(Goldfinger [de])
UK 1964
d: Guy Hamilton
MGM Home Entertainment (Region 2 uk)
sc: Richard Maibaum, Paul Dehn (based on the novel by Ian Fleming)
c: Ted Moore (Technicolor)
e: Peter R. Hunt
pd: Ken Adam
m: John Barry
p: Albert R. Broccoli, Harry Saltzman (Danjaq / Eon Productions)
w: Sean Connery, Honor Blackman, Gert Fröbe, Shirley Eaton, Tania Mallet, Harold Sakata, Bernard Lee, Martin Benson, Cec Linder, Austin Willis
pr: 17 Sep 1964
aw: Academy Awards 1965 Oscar Best Effects, Sound Effects • Golden Screen, Germany 1965
rt: 105:27 (+4%PAL= 112) min
dvd-rl: 17 Jul 2006
ar: 1.66:1 (16:9 Anamorphic Widescreen)
sd: English DTS 5.1 Surround • English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround • Audio Commentary Dolby Digital 2.0 • Audio Commentary Dolby Digital 2.0
st: English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hindi, Norwegian, Swedish, English (captions)
supp: Ultimate Edition
DISC 1
• Audio Commentary from director Guy Hamilton
• Audio Commentary from members of the cast and crew
• '007 - Licence To Restore': a clip presenting the Bond Ultimate Edition restoration
DISC 2
Declassified: M16 Vault:
• On tour with the Aston Martin DB5 (11:13 min)
• Interview with Honor Blackman (3:48 min)
• BC interviewer with Sean Connery from the set of Goldfinger (3:03 min)
• Theodore Bikel and Tito Vandis Screen Tests (9:24 min)
007 Mission Control:
• Interactive guide to the world of 'Goldfinger': Mission Control: 007, Women, Allies, Villains, Mission Combat Manual, Q Branch and Exotic Locations
Mission Dossier:
• 'The Making Of Goldfinger' featurette (24:59 min)
• 'The Goldfinger Phenomenon' featurette (28:02 min)
• Original publicity featurette (2:08 min)
Ministry of Propaganda:
• Theatrical Trailer-Archive (2:59)
• TV Spots-Broadcasts (2:09)
• Radio Spots-Communications (33:36)
Image Database:
• Photo gallery: Photo-Experience The World Of Bond In 1964
• 8-pages Booklet with Production Notes
Vintage Bond from the moment our hero pops up out of the sea under a bobbing seagull attached to his frogman's suit which, having duly accomplished his explosive mission, he strips off to reveal an impeccable white dinner-jacket underneath. Ken Adam's sets, capped by the marvellous Fort Knox fantasy, are superb; and although Blackman's Pussy Galore is less than might be desired, there is suitably outsized villainy from Froebe and Sakata. Paul Dehn had a hand in the script, doubtless accounting for the unusually high incidence of wit in a script pleasantly laced with diabolic fantasy (from Eaton's demise by gold paint to Connery's near-emasculation by laser beam).
— TM, Time Out Film Guide
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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. Still, it's every bit as imperialist and misogynistic as the other screen adventures based on Ian Fleming's books (among John F. Kennedy's favorites).
— Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
