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.