Goldfinger Movie Review
Goldfinger Review
"Goldfinger" Overview
Rating: PG
1964
Cast and Crew
Director : Guy HamiltonProducer : Albert R. Broccoli,Harry Saltzman
Screenwiter : Richard Maibaum,Paul Dehn
Starring : Sean Connery,Honor Blackman,Gert Fröbe,Shirley Eaton,Tania Mallet,Harold Sakata,Bernard Lee,Burt Kwouk,Desmond Llewelyn,Mai Ling
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. Bond's outtings take him across Europe and eventually to U.S.
shores, on the trail of Auric Goldfinger (Gert Fröbe), a maniac who wants to
corner the gold market... with a plan to break into Fort Knox. Even though the
ultimate plot is a little on the silly side, Bond's co-stars (Oddjob, Pussy
Galore) are among the series' most memorable characters, with Fröbe perhaps its
greatest villain. Numerous scenes in the film -- most notably Goldfinger's
aborted execution of Bond via laser beam-to-the-crotch -- have become cinematic
classics. Don't miss the DVD commentary track, it's incredibly insightful: I
had no idea that Gert Fröbe spoke no English and was completely dubbed over.
Bond #3.
Reviewer: Christopher Null
