GOLDFINGER | The Movie That Made James Bond

[@PentexProductions]

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[@charlieboy1701]

Nailed this!

[@shortattentionspantheatre5075]

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[@CarlJohnson-kk4pr]

Never read one of Bond books, yet have seen all the movies.!!!!! Excellent, Superb Powerful PowerHouse Exhilarating Adventurous Mysterious!!!!! Great Gadgets!!!!!!

[@debrabader806]

The only True James Bond is Sean O’Connor❤

[@tonycatman]

The short one-piece romper suit that you like so much - it comes from the book Casino Royale. I've no idea why Fleming was so attached to the thing, but gives it much more than a passing mention in that book.

[@bondgabebond4907]

How can anyone not be excited with the music screams and Shirley sings the song. Every time I hear that song, I get goosebumps.

[@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

[@PatrickOCnMD]

His Goldeneye was also fantastic. For me, the Best Bond movies were Goldfinger, Thunderball, and Goldeneye.

[@alfonsobiggers2452]

Talk about "The Midas Touch"...

[@itiswhatitis9591]

VPN time

[@renatomuller3188]

@@PatrickOCnMD Boys with toys!

[@JohnShields-xx1yk]

I was 5 when gold finger came out, the Beatles were blasting over the radio, huge impact in my hometown of Boston, James Bond, the Beatles, batman and the munsters. I wanna go back for a do over.

[@standupamerica5707]

I was 12 and same thing wanting to go back.

[@Henry-r2f]

When Goldfinger was being shot, the public was becoming aware of the Beatles, but they were not the global phenom they would become only a few months later. In the Jill Masterson scene, Bond finds the champagne bottle had warmed to room temp and drinking warm champagne (he gives the correct temperature) was simply not done. "It's like listening to the Beatles without earmuffs" which was a put down. So Bond was not a Beatles fan (despite McCartney later creating a Bond theme).

[@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.

[@glenfordburrell1076]

Does anyone know what his brand of cigarettes were. I'd hazard a guess that they were either Dunhill, Piccadilly or Peter Stuyvesant!

[@billolsen4360]

@@glenfordburrell1076 Piccadilly when in Britain, Peter Stuyvesant when in America, naturally.

[@paddyglenny]

A great video!

[@doncase2169]

it is also the scene they showed at the Oscars when Goldfinger won for best sound. The author of this piece misses several things and this is one of them. This is called letting the film breathe' and was as pointed out here an example of the callous disregard Goldfinger had for others,

[@josephrkennedy845]

My dad was a cameraman and worked on Goldfinger. I have a couple of photos of him wearing Odd Job's hat on the set. Ironically regarding the Beatles he also covered them at Shea Stadium and when the anniversary came my brother found a photo of him online walking away from the stage and the Beatles are behind him.

[@user-sg6xv2kb8s]

Excellent to hear. Do you have any details of the cameras and lenses used for the production?

[@DBEdwards]

AMAZING. WHAT A SUPER MEMORY. LUCKY YOU!!!!

[@oldmoviesinbwwithsubtitles3501]

WOW ! 👍

[@JeffBreyer]

"No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die!" is THE iconic baddie line in all of the series. Love it.

[@d.e.b.b5788]

It is one of the greatest exchanges in cinematic history; it really needs Bond's first, 'Do you expect me to talk?'.

[@deadponic117]

for the longest time i thought he said "i expect you to buy"

[@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.

[@alertgasper]

As for the length of time spent on the taking of Fort Knox...i think that's for the audience's benefit. they wonder who is going to save the day, but they watch scene after scene of soldiers getting knocked out. Had there only been one or two scenes, it would be easy to believe there had to be another base or barracks location full of troops ready to go if only they were called out. Showing details like how they blow the gate enforce the notion Goldfinger has set this up to be a cake-walk, that there really is no one to stop him brazingly destroying America's economy.

[@rafaelfiallo4123]

It's even close to the same color of the JFK limo.

[@chestermarcol3831]

No to mention the fact that there is absolutely NO way that the axle/tires/frame of that Ford Ranchero could have transported that amount of weight (which would have exceeded the maximum payload weight by 9 times) LOL

[@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.

[@thesoultwins72]

@NoosaHeads.....Why did you buy the Aston-Martin DB6? It wasn't used in Goldfinger! In fact, the actual Aston-Martin used in Goldfinger was really a DB4 with 'modifications' and 'badged up' as a DB5. [Aston-Martin were still a couple of months' away from finalising the DB5 ready for its official launch]. Having said all that, the DB6 - whilst not a commercial success [in fact, it performed quite poorly in terms of sales] was a much more refined car than either the DB4 or DB5. Sadly, it signified the last in Aston-Martin's 'DB' series.

[@EmyrDerfel]

​@@thesoultwins72at age 23, buying an Aston of any model is pretty remarkable.

[@victorkhong7654]

I never knew Goldfinger's voice was dubbed. Impeccable work and yes, the seminal genre-establising format which has lasted till today.

[@CaStumpe75]

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

[@jarniwoop]

Gert is a great actor. He's hilarious in Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines.

[@cha5]

@@jarniwoopAnd Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as the King (was Bombi his name?) who just loves toys.

[@Spider-Fan006]

He was also a morally upstanding man who was former Nazi Party member who turned coat when he was disgusted of their views on Jews even keepsome hidden in his home what a great man may he rest in peace

[@jarniwoop]

@@Spider-Fan006 Wow. That's great to know. BTW I have an inlaw in Munich who looks just like him.

[@5400bowen]

@@Spider-Fan006he smuggled some Jewish people out if Germany and defected as well.

[@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.

[@malafakka8530]

I never noticed as well. I am still kind of not convinced. That's how good of a job he did.

[@fredbloggs5902]

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

[@michaelchristian5089]

Yes, you're right.... ...With 'Dr No' you can see that they are just feeling their way...

[@brerrabbit9585]

60 years on, it`s STILL the best Bond of them all. Excellent, just excellent.

[@jason60chev]

I like it and Thunderball.

[@dr.juerdotitsgo5119]

It's undoubtedly the most iconic, but as a fan of both the movies and Ian Fleming novels, I say the best Bond is From Russia with Love.

[@brerrabbit9585]

FRWL is my second favorite. More in the mold of a Hitchcock film with the excellent Orient Express and chopper chase sequences that were obviously inspired y 'North by Northwest'. @@dr.juerdotitsgo5119

[@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.

[@alertgasper]

arguably--I just was at the Brimfield antique show and someone had that car you mentioned--that particular David Brown 6 Aston Martin was one of the most popular movie vehicles rendered in various small scales. Just finding a Corgi one with the little red passenger still in it is a treat. I can't think of too many other movie cars replicated in a variety of scales and sizes.

[@kennethbutler1343]

That toy was recently on a Pawn Stars episode with a near mint box, and I think they paid $500.

[@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.

[@ScienceTalkwithJimMassa]

@@bennewnham4497 Just as the shark swimming past Connery in the pool during Thunderball - that was Sean not acting!

[@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.

[@TheAdventurer1]

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

[@jpkatz1435]

Listen to Tom Jones "Thunderball", it's pretty darn good.

[@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.

[@PaulScheller-s9f]

The car crushing scene shows Goldfinger will not give up his gold to anyone for any reason. Its also funny to think that little Ford pickup could carry a crushed Lincoln with gold in the trunk. The rear tires would be scraping the wheel wells.

[@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.

[@masudashizue777]

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

[@d.e.b.b5788]

I think that for most of us we were at an age where we didn't yet get critical about the details in those type of movies. No blade of grass counting, no complaining about green screen usage, we just were so enthralled by the storyline, that the details just didn't seem all that important. And that magnificence stayed with us forever, every time Shirley sang that song, we got transported back in time to being boys again, completely mesmerized by all the beautiful girls, the suave behavior by Connery, and the scenery of wonderful places we'd never been to or maybe would never get to go. It was..... wonderful.

[@onestopshockblockcockblockcop]

I don't know about that, I'd say (that scene, you know what I'm talking about) is probably the thing that sticks in my memory the most, which is a shame for an otherwise fun bond film.

[@thyslop1737]

Very first movie I ever saw in the movie theather as a kid for my birthday at six years old was Goldfinger. I was hooked. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. The opening(that song grabbed you by the throat), the cinematography, that Aston Martin DB5, Sean Connery suave appearance and mannnerism, then ODD JOB, I could go on and on.

[@carltornell]

You are spot on in your saying that Gold Finger goes downhill as from the airplane scene, but so do the books: the first halves are usually brilliant, but then then they turn into some very plain fight grinding nonsense. So, for better or worse, the movies unfortunaltely follow the novels.

[@tooltime9260]

Goldfinger filled out so many details of who 007 was and that made us get involved mentally with his character. The car, the women, the gadgets, the music, the intricacy of detail everywhere and a perfect villain all combined to make a mentally engrossing movie. Starting off with the theme song really set the tone.

[@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.

[@MrEab2010]

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

[@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!

[@davidjames579]

EON were actually offered the chance to produce A Hard Day's Night, but said no as they didn't think The Beatles would be around long enough for the film to be successful! However, that didn't stop them letting Paul McCartney visit the set of Goldfinger. He took a look at the Aston Martin DB5 and bought one with his newfound riches.

[@Luka2000_]

Goldfinger did everything right and its to this day incredible. This movie is a masterpiece

[@RichardFraser-y9t]

The corrective rape?

[@jonathanpratte1988]

As a 36 years old James Bond fan since I was a teenager, I loved your video. Excellent work. 💪🏻

[@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.

[@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.

[@TheMacdod]

From Russia With Love is my favorite too. It's a little more staid and has aged better.

[@rafaelfiallo4123]

The car crushing scene is fairly dark if think about the fact there's a body in the car. All you have are the mechanical noises of the crane and crusher. Its a pretty serious scene.

[@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.

[@RandallvanOosten-ln5wf]

It is one of those things, you had to be there. In 1964, Goldfinger was a world cultural phenomenon. 007 was everywhere. If you were a high school boy (I was), you wanted to grow up and be a cool spy just like Bond.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

The Man From UNCLE came along a year later ? Thanks to Bond.? Solo and Kuryakin were just as cool...!

[@johntechwriter]

Seeing that film in my fourteenth year marked the beginning of my black turtleneck collection.

[@lexiwanowski7]

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

[@6catalina0]

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

[@billolsen4360]

Wasn't that the year that they stopped food rationing in the U.K?

[@StevenKeery]

​@@billolsen4360No, rationing stopped in 1953.

[@markrossow6303]

...the end of the Rule by Received Pronunciation...

[@dashtoroya2838]

What about dalekmania for sci-fi from doctor who?

[@jason60chev]

Dean Martin knocked the Beatles out of #1in August 1964.

[@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!'

[@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.

[@robertroberto2487]

I'm Curious No Mention Of Bond Car In You Visits Or New York To See Brosnan,Isabella,Desmond Llewellyn Goldeneye Junket Premier.And Cast Interviews.Incredible Fan.

[@Madmanmarque]

@@robertroberto2487 I've seen the various cars several times. The Lotus Esprit, the Original effects DB5 (that went missing), the Peterson Museum exhibit, and a walk around of the Restored DB5 "touring car" that sold for 4.6 million. I've also been to screenings of the films in Los Angeles with Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson and Marc Foster

[@charleyit]

I totally disagree that the Kentucky sequences do not fit. I think they are absolutely a work of art. The movie needed to slow down an bit to let us catch our breaths and to explain the totality of the plan. The car crushing scene to me was one of the most memorable. As was already stated by another commenter, this scene expressed Goldfinger's wealth, and his willingness to do whatever is needed to succeed. The car crush was one of my favorite scenes. As a 14 year old, I thought it was so cool, and that is one of the purposes of the scene. It kept me engaged.

[@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...

[@jstanovic]

I remember watching this movie in a theater while in the 8th grade...blew my mind and made me a Bond fan forever! My local library had the set of Ian Flemings novels and i read everyone!

[@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! 😂

[@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"

[@SteveWood-m9q]

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

[@Solitude47152]

The engine was taken out before crushing it

[@Mark-yy2py]

Must have a hell of a suspension!

[@RivetGardener]

That Ranchero and the Lincoln are worth the move alone! What about that 1962 Country Squire Galaxie?? Maybe even better! Set the stage for super beautiful cutting edge American cars. Kind of petered off after this movie.

[@JayTemple]

29:40 Honor Blackmon once said she had the most obscene name in the Bond canon, a claim which I imagine Lois Chiles would dispute.

[@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.

[@cgmadou]

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 📽

[@Worklikeyoushouldbe]

Best music, best scenes, best dialog, best cinematography, and best plot. Yep

[@paulelliott7493]

Sean IS Bond....he defined the role and made it his,...no other actor could come close to what Sean did with the role.The early Bond movies are far and away the best.

[@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

[@paul-u2y9y]

@dr2759 he got a lousy script too.

[@YDDES]

St.jamesesq9599. Seems illogical that he throughs around his real name like that. In the books he worked ”under cover”.

[@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!

[@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.

[@Brian-uy2tj]

Goldfinger had a great theme song, the music is great then the gal singing is nothing short of terrific..... but Paul McCartney's "Live and let die" was the greatest of them all, hands down.

[@allanmcinnes4765]

I disagree with your view that the car crushing scene was superfluous. At the time most cinema goers were amazed that such a business existed. It added to how ruthless Goldfinger was in disposing of his enemies leaving no trace.

[@macroman52]

When I was 13 I was introduced to Bond via a Christmas gift of a "James Bond Souvenir" book. I now realize it mainly featured scenes from Goldfinger. There was a double page technical description of the Aston Martin. Also there was something about the Walther handgun, something about Odd Job and his hat and maybe a map of Fort Knox. I remember my parents talking about "that's a Smith and Wesson- you've had your six". There was also a collection of Bond girls but the only one I remember was Ursula Undressed coming out of the sea with her hand on the butt of her knife - very hot stuff for a 13-year-old. I wasn't allowed to see the movies until 3 or 4 years later.

[@ODUBlue]

I’m the weirdo who says Connery came into his own in From Russia with Love (my favorite 007 film). It’s just extraordinary what they were able to do with limited technology and time; they were cranking out a new one roughly every 18 months for a decade. Bond’s fight with Red Grant on the train is worth the price of admission by itself, but there’s also Tatiana. Goldfinger is iconic and holds a special place in my heart. There are some 007 films that, when people say it’s their favorite, you cannot argue.

[@PentexProductions]

I think From Russia With Love is a better overall film, and has better film-making on display, but it is similar in tone and style to other 60s spy movies. Goldfinger set Bond apart as its own thing and made the series what it is today, but I also prefer FRWL as a movie, even if it's a bit more conventional.

[@ODUBlue]

@@PentexProductions love it, agreed on all points 💪 Good content sparks discussion, so thank you for the good content!!

[@jamesmorris9816]

Living in Rome these days but I grew up in Kentucky, it’s nice to see the landscape of my youth and having been to Switzerland, the UK etc, I think it holds its own, at least in my mind.

[@jeffjeff4477]

Seeing Goldfinger as a kid was the action adventure film that checked all the boxes Still one of the best movies of all time

[@Solitude47152]

Goldfinger and Moonraker just entertain you to escape. My 2 favorite Bonds.

[@56postoffice]

Bond, as laser nears his crotch: *"Don't you want me to talk?"* Goldfinger: *"No, Mr Bond. I expect you to die!"* Some of the greatest lines in the whole Bond series.

[@MarcFlain]

in the history of cinema

[@RobertR3750]

Your quote is wrong. Bond says "do you expect me to talk?"

[@MarcFlain]

@@RobertR3750 let's have a Vesper and cheers

[@doncase2169]

as far as the barn scene with Pussy, you must remember this: in a few short hours the attack would begin and tens of thousands would die. He had no other alternatives rather than to bring her to the right side, and the forced seduction worked. It was not a 'romantic encounter'. It was a primal exchange between to apex predators, and it worked. You may not like it, it probably wouldn't see the light of day in modern PC cinema, but as a plot device it worked. She discovered another side of herself and the day was saved. Seeing it in any other prism is, well, silly. This wasn't a 'rom-com' affair. It was life or death.

[@NigelTufnel612]

And, Bond was her prisoner, not the other way around. Plus, the end scene confirms it was mutual.

[@Gobbersmack]

Lesbians are a myth anyway.

[@Zugh3]

Yup, she had the power and he did what he had to do.

[@doncase2169]

@@Zugh3 he did 'appeal to her maternal instinct' after all.

[@artytomparis]

A beautiful movie. Wonderful analysis. Interestingly 5 years after the release (1964), the gold run began (1971 to 1980). I also love Dr No. My neighbor is Yvonne Brewster. She provided many of the Jamaican actors, while her father provided the hearse.

[@rafaelfiallo4123]

The pre-credits sequences are like a Bond movie we never get to see....

[@bdflatlander]

Goldfinger was the first Bond movie I saw when I was 12 years old in 1965. I saw it in the Laguna Theater in Laguna Beach - an absolutely beautiful setting. I was hooked instantly and the Fort Knox battle scene had me on the edge of my seat. Also the scene where they revealed Shirley Eaton covered in gold paint took my breath away. I thought, ‘wow, this movie is really intense’! Really, there are so many elements that made this movie so spectacular: Odd Job, the best henchman in the whole Jame Bond series IMO Gert Frobe cast as Goldfinger - superb acting job although his voice was dubbed because he spoke very little English and had a thick German accent. The name Pussy Galore for the main Bond Girl - very inventive and very scandalous for the mid 60’s! The laser beam scene where Goldfinger delivers that marvelous line, ‘No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!’ The chase scene at the Goldfinger plant where the smuggled gold is melted where Bond fires the ejector seat in his customized DB5 (absolutely beautiful car too) during the exciting car chase scene - great stuff! The music was spectacular, especially the title song sung by Shirley Bassey. The other Bond title song that I thought was great was Thunderball sung by Tom Jones. I could go on and on - suffice it to say that Goldfinger was just an all around superb movie. And finally and no disrespect intended towards the other actors who portrayed JB but IMO nobody measures up to Sir Sean Connery - he was so perfectly cast as Bond, the combination of a rugged man of action, a suave British gentleman and the ultimate ladies man. While I thought Pearce Brosnan and Daniel Craig did commendable jobs portraying Bond, Sir Sean was in a league of his own.

[@oatis053]

Sean Connery was literally the gold!

[@usedscar]

He was the perfect actor for that role. Can you imagine anyone else?

[@lumberpilot]

Sean Connery's character was shown to be vulnerable and he could be caught, trapped or hurt. Roger Moore's character, in contrast, was unflappable and seemingly untouchable. James Bond lost its edge when they made this change.

[@socalemeraldaztecanrhino922]

Another interesting fact is that the character of Auric Goldfinger is the only Bond antagonist to have made the American Film Institute's list of the 100 Best Heroes And Villains [50 heroes and 50 villains]. He ranks as the 49th best villain. Likewise, James Bond made the list as well. Sir Sean Connery's 007 from the debut film Dr. No is ranked as the third greatest hero in American cinema. Goldfinger has received further accolades by the AFI with the following = • 100 Thrills : # 71 • 100 Movie Quotes : # 90 "A Martini. Shaken, not stirred." • 100 Songs : # 53 "Goldfinger."

[@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

[@2msvalkyrie529]

The Beatles and Cassius Clay - Muhammad Ali - were in Miami at the same time. !

[@marknewton6984]

Miami Beach Rhumba !😎

[@davelarsen9847]

This is in deed the best Bond movie by far. I will never forget being at the drive in movie with my mom but especially my dad. I was very young, but I could see how thrilled my dad was, even though years later he told me that Thunderball was his personal favorite.

[@TheVigilantEye77]

From Russia With Love made the franchise. Still the best and most “realistic”

[@ryanehlis426]

That was a good one to

[@JohnL1950]

True.

[@RivetGardener]

This was my favorite bond movie of all time too. I love the scene when Pussy Galore's airplanes fly over fort knox to distribute the sleeping gas, but all soldier units "pass out" and "fall in unison" just prior to Pussy's planes flying over! Once you see this you can never unsee this.

[@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

[@bondgabebond4907]

@@jamesvaughan1590 Didn't Tom remove his bra like Shirley?

[@davidjames579]

@@bondgabebond4907 No, he was the one removing Shirley's bra

[@rayvenkman2087]

@@davidjames579It’s not unusual...

[@TheGrenadier97]

Goldfinger was a really nice movie. The villanous plan was quite convincing and clever and the crazy action scenes typical of the day were very entertaining.

[@j.st.jamesesq.9599]

I disagree with your take on the hay scene between Bond and Pussy. Although she does resist him at first, she then wraps her arms around him (40:29) and accepts his advances. Thus, those who feel “uncomfortable” with this sequence are reading too much into the action. Bond had to seduce Pussy in order to save the mission. Without her cooperation, Operation Grand Slam would have been a success.

[@davidjames579]

There's a whole backstory in the novel to Pussy's reluctance. Basically, she was raped as as a child by a man. She then understandably developed a fear and disgust of sexual advances by males. The novel somewhat suggests her Lesbianism was only a reaction to that, and essentially a safety blanket. If you accept that, that this is the reason why she is against Bond's actions. Of course a 1964 film, and for that matter one meant to be watched by children, couldn't include that. However the film does show that she has chemistry with Bond, even while sticking to her default on men. So her original response fits, but as you say her submitting shows her decision to give into her feelings and accept a man as a lover, after her horrific childhood experience. There's all kinds of issues around homosexuality or bisexuality being presented as a safety mechanism rather than how Pussy genuinely feels, but that aside the knowledge of her backstory does explain the scene better. It's just the film couldn't go into that. Once you read it as a woman fighting against her emotional scars and accepting she can have a physical relationship with a man she is attracted to, rather than seeing it as the oft reported "Bond turns a Lesbian straight", it makes more sense.

[@davidpancerz5820]

I too, vehemently disagree with your take on the roll in the hay scene as it was integral to the plot for all the reasons st.jamesesq points out. This was filmed long before political correctness infiltrated modern society as we know it (thankfully). While no one condones sexual abuse on any level, for the period & film context the scene fits perfectly. And of all the Bond women throughout the history of the franchise, I find Galore to be the strongest and most intelligent. If she really wanted to thwart Bond's advances I feel she could have made quick work of him. In my eyes, the pool scene where Bond condescendingly dismisses Dink with the smack on her rump was more egregious & sexist. At least you refrained from the overused cliche of the day, 'toxic masculinity'. That would have been an ender to your video for me and many others.

[@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.

[@Fee-Nix]

@12:44 In the movie the door SLAM! edited precisely to cue in the Goldfinger title song. @35:26 A nuclear ‘device’. Nuclear Bombs were big news around that time in the 1960’s (even used in Doctor Who). The mention of a Nuclear Weapon always grabbed the attention or interest of the paying public, as the use of Atomic bombs were still fresh in the memories of the world.

[@josephcope7637]

I couldn't disagree more about the scenes set in Kentucky. For one thing the background score kept the process of eliminating Solo moving right along. The bailing of his body inside that car further illustrated Goldfinger's conscienceless villainy.

[@jamesjimbob71]

this is absolutly one of my favourite bond films

[@robharper2078]

I loved "Goldfinger", but FRWL ranks up there too. The opening sequence was riveting, the fight scene on the train was one of the best ever, and Rosa Klebb? Pure evil.

[@DC9848]

Great analysis, but as a kid the 5 min montage of taking over fort Knox was one my favorite moments and to this date I am fond of it.

[@4CardsMan]

Dont leave out Gert Frobe's hilarious take on Goldfinger

[@thermionic1234567]

Excellent, deep-focus color photography combined with great locations!

[@falconinflight6235]

Each Bond refreshed the movie baseline theme and music.

[@abigailslade3824]

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

[@usedscar]

The Rock was the last Bond movie!

[@Michael.marshall-w3d]

The Rock is not a Bond film. Sean Connery may have starred in the first six Bond films and this film.

[@abigailslade3824]

@@Michael.marshall-w3d it’s a joke you have missed, maybe look back through earlier vids posted by this channel and you will get it.

[@abigailslade3824]

@@Michael.marshall-w3d swoosh, that was the sound of my comment going over your head.

[@Michael.marshall-w3d]

@@abigailslade3824 just the opposite, your comment got a comment from me that you don't like because it shows how unfunny and ignorant you are.

[@HarryMyers-me2gk]

I still think From Russia With Love is the best. Dam good story and really good acting by all the cast.❤❤

[@DarrylRuiz-s1w]

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

[@usedscar]

He was so young.

[@StevenKeery]

​@@usedscar: Fleming is reputed to have drank heavily and smoked sixty cigarettes a day.

[@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.

[@Finarphin]

"Oh, nothing, Mr. Bond. I own the club."

[@ianboard544]

@@Finarphin "I'd say it's a 30 year old fine, indifferently blended. With an overdose of bonbois!"

[@mohamad-ms2pb]

Back in the summer of 1972 Golfinger was shown in movie theaters along with Dr. No and FRWL. Then about two months later Goldfinger made it's network television debut on ABC.

[@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

[@EthanKnight97]

Posting on Goldfinger's 60th anniversary. Still my favourite.

[@StarwarsFannick]

Actually the 007 counter was a small idea from harry saltzman, who instead of having it at 3 minutes he changed it to the 7 second mark. Which is another reason why goldfinger became a giant standard.

[@MyLateralThawts]

When the girl was covered in gold, the villain was metaphorically giving Bond the finger …the Goldfinger!

[@SpaceCadete101]

so lucky to see them all at the cinema dude - epic

[@DrivingwithGloves]

What a fantastic analysis of one of my favourite films.

[@dennismason3740]

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

[@roncolemanlaw]

Great analysis and very enjoyable video!

[@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

[@KarlSpence]

A fine video, but I can't agree that the second half of "Goldfinger" drags at all. As a veteran, I enjoyed the aerial tour of Fort Knox. (I understand that the GIs falling down "dead" were all paid in beer.) The lengthy rollout of the assault on the depository was a tension-builder justified by the dread everyone felt, in those days, of an atom bomb hitting our own country. The Bond-Oddjob fight kept us from getting bored with the big shootout going on outside, and the subsequent countdown to the Big Bang kept the tension going, with Barry at his bombastic best. Earlier, the crushing of the Lincoln may have been a bit gratuitous, but as publicity it was brilliant. A luxury car being reduced to scrap metal like that was just over-the-top extravagant! "Goldfinger" was peak Bond, the summit of the Connery films, and they as a group leave all other Bonds in the dust.

[@williamdean5075]

I'm 76 yrs old and remember the releases of these films. Dr. No was the film that introduced and "made" James Bond; Goldfinger was released to theatres AFTER Conerry and Ursula Andress had made the franchise worth following.

[@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.