Goldfinger is a 1964 British spy film and the third installment in the James Bond series. It is based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Ian Fleming. The film stars Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It was the first Bond film to win an Oscar.
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Goldfinger is a 1964 British spy film and the third installment in the James Bond series. It is based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Ian Fleming. The film stars Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It was the first Bond film to win an Oscar and grossed over USD 120 million worldwide. Many of the elements introduced in the film appeared in many of the later James Bond films, such as the extensive use of technology and gadgets by Bond. Its release led to a number of promotional licensed tie-in items, including a toy Aston Martin DB5 car from Corgi Toys which became the biggest selling toy of 1964. In 1999, it was ranked No. 70 on the BFI Top 100 British films list compiled by the British Film Institute. Goldfinger was produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman and directed by Guy Hamilton. The plot has Bond investigating gold smuggling by gold magnate Auric Goldfinger and eventually uncovering Goldfinger’s plans to contaminate the United States Bullion Depository at Fort Knox. It also stars Honor Blackman as Bond girl Pussy Galore and Gert Fröbe as the title character AuricGoldfinger, along with Shirley Eaton as the iconic Bond girl Jill Masterson. Principal photography took place from January to July 1964 in the United Kingdom, Switzerland and the U.S. and was thefirst of four Bond films directed byGuy Hamilton. It opened to largely favorable critical reception, recouping its budget in two weeks and grossing over USD120 million worldwide, with a budget equal to that of the two preceding films combined.
Bond meets Goldfinger at his country club in Kent and plays a round of golf with him, wagering a bar of recovered Nazi gold against £5,000 of his money. In London, the governor of the Bank of England and M tell Bond that fluctuating gold prices are allowing someone to profit by selling bullion internationally. Bond discovers Goldfinger cheating at a high-stakes gin rummy game, aided remotely by his employee, Jill masterson, who prompts him using binoculars and a one-way radio. After a night with Jill, Bond comes round to find Jill dead, covered in gold paint, having died from skin suffocation. Bond trails Goldfinger to Switzerland. There, Bond meets Jill’s sister, Tilly, who attempts and fails to assassinate Goldfinger. Bond sneaks into Goldfinger’s refinery and overhears him telling Chinese nuclear physicist, Dr. Ling, that he always travels with his Rolls-Royce Phantom III, hiding some of his gold in secret compartments, and melting the rest to incorporate it into the car’s bodywork. Bond also overhears Goldfinger mention Operation Grand Slam. In Louisville, Kentucky, Bond escapes his cell and witnesses Goldfinger meeting with American mafiosi, who are supplying materials needed for OperationGrand Slam. Bond flies to the compound so the MI6 agents surveilling the compound can see him and think he is safe.
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