Monday, November 17, 2008

Goldeneye (1995)

World security is imperilled when an international terrorist organization calling itself Janus, steals top secret Russian weapons system called Goldeneye and threatens to use it to to destroy a major city unless paid off. Bond's mission is to recover the Goldeneye -- no easy task, for he is faced by a collection of utterly ruthless foes: beautiful, but sadistic, assassin Xenia Onatopp, treacherous General Ourumov, obsessive computer Boris Grishenko, and most devious of all, Bond's former MI6 colleague and friend, Alec Trevelyan (006).


Release Date:

* November 13, 1995


Plot:

* The destruction of all electronic devices in England


Box Office Results:

* $350.7 million


Running Time:

* 2 hours, 5 minutes


Gadgets:

* Grappling/Laser Gun
* Laser Equipped Omega
* Explosive Pen
* The GoldenEye

Issued Sidearm:

* Walther PPK
* Browning Hi-Power (used by Alec Trevelyan while still a "00")

Vehicles:

* Aston Martin DB5
* BMW Z3
* Tiger Helicopter

Director:

* Martin Campbell


Screenplay:

* Jeffrey Caine
* Bruce Feirstein


Title Song:

* Goldeneye


Title Song Artist:

* Tina Turner


Starring:

* Pierce Brosnan as James Bond


Villain:

* Sean Bean as Alec Trevelyan (Agent 006)


Henchmen:

* Famke Janssen as Xenia Zirgavna Onatopp
* Gottfried John as General Arkady Grigorovich Ourumov
* Alan Cumming as Boris Grishenko


Bond Girls:

* Izabella Scorupco as Natalya Fyodorovna Simonova
* Serena Gordon as Caroline


Supporting Cast:

* Tcheky Karyo as Defence Minister Dimitri Mishkin
* Michael Kitchen as Bill Tanner
* Judi Dench as M
* Desmond Llewelyn as Q
* Samantha Bond as Miss Moneypenny

* Joe Don Baker as Jack Wade
* Robbie Coltrane as Valentin Dimitrovich Zukovsky


Filming Locations:

* Arkangel Chemical Weapons Facility, USSR; Monte Carlo; French Riviera, France; Severnaya, Russia; London, UK; St Petersburg, Russia; Caribbean island; Cuba.


Best Quotes:

* Caroline: "I enjoy a spirited ride as much as the next girl.....Who's that?"
* Bond: "The next girl."


* Alec: "For England James?"
* Bond ''No, for me."


Best Mistake: (According to mi6.co.uk)

* The color of Bond's bungee rope in the opening sequence changes.



Distinguishing Feature (According to mi6.co.uk)

* The first film of the Pierce Brosnan era and the amazing tank chase in St. Petersburg


Vital Statistics (According to mi6.co.uk)

* Conquests: 2
* Martinis: 1
* Kills: 12
* "Bond, James Bond": 1


Trivia:

* If you look closely or if you have alreadly noticed that the DB5 that Brosnan drove in Goldenye had a different licence plate then the one used in Goldfinger, Thunderball. In Goldeneye the licence plate read BMT 216A, while in Goldinger and Thunderball it read BMT 214A.
* This is the last Bond film to be produced by Albert R. Broccoli.
* First film to star Pierce Brosnan playing Bond
* First James Bond film not to have Maurice Binder creating the titles.
* Pierce Brosnan was the ideal choice for Bond before Dalton, but contract troubles with Brosnan's hit show "Remmington Steele" kept him for taking up the role.

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