Goldfinger – Pre-Title Sequence – This, in Goldfinger, is exciting and mysterious. It opens with a dark, night scene of some buildings then pans to the water. In the water we see a bird, then Bond emerges and the bird turns out to be part of his scuba headgear – in case anyone was watching. …
Goldfinger Title Sequence – This title sequence highlights various scenes we will see in the movie (much like the Mission Impossible television series did around the same time). Here, Shirley Bassey sings the title theme song. The simple beauty of this title sequence carries the gold theme throughout. Similarly, Goldfinger carries the gold theme throughout…
Goldfinger – Fontainebleau Scene, Miami Beach – This scene, which is shot supposedly at the Fontainebleau Resort in Miami Beach (in Florida in the US), was indeed partially shot at the Fontainebleau. Felix Leiter is briefing Bond on Auric Goldfinger in this scene, and Bond, when hearing Auric Goldfinger’s name says, “sounds like French nail…
Goldfinger – The Golden Girl – While Bond has won over Jill Masterson, was he naïve enough not to think that Goldfinger would retaliate? We assume they went out to dinner, as he had suggested, and then back to his room to make love and have fun. This clip picks up when Bond is recovering…
Goldfinger Golf Scene Goldfinger & Bond at Stoke Poges – This clip is about 5 ½ minutes long, but it highlights what will become the mission for the rest of the film. It establishes Bond as a person of interest for Goldfinger since he has access to some rare gold bars. This clip is not…
Goldfinger – DB5 Car Chase This clip highlights three things: the DB5 and its gadgets, and the death of Tilly Masterson at the hands (hat) of Oddjob, and an emotional Bond, as we saw in Dr. No. It is rumored that the producers wanted to use a Jaguar, but Jaguar refused to provide cars for…
Goldfinger – “No Mr. Bond I expect you to die!” After the car crash, and after Tilly Masterson, Jill Masterson’s sister, is killed by Oddjob, Bond now is in Goldfinger’s control. He finds himself strapped to a metal table, as Goldfinger is about to demonstrate his laser beam. Here in the film, the laser beam…
Goldfinger reveals Operation Grand Slam to Mob Bosses At Goldfinger’s Kentucky stud farm, Goldfinger reveals his plan to target Fort Knox to the American mobsters in attendance, who each ponied up $1 million in gold to participate in the plan. The Set of Goldfinger’s Play Room Ken Adam outdoes himself with this set, as it…
Car Tailing Scene and Iron and Metal Yard – In this clip, Oddjob is supposedly driving Mr. Solo to the airport somewhere in Kentucky (USA). In the trunk of the Lincoln is Mr. Solo’s million dollars worth of gold. As we recall, Mr. Solo did not want any part of Operation Grand Slam (the Fort…
Fort Knox plan revealed – The scene is very comfortable, where Bond is not in immediate danger, and where Bond figures out the Fort Knox plan. The setting is very idyllic on Goldfinger’s stud farm, with a breeze blowing, beautiful sunshine and lighting, and both Goldfinger and Bond enjoying a mint julep. A mint julep…
Goldfinger – the Assault on Fort Knox – examining the scene and connections to other spy movies
Goldfinger – Bond versus Oddjob at Fort Knox scene examined
Goldfinger Plays Golden Harp – A little pomp and circumstance here as Leiter briefs Bond that the President of the United States wants to thank him. Bond ascends the stairway leading to the plane. Watch as he walks right past the cockpit, which seems open. You can see light shining in through the cockpit windows. …
Dr. No, EON Productions first James Bond film based on Ian Fleming’s sixth James Bond 007 novel gets a big YES from movie-goers at the time of release in 1962, and has been a staple of Bond films every since. Dr. No is Dr. Yes for spy movie fans, and new spy movie fans who are focused on Bourne and Mission: Impossible and more recent Bond films with Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig, would enjoy going back to the first James Bond film, Dr. No, to which, we think, they will also say Yes!
For Dr. No, this is one of the publicity posters used to promote the film and the theme song music first associated with the EON Production James Bond films!
When he turns and opens his car, we find out a great deal about these three men. All three of the the men turn and shoot Strangeways with pistols with silencers.
This Dr. No clip is one of the most critical and important scenes in the entire James Bond 007 franchise The interaction between Sylvia Trench, in red, and James Bond at the baccarat table at Le Cercle at Les Ambassadeurs in London sets up the entire Bond.
Bond arrives in Jamaica and is suspicious about the driver who came to pick him up. He makes a call, while Felix Leiter watches.
Felix Leiter plays a major role in many Bond films to come (played by 6 different actors so far), but Dr. No is his first appearance and his first meeting with Bond.
We have come to expect car chases and virtually any other kind of chase in spy movies now, and especially in Bond movies.
In this important clip, we see the very tough and dark nature of James Bond – here, he is a cold-hearted killer as he tricks Professor Dent into thinking he, Bond, is asleep in the bed.
OK, Sylvia Trench was the first real Bond Girl, but Honey Rider is remembered as the first WOW Bond Girl as she walks out of the waters at Dunns River Falls in Jamaica in Dr. No.
Quarrel has talked about the island legend of a fire-breathing dragon on Crab Key and that is why no locals want to venture to this island.
In this scene, Dr. No confronts Bond and we learn of SPECTRE for the first time – and we will hear about this evil organization in many EON Production Bond films to come.
After escaping capture, and overtaking one of Dr. No’s workers and taking his has-mat suite, amazingly, Bond disrupts the interference with the American missile launch
The finale is grand of course, and Bond somehow manages to escape and with Honey Rider. And Dr. No is, well, No-More.
