-popping production design, double entendres, quips and a cool, unflappable hero who wanders around constantly amused by himself and his surroundings, safe in the knowledge that the opposition don't stand a chance! In a word it was FUN. 1964's Goldfinger, probably the best known and iconic film in the series, nailed down the James Bond 'formula', set the blueprint for the franchise and launched Bondmania ...
The world's top gold smuggler has a plan to explode an atom bomb in Fort Knox to contaminate America's reserves and increase the value of his own gold. James Bond, Secret Agent 007, and a handful of beautiful girls, devise a plan to defeat him.
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DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
MGM ENTERTAINMENT; CINRAM LOGISTICS, MGM ENTERTAINMENT; 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT, 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT; CINRAM LOGISTICS
Release date
03/11/2003, 12/03/2007
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
16178 DVD, 2925001000
Barcode
5050070002232, 5039036031950
Production Designer
John Barry
Music Director
John Barry
Composer
John Barry
Author
John Barry
Languages
Main Language
English
Hearing Impaired Language
English
Technical information
Special Features
Commentary By The Director, Second Commentary By Cast And Crew, Making Of Documentary, Goldfinger Phenomenon Documentary, Behind The Scenes Stills Gallery, Original Publicity Featurette, Original Sean Connery Radio Interviews, Making Of Booklet, Trailers, Audio commentaries
Aspect Ratio
2.35 Wide Screen, 1.66 Wide Screen
Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Surround 5.1, DTS 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital
Dubbing Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
DVD Description
In the third James Bond adventure, the dangerously suave spy's objective is to terminate criminal capitalist Auric Goldfinger (and his assistants Pussy Galore and Oddjob) and foil his plan to contaminate Fort Knox's gold with atomic radiation, a strategy that would dramatically increase the value of Goldfinger's own hoard. With the help of the usual bevy of beautiful women and ingenious gadgets, 007 spoils Goldfinger's fun. Based on Ian Fleming's 1959 novel. The laser release includes interviews, trailers photos and more.
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