James Bond 007 - Goldfinger

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Movie
German title James Bond 007 - Goldfinger
Original title Goldfinger
Logo goldfinger de.svg
Country of production United Kingdom
original language English
Publishing year 1964
length 109 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Guy Hamilton
script Richard Maibaum ,
Paul Dehn
production Albert R. Broccoli ,
Harry Saltzman
music John Barry
Theme Song: Shirley Bassey
camera Ted Moore
cut Peter R. Hunt
occupation
synchronization
chronology

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James Bond 007 - Greetings from Moscow

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James Bond 007 - Fireball

James Bond 007 - Goldfinger (Original title: Goldfinger ) is the third part of the James Bond film series and is based on the novel of the same name by Ian Fleming . The film opened in German cinemas on January 14, 1965.

The film made it into the Guinness Book of Records as the fastest-grossing movie to date , bringing in $ 2.9 million in the first two weeks and recovering its production costs after just three weeks. The film grossed over US $ 120 million worldwide. Norman Wanstall received the Oscar in the category Best Sound Effects in 1965 .

Today Goldfinger is considered the epitome of Bond films. It was also one of the first movies to be intensively merchandised . The cinema release was preceded by a large-scale advertising campaign, which was expressed, among other things, in agent toys with 007 pistols, Aston Martin model cars, etc.

Goldfinger was the first Bond film whose theme song, Goldfinger , sung by Shirley Bassey , made it into the top ten of the charts. The album with the soundtrack received the gold record .

action

In the opening credits, Bond blows up a drug laboratory in a Latin American country to prevent further revolutions from being funded. He then survives an assassination attempt and kills the attacker. According to the order he then went to Miami . There he meets the US agent Felix Leiter, who sends him the new order from the British secret service chief M: Bond should keep an eye on the eccentric billionaire Auric Goldfinger. Bond notices that Goldfinger is getting help with the gin rummy from Jill Masterson, who looks at the maps of Goldfinger's opponent with binoculars from the balcony of a hotel room and passes this information on to her client by radio. The MI6 agent surprises Jill on the balcony, confronts Goldfinger with his betrayal and forces him to lose. Then Bond goes to bed with Jill. When he tries to get a new bottle of champagne from the refrigerator, he is knocked down by Goldfinger's factotum and bodyguard Oddjob. Jill's body is painted all over with gold paint, which leads to her death by suffocation.

Back in London , Bond is initially reprimanded by M. Bond had neglected his duties and was only not arrested in Miami because Felix Leiter stood up for him. Bond promises improvement and is put back on Goldfinger, who is endangering the international monetary system through suspected illegal gold smuggling . In addition, Bond receives his equipment from Q, including a tracking device and an Aston Martin DB5 with built-in machine guns, smoke cannons, ejector seat and other extras. Bond meets with Goldfinger on his golf course and plays a game with him. With the help of a gold bar from the Toplitzsee in the Salzkammergut , Bond tries to lure Goldfinger. After Bond relieved Goldfinger of £ 5,000 in golf, Goldfinger no longer places any value on doing business together. Goldfinger warns Bond after the game not to get in his way a third time. To confirm this, he orders a sample of Oddjob's skills, who throws his steel-brimmed hat at a statue and cuts off its head. Then Oddjob crushes a golf ball with his bare hand.

Despite the warning, Bond followed Goldfinger's car with a tracking device. Once at an airport, Goldfinger has his car transported to Geneva by plane . The goal is his Swiss company, "Auric Enterprises AG". Bond follows him on the next plane. While resting in the Alps, Bond is accidentally nearly shot down by Tilly Masterson. She wants to avenge her murdered sister Jill. Bond overhears Goldfinger on his premises. He sees that Goldfinger is smuggling gold using his car: the entire body is made of gold. Bond also hears Goldfinger talking to an Asian accomplice about a project called the “Grand Slam”. On a hill above Goldfinger's company, Bond and Masterson meet again and are discovered. During a chase with Goldfinger's men, Masterson runs away and falls victim to Oddjob's hat. Bond escapes with his car, but ends up in a dead end and drives towards a mirror. During the evasive maneuver, he crashes into a house wall.

When he comes to, he finds himself tied up on a plate made of gold. A good-humored Goldfinger explains to him that he has been exposed as secret agent 007. He is said to be killed using a laser beam that can even cut steel. But at the last moment Bond can convince Goldfinger that he will be more useful to him alive by claiming that he had informed his headquarters about the "Grand Slam" company.

Goldfinger has Bond shipped to the United States. During the flight in Goldfinger's private plane, Bond meets Pussy Galore, Goldfinger's pilot . After landing near Fort Knox , Bond is taken to Goldfinger's stud farm in Kentucky and locked in a cell there. However, he can break out and learn of Goldfinger's plans with the code word Grand Slam: With the support of Chinese agents, the gold reserves of the United States stored in Fort Knox are to be radioactively contaminated by means of a dirty bomb and thus made worthless, in order to reduce the value of Goldfinger's own holdings to increase many times. The guards stationed around Fort Knox are said to be killed with a poison gas sprayed from airplanes so that Goldfinger's people can enter the base undisturbed. Goldfinger meanwhile has several gang bosses who financed his project killed.

Shortly before the attack, Pussy Galore succumbs to the charm of Bond and lets a harmless gas mixture spray over the soldier. The soldiers, who were previously informed by Pussy, only appear to sink down, but allow Goldfinger's gang to penetrate to the vault and finally attack to secure the bomb. Bond is chained to the bomb during the argument and locked in the safe with Oddjob. However, he is able to free himself and fights with Goldfinger's bodyguard in a deadly duel in which he survives in the end. The bomb can be defused exactly seven seconds before detonation (the countdown indicator stops at “007”). Goldfinger, on the other hand, uses the turmoil to escape disguised as a soldier.

Bond is said to be taken to the White House by jet , where the US President has invited him , for his services . But during the flight, Goldfinger suddenly appears from the cockpit. He wants to get revenge on Bond and then move to Cuba . A fight ensues, during which a shot is fired and one of the cabin windows is destroyed. Goldfinger is sucked out of the machine due to the sudden drop in pressure in the aircraft , while Bond can hold on until the pressure is balanced again. Together with Pussy Galore, who flies the plane, he manages to save himself with a parachute shortly before the crash.

Finally, Bond and Galore lie on the grass and watch a reconnaissance helicopter looking for them. However, Bond says the rescue can wait and pulls the parachute over both of them.

production

title

Another logo used in the UK

The title Goldfinger was taken from Ian Fleming's novel of the same name and is also the last name of the bond opponent Auric Goldfinger. The name is a tautology . The first name already contains the Latin aurum (gold), which is repeated in the surname. The last name Gold finger is also a reference to the mythical King Midas , who could turn anything he touched with his hand into gold. Goldfinger's increased greed for the precious metal becomes even clearer. The title song also says : “He's the man, the man with the Midas touch…” There is also another explanation: Ian Fleming lived on London's Willow Road next to the famous architect Ernő Goldfinger , whose style Fleming did not like. Ernő Goldfinger considered taking legal action against Fleming because of his use of his name - a settlement was agreed. Finally, it is pointed out that Fleming, who probably knew his way around the diamond sector, chose the name as an allusion to the diamond dealer Joseph Goldfinger from Tel Aviv.

Film staff and cast

As with the two previous films, Terence Young was scheduled to direct and began preproduction. However, he left the project after the unsuccessful request to be given a percentage of the gross profit. The producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman then hired Guy Hamilton as a director, who had already been given this role by Dr. No had offered.

Sean Connery had signed a long-term contract, so he was certain for the lead role.

Orson Welles was initially intended for the role of Bond's opponent Auric Goldfinger , but the fee was too high. Theodore Bikel was then chosen . There were test shots, but they were not convincing. Director Hamilton then suggested Gert Fröbe, who is very well known in Germany, for the role, with whom she was then cast. Due to its strong German accent, Fröbe was dubbed in the English original by Michael Collins . The model for the figure of Auric Goldfinger was allegedly the industrialist Charles W. Engelhard, Jr.

One of the most important supporting roles in Goldfinger is that of Pussy Galore, for which Honor Blackman was hired. At that time, she was already known from the television series Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone , in which she played Catherine Gale from 1962 to 1964.

Tania Mallet while filming in Switzerland

The role of Jill Masterson was played by Shirley Eaton. She can only be seen on screen for about 3 minutes and is killed by wrapping her body in gold so that she ultimately suffocates. The role was given to Eaton by her agent and she accepted, provided that the nude scenes were implemented "tastefully". The picture of Shirley Eaton, painted with gold paint, went through the world press, appeared on the cover of Life magazine and is now a cult symbol in film history. In October 2013, Joan Collins claimed that she was originally offered the role, but she was turned down.

For the role of Tilly Masterson, Tania Mallet was signed, who was a fashionable model at the time. At that time she appeared in her only film role at all.

Margaret Nolan played the small role of Bond's masseuse Dink. Nolan was also hired to test Shirley Eaton's golden make-up. This resulted in her appearing with this makeup on in the movie's title sequence, where the movie titles are projected onto her body. Some of the movie posters also show Margaret Nolan's bodies painted with gold paint.

Desmond Llewelyn made his second appearance as Q, Lois Maxwell and Bernard Lee were Miss Moneypenny and M for the third time.

Title design

For the title design for the second time in a row Robert Brownjohn was responsible. He projected scenes from the film onto actress Margaret Nolan, whose body was painted with gold paint. The anatomy of the female body is included in the action so that, for example, a golf ball actually appears to be rolling over the body.

Filming

Filming took place from January 20, 1964 to July 21, 1964.

In April 1964, shooting took place in Hall "D" of Pinewood Studios. There, the interior of the Fountainebleau Hotel was recreated and the familiar scenes recorded in which Bond finds the dead Jill Masterson. According to the script, she was killed by completely coating her body in gold, causing death to occur from interruption of skin breathing . Allegedly, this idea is based on the real case of a model from Switzerland who had covered his body with gold paint and suffocated. However, people mainly breathe through their lungs . The only terrestrial vertebrates whose gas exchange takes place largely through the skin are some amphibian species .

In the American documentary series MythBusters it was shown that one cannot suffocate with a complete coating of (gold) paint, but that shortness of breath and disturbances of the thermoregulation can certainly occur. A complete painting of the skin could be in this dangerous, since it is the sweat production affected and the regulatory mechanisms of heat dissipation and thus by increasing the body's core temperature to a heat stroke might come.

Locations

The film was shot in the following countries:

United Kingdom
Switzerland
United States

vehicles

James Bond's Aston Martin DB5

Aston Martin DB5

The silver Aston Martin DB5 is considered to be the most famous Bond car. It was used for the first time in this film and was equipped with various extras: a retractable, bulletproof armored bulkhead behind the rear window, oil spraying device, smoke cannons, machine guns, triple change number plates (O-tone Q : "... valid for all countries", including one beginning with 4711 ) and an ejection seat for the passenger. The Aston Martin has been used in seven other films ( Thunderball , Goldeneye , Tomorrow Never Dies , Casino Royale , Quantum of Solace , Skyfall and in Specter ). However, different DB5s were used in Goldfinger and Fireball . The Goldfinger DB5 was auctioned for $ 2.09 million in 2006 by a European collector. Another Bond DB5 built for PR purposes fetched 2.9 (instead of the expected 3.5) million British pounds at an auction in October 2010.

The Q department also installed a tracking device in Bond's car that is vaguely reminiscent of the navigation systems used today . This receiver is part of the HOMER location system. Bond uses the larger signal generator to track his targets at a safe distance. The second, smaller signal generator allows the MI6 secret service to be in the picture at any time about Bond's whereabouts. The smaller device is hidden in a secret compartment in Bond's shoe heel. It is destroyed, however, after Bond put it in the pocket of a jumped ally Goldfinger, who ends up in a scrap press with his car and a load of gold.

The model of the James Bond DB5 offered under the British toy brand Corgi Toys with details such as B. a functioning ejection seat became the best-selling toy car to date. The DB5 started one of the most typical recurring features in a Bond movie. To this day Bond drove numerous different cars equipped with special gadgets , but most of them were not allowed to end their appearance in one go.

Goldfingers Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce Phantom III with Barker body

Auric Goldfinger is sometimes driven in a Rolls-Royce Phantom III Sedanca de Ville . This is a vehicle with an individual body that the British body manufacturer Barker & Co. completed in 1937. It was one of the last vehicles built by Barker before the company was wound up due to bankruptcy. Two similar vehicles were used for the film; the better known with the chassis number 3BU168 still exists; it is occasionally shown at exhibitions.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was first released on LP by United Artists Records in 1964 and was number 1 in the US album charts for three weeks in 1965 . In the 1980s, the first CD pressing was released by EMI. After the 40th James Bond anniversary, a new revised version was released by Capitol Records in 2003.

Original edition (1964)

  1. Main Title - Goldfinger (02:48) sung by Shirley Bassey
  2. Into Miami / Alpine Drive / Auric's Factory (05:27)
  3. Oddjob's Pressing Engagement (03:09)
  4. Gunbarell / Bond Back In Action Again (02:33)
  5. Teasing The Korean (02:17)
  6. Gassing The Gangsters (01:05)
  7. Goldfinger (Instrumental Version) (02:09)
  8. Dawn Raid On Fort Knox (05:50)
  9. The Arrival Of The Bomb And Countdown (03:31)
  10. The Death Of Goldfinger / End Titles (02:32)

Extended Version (2003)

  1. Main Title - Goldfinger (02:48) sung by Shirley Bassey
  2. Into Miami (00:57)
  3. Alpine Drive - Auric's Factory (4:27 am)
  4. Oddjob's Pressing Engagement (03:08)
  5. Bond Back In Action Again (02:31)
  6. Teasing The Korean (02:16)
  7. Gassing The Gangsters (01:05)
  8. Goldfinger (02:10) Instrumental version
  9. Dawn Raid On Fort Knox (05:48)
  10. The Arrival of the Bomb and Count Down (03:29)
  11. The Death of Goldfinger - End Titles (02:34)
  12. Golden Girl (02:10)
  13. Death of Tilley (02:04)
  14. The Laser Beam (02:54)
  15. Pussy Galore's Flying Circus (02:48)

synchronization

There are some synchronization errors in the German version. For example, "trillion" (a is a billion ) with a trillion translated, or denotes Q of bonding as K. Likewise, the ambiguity in the opening scene, in which James Bond gets rid of an adversary by electrocuting himself in a bathtub, and the result with the words “Disgusting! Simply disgusting! "Commented. What in the original sound with “Shocking! Positively shocking! ”( Shocking! Really shocking! ) Sounds a lot more apt. By literally translating the phrase "You like close shaves, don't you?" (Eng. You like it risky, right? ) With "Do n't you like a sharp shave?", The ambiguity in the scene is also lost On the plane, Pussy Galore strokes Bond's cheek with her revolver, who has recently shaved. In addition, the Chinese agents mutate into a "task force" from Mexico from the Rio Grande.

role actor German voice actor
James Bond Sean Connery Gert Günther Hoffmann
Auric Goldfinger Gert Fröbe (voice: Michael Collins) Gert Frobe
Pussy Galore Honor Blackman Margot Leonard
Jill Masterson Shirley Eaton Ute Marin
Tilly Masterson Tania Mallet Uta Hallant
M. Bernard Lee Konrad Wagner
Mr. Solo Martin Benson Wilhelm Borchert
Felix Head Cec Linder Friedrich Schoenfelder
Colonel Smithers Richard Vernon Siegfried Schürenberg
Mr. Ling Burt Kwouk Gerd Duwner
Q Desmond Llewelyn Harald Wolff

premiere

The premiere of the film took place on September 17, 1964 in the Odeon Leicester Square in London in the presence of many stars such as Honor Blackman. Sean Connery did not attend as he was filming in Spain. About 5000 fans gathered in front of the cinema, among whom there were tumultuous scenes in which the glass doors of the cinema were broken. The police had to call in reinforcements to get the crowd under control.

On December 22, 1964, Goldfinger premiered in the United States and on January 14, 1965, it was shown in German cinemas.

publication

The film ran for the first time on German television on March 10, 1985 at 8:35 p.m. on ARD.

Aftermath

Financial success

The budget was an estimated $ 3 million. The film, which grossed over $ 51 million in the United States alone, was a commercial success. The worldwide box office result was approximately 125 million US dollars.

The inflation-adjusted box office figure is reported at 912 million US dollars worldwide, which is the second best result of a Bond film as of 2011. The number of visitors in Germany is given as 5 million, which corresponds to 5th place out of 23 Bond films.

Contemporary criticism

Derek Prouse of The Sunday Times praised Goldfinger as "fast, entertaining and stimulating." The Times highlighted the good cast, especially Gert Frobe shone in the role of villain.

Later evaluation

Goldfinger is now often referred to as the best James Bond film and is considered the "unmatched highlight of the series", with which James Bond became a "global phenomenon". The film itself served as a “blueprint for his successors”, who merely varied the scheme he had installed. At the same time, James Bond with Goldfinger became a "selling brand" and generated millions in sales with trading cards, shoes and toys.

Raymond Benson called Goldfinger in his 1984 standard work The James Bond Bedside Companion "the defining film in the James Bond series."

In retrospect, Goldfinger is considered one of the best contributions to the James Bond series, as evidenced by the positions in various rankings in recent years. In 2006, over 40 years after the film was released, Entertainment Weekly magazine ranked Goldfinger as the best Bond film. In 2009 the German James Bond expert Siegfried Tesche named the film in a list of the ten best James Bond films of all time. Two years later, visitors to the James Bond fan site MI6-HQ.com voted on the best Bond films, with Goldfinger taking second place.

In 2012, the Bond films were rated by the readers of 007 Magazine . Goldfinger also took 2nd place here. In a likewise 2012 published list of Rolling Stone takes Goldfinger a place first In the 2012 special issue published 50 years James Bond of the star is Goldfinger rated 5 out of 5 stars ( "Super"). That same year, Time Out magazine named Goldfinger the second best of the 22 Bond films. Brad Brevet named it one of the five best James Bond films. The American Film Institute drew up a list of the best villains in film history and chose the character of "Auric Goldfinger" at number 49.

Awards

Academy Awards 1965

Laurel Award 1965

  • Award in the Best Action Drama category

Adaptations

Video games

In 1986, Mindscape released a text adventure called James Bond 007: Goldfinger , which is based on the plot of the film.

In GoldenEye: Rogue Agent , published in 2004 , some characters from the movie Goldfinger appear.

In the 2012 first-person shooter 007 Legends , one of the missions is based on the film Goldfinger .

radio play

The label Europa released the revised soundtrack of the film as a radio play on music cassette. The narrator that does not exist in the film is spoken by Norbert Langer .

Audio film

In 2003, Bayerischer Rundfunk produced an audio version of Goldfinger for television. The speaker is Christian Baumann .

Comic

Ehapa-Verlag brought out parodies of the film several times. In the story In a Secret Mission in Funny Paperback No. 77 from 1981 Donald Duck chases the villain Colt Finger as Agent QQ7. In Funny Paperback No. 145 Mickey Mouse plays the secret agent in the story Agent 007 - The Goldelizius Affair .

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

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