Producer
Albert "Cubby"Broccoli
Harry Saltzman
Barbara Broccoli
Michael G,Wilson

Writers to all Bond books
Ian Fleming  
Amis Kingsley
Raymond Benson 
John Gardner
Charlie Higson
Sebastian Faulks
Bondbooks

James Bond actors
Barry Nelson
Sean Connery
George Lazenby
Roger Moore
Timothy Dalton
Pierce Brosnan
Daniel Craig

James Bond Composers
Monty Norman 1
John Barry 11
George Martin 1
Marvin Hamlisch 1
Bill Conti 1
Michael Kamen 1
Eric Serra 1
David Arnold  5
James Bond Music
22 Best Bondsoundtrack

Bondgirls
Honey Ryder Ursula Andress
Britt Ekland 
Izabella Scorupco
Maud Adams 
Kristina Wayborn
Mary Stavin

Mission: Goldfinger
Released: September 20, 1964
Bond: Sean Connery
Director: Guy Hamilton
Budget: $3.5 Million
Worldwide Boxoffice: $124.9 Million
Running Time: 111 Minutes
UnivEx Rating: 006



Villain: Auric Goldfinger
Organization: Red China
Scheme: The detonation of a nuclear device inside Fort Knox
Henchmen: Oddjob
Girls: Jill Masterson, Pussy Galore
Allies: Felix Leiter
Bond's Kill Count: 2
Bond's Conquest Count: 4

1964
Goldfinger
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1964
Goldfinger
John Barry
Soundtrack

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

The quintessential Bond movie, of course, had the quintessential Bond theme, as Shirley Bassey belts out what is, arguably, the most recognizable theme song in the entire series: except of course for the Bond tune itself…but that doesn’t count.

As the movie continues, Bond continues to be on his A-game both in terms of the ladies (he hooks up with Dink and Jill before he even leaves the Miami hotel) and in regards to action. Also introduced early on, through the striking visual of his shadow against the wall, is Oddjob: yet another icon in the Bond movie canon. Without saying a word, Oddjob is both menacing and evil; he could send a shiver down the spine with a mere look. That said, his apparent invincibility to everything except raw electricity was a bit absurd and takes away from his character. For example, there’s no way Bond could punch his face with a solid gold bar and not have Oddjob feel a thing.

Moving along the villain arena we come to he of “No Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!” fame: Auric Goldfinger. Due partly to the aforementioned line as well as his voice (even though it was dubbed) and his plot to detonate a nuclear device inside Fort Knox, Goldfinger is one of the most memorable villains of the series. Ken Adams also helped the cause by doing a brilliant job with the sets: especially those related to Auric. His den with rotating pool table and metal window shades truly accentuated Goldfinger’s villainy.

Bad guys aside, Goldfinger features Pussy Galore, the woman with the most sexual name of the entire series. In addition, she was the first of the “bad girls” who would sleep with Bond and all of a sudden convert to the side of good. Heck, according to Ian Fleming’s original source material, Bond even made her turn straight. The movie also featured Jill Masterson laying naked, dead and covered with gold paint: an image so iconic that it landed her on the cover of Life magazine.

The movie also gave us our first look at Q's laboratory with the gags in the background as well as his gadgets for Bond. The crowning glory of Q's lab was the introduction of the Aston Martin DB5 which has become synonymous with Bond. Finally, Connery has achieved the perfect Bond character and along with a great script, supporting cast, and score, he made the best performance of his Bond career.

If I had to choose one main negative point about the movie, despite all the wonderful characters, Connery’s spot-on performance and classic sets, it would be that Goldfinger is, at its core, an unbelievable movie. The plot is far-fetched and, though still more realistic than future Goldfinger clones including Moonraker 1979 and A View To A Kill 1985 , was the starting point for the absurdity of later movies. As the film that all other Bond movies would be judged on, it would have been nice to see it more rooted in reality like Form Russia With Love. Still, the movie is classic Bond and not a bad choice for the gold standard of the series.

• Bond's first visit to America
  
• First Bond movie not to deal with SPECTRE
  
• First appearance of Red China
  
• First time Bond goes to the physical lab known as Q Branch
  
• First use of the Aston Martin DB5
  
• First mention of another Double-O agent (008)
  
• First sexually suggestive female name (Pussy Galore)
  
• First time a henchperson defected (Pussy Galore)
  
• First time a villain's voice was dubbed over in the American release (Goldfinger's was the first and Largo's would be the second in Thunderball)
  
• First extravagant ending fight sequence with hundreds of actors fighting
  
• First "formula Bond" format movie
  
• Tilly Masterson is the first person to drive a Ford Mustang in ANY movie, not just Bond.
  
• First mention of Newfoundland
  
• First Bond film to be nominated for an Oscar
  
• First use of the bulletproof vest anywhere. Featured in Q's lab, this invention was years ahead of its time and long before police officers used them.
  
• First time a laser is used in any movie
  
• First time the Bond girl was a lesbian (Bond turned Pussy Galore straight when he "appealed to her maternal instinct)
  
• First time that Ford Motor Company provided vehicles for use in a Bond film
  
• First time Bond does not use a PPK. Bond uses a Walther P-38 that he took off of Goldfinger's thugs after he stops the Aston-Martin. This is in the same sequence that Tilly Masterson is killed.
  
• First time Bond mentions The Beatles
  
• First time a villain uses a golden gun (Scaramanga was the second)
  
• First time a Bond girl is killed
  
• First henchman that was a former Olympian (Harold Sakata)
  
• First henchman with a psychological disability (Oddjob was mute)
  
• First time that 007 is taken into police custody (M mentions this in his office after 007 was taken into custody of the Miami Beach P.D)
  
• First time 007 plays golf
  
• First time a Bond film was filmed at Stoke Poges Golf Course (the location was also used during the filming of Tomorrow Never Dies , but was based in the hotel complex)
  
• First mention of British United Airways
  
• The golf game is the first action sequence set in Great Britain (previously only set-up scenes were in England)
  
• First time a former member of the cast of The Avengers appears in a Bond film. Honor Blackman (Pussy Galore) had appeared as Kathy Cale on the Avengers.
  
• First theme song sung by Shirley Bassey, who would later sing Diamonds Are Forever and Moonraker 1979 .
  
• First time Michael G Wilson makes a cameo
  
• First time the film was changed between the theatrical release and the home video release (the timer that stops on 007 seconds stopped on 003 seconds in the theatrical version)

• Gert Frobe's voice was dubbed by an English actor.
  
• Honor Blackman was actually a trained expert in Judo.
  
• Already pushing the lines of decency with Pussy Galore's name, Bond's introduction to her was changed. In the original script the line was:
  Pussy: I'm Pussy Galore.
  Bond: I know, but what's your name?
  However, the scene was later changed to bond's current response of "I must be dreaming!"
  
• When Goldfinger was first released, the public knew nothing of lasers. The movie intrigued audiences everywhere.
  
• The producers got over 300 letters from fans wondering why they were allowed to film in Fort Knox while the president wasn't even allowed in.
  
• A 24 hour guard had to be placed by the Fort Knox set so people couldn't steal the fake gold bars.
  
• Harold Sakata sustained serious injuries from the electrocution of his character because he refused to let go until the director called cut, despite his pain.
  
• Harold Sakata represented the USA in the 1948 Olympics as a weightlifter.
  
• Over 75 percent of all moviegoers worldwide have seen Goldfinger at least once.
  
• Gert Frobe was a child prodigy at the violin.
  
• The famous ending where the bomb is defused in 007 seconds was actually changed. In the original version that ran all over Europe and the rest of the world, the bomb was defused with 003 seconds left; hence Bond's line "Three more ticks and Mr. Goldfinger would've hit the jackpot." When the film came to America, the producers thought it would have a stronger impact to change it to 007 seconds, but the line remained.
  
• When the plane is plummeting at the end of the movie, you can actually see the strings used to film the sequence with a miniature plane.
  
• CIA director Allen Dulles assigned a research team to determine the feasibility the homing system in the Aston Martin.
  
• The "golden girl" idea was based on a real Swiss fashion model who painted herself and died of asphyxiation.
  
• In Fleming's novel, Pussy Galore was a lesbian. This was changed in the movie to appease the social climate of the era.
  
• Sean Connery walked off the set for a couple days and had to be asked to return after Harold Sakata's Oddjob delivered a full contact karate chop during the first take of the "golden girl" scene in the hotel in Miami.
  
• The Falcon pick-up truck Oddjob drives has whitewall tires on it when it takes the crushed Lincoln, but it has blackwall tires when it reached its destination.
  
• Felix Leiter does appear in the Goldfinger book, however, it is only for a short time and does not play a prominent role until the very end, unlike the film.
  
• Auric Goldfinger had the first golden gun, years before Francisco Scaramanga. It was not in the Ian Fleming book, but in the movie in the scene where U.S. soldiers raid the Fort Knox vault, you can clearly see Auric Goldfinger pull put a golden revolver and shoot several people.
  
• Pussy Galore was the name of Ian Fleming's pet octopus. Coincidentally, the Bond girl was named after one of Ian Fleming's pets, and later served as a theme for Octopussy 1983.