Goldfinger (1964)

Synopsis:

• Agent 007 investigates a smuggling operation run by the obsessive millionaire Auric Goldfinger and uncovers a plot to irradicate the entire gold supply of the United States by detonating an atomic bomb inside Fort Knox

Release Date:

• September 17, 1964

Plot:

• The detonation of a nuclear device inside Fort Knox

Box Office Results:

• $124.9 million

Running Time:

• 1 hour, 51 minutes

Issued Sidearm:

• Walther PPK

Gadgets:

• Big Boy & Little Boy Homers
• Oddjob's Bowler Hat

Director:

• Guy Hamilton

Screenplay:

• Richard Maibaum
• Paul Dehn

Main Theme:

• 'Goldfinger' by John Barry, Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
• Sung by Shirley Bassey

Starring:

• Sean Connery as James Bond

Villain:

• Gert Frobe as Auric Goldfinger

Henchmen:

• Harold Sakata as Oddjob
• Burt Kwouk as Mr. Ling
• Michael Mellinger as Kisch

Bond Girls:

• Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore
• Shirley Eaton as Jill Masterson
• Tania Mallet as Tilly Masterson

Supporting Cast:

• Richard Vernon as Colonel Smithers
• Gerry Duggan as Hawker

• Bernard Lee as M
• Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny
• Desmond Llewelyn as Q
• Cec Linder as Felix Leiter

Filming Locations:

• A mystery Latin American country; Miami Beach, Florida, USA; London, UK; Unnamed airport, UK; Golf course in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, UK; Nr. Geneva, Switzerland; 35,000ft above Newfoundland; Friendship Airport, Baltimore, USA; Auric Stud, Kentucky, USA; Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA; Washington, USA

Best Quote:

• Bond: Do you expect me to talk?

Goldfinger: No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die!

Galore: "Where is Goldfinger?"
Bond: "Playing his golden harp."

Best Mistake:

• Through his binoculars Bond watches Goldfinger break a pencil; from a great distance he hears the snap

Distinguishing Feature: (According to mi6.co.uk)

• The Aston Martin DB5 makes its debut, with rotating licence plates, retractable bullet-proof armor, forward machine guns, retractable tire slashers, smoke screen, rear oil sprayer, in-console map display/homer tracker, and an ejector seat

Around The World With 007:

• Locations for Goldfinger include London, Switzerland, Kentucky and Miami Beach. Second unit photography was done on location in the latter areas, but was seamlessly edited into footage shot at Pinewood Studios to replicate the locations. In fact, Sean Connery never set foot in the USA during the entire production. Even Auric Stud, Goldfinger's estate in the Kentucky bluegrass country, was built on the backlot of Pinewood.
• The unnamed South American nation where Bond destroys a heroin plant in the pre-credits sequence was actually an oil refinery in England.
  

Vital Statistics: (According to mi6.co.uk)

• Conquests: 2
  
• Martinis: 1
  
• Kills: 10
  
• "Bond, James Bond": 1 1/2
• FILM IN A FILM (Where they mention the film in the film) The villains name is Goldfinger

Information on Fleming's Novel Goldfinger:

• In the book Goldfinger was a part of SMERSH Russian Secret Service
• Pussy Galore in the book was a Lesbian
• In the book Bond drove a Aston Martin DB3
• Goldfinger was not fat
• Goldfinge really tried to take gold from Fort Knox

Detailed Synopsis: Another hot night at the Ramirez Export Company. Perhaps if the temperature weren't so warm, the guards might have noticed their colleague knocked out near the encircling high-stone wall. They might have seen the black-clad figure sprinting to one of the large silos and tripping a hidden switch to gain entry. Once inside, that agent took from his back-pack a large tube of plastique which he squeezed generously onto the tanks of...Nitro-Glycerin? The agent sets his watch. synchronizes it with a timer and jabs the solenoid into the plastique, then avoiding the sluggish guards makes his way back over the wall, and strips off his dark gear to reveal...a white tuxedo jacket. Work was over for James Bond, Agent 007. Time to play.

At the bar, the mood was festive. The band was lively. And with Bonita dancing, the crowd was livelier. As Bond surveyed the room, he and the girl exchanged glances. Casually, he took one turkish cigarette from his gun-metal case, and with a pause to glance at his watch ("Now"), he poised the flame of the lighter to the tobacco.

The cantina shuddered as the plastique set off a chain reaction: first, the nitro tanks, one after the other, and then explosions spread from silo to silo. As the ground shook, the flame of Bond's lighter crisped his cigarette edge, and he inhaled deeply. Screams raked the bar as frantic patrons headed for the exits as a hail of dust fell throughout. Bond appeared unfazed as he walked over to the bar and his contact, Sierra. Well, the girl was angry at the interruption. Plaster dust flew in a spiral as she whipped her dress around in disgust and headed to her dressing room. She'd lost some tips. He'd have to make it up to her. Later.
(To be continued)


Preceded by: From Russia With Love

Followed by: Thunderball