Who played the title role in the film 'Goldfinger'?
"mining magnate Charles W. Engelhard, Jr. In 2003, the American Film Institute declared Auric Goldfinger the 49th greatest villain in the past 100 years of film. In a poll on IMDb, Auric Goldfinger was voted the most sinister James Bond villain, beating out in order Ernst Stavro Blofeld, Dr. No, Max Zorin and Emilio Largo. Auric Goldfinger was played by German actor Gert Fröbe. Fröbe, who did not speak English well, was dubbed in the film by Michael Collins, an English actor. In the German version, Fröbe dubbed himself back again. ""Goldfinger"" was banned in Israel after it was revealed"
"Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey song) ""Goldfinger"" is the title song from the 1964 James Bond film ""Goldfinger"". Composed by John Barry and with lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley, the song was performed by Shirley Bassey for the film's opening and closing title sequences, as well as the soundtrack album release. The single release of the song gave Bassey her only ""Billboard"" Hot 100 top forty hit, peaking in the Top 10 at No. 8 and No. 2 for four weeks on the Adult Contemporary chart, and in the United Kingdom the single reached No. 21. The song finished at"
"Gert Fröbe Karl Gerhart ""Gert"" Fröbe (; 25 February 1913 – 5 September 1988) was a West German film and stage actor. He is best known in English-speaking countries for his work as Auric Goldfinger in the James Bond film ""Goldfinger"", as Peachum in ""The Threepenny Opera"", as Baron Bomburst in ""Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"", as Hotzenplotz in ""Der Räuber Hotzenplotz"" and ""Colonel Manfred von Holstein"" in ""Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines"". Fröbe was born in Oberplanitz, today part of Zwickau. He was initially a violinist, but he abandoned it for Kabarett and theatre work. He joined the"
"Munich in September 1988 at age 75 from a heart attack. He was buried in Waldfriedhof cemetery, Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausener, Bavaria. !colspan=""3"" style=""background:#C1D8FF;""| James Bond Gert Fröbe Karl Gerhart ""Gert"" Fröbe (; 25 February 1913 – 5 September 1988) was a West German film and stage actor. He is best known in English-speaking countries for his work as Auric Goldfinger in the James Bond film ""Goldfinger"", as Peachum in ""The Threepenny Opera"", as Baron Bomburst in ""Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"", as Hotzenplotz in ""Der Räuber Hotzenplotz"" and ""Colonel Manfred von Holstein"" in ""Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines"". Fröbe was"
"and Goldfinger. Filming began in November 2016, with post-production following in January. The film was released in the United States on October 27, 2017. Despite receiving generally unfavorable reviews from critics, the film was a commercial success, grossing $103 million worldwide against a $10 million budget. Ten years after the death of John Kramer, criminal Edgar Munsen is shot and apprehended by Detectives Hunt and Halloran after activating a remote trigger. Meanwhile, five people – Mitch, Anna, Ryan, Carly, and an unconscious man, are held captive in a barn with shackles around their necks. A tape recording from Kramer explains"
"Filming of James Bond in the 1960s Ian Fleming, the writer who created the fictional character James Bond, lived to see the success of his novels depicted on screen before he died. All fourteen books in the series created by Fleming went on to be huge successes on screen. ""Goldfinger"", one of the most epic stories in the James Bond saga, became a fan favorite with Shirley Bassey singing the iconic song, ""Goldfinger"", that was played for the fiftieth anniversary of the Bond series at the Oscars in 2012. Bond was played by Sean Connery and George Lazenby in the"
"of gold-painted Shirley Eaton as Jill Masterson on the cover of ""Life"". 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 tongue-in-cheek humour. ""Goldfinger"" was the first Bond film to win an Academy Award and opened to largely favourable critical reception. The film was a financial success, recouping its budget in two weeks. In 1999, it was ranked #70 on the BFI Top 100 British"
"compared to contemporary versions of both Sapper and John Buchan. ""Goldfinger"" was serialised as a daily story and as a comic strip in the ""Daily Express"" newspaper, before being the third James Bond feature film of the Eon Productions series, released in 1964 and starring Sean Connery as Bond. Most recently, ""Goldfinger"" was adapted for BBC Radio with Toby Stephens as Bond and Sir Ian McKellen as Goldfinger. Fleming structured the novel in three sections—""Happenstance"", ""Coincidence"" and ""Enemy action""—which was how Goldfinger described Bond's three seemingly coincidental meetings with him. Whilst changing planes in Miami after closing down a Mexican"
"his recent killing of a Latin American drug smuggler. Wolf Mankowitz, an un-credited screenwriter on ""Dr. No"", suggested the scene where Oddjob puts his car into a car crusher to dispose of Mr. Solo's body. Because of the quality of work of Maibaum and Dehn, the script and outline for ""Goldfinger"" became the blueprint for future Bond films. Principal photography on ""Goldfinger"" commenced on 20 January 1964 in Miami, Florida, at the Fontainebleau Hotel; the crew was small, consisting only of Hamilton, Broccoli, Adam, and cinematographer Ted Moore. Sean Connery never travelled to Florida to film ""Goldfinger"" because he was"
"for a meeting with the President. However, with his pilot Pussy Galore, Goldfinger hijacks the plane carrying Bond. In a struggle for Goldfinger's revolver, Bond shoots out a window, creating an explosive decompression. Goldfinger is sucked out of the cabin through the window. He gets stuck for a moment, but is eventually sucked out. With the plane out of control Bond rescues Galore and they parachute safely from the aircraft. Auric Goldfinger Auric Goldfinger is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the James Bond film ""Goldfinger"", based on Ian Fleming's novel of the same name. His first name,"
"Auric Goldfinger Auric Goldfinger is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the James Bond film ""Goldfinger"", based on Ian Fleming's novel of the same name. His first name, Auric, is an adjective meaning of gold. Fleming chose the name to commemorate the architect Ernő Goldfinger, who had built his home in Hampstead, near Fleming's; it is possible, though unlikely, that he disliked Goldfinger's style of architecture and destruction of Victorian terraces and decided to name a memorable villain after him. According to a 1965 ""Forbes"" article and ""The New York Times"", the Goldfinger persona was based on gold"
"premiered at the Odeon Leicester Square in London on 17 September 1964, with general release in the United Kingdom the following day. Leicester Square was packed with sightseers and fans and police were unable to control the crowd due to the number of people. A set of glass doors to the cinema was accidentally broken and the premiere was shown ten minutes late because of the confusion. The United States premiere occurred on 21 December 1964, at the DeMille Theatre in New York. The film opened in 64 cinemas across 41 cities and eventually peaked at 485 screens. ""Goldfinger"" was"
"Goldmember Johan van der Smut, better known as Goldmember, is a fictional character in the third film of the ""Austin Powers"" trilogy, ""Austin Powers in Goldmember"". He is played by Mike Myers. The character was partially inspired by the James Bond villain Auric Goldfinger. He serves as one of two main antagonists of the film. Dutch (specifically, from Holland)-born Van der Smut is fascinated with gold. After losing his genitals in an unforunate smelting accident in the 1970s and having them replaced with a solid gold prosthetic, he becomes known as ""Goldmember"". Van der Smut teams up with Dr. Evil"
"year at home in Toronto, Ontario, of complications from emphysema. Cec Linder Cec Linder (March 10, 1921 – April 10, 1992) was a Polish-born Canadian film and television actor. In the 1950s and 1960s, he worked extensively in the United Kingdom, often playing Canadian and American characters in various films and television programmes. In television, he is best remembered for playing Dr. Matthew Roney in the BBC serial ""Quatermass and the Pit"" (1958–59). In film, he is best remembered for his role as James Bond's friend, CIA agent Felix Leiter, in ""Goldfinger"" (1964). Another well-known film in which he appeared"
"but too bad Eaton's part isn't longer and that Fröbe's Goldfinger, a heavy but nimble intellectual in the Sydney Greenstreet tradition, never appeared in another Bond film."" Roger Ebert of the ""Chicago Sun Times"" declared this to be his favourite Bond film and later added it to his ""Great Movies"" list. The film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a ""Certified Fresh"" score of 97% and an average score of 8.6/10 based on 59 reviews. The website's consensus reads, """"Goldfinger"" is where James Bond as we know him comes into focus – it features one of 007's most famous"
"Austin Willis Alexander Austin Willis, (September 30, 1917 – April 3, 2004) was a Canadian actor and television host. Austin was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia to parents Alexander Samuel and Emma Graham (Pushie) Willis. His older brother, J. Frank Willis, was a radio broadcaster with the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (later the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation). In 2002, Austin was made a Member of the Order of Canada. He is best known internationally for his appearance as Simmons, the man whom Auric Goldfinger beats at cards in the opening scenes of the James Bond film, ""Goldfinger"". Originally he was to"
"1960s. According to Mallet, she was given the part of Tilly Masterson when someone sent a photo of her in a bikini to Bond producer Cubby Broccoli. The character was killed off during the film when Oddjob (Harold Sakata) hurled his steel rimmed hat at her. Mallet grabbed Broccoli's attention before ""Goldfinger"": she was tested for the lead Bond girl role, Tatiana Romanova in ""From Russia with Love"". Even though her mother is Russian, Mallet did not receive the Russian role, supposedly because of her provincial British accent. This is ironic however, considering that the Italian actress Daniela Bianchi, who"
"the centenary of Ian Fleming's birth, Eon Productions allowed a second Bond story to be adapted. On 3 April 2010, BBC Radio 4 broadcast a radio adaptation of ""Goldfinger"" with Toby Stephens (who played villain Gustav Graves in ""Die Another Day"") as Bond, Ian McKellen as Goldfinger and Stephens' ""Die Another Day"" co-star Rosamund Pike as Pussy Galore. The play was adapted from Fleming's novel by Archie Scottney, and was directed by Martin Jarvis. Goldfinger (novel) Goldfinger is the seventh novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series, first published in the UK by Jonathan Cape on 23 March 1959. ""Goldfinger"""
"Goldfinger (soundtrack) Goldfinger is the soundtrack for the 1964 film of the same name, the third film in the James Bond film series, directed by Guy Hamilton. The album was composed by John Barry and distributed by EMI. Two versions were released initially, one in the United States and the United Kingdom, which varied in terms of length and which tracks were within the soundtrack. In 2003, Capitol-EMI records released a remastered version that contained all the tracks within the film. John Barry had composed the previous James Bond soundtracks for ""From Russia with Love"". Due to Barry's increased ""compositional"
"Court, producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman turned to ""Goldfinger"" as the third Bond film. ""Goldfinger"" had what was then considered a large budget of $3 million (US$ million in dollars), the equivalent of the budgets of ""Dr. No"" and ""From Russia with Love"" combined, and was the first Bond film classified as a box-office blockbuster. ""Goldfinger"" was chosen with the American cinema market in mind, as the previous films had concentrated on the Caribbean and Europe. Terence Young, who directed the previous two films, chose to film ""The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders"" instead, after a pay dispute"
"Harold Sakata , born was an American Olympic weightlifter, professional wrestler, and film actor. He won a silver medal for the United States at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London in weightlifting. He was also an actor, with his most famous role as the villain Oddjob in the James Bond film ""Goldfinger"". He was born in Holualoa, Hawaii and was of Japanese descent. Toshiyuki Sakata was born on July 1, 1920 in Holualoa, Hawaii. He moved to the United States mainland and began to go by the more Western name ""Harold."" At the age of eighteen, he weighed only 113"
"the opening sequence for the 1964 film ""Goldfinger"" shows clips from Bond films projected onto the gold-painted silhouette of actress Margaret Nolan: the titles have been described by Bond scholars Smith and Lavington as ""Gorgeous, iconic, seminal."" The concept for the titles came from designer Robert Brownjohn, who worked on ""From Russia with Love"" and ""Goldfinger"", before he fell out with producer Harry Saltzman and left the series. In creating the titles, Brownjohn was inspired by seeing light projecting on people's bodies as they got up and left a cinema; he was also influenced by constructivist artist László Moholy-Nagy projecting"
"the bleeding finger. Decision on casting the title role proved problematic. Initially, Laemmle was not at all interested in Lugosi, in spite of good reviews for his stage portrayal. Laemmle instead considered other actors, including Paul Muni, Chester Morris, Ian Keith, John Wray, Joseph Schildkraut, Arthur Edmund Carewe and William Courtenay. Lugosi had played the role on Broadway, and to his good fortune, happened to be in Los Angeles with a touring company of the play when the film was being cast. Against the tide of studio opinion, Lugosi lobbied hard and ultimately won the executives over, thanks in part"
"villain from the films ""The Spy Who Loved Me"" and ""Moonraker"", made regular appearances, usually partnered with Nick Nack, a villain from ""The Man with the Golden Gun"", forming a bickering comical duo. Auric Goldfinger also appears, alongside his assistant, Oddjob, from the ""Goldfinger"" film. It is revealed Goldfinger has a teenage daughter named Goldie Finger with equally expensive tastes. Several episode titles parodied the titles of Bond films such as ""Live and Let’s Dance"" and ""Rubies Aren't Forever"". The main characters consist of James Bond Jr., his friends, several featured members of the Warfield Academy staff, and Trevor Noseworthy"
"Bowfinger Bowfinger is a 1999 American comedy film directed by Frank Oz. It depicts a down-and-out filmmaker in Hollywood attempting to make a film on a small budget with a star who does not know that he is in the film. It was written by Steve Martin, who also stars alongside Eddie Murphy in two roles, and Heather Graham as a vapid, ambitious starlet. The film was released on August 13, 1999 and grossed $98 million. Z-grade film producer Bobby Bowfinger has saved up to direct a movie for his entire life — he now has $2,184 to pay for"
"theme on his 1965 ""John Barry Plays Goldfinger"" album that featured Robert Brownjohn artwork. Footnotes Citations Bibliography Goldfinger (soundtrack) Goldfinger is the soundtrack for the 1964 film of the same name, the third film in the James Bond film series, directed by Guy Hamilton. The album was composed by John Barry and distributed by EMI. Two versions were released initially, one in the United States and the United Kingdom, which varied in terms of length and which tracks were within the soundtrack. In 2003, Capitol-EMI records released a remastered version that contained all the tracks within the film. John Barry"
"grossed $23 million in the United States and $46 million worldwide. After reissues, the first being as a double feature with ""Dr. No"" in 1966, ""Goldfinger"" grossed a total of $51,081,062 in the United States and $73,800,000 elsewhere, for a total worldwide gross of $124,900,000. The film distributor Park Circus re-released ""Goldfinger"" in the UK on 27 July 2007 at 150 multiplex cinemas, on digital prints. The re-release put the film twelfth at the weekly box office. At the 1965 Academy Awards, Norman Wanstall won the Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing for his work, making ""Goldfinger"" the first"
"film ""Rikidozan"". Harold Sakata , born was an American Olympic weightlifter, professional wrestler, and film actor. He won a silver medal for the United States at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London in weightlifting. He was also an actor, with his most famous role as the villain Oddjob in the James Bond film ""Goldfinger"". He was born in Holualoa, Hawaii and was of Japanese descent. Toshiyuki Sakata was born on July 1, 1920 in Holualoa, Hawaii. He moved to the United States mainland and began to go by the more Western name ""Harold."" At the age of eighteen, he weighed"
"the United States Bullion Depository. Saltzman disliked the design's resemblance to a prison, but Hamilton liked it enough that it was built. Robert Brownjohn returned to develop the opening credit sequence, which featured clips of all three Bond films projected on actress Margaret Nolan's body. Its design was inspired by seeing light projecting on people's bodies as they got up and left a cinema. Principal photography on ""Goldfinger"" started on in Miami, at the Fontainebleau Hotel; the crew was small, consisting only of Hamilton, Broccoli, Adam and cinematographer Ted Moore. After five days in Florida, production moved to England. The"
"impressed by his performance in ""Dunkirk"", Aneurin Barnard was cast as Boris. In November 2017, Sarah Paulson was cast as Xandra. In December 2017, Willa Fitzgerald and Ashleigh Cummings joined the cast. In January 2018, Jeffrey Wright, Luke Wilson, Finn Wolfhard, and Luke Kleintank joined the cast. Later that month, the rest of the cast was announced as principal production commenced. Principal photography began in New York on January 23, 2018, before moving to Albuquerque on April 3, 2018 for the rest of production. The Goldfinch (film) The Goldfinch is an upcoming film directed by John Crowley and is an"
"Cec Linder Cec Linder (March 10, 1921 – April 10, 1992) was a Polish-born Canadian film and television actor. In the 1950s and 1960s, he worked extensively in the United Kingdom, often playing Canadian and American characters in various films and television programmes. In television, he is best remembered for playing Dr. Matthew Roney in the BBC serial ""Quatermass and the Pit"" (1958–59). In film, he is best remembered for his role as James Bond's friend, CIA agent Felix Leiter, in ""Goldfinger"" (1964). Another well-known film in which he appeared was ""Lolita"" (1962), as Doctor Keegee. Linder enjoyed an extensive"
"Helen Mirren's 2007 memoir, Mallet was a ""loyal and generous person"" who was supporting her mother and paying for her brothers' education with her income as a model. Tania Mallet Tania Mallet (born 19 May 1941) is an English model and actress who is best known for her appearance as Tilly Masterson in the James Bond film ""Goldfinger"" (1964). Tania Mallet was born in Blackpool, to English father Henry Mallet, and Russian mother Olga Mironoff. Tania is cousin of actress Helen Mirren. Her mother and Helen's father were brother and sister. Mallet attended the Lucy Clayton's School Of Modelling, and"
"Normalverbraucher"" (lit. Otto Average Consumer), became the German term equivalent to ""Average Joe"" or ""Joe Bloggs"". He was cast as the villain in the Swiss-German film ""Es geschah am hellichten Tag"" (""It Happened in Broad Daylight"", 1958), with the original screenplay written by Friedrich Dürrenmatt. His role as a serial killer of children drew the attention of the producers of the James Bond movie ""Goldfinger"" (1964) and he was chosen to play one of the best remembered villains of the series, gold tycoon Auric Goldfinger. Due to his former membership in the Nazi Party, the film was initially banned in"