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Goldfinger Critics Consensus. Goldfinger is where James Bond as we know him comes into focus - it features one of 007's most famous lines ('A martini. Shaken, not stirred') and a wide range of.
The 1964 James Bond action thrilled Goldfinger features a plot in which the titular villain, the evil Auric Goldfinger, plans to contaminate the United States Bullion Depository at Fort Knox. Goldfinger’s secretary, Jill Masterson, tries to foil the plot by betraying her criminal boss, but he kills her in thematic style by painting her entire body gold:As James Bond explains after he find Masterson’s body, covering a person with paint will cause death because the body “breathes” through the skin. He then goes on to state that professional dancers know to leave a small patch of unpainted skin at the base of the spine to prevent their falling victim to asphyxiation.Although it was still widely believed at the time Goldfinger was made that we “breathe” through our skin and that closing off all the pores in one’s body would result in a quick death, we now know this to be false. (Another commonly accepted part of this concept was the notion that leaving a small portion of the body unpainted was sufficient to ward off disaster.). As long as a person can breathe through his mouth and/or nose, he will not die of asphyxiation, no matter how much of his body is covered with paint (or any other substance).
This isn’t to say that painting yourself isn’t unsafe, however — clogging all your pores prevents you from perspiring and could eventually cause you to die from overheating, and toxic substances found in paint could contribute to your demise if you stay in a painted state too long.When, the actress who portrayed Auric Goldfinger’s doomed secretary, was covered with paint for the “gold corpse” scene, the studio had a few doctors standing by to ensure that she was not overcome by the effects of the paint. She wasn’t completely naked in this scene (she wore a G-string), and, bowing to the beliefs of the day, a six-inch square of skin on her abdomen was left unpainted as a precaution (to allow her skin to “breathe”).Eaton did not die or even become ill as a result of her Goldfinger experience: she made a few more films before retiring from acting to spend more time with her family.On the surface this sounds like a pretty silly story — as if the producers of a movie decided to film a murder scene by really shooting one of the actors. The sight of the dead, gold-painted girl in Goldfinger is one of filmdom’s most memorable images, however, and in 1964 Shirley Eaton’s prone, golden body was displayed everywhere (including the cover of Life magazine). People believed that being covered in paint would cause death, this woman had obviously been painted, and she seemingly disappeared from the public eye afterwards, so Incidentally, Goldfinger was not the first film to feature a character’s being killed through being covered with gold paint. That honor belongs to the 1946 Boris Karloff movie.
Running time110 minutesCountryUnited KingdomUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget$3 millionBox office$125 millionGoldfinger is a 1964 and the third installment in the produced by, starring as the fictional agent. It is based on the. The film also stars as and as the title character, along with as the iconic Bond girl Jill Masterson. Goldfinger was produced by and and was the first of four Bond films directed by.The film's plot has Bond investigating gold smuggling by gold magnate Auric Goldfinger and eventually uncovering Goldfinger's plans to contaminate the at. Goldfinger was the first Bond, with a budget equal to that of the two preceding films combined. Principal photography took place from January to July 1964 in the United Kingdom, and the United States.The release of the film led to a number of promotional licensed tie-in items, including a toy car from which became the biggest selling toy of 1964.
The promotion also included an image of gold-painted as Jill Masterson on the cover of.Many of the elements introduced in the film appeared in many of the later James Bond films, such as the extensive use of technology and gadgets by Bond, an extensive pre-credits sequence that stood largely alone from the main storyline, multiple foreign locales and humor. Goldfinger was the first Bond film to win an and opened to largely favorable critical reception. The film was a financial success, recouping its budget in two weeks.In 1999, it was ranked #70 on the list compiled by the. Two were built for production, one of which had no gadgets.Hamilton remarked, 'Before Goldfinger, gadgets were not really a part of Bond's world.' Ken Adam chose the DB5 because it was the latest version of the (in the novel Bond drove a DB Mark III, which he considered England's most sophisticated car). The company was initially reluctant, but was finally convinced to make a deal. In the script, the car was armed only with a, but every crew member began suggesting gadgets to install in it: Hamilton conceived the revolving licence plate because he had been getting lots of parking tickets, while his stepson suggested the ejector seat (which he saw on television).
A gadget near the lights that would drop sharp nails was replaced with an oil dispenser because the producers thought the original could be easily copied by viewers. Adam and engineer overhauled the prototype of the Aston Martin DB5 coupe, installing these and other features into a car over six weeks. The scene where the DB5 crashes was filmed twice, with the second take being used in the film. The first take, in which the car drives through the fake wall, can be seen in the trailer.
Two of the gadgets were not installed in the car: the wheel-destroying spikes, inspired by 's, were entirely made in-studio; and the ejector seat used a seat thrown by compressed air, with a dummy sitting atop it. Another car without the gadgets was created, which was eventually furnished for publicity purposes.
It was reused for.Lasers did not exist in 1959 when the book was written, nor did high-power industrial lasers at the time the film was made, making them a novelty. In the novel, Goldfinger uses a to try to kill Bond, but the filmmakers changed it to a laser to make the film feel fresher. Hamilton immediately thought of giving the laser a place in the film's story as Goldfinger's weapon of choice. Ken Adam was advised on the laser's design by two scientists who helped design the water reactor in Dr No. The laser beam itself was an optical effect added in post-production.
For close-ups where the flame cuts through metal, technician Bert Luxford heated the metal with a from underneath the table to which Bond was strapped.The opening credit sequence was designed by, featuring clips of all James Bond films thus far projected on 's body. Its design was inspired by seeing light projecting on people's bodies as they got up and left a cinema. Shirley Eaton as the murdered Jill Masterson—'one of the most enduring images in cinematic history'.Visually, the film uses many golden motifs, reflecting the novel's treatment of Goldfinger's obsession with the metal. All of Goldfinger's female henchwomen in the film except his private jet's co-pilot (black hair) and stewardess (who is Korean) are red-blonde, or blonde, including Pussy Galore and her Flying Circus crew (both the characters Tilly Masterson and Pussy specifically have black hair in the novel). Goldfinger has a yellow-painted Rolls-Royce with number plate 'AU 1' ('Au' being the chemical symbol for gold), and also sports yellow or golden items or clothing in every film scene, including a golden pistol, when disguised as a colonel. Jill Masterson is famously killed by being painted with gold, which according to Bond causes her to die of 'skin suffocation'.
(An entirely fictional cause of death, but the iconic scene caused much of the public to accept it as a medical fact. ) Bond is bound to a cutting bench with a sheet of gold on it (as Goldfinger points out to him) before nearly being lasered. Goldfinger's factory henchmen in the film wear yellow sashes, Pussy Galore twice wears a metallic gold vest, and Pussy's pilots all wear yellow sunburst insignia on their uniforms. Goldfinger's Jetstar hostess, Mei-Lei, wears a golden bodice and gold-accented sarong.
The concept of the recurring gold theme running through the film was a design aspect conceived and executed by Ken Adam and art director.The model jet used for wide shots of Goldfinger's was painted differently on the right side to be used as the presidential plane that crashes at the film's end. Several cars were provided by the including a that Tilly Masterson drives, a station wagon used to transport Bond from the airport to the stud ranch, a driven by Felix Leiter, and a in which Oddjob kills Solo. The Continental had its engine removed before being placed in a, and the destroyed car had to be partially cut so that the bed of the in which it was deposited could support the weight. Retrieved 15 March 2008. ^ (DVD). / Home Entertainment Inc. 2000.
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