Fritzo
Lifer
No Mr. Bond....I ezzpect you to DIE!
LOL- There was a Bond marathon on one of those obscure Dish Network channels last night. Goldfinger is one of my favorites. Did you know that the guy that played Goldfinger had such a thick accent that his lines were overdubbed by another another actor (Michael Collins).
It was also the first apperence of the gadget laden Austin Marin DB5 (who didn't want a secret panel with machine gun, oil slick, and ejector seat buttons in their car when they were a kid?) Gadgets made but not used in the movie: Front and back over-riders for jamming other vehicles; a weapon's tray under the driver's seat; a headlights chamber containing triple-spiked nail clusters for firing at enemies, a radio telephone inside the driver's door paneling, and a thermos with a built-in hand grenade. This goes in line with the first appearance of the Q-Branch workshop and its gadget testing gags
Speaking of cars, it was also the first appearence of a Mustang in a movie. The Mustang was introduced in April of 1964 and Goldfinger was released in December.
Also remember the fight scene with Oddjob at the end of the movie where Bond gets thrown into a wall? Well, that throw actually hurt Connery's back and delayed shooting for quite a while. He used that injury to renegotiate for nearly double his pay in the next movie.
If anyone wants the combination to the vault in Fort Knox, it's 36104....unless they changed it by now.
Pussy Galore's Flying Circus was supposedly comprised solely of women but was actually made up of men wearing blonde wigs. I feel a little gay now.
This was the first movie to feature a laser beam. The Bond castration scene was originally supposed to use a buzz saw, but it was deemed too corny.
The model that came out of the floor for Operation Grandslam is now housed at the actual Fort Knox and is permanently on exhibition.
Pussy Galore introduces herself to Bond, who replies "I must be dreaming." The original script had Bond replying "I know you are, but what's your name?" This was deemed too suggestive. United Artists considered changing the name of Pussy Galore to Kitty Galore for the same reason.
Shirley Eaton underwent two hours of make-up application which involved being gild painted to become a gold painted corpse. Skin suffocation is not real- the set producers got some bad medical advice. She was more apt to die from an allergic reaction to the paint. After the film was released, rumors circulated that Shirley Eaton had actually died on set, owing to the misconception that the gold paint caused asphyxiation.
The producers wanted Orson Welles to play Auric Goldfinger, but Welles was too expensive. Then Gert Fröbe began arguing over his salary (he wanted 10% from the movie's earnings). On top of that they had to pay a voice actor to dub all of Gert's parts, prompting the producers to wonder whether Welles would have been cheaper after all.
The first Bond film to be shown on U.S. commercial TV, on Sunday, 17 September 1972, earning the highest Nielsen ratings for a single movie on TV up to that time. 49% of the nation's viewers tuned in that night, and ABC-TV, which showed the film, would retain the exclusive commercial U.S. TV rights to the Bond series for the next 28 years.
Banned in Israel for many years after Gert Fröbe revealed he had been a member of the Nazi Party. The ban was lifted after a Jewish family came forward to praise Fröbe for protecting them from persecution during World War II.
In order to simulate the sound of crumpling metal in the car compactor, sound effects editor Norman Wanstall used the sound of crumpling beer cans. Go with what you know I guess.
In the original cut of the film, the bomb's timer was stopped at 003, explaining Bond's line about "three more clicks." It was later changed to 007 for obvious reasons. However, this produced a continuity gaffe as James Bond says "Three more ticks and Mr. Goldfinger would have hit the jackpot."
There. Did I over-analyze the movie for you?
LOL- There was a Bond marathon on one of those obscure Dish Network channels last night. Goldfinger is one of my favorites. Did you know that the guy that played Goldfinger had such a thick accent that his lines were overdubbed by another another actor (Michael Collins).
It was also the first apperence of the gadget laden Austin Marin DB5 (who didn't want a secret panel with machine gun, oil slick, and ejector seat buttons in their car when they were a kid?) Gadgets made but not used in the movie: Front and back over-riders for jamming other vehicles; a weapon's tray under the driver's seat; a headlights chamber containing triple-spiked nail clusters for firing at enemies, a radio telephone inside the driver's door paneling, and a thermos with a built-in hand grenade. This goes in line with the first appearance of the Q-Branch workshop and its gadget testing gags
Speaking of cars, it was also the first appearence of a Mustang in a movie. The Mustang was introduced in April of 1964 and Goldfinger was released in December.
Also remember the fight scene with Oddjob at the end of the movie where Bond gets thrown into a wall? Well, that throw actually hurt Connery's back and delayed shooting for quite a while. He used that injury to renegotiate for nearly double his pay in the next movie.
If anyone wants the combination to the vault in Fort Knox, it's 36104....unless they changed it by now.
Pussy Galore's Flying Circus was supposedly comprised solely of women but was actually made up of men wearing blonde wigs. I feel a little gay now.
This was the first movie to feature a laser beam. The Bond castration scene was originally supposed to use a buzz saw, but it was deemed too corny.
The model that came out of the floor for Operation Grandslam is now housed at the actual Fort Knox and is permanently on exhibition.
Pussy Galore introduces herself to Bond, who replies "I must be dreaming." The original script had Bond replying "I know you are, but what's your name?" This was deemed too suggestive. United Artists considered changing the name of Pussy Galore to Kitty Galore for the same reason.
Shirley Eaton underwent two hours of make-up application which involved being gild painted to become a gold painted corpse. Skin suffocation is not real- the set producers got some bad medical advice. She was more apt to die from an allergic reaction to the paint. After the film was released, rumors circulated that Shirley Eaton had actually died on set, owing to the misconception that the gold paint caused asphyxiation.
The producers wanted Orson Welles to play Auric Goldfinger, but Welles was too expensive. Then Gert Fröbe began arguing over his salary (he wanted 10% from the movie's earnings). On top of that they had to pay a voice actor to dub all of Gert's parts, prompting the producers to wonder whether Welles would have been cheaper after all.
The first Bond film to be shown on U.S. commercial TV, on Sunday, 17 September 1972, earning the highest Nielsen ratings for a single movie on TV up to that time. 49% of the nation's viewers tuned in that night, and ABC-TV, which showed the film, would retain the exclusive commercial U.S. TV rights to the Bond series for the next 28 years.
Banned in Israel for many years after Gert Fröbe revealed he had been a member of the Nazi Party. The ban was lifted after a Jewish family came forward to praise Fröbe for protecting them from persecution during World War II.
In order to simulate the sound of crumpling metal in the car compactor, sound effects editor Norman Wanstall used the sound of crumpling beer cans. Go with what you know I guess.
In the original cut of the film, the bomb's timer was stopped at 003, explaining Bond's line about "three more clicks." It was later changed to 007 for obvious reasons. However, this produced a continuity gaffe as James Bond says "Three more ticks and Mr. Goldfinger would have hit the jackpot."
There. Did I over-analyze the movie for you?
