{"id":44940,"date":"2019-09-27T11:14:30","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T18:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=44940"},"modified":"2021-01-15T09:37:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T16:37:33","slug":"goldfinger-1964","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=44940","title":{"rendered":"Goldfinger (1964)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;No, Mr. Bond &#8212; I expect you to die!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Poster-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-44941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Poster-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Poster-85x128.jpg 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Poster.jpg 666w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nBritish special agent James Bond (Sean Connery) battles against a megalomaniac millionaire named Goldfinger (Gert Frobe) who receives assistance from a Korean henchman named Odd Job (Harold Sakata) and a judo-fighting pilot named Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman) as he plans to radiate all the gold in Fort Knox.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cold War<\/li>\n<li>James Bond Films<\/li>\n<li>Sean Connery Films<\/li>\n<li>Spies<\/li>\n<li>World Domination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that this &#8220;third and best of the James Bond films starring Sean Connery&#8221; stars &#8220;two diabolical villains&#8221; (&#8220;gold-mad Auric Goldfinger&#8230; and his invincible henchman, Oddjob&#8221;) and features &#8220;two sexy women (both of whom work for Goldfinger) to seduce: blonde Jill Masterson (Shirley Eaton), who dies when Frobe covers her with gold paint, and brunette &#8216;Pussy&#8217; Galore (Honor Blackman), a lesbian pilot who falls for Bond&#8217;s charms.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Blackman2-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Blackman2-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-63438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Blackman2-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Blackman2-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Blackman2-1-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Blackman2-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Blackman2-1-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Blackman2-1.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He points out that the film is filled with &#8220;lots of humor, gimmicks (Bond uses his Aston-Martin&#8217;s passenger-ejection seat to get rid of one of the villains), excitement (captured Bond watches a laser beam rip through the table he lies on, nearly zapping his crotch), an amusing yet tense golf contest between Bond and Goldfinger, thrilling fights to the death between Bond and Oddjob and Bond and Goldfinger, and a fascinating central crime: Goldfinger wants to destroy all the gold in Fort Knox to both ruin America&#8217;s economy and greatly increase the value of his own gold.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Peary adds that while this film is &#8220;most enjoyable&#8221;, it&#8217;s &#8220;too bad Eaton&#8217;s part isn&#8217;t longer and that Frobe&#8217;s Goldfinger, a heavy but nimble intellectual in the Sydney Greenstreet tradition, never appeared in another Bond film.&#8221; Regardless, there&#8217;s no denying that this film succeeds on just about every count &#8212; though modern viewers will want to be forewarned about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/society\/james-bond-was-a-rapist\/\">infamously disturbing &#8220;consensual rape&#8221; scene<\/a>, and use caution if watching this movie with kids or teens. (Be prepared for a challenging but important discussion, not only about sex and women but about racial depictions.) With that said, Pussy Galore remains one of the delights of powerful women in cinema &#8212; she&#8217;s mesmerizing in every scene, and she can&#8217;t help the screenplay developments her character is saddled with. Best of all, however, are the many seat-clenching action sequences &#8212; zowie, is this film filled with them!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sean Connery as James Bond (nominated as one of the Best Actors of the Year in Peary&#8217;s <em>Alternate Oscars<\/em>)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Connery.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Connery-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-44943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Connery-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Connery-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Connery-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Connery-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Connery.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Blackman.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Blackman-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-44944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Blackman-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Blackman-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Blackman-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Blackman-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Blackman.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gert Frobe as Goldfinger<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Frobe.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Frobe-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-44956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Frobe-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Frobe-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Frobe-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Frobe-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Frobe.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Harold Sakata as Oddjob<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Sakata.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Sakata-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-44945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Sakata-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Sakata-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Sakata-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Sakata-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Sakata.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ted Moore&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Eye.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Eye-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-44950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Eye-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Eye-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Eye-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Eye-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Eye.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Many memorable, exciting sequences and locales<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Gold-Body.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Gold-Body-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-44947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Gold-Body-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Gold-Body-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Gold-Body-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Gold-Body-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Gold-Body.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Dump.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Dump-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-44949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Dump-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Dump-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Dump-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Dump-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Dump.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Set.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Set-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-44952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Set-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Set-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Set-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Set-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Set.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The thrilling finale<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Finale.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Finale-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-44946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Finale-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Finale-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Finale-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Finale-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Goldfinger-Finale.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>John Barry&#8217;s score<\/li>\n<li>Shirley Bassey&#8217;s rendition of the title song<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as one of the most enjoyable entries in the Bond franchise. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Good Show<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/1001Movies.htm\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0058150\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/goldfinger\/review\/124791\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/sciencefiction\/goldfinger-1964.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s2868gold.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/reviews\/36891\/goldfinger\/\">DVD Talk Review (Stuart Galbraith IV)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/24277\/goldfinger#articles-reviews?articleId=235279\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=4240&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;No, Mr. Bond &#8212; I expect you to die!&#8221; Synopsis: British special agent James Bond (Sean Connery) battles against a megalomaniac millionaire named Goldfinger (Gert Frobe) who receives assistance from a Korean henchman named Odd Job (Harold Sakata) and a judo-fighting pilot named Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman) as he plans to radiate all the gold in Fort Knox. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Cold War James Bond Films Sean Connery Films Spies World Domination Response to Peary\u2019s Review: Peary writes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=44940\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44940"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63440,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44940\/revisions\/63440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}