Detailed item info | Movie description | In James Bond's third cinematic adventure, the dangerously suave spy (Sean Connery) must stop the criminal capitalist Auric Goldfinger (Gert Frobe) from contaminating Fort Knox's gold with atomic radiation. Aiding the villain is the alluring Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman) and the imposing Oddjob (Harold Sakata). Bond, on the other hand, is armed with his trademark charm and, of course, a slew of gadgets, courtesy of Q (Desmond Llewelyn). Encountering the usual bevy of beautiful women and perilous traps, 007 sets out for America to foil Goldfinger's financial fiasco.
Based on Ian Fleming's 1959 novel, GOLDFINGER marks the appearance of a more carefree, wisecracking Bond and is widely considered to be one of the best films in the series. In fact, with stylized elements such as the gold-painted girl, the wince-inducing laser beam, Oddjob's razor-sharp bowler hat, and Bond's modified Aston Martin car, the film is quite possibly the most memorable Bond outing, and would be famously parodied decades later in the AUSTIN POWERS series, particularly GOLDMEMBER.
| | Credits | | Cast: | Desmond Llewelyn, Honor Blackman, Lois Maxwell |
| | Details | | Edition: | Checkpoint; Sensormatic; Widescreen; Repackaged |
| | Editorial reviews | "...Of all the Bonds, GOLDFINGER is the best.....It is a great entertainment, and contains all the elements of the Bond formula that would work again and again..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (01/31/1999)
"...Nearly 40 years later, the formula still cooks..."
Entertainment Weekly - Entertainment Weekly Staff (01/11/2002)
4 stars out of 5 -- "It doesn't matter which side you take in the eternal Connery vs. Moore debate, everyone can agree that this is where the template was struck for the Bond franchise."
Uncut - Michael Bonner (08/01/2007)
| | Awards | 1964 Academy Awards, Best Sound Effects: Norman Wanstall
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