GOLDFINGER | The Movie That Made James Bond

Goldfinger is the James Bond movie that defined the series and cemented Sean Connery as James Bond 007. This Goldfinger video essay explores the making of Goldfinger, and analyses how this movie took James Bond from being a popular British spy series into a global cinematic sensation. Because Goldfinger is more than a James Bond movie - it is THE James Bond movie, and 60 years after it was made it continues to have an impact on cinema and popular culture.
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🎞️ Goldfinger is a 1964 spy film starring Sean Connery as James Bond 007. It is based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Ian Fleming. The film's plot has Bond investigating gold smuggling by Auric Goldfinger and eventually uncovering Goldfinger's plans to contaminate the United States Bullion Depository at Fort Knox. 🎞️
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00:00 - Introduction
03:20 - From Fleming to Film
09:45 - Goldfinger pre-credits scene
12:44 - Shirley Bassey's Goldfinger
14:18 - Felix, Miami, and the golden girl
18:37 - Q and the DB5
21:41 - Gert Frobe's Goldfinger
26:22 - Switzerland
28:43 - 'No, Mr Bond I expect you to die!'
30:55 - Kentucky blues
34:37 - The Fort Knox plot
36:20 - Honor Blackman's P*ssy Galore
40:46 - Operation Grandslam
44:49 - James Bond will return
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[@PentexProductions]

If you want more like this, my other Bond video essays are right here: kzbin.info/aero/PLGKyAwPbirg9xCsjSvrc_e3N_f887xJnG&feature=shared

[@charlieboy1701]

Nailed this!

[@shortattentionspantheatre5075]

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[@JulianSildenLanglo]

That smile on Pierce Brosnan when he says "The naked lady covered in gold pain ... life changed for me."

[@PentexProductions]

Pierce is the GOAT

[@DirtRider999]

Ya that was a little too much lol

[@j.st.jamesesq.9599]

Timothy Dalton’s first “Bond, James Bond,” in “The Living Daylights,” is also one of the best uses of the line.

[@PentexProductions]

Agreed - kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYSteJeriZWLbMk

[@MrRobster1234]

Love how they dropped 6,000 lb of Lincoln Continental, gold and dead gangster into a 1/4 ton Ranchero.

[@PentexProductions]

*slaps roof - "This baby can defy physics"

[@user-dd5gq2gb3p]

Not just a half ton Ranchero but a falcon Ranchero and a million dollars worth of gold

[@obelix703]

32:21 Never forget: Goldfinger got that entire room remodeled for that ONE (1) meeting.

[@beryllium1932]

Deltonide! At dawn the flying circus of my personal pilot, Miss Poosie Galore will *shhpraaay* it into ze AT-moe-sss-fee-AH!!

[@PentexProductions]

I actually had a whole bit of my script about this that I cut for length! I like to imagine all of Goldfinger's henchmen having to put in a shift to plant all the little trees on the model, and whether or not he disposed of the architect who had to install the giant rotating wall panel with a massive photo of Fort Knox on the back.

[@votekyle3000]

A meeting that was almost entirely pointless because 1. He kills everyone in the room that learns of the plan 2. That wasn’t even THE PLAN

[@jrneal1220]

@@votekyle3000 Within the logic of the story, I think it makes perfect sense. Goldfinger promised each of the gangsters $1 million gold bullion each, and then offered them $10 million if they waited another day for his "heist" to be successful. Even though his plot was more subtle than a "simple" heist, playing into gangster logic and language was a way to lull them into a false sense of security, along with gathering them in one place so he could "take care of them" efficiently. Therefore, he wouldn't have to pay them anything.for their services, which would make Operation Grand Slam possible. Kind of like the way another nouveau riche golf cheat treats his factotums (certainly his lawyers), but less deadly since he just doesn't pay them I'm also willing to bet that a rumpus room retrofitted as a large gas chamber would have cost less than $1 million 60 years ago... less than paying one gangster, and already mere pocket change for Goldfinger.

[@paulbrawley2595]

He may have used the elaborate Fort Knox model to convince the Chinese to give him the bomb.

[@The_Pronato]

Connerys panic in the laser scene is in part real the way they pulled it off is by having a guy with a blowtorch under the table the laser is an effect, but that blue flame cutting through the metal and getting close to Bonds groin is real

[@PentexProductions]

Gives a new meaning to the idea of 'burning loins.'

[@bennewnham4497]

Nobody said acting was easy. Hey, helped Connery put on that nice sheen of nervous sweat too.

[@Floorguy1000]

This is perhaps the best “Goldfinger” review I have seen. Very well done! RE: Solo death scene. You have to remember back in 1964 the Lincoln Continental was arguably the apex car in America...a 1961 version was President Kennedy's parade limousine. In 1963 Kennedy was assassinated in it. That's why the long lingering shot of the car just before the crane claws descend and destroy it. At the time people would have thought, ”Wow….what a cool Lincoln.” The crushing of this car in 1964 had an impact on the screen for people of that period……a younger, later audience would just see a regular car and not at all see what the fuss is about. Imagine if in some later Bond movie they did the same thing with the DB5… lingering shot…then ripped and crushed ….now you would get it.

[@PentexProductions]

Thanks for watching! By all accounts the guy operating the crusher for the movie was absolutely devastated to be doing it, and the folks in the scrap yard just thought the film-makers were crazy. Definitely a shock factor element to destroying such an iconic car (e.g. the DB5 getting blown up in Skyfall or crashing the DBS in Casino Royale), as well as the point about how Goldfinger is just so ridiculously wealthy that he doesn't think twice about destroying such a car just to dispose of a body. But I still think 5 minutes is far too long for the scene to run, especially when it actually has zero bearing on the story or characters.

[@Floorguy1000]

@@PentexProductions Yeah, your probably right about the scene being too long... I think also of "The French Connection" where they linger on the very cool at the time Lincoln Mark III, and then rip it apart, upholstery and all, looking for drugs.... ouch!... lol. I completely agree with you about "Goldfinger" being two parts...the great 1st part, that we all think about....and the slow 2nd part...that absolutely, positively should have been tightened up. Still for me, when I hear those first few bars of music... I think adventure, girls, and feel I should be headed to JFK airport to go somewhere.

[@bennewnham4497]

You are missing a key point about the car crushing scene - that was a 1964 Lincoln Continental. At the time of the film, this was one of the most desirable and high profile luxury cars available. Almost considered a work of art. The point of scene is to highlight Goldfinger's wealth and callous behavior, specifically his willingness to part with something so great so easily. It's to make it clear that if he can do that, he can anything i.e. kill 40,000 people in his scheme. It's to make him look more dangerous. Allegedly, some of the film crew cried when they watched the car being crushed.

[@josron6088]

I felt the same way when I saw that car being crushed. Has to be one of the most beautiful vehicles ever made.

[@lexiwanowski7]

Finaly another Bond Essay. Because of these Vidios I am Subscribed to you.

[@MrEab2010]

I call GF the Citizen Kane of action flicks. A total game-changer for many reasons.

[@NoosaHeads]

I saw this in 1964 when it came out. I was 12, and it looked astonishing. Straight after, I read all the books. Goldfinger was my favourite book, by far, and I've read it multiple times. The movie (Goldfinger) is my all-time favourite Bond. (Also, by far). About 11 years after the movie came out, i bought a DB6 Aston. Looking back, it was my favourite car of all time. (By far). I sold it in 1976 for a low price. - I so regret that. Pierce Brosnan was also a great Bond but the scripts had become ludicrous.

[@PentexProductions]

Brilliant that you got an Aston! They were much cheaper back in the day - but still a shame to have sold it.

[@cheekster777]

Welcome back my friend. We’ve missed you.

[@PentexProductions]

Sorry it's been a while - this was supposed to have been finished two weeks ago!

[@abigailslade3824]

The Rock is still my favourite Bond movie, you know I’m right hehe.

[@thork6974]

Re: voice actors. James Earl Jones was NOT credited or billed on the original release of Star Wars in 1977. His credit was added retroactively on the revised versions.

[@PentexProductions]

That's true, but it was his choice not to be credited at first, not that of the filmmakers, who planned to credit him because that was the practice at the time. I could have phrased it more clearly in the video, but the point was to use another example of a major role being portrayed by a voice and physical actor, both of whom were (eventually) credited, so as to illustrate how that was not the way voice actors were treated in the 60s.

[@LimeliteXD]

I've always been partial to 'From Russia with Love' but you can't deny Goldfinger's spot at the top

[@unowen-nh9ov]

FRWL is an exception, it's more of a feature-length chase film, with much of it taken from Hitchcock's North By Northwest, only across Europe>U.S.

[@joshslater2426]

FRWL is a weird one for me. It’s stuck in this odd middle ground between Dr. No and Goldfinger where it’s not the first time but the series hasn’t hit it’s stride quite yet. In some ways it feels like a Hitchcock thriller which just so happens to star James Bond. At the very least, I think Goldfinger had a better impact on the series as a whole.

[@PentexProductions]

FRWL is my favourite Connery Bond, but it's more of a classic spy movie than a true 'James Bond' movie, because they hadn't quite worked out the Bond formula. Goldfinger established what a Bond movie was forever, and that's why I love it.

[@meiketorkelson4437]

Yeah. From Russia With Love is pretty amazing, but Goldfinger just +1 on it. It's more polished.

[@TheAdventurer1]

Absolutely agree ! Shirley Basseys Golfinger theme is the GOAT of all Bond themes. Also Golfinger is my personal favorite.

[@cgmad2998]

Goldfinger is and will still the iconic James Bond movie forever. No doubt about that. I adore too the Bond videos on this channel.

[@samuelliragoncalvesliragon4989]

Goldfinger and the spy who loved me go hand in hand as the two most iconic James Bond movie... But I think the spy who loved me is perhaps even more iconic than Goldfinger

[@bonghunezhou5051]

"..." + GoldenEye + Casino Royale 📽

[@masudaharris6435]

The golden girl, the Aston Martin, and Shirley's Bassey's theme song somehow made you forget all the film's faults. . . .

[@caranook]

Goldfinger was the first James Bond movie I watched, in 2005. Myself and my brother were fans of Daniel Craig’s past work and when we heard he was cast as James Bond we decided to watch all the previous movies to be prepared for Casino Royale. We didn’t know the order and when we went to the rental shop we picked Goldfinger first because we knew it was the most famous and just assumed it was the first. We were obviously wrong, but it wasn’t a bad start!

[@PentexProductions]

A great place to start! Every scene you're like 'oh THAT'S what that's from!'

[@fredbloggs5902]

Goldfinger was the first Bond film with all the iconic elements. The credits, music, car, gadgets, women etc.

[@6catalina0]

1964, The Beatles and Beatle mania and James Bond, it was the decade of British music and movie culture.

[@jakejennings6534]

Fun Fact Shirely Basssey passed out after finishing the final take of goldfinger because of how long she had to hold the final note

[@PentexProductions]

Apparently she took her bra off while recording to free up her lungs for the final notes!

[@jamesvaughan1590]

Never heard that, but know that Tom Jones passed out as he sang Thunderball

[@pappabunny]

My parents took me to the theater when the movie came out. I also had a battery powered Aston Martin decked out like this one. It would stop, fire the machine guns and pop up the rear shield. You could push the antenna down and change the license plate. There was a small lever to trigger the ejection seat which would shoot a human figure through the roof. Wish I still had it. And those extras at Fort Knox were the actual soldiers stationed at the army base of Fort Knox.

[@StarwarsFannick]

Its good to have you back, and yes i can definitely consider goldfinger to be the high standard for the rest of the bond films to follow and seeing browsen and creig hold goldfinger in very high remarks always makes me proud to be a bond fan and why i fell in love with this franchise to start with.

[@CaStumpe75]

Let's all give some credit to the marvellous German actor Gert Fröbe, who played one of the finest 007-villains.

[@Madmanmarque]

In 1994 Creation Entertainment hosted what was supposed to be the first annual James Bond convention (turned out to be the only one) in Los Angles. They also had a screening of the 30th anniversary of Goldfinger with a brand new print. John Stears was the special guest and before the movie screened, a clip introducing Pierce Brosnan as the new Bond. I got to meet Peter Hunt, Richard Kiel, John Stears and Martine Beswick to name a few. It was where I also got to meet Lee Pfeiffer whom I purchased my one sheets of Goldfinger and Thunderball. They still hang in my office. Great commentary on the films successes and flaws.

[@joshslater2426]

I would say Goldfinger is my favourite Bond film, or perhaps the one I would say had the biggest influence on the Bond series. It set the tone for the franchise, and defined all the tropes and elements that make a Bond film great. It’s both dated and timeless, which means it can appeal to lots of different audiences.

[@ShorePlain]

What a golden treat to come home to! Goldfinger is definitely among the greatest, even more than From Russia With Love in my eyes, and that says a lot about its quality.

[@unowen-nh9ov]

The "unnecessary" scenes are what move Goldfinger from spy flick to epic, the Kentucky scenes actually tell a story & enrich character relationships. You also miss the point of 007's seduction of Pussy, he converts her to the good guys, Blackman acknowledged Connery as sexiest man alive & it plays that way onscreen, Galore is adult woman who ultimately consents, or, as Rigg says in The Assassination Bureau when her character lets her defenses down, "Why not? Surrender is no defeat. For a woman." Agency, not passive victims.

[@BjoernarEricSven]

Collins did such a great job revoicing Froebe that I never noticed until it was pointed out in some dvd bonus material, and being German myself, I've known Froebe's original voice from a lot of his movies.

[@lukderyck]

28:39 'a chase around Pinewood studios'. Boring fact: the outdoor scenes at Goldfinger's compound were actually filmed in Switzerland, at the Pilatus aircraft plant in Stans, on Lake Lucerne.

[@PentexProductions]

The exterior scenes when he arrives in the day and is spying on the operations is indeed in Switzerland, but the chase itself where he crashes the DB5 was filmed around Pinewood Studios. One of the streets in the complex is now called Goldfinger Avenue - en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Goldfinger_Avenue_at_Pinewood_Studios.png

[@vMaxHeadroom]

Great analysis and one of my all time great Bond movies...On a side note, I am sad that today, some people cannot seem to put history into the context of the times...

[@arghjayem]

14:43 I always used to think that Felix Lighter was a code name….kind of like how some people think James Bond is a code name used by several different men all doing essentially the same job. 22:00 I don’t know- I knew him before I ever saw Goldfinger, as the German coffee pot sergeant in The Longest Day, which funnily enough also featured Sean Connery in a minor role! 😂

[@MotoPasjeKamila]

Hey Pentex! Another great production. Although it is not my favourite Bond, I always liked it for all of those great moments and "firsts" in the series. Cheers!

[@PentexProductions]

Thank you! So many firsts in this one.

[@Italy55]

1964 was amazing. I remember the filming at the Fountainbleu Hotel as I grew up in Miami Beach and the Beatles arrival in the US

[@GIBKEL]

I got to sit in that helicopter high in the Swiss amps and sip a cappuccino with 007 foam. What a great circling for me as they were the films that I fell I love as a small child.

[@PentexProductions]

Piz Gloria is like a pilgrimage for Bond fans.

[@Primus54]

Well put together review. I’ll have to take issue with your critique of the end of the movie, which was designed to show the genius in the detail Goldfinger created to pull off his plan… and John Barry’s music was absolutely perfect and highly creative during those scenes which both captured a feel of military precision and built suspense for the finale. It was a very conscious decision for the music of Bond movies to play a major role… much as John Williams’ did for the Star Wars franchise.

[@DaveMcRee]

Excellent, just excellent review.

[@AssassinXI]

47 minutes of Pentex wooooooo!!

[@Scottishbondfan]

good day when pentex has a new bond video

[@PentexProductions]

Good day for me too - it means I can get some sleep!

[@DrD00M3]

Sean Connery always my Goat 🐐 This movie pretty much created the Bondmania that lasted until Sean left the role James Bond at his most popular if only Ian Fleming lived to see it

[@jaycotton7142]

Pierce Brosnan spoke for many of their first viewing of "Goldfinger".

[@j.st.jamesesq.9599]

I enjoy the sequences where we see the Flying Circus spread the gas through the air. My only argument is that the soldiers fall down too quickly. If they were being gassed, they would succumb more slowly. And Goldfinger’s men driving to Fort Knox and setting up the explosives, etc. is a great sequence. Movies back then took their time in developing plot points. Perhaps you’re too used to today’s films where everything has to have fast-paced editing.

[@4879daniel]

I think all those sequences are fine. They only thing i dislike is that Pussy changes her mind, informs the army and somehow swaps out the gas (did she have to empty the canisters ?) and we just jump ahead not seeing how any bit of it came about.

[@oatis053]

Sean Connery was literally the gold!

[@georgeharkness9865]

Goldfinger is so consequential because it was practically a sci-fi film... in a down-to-earth way - It doesn't have an ordinary scene in the entire film - I can't image how the 'water cooler' review conversations went in offices the next day! It had enough memorable plot/scenes, stunts, unusual names, gadgets and characters for 5 regular films of that time! The producers should be commended for taking a huge financial gamble with a leap in budget from Dr. No and From Russia With Love. They could have just made another spy sequel but instead invested in a classic musical score, unusual stunts, sets and vehicles resulting in a stunning production. Goldfinger not only changed the movies and the toy industry but the next few seasons of Television Shows substituted westerns for spies, superheroes, time-travel and outer space shows and more high-concept themes (including 'The Wild Wild West').

[@PentexProductions]

I wanted to talk about the impact it had on toys and tie-in marketing but couldn't really fit it in, which is a shame because Goldfinger walked so Star Wars could run in that space.

[@georgeharkness9865]

@@PentexProductions I've told people for years what you produced fantastically in this video...will share. Thank you!

[@6catalina0]

14:03 The next Bond song should be “Secert Agent Man” by DEVO … “Boys” by The Beatles … or “Date to Church” by The Replacements … or “Born to Run” by Bruce Springsteen … or “Built for Speed” by The Stray Cats … or “What Do I Get” by Buzzcocks … or “Girl Front” by Odd Eye Circle … or “Luv Me” by AOA … or “Super Moon” by WJSN The Cosmic Girls … or “Aitai-tai” by Red Velvet or “Banana Allergy Monkey” by Oh My Girl.

[@sidensvans67]

It has to be Goldfinger . " Do you expect me to talk ? " " No , Mister Bond . I expect you to die ."

[@stevesinclair4159]

I rate Goldfinger as the best James Bond film ever, Connery & his supporting cast made more than just a good film they made Magic

[@PentexProductions]

Gold, you might say!

[@stevesinclair4159]

@@PentexProductions Happy Saturday, yes Goldfinger set the "Gold Standard" for Bond films!

[@dangreene3895]

I was born in 54 , and I never heard of James Bond until Goldfinger, after that everyone knew who Bond was .

[@PentexProductions]

Are you Pierce Brosnan?

[@dangreene3895]

@@PentexProductions I wish, why is he my age ? I thought he was younger .

[@PentexProductions]

Just a reference to the little clip of him at the start of the video ;)

[@user-sq4jz9up6g]

Sad Fleming passed before the movie came out He would have loved it

[@6catalina0]

Ideas for new James Bond: James Bond meets all his girlfriends. “I thought you were going to marry me?” James Bond is played by a different actor in each scene, Jim Cary, Cary Grant, Clint Eastwood, Jackie Chan, Jim Belusie, Harrison Ford, Domhnall Gleeson, and Richard Dreyfus.

[@PentexProductions]

You might enjoy the 1967 version of Casino Royale.

[@goodwood-rc4nx]

the line was due to be "that might be the case but what is your name" or might have missed heard from one of the docs from the dvd/blu ray

[@chrysopylaedesign]

It is well known & DOCUMENTED....that Roger Christian (set decorator/designer '77 A New Hope) designed & created the Lightsaber for the '77 original Star Wars......NOT Stears. ALSO.......James Earl Jones was not credited (he didn't ask to be credited) for the original '77 Star Wars release. It was only after the success of SW & James Earl Jones' recognition that he was credited in the end credits.

[@sebastianhollmichel9566]

As a german native speaker the turnaround to get the real Gert Fröbe performance is funny.

[@ianboard544]

Just the opening - Connery in a wet suit, blowing shit up, then taking off to reveal a white tuxedo, takes out a carnation, puts it in his lapel, enters a bar and lights up a smoke. I mean who wouldn't want to be that guy? So many great lines "do you expect me to talk? No Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!!" . And come on - "Pussy Galores flying circus"? Easily. Hands down. By a mile - the best Bond film.

[@user-km7rc4qc2j]

Jimmy page from Led Zeppelin did the guitar for Goldfinger

[@PentexProductions]

And Michael Caine was crashing on the floor of John Barry's apartment the night he wrote Goldfinger, so he was the first person in the world to hear it.

[@user-gd8fn7qn7r]

great video.

[@PentexProductions]

Thanks for watching.

[@reserva120]

Was hoping you mentioned it “ in the greatest mixed universe “ line in “ modern media times .. on the first Avengers-Steed tells Man Appeal M- appeal- Emma Peal .. he got a Post card from “ honor Blackman in Kentucky “ why she’s there I have no idea “.,

[@elizabethroberts6215]

……nice to see in a photo Connery’s first wife, Australian Diane Cilento, who was the mother of their son, Jason.

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Oh I'm so sad that I can't watch this right away! 😭

[@PentexProductions]

It's not going anywhere :)

[@oobrocks]

The only part I hate: Goldfinger is sucked out a tiny window. As soon as he gets stuck, the suction stops. But they show him going through; it wouldn’t happen

[@stuart.whiting]

Superb ! Saw you posted and immediately rewatched the movie before watching your video. You really nailed the pacing problem once they get to Kentucky -- it's also feels like it is bolted on from a different film tonally. Apart from the classic "villain reveals the entire plan in detail" aspect, the scene with the gangsters is just not good. I know the secondary characters can get distilled down to just being spoofs on reality, but there's no way you think any of those guys are competent enough to run an organized crime ring. And taking one of them to be crushed in a compactor makes no sense for Goldfinger's character. Fixing/removing those scenes would have helped the last act a lot ... but still, a terrific movie. Connery is a flat-out movie star.

[@PentexProductions]

I think some of that is a hangover from the book-to-novel adaptation, since they are meant to play more active roles in his heist in the book. But in the movie they only serve to give Goldfinger someone to explain his plan to, so that Bond can overhear it. Great set though!

[@spockboy]

Awesome video! One correction : Harold Sekata was Hawaiian not Japanese.

[@PentexProductions]

Thanks, and yes indeed he was Hawaiian, with Japanese parents. That's why I said he's Japanese-American :)

[@slatesgames]

You should do a video on From Russia with love since it’s your favorite

[@PentexProductions]

I almost certainly will at some stage

[@imagographics5096]

Sounds like this one's ripe for a fan edit to tighten up a couple of scenes, if one doesn't already exist.

[@davidminken4094]

It's the Felix Leiter division of the CIA, functioning specifically as special liaison to MI-6. All operatives in the division are named Felix Leiter.

[@JamesA1102]

Jane Seymour was not over dubbed in Live and Let Die.

[@PentexProductions]

Her voice was partially dubbed, as it says on the screen in that bit of the video - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikki_van_der_Zyl#James_Bond_films

[@RetroCrisis]

I enjoyed your video a lot. I disagree with your assessment of Grandslam not being tight enough - I feel it adds to the tension. Still, fantastic video and you handled the Pussy Galore section very well.

[@cringusmoss9937]

So the opening scene of True Lies is the opening scene of Goldfinger? Also his plan is the same as the "end of the world" scenario in The Division.

[@PentexProductions]

True Lies opener is indeed a direct reference to Goldfinger!

[@cringusmoss9937]

@@PentexProductions it's sp funny because I've seen both so many times and never connected the two. A simple duck puppet would have made it all so clear

[@jaredholloway6333]

How is OJ Simpson’s lawyer, F. Lee Bailey, interviewing James Bond? 😂

[@dennismason3740]

Bond wore a seagull on his head, not a duck. Theodore's last name is "bye-KELL".

[@tankosaurus]

6:05 Can I imagine an actor saying they've never read or seen or played the thing their character is based on? Yeah, yeah I can. I feel like most don't it's only a rare few that actually do, and we all rejoice when we hear it. Hell, these days it seems like most of the writers don't even pay attention to the source material. I can only think of three exceptions. One Piece, Fallout and the Last of Us. But then again the Last of Us can only claim that because the writer of the game wrote the show, and the creator of One Piece made sure to hold creative control on the that show... Meaning Nolan and Joy (as far as I know) are the only ones that chose of their own will to pay attention to the original IP.

[@ClearCritique]

This is wild timing, as I'm also working on a video that involves Goldfinger. Can't wait to watch this.

[@PentexProductions]

Looking forward to your take as well!

[@cringusmoss9937]

The fact that stuffy movie men from the 60's making the third film in a new franchise have less stringent filters than youtube in 2024. Wild

[@biotrekker]

That's a seagull, my dude, not a duck. Hmmmph!

[@PentexProductions]

But then how would I use that Monty Python clip?!

[@biotrekker]

@@PentexProductions Worth it.

[@marydougans8211]

Oh please, PG totally wants it.

[@trwent]

I fell in love with Tania Mallet (Tiffany) when I first saw this film, and I have never loved another Bond girl more. She was just electric on screen!

[@PentexProductions]

One of my favourite Bond girls.

[@uzetaab]

I think Jaws might be more well known than Oddjob.

[@wurm4676]

Let's flippin goooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!

[@nestorraphaelvalenciano7990]

I agree.

[@gallery7596]

Yeah, it has some problems. I hate those puns, so to me the fact that this one introduced their usage with "shocking" is a definite flaw. I think the girls in tight leather flight suits look silly, and I actually thought they could've done a better job with the shot of the guy being ejected out of the car (why's the camera so far away from the action??). However, it's still my favourite of the Connery films.

[@wendellmarthers3519]

When I was on the army shooting team they hung pictures of their past shooters along the walls as you entered the building and one day when I was on staff duty for you that didn't understand you get to stay awake all night and you guard things or take care of things that happen at night rarely does anything happen. We had an indoor range of 10 meters 33 feet with bullet catchers that would work for up to 20 twos and this is all match grades stuff as an idea while I was there it was the end of the 80s and the air pistol we used and trained with, anyhow that one air pistol cost around $5000 each I'm sure it's gone up by now these pistols would put a hole the size of an eraser in the same hole all day long at 10 meters, it fired one pellet at a time and then you had to reload it and the gas was on in canister underneath the barrel that you refilled right there at the unit so at night you got the train where their rifles or pistols anyhow well poking around one of those long nights I noticed a picture on the wall it was Top Job and I found out the next day by going through the admin personal that we had and Top Job were Staff Sergeants at R unit, and Yep the reason he got put he could meet all the army's physical standards, standards he was just a big boy any less he lost some girth they were gonna put him out of the military and he had an opportunity to train people in martial arts he knew and trained with Bruce Lee and this picture came up and he had all the background in the training that you acquire while being at the USAMU that's the United states Army Marksmanship, top job I'm sorry to say but I don't remember his true name, was a staff Sergeant at Fort Benning GA USAMU all ththere at the unit so at night you got the train where their rifles or pistols anyhow well poking around one of those long nights I noticed a picture on the wall I'm retired and bored and not only do I shoot extremely well I am trained in both the army shooting instructor schools I taught officers I also learned this thing, TVA (Threat Vulnerability Assessment) if you have a family you wanna keep safe if you have a business you want to ensure your people and your business is keept safe is if you wanna learn to carry a weapon if you want your children and your wife to learn from one of the best instructors you ought to contact me because I'm very good and I'm very bored, I've been trained by some of the best shooters in the world USAMU and I spent 17 years in 7th Special Forces Group, I am Presidents 100 and Double Distinguished that just means I shoot and teach really really ( and don't get me started on sniper counter sniper training which I got to school then I got that use it and then I got to come back and teach it and that really ingrains a skill well but I not only can teach the basics and the safety and the home protection but I can also ramp it up to room clearings car clearings home clearings I would love nothing more then to find some people that I can train that can go out and train others called MTT's mobile training teams because it's obvious are police forces need training

[@blakelyhall8191]

Cool

[@unowen-nh9ov]

@DMBall. Nonsense. As the production notes, Goldfinger has the budget of previous 2 productions combined & was the peak of 007 mania globally, as industry & pop culture. This wouldn't happen again until producers revamped the series with Moore & increased budget for The Spy Who Loved Me, Live & Let Die & The Man With the Golden Gun are his equivalent to Dr. No & FRWL. Connery & no big sets BOTH result of original limited budgets (fortunately, because Connery made the character & the series).

[@j.st.jamesesq.9599]

I’m enjoying this video so much I hate to quibble, but I’ve never heard that Jane Seymore was dubbed in “Live and Let Die.” Roger Moore doesn’t mention it in his “Live and Let” autobiography. Not sure about that.

[@bonghunezhou5051]

To the best of my knowledge only Carole Bouquet was "re-voiced" among the female roles of the Roger Moore Bond entries.

[@PentexProductions]

There's a small note on the screen that it was a partial dub, but it is indeed one of Nikki van der Zyl's roles - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikki_van_der_Zyl#James_Bond_films

[@1SaG]

Disclaimer: I *love* Goldfinger, but I do see a problem with it - and it's not really the movie's fault. IMO, almost all newer Bond movies were like re-mixes of a small number of early, franchise-defining films. You can find elements from Dr No, Russia, Goldfinger, Thunderball and YOLT in most films that came after those very early movies. "Spy Who Loved Me" for example is basically a re-hash of YOLT when it comes to the villain's evil plan. It's also no coincidence, IMO, that the Austin Powers series only spoofed aspects of the very early Bond-era in all its three entries: Mid to late 1960s setting/look, evil organization, over-the-top main villain, cartoonishly strong henchman using a weird form of weapon, etc, etc... it's all there. Meaning that when I watch more modern Bond-flicks I can't help but be reminded that the franchise has basically been going in circles for decades and that when I watch early flicks like Goldfinger, the cliched stuff in there stands out way more than it should to me. And probably way more than it would have to a mid/late 1960s audience. Out of the early ones, I've come to appreciate "Russia" and "Majesty's" more and more over the years. "Russia" in particular seems downright restrained in comparison to even some other Connery-entries and also more like an actual spy-thriller. Out of the newer ones, I do enjoy the Dalton entries (highly underrated leading man, IMO) and, of course, "Casino Royale". Such a shame that the Craig era couldn't really deliver after such a strong opening effort. My own theory is that CR probably benefited a lot from the fact that they could work off an original story that hadn't been used before in the EON-canon. It also had the perfect balance between grittiness and humor without seeming like it was trying to be gritty or humorous.

[@6catalina0]

12:24 there are people that use ppl the I would like to go James Bond on - if it means throwing them into a bathtub and throwing a still plugged in electric device in with them.

[@derekramsaroup3883]

I don't agree with your assessment of the Fort Knox heist ...i thought the large number of shots better conveyed the sheer scope of the operation..

[@williambarr3551]

From Russia With Love is the James Bond movie.

[@LukeLovesRose]

The best Bond films from 1 to 3: From Russia With Love Goldfinger GoldenEye

[@RichardTLDR]

Q was introduced in From Russia with Love.

[@PentexProductions]

Did you watch the bit where I talk about that?

[@dudekidhairwhite]

Plot twist: there's no gold in Fort Knox

[@edinburgh1578]

Sean Connery was already wearing a toupé by the time he did Goldfinger.

[@CalidrisJZ]

Fort Knox was a *set*?!

[@PentexProductions]

The interior was a set. Apparently people thought it was real and were gobsmacked because even the President wasn't allowed in the vault at the time. All just a set by Ken Adam, who realised that because no one knew what it looked like for real, he could design it however he wanted!

[@dwdei8815]

If Bond movies had followed my personal wishes, I too would have put in much more of the Mrs Moneypenny/ James flirtation scenes - I loved the chemistry on show - and lots more Q. I'd have trimmed the casino and cocktail party scenes for balance.

[@neonh161]

The crushed car scene is justified in my opinion, because it makes Bonds situation seem futile..

[@Weezing336]

I hope you don't actually discriminate against people who don't like the same things in a movie as you. Someone who doesn't laugh at Bond as a duck might still be the best friend you ever had. Anyway, I think Dr. No sets up pretty well what a Bond film is. I'm not so sure that Goldfinger deserves as much credit as it receives on this front (or any front for that matter).

[@andrewchapman4267]

I think that's a seagull, not a duck 🤔

[@Rick-jf6sg]

Who's the youngster narrating this? He thinks Ian Fleming's original novel had . . . shortcomings?

[@bobfeeney2067]

That looks like a seagull,not a duck.

[@iakona23]

I like Goldfinger, but my favorite Bond film is On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, followed by From Russia With Love. Goldfinger is a very good film but it is probably a bit overrated because it is so incredibly lauded. I don’t have much criticism of it.

[@unowen-nh9ov]

Goldfinger had biggest impact on global audiences, it really did seal the deal on 007 as global industry & phenomenon.