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Director: Guy Hamilton
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Guy Hamilton’s Pinewood-produced ‘Goldfinger’ is the first of four James Bond films he directed and the third to star Sean Connery as 007. Any kid growing up in the early ’60s will remember this one for several reasons: Birley Shassey’s screamer of a theme; Bond’s shocking use of a beautiful girl as a human shield; bullion-obsessed baddie Auric Goldfinger’s top hat-wielding henchman, Oddjob; Honor Blackman’s risquely monikered Pussy Galore; and, above all, Bond’s stupendous, gadget-infested silver Aston Martin DB5, the car that spurred a thousand Corgi purchases. Presented here in a newly restored digital print, it should look especially swish on the big screen.
Author: Derek Adams
Cast & crew
Director: Guy Hamilton
Producer: Harry Saltzman, Albert R Broccoli
Cast: Sean Connery, Honor Blackman, Gert Froebe, Shirley Eaton, Harold Sakata, Bernard Lee full cast
Genre(s): Action/Adventure
Duration: 112 mins
UK Release: Jul 27 2007
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