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Goldfinger (1964)

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With Goldfinger, the James Bond series took a turn away from relatively straightforward spy thrillers and toward campy gadgetry, extravagant sets, and kitschy jokes. Bond (Sean Connery) has to prevent a notorious gold smuggler, appropriately named Goldfinger (Gert Fr�be), from robbing Fort Knox. Goldfinger is surrounded by evil henchmen such as the sexy female pilot Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman) and Oddjob (Harold Sakata), who kills with his steel-rimmed bowler hats. In order to stop Goldfinger,

PG, 1 hr. 57 min.

Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Classics

Directed By: Guy Hamilton

Written By: Ian Fleming, Richard Maibaum, Paul Dehn

In Theaters: Sep 17, 1964 Limited

On DVD: Nov 18, 1997

United Artists

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Cast

Sean Connery
James Bond
Gert Fr�be
Auric Goldfinger
Honor Blackman
Pussy Galore
Harold Sakata
Odd Job
Shirley Eaton
Jill Masterson
Bernard Lee
M
Lois Maxwell
Miss Moneypenny
Desmond Llewelyn
Q
Tania Mallet
Tilly Masterson
Cec Linder
Felix Leiter
Austin Willis
Simmons
Martin Benson
Solo
Bill Nagy
Midnight
Alf Joint
Capungo
Nadja Regin
Bonita
Raymond Young
Sierra
Richard Vernon
Smithers
Denis Cowles
Brunskill
Michael Mellinger
Kisch
Burt Kwouk
Mr. Ling
Hal Galili
Strap
Gerry Duggan
Hawker
Mai Ling
Mei-Lei
John McLaren
Brigadier
Margaret Nolan
Dink
Victor Brooks
Blacking
Robert MacLeod
Atomic Specialist
Jane Lumb

Critic Reviews for Goldfinger

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In scene after scene Director Guy Hamilton has contrived some hilariously horrible sight gags.

October 13, 2008 Full Review Source: TIME Magazine

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TIME Magazine

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There's not the least sign of staleness in this third sample of the Bond 007 formula.

May 6, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety

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Variety Staff

Variety

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This 1964 entry is the most enjoyable of the James Bond thrillers starring Sean Connery -- perhaps because it's the most comic and cartoony in look as well as conception.

May 6, 2008 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

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... what they give us in Goldfinger is an excess of-science-fiction fun, a mess of mechanical melodrama and a minimum of bedroom farce.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Bosley Crowther

New York Times

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If it is not a great film, it is a great entertainment, and contains all the elements of the Bond formula that would work again and again.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

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Although more gimmicky than From Russia with Love, this film is equally as entertaining.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: ReelViews

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

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Thrilling action comedy may be the best Bond.

January 1, 2011 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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David Gurney

Common Sense Media

...remains a cut above its Bond brethren...

October 16, 2008 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Perfection.

May 6, 2008 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine

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Ian Nathan

Empire Magazine

A fantastically entertaining entry.

May 6, 2008 Full Review Source: Film4

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Film4

Goldfinger is a crucial work in the development of the Bond legend.

May 6, 2008 Full Review Source: Observer [UK]

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Philip French

Observer [UK]

One of the best, if not the best Bond movie

February 7, 2008 Comment (1)

Stefan Birgir Stefansson

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Goldfinger, the third James Bond film, was the most successful in the series to date, due to its ingredients (hero, villains, women, locations, music, effects), which later served as blueprint for future Bond sagas.

September 22, 2007 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

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It has Shirley Bassey's operatic theme, the Aston Martin and Shirley Eaton, killed with that magnificently macabre gold paint.

July 28, 2007 Full Review Source: Guardian [UK]

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian [UK]

One of the more amusing Bond films.

April 3, 2007 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Sean Connery excelle une fois de plus dans la peau d'un personnage aussi froid que charismatique qui continue de foncer t�te premi�re avec un d�tachement souvent irrationnel

January 26, 2007 Full Review Source: Panorama

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Jean-Fran�ois Vandeuren

Panorama

The iconic James Bond movie, this third entry into the franchise is rightly heralded for offering the perfect blend of action, adventure, gunplay, fisticuffs, gadgetry (that Aston Martin!), romance, derring-do, and just about everything else.

January 4, 2007 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

Presented here in a newly restored digital print, it should look especially swish on the big screen.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Derek Adams

Time Out

The one that all other Bond films must live up to, and the only one of the films that surpasses the book upon which it is based.

September 30, 2005 Full Review Source: Three Movie Buffs

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Scott Nash

Three Movie Buffs

The most consistent and entertaining of the Bond series.

August 12, 2005 Comment

Jon Niccum

Lawrence Journal-World

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James Bond does James Bondy stuff to stop a villain whose name fits his intentions and obsessions.Goldfinger is like a Bugs Bunny cartoon: it's ludicrous, violent, occasionally fun to watch, and has no moral center. I enjoyed watching the film in spite of itself. Normally, I gain pleasure from films when they make my

January 16, 2012

Jim Hunter

Super Reviewer

I'm not too fond of Sean Connery's James Bond. There is something missing. Goldfinger is not a great film, but it is good entertainment, and I guess I enjoyed it for that. The plot sometimes doesn't make sense, and it's predictable, but it's good entertainment.

January 3, 2012

Raymond Wieser

Super Reviewer

Goldfinger Quotes

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1. James Bond: You expect me to talk?
2. Auric Goldfinger: No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die!!
– Submitted by Tyler C (10 months ago)
1. James Bond: A martini. Shaken, not stirred.
– Submitted by Tyler C (10 months ago)