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Goldfinger was the first Bond blockbuster, 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, Switzerland and the United States. Goldfinger was heralded as the film in the franchise where James Bond "comes into focus". [3]
Bond and Goldfinger engage in a brief struggle, during which Bond is seized by a violent rage for the first time in his life, strangling Goldfinger to death with his bare hands. Bond then turns to the pilots and forces the airplane to turn back from its intended flight path, causing it to ditch in the ocean after running out of fuel.
Shirley Jean Eaton (born 12 January 1937) is an English former actress and singer. Eaton appeared regularly in British films throughout the 1950s and 1960s, and gained her highest profile for her appearance as Bond Girl Jill Masterson in the James Bond film Goldfinger (1964), which gained her bombshell status.
But best of all is Kananga’s death scene—a wonderfully cartoony, Tex Avery–style demise in which he explodes after being force-fed a shark-gun pellet! ... Goldfinger (1964) I guess this is a ...
Southend Airport was used for the scene where Goldfinger flies to Switzerland. [39] Ian Fleming visited the set of Goldfinger in April 1964; he died a few months later in August 1964, shortly before the film's release. [42] The second unit filmed in Kentucky, and these shots were edited into scenes filmed at Pinewood. [41]
Tania Mallet (19 May 1941 – 30 March 2019) [1] was an English actress and model, best known for playing Tilly Masterson in the James Bond film Goldfinger (1964). Early life and ancestry [ edit ]
The release of "Goldfinger," and the appearance of "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." on TV the same year brought the secret agent craze to full froth. Toy 007 cars, weapons, attaché cases, model kits ...
Oddjob's real name is unknown. Goldfinger names him to describe his duties to his employer. A Korean, like all of Goldfinger's staff, he is extremely powerful, as shown in one sequence where he breaks the thick oak railing of a staircase with a knife-hand strikes (colloquially known as 'karate chops') and shatters a mantel with his foot.