Fantastic episode! “Goldfinger” was and always will be, one of my favorite movies! Along with all the gadgets introduced, it also solidified the Walther PP as “the James Bond gun”. The sound track for this movie is an absolute killer! The combination of brass and the timphony solos really drive the anticipation of the movie. As a 12 year old boy in 1964, I was surprised that my parents let me go with my friends to see the movie. I found the sound track album at a local music store. I had $2.50 and the cost was $4.99. I can remember asking my dad “to borrow” the rest to get the album. He said he thought that sounded like a good deal and gave me a $5.00 bill. Later, he wanted to see the album cover and I think he was surprised to see a gold painted girl in a two piece bathing suit. He said, “ That looks interesting.” Thanks, Dad. I don’t think that I paid back the $5. To me, Sean Connery will always e the best James Bond. Don’t call him British, though. He’s Scottish!
Wow! Thank you for your comment. That is so cool you got to see this film in the theaters. You were a part of cinema history. This film is so awesome and so important in creating the Bond franchise.
Actor/Director/Singer/ Composer Anthony Newley and his writing partner Leslie Bricusse wrote The Theme song forGoldfinger. I’ve heard Newleys demo , with Anthony singing but all three are credited as writers. My guess would be as incredible as it sounds Newley couldn’t read or write music( notation) then Barry obviously did all the orchestrations / arrangements. When Michael Caine returned from South Africa his flat had been rented in London so John Barry told Michael he could stay with John Barry Michael walk one morning to hear Barry playing a tune on the piano in Barry’s house when Michael asked Barry what the song was he replied Goldfinger Michael Caine and Barry had become friends while Cain was making Zulu in South Africa Barry did the music for Zulu. Nadja Regin who played Kerim Beys secretary in from Russia with love plays the woman in the teaser who bond seas the baddie in her eyes. Harold Sakata I believe won a Gold Medal at the 1948 Olympics in London in Weightlifting for / apologies I left my comment before finishing the video. Silver/ not gold. The actress who played Denk also played the voluptuous woman who gives Red Grant a massage in From Russia With Love.My Goldfinger soundtrack album credits all three John Barry ,Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse.
Wow! A+ !. 🍻 That is some amazing trivia. You know your Goldfinger. I'll be waiting for some more awesome trivia in the comments section of my Thunderball video. Thank you for your post!
I was approaching 11 years old when I first saw Goldfinger in the theater, thus beginning an absolute spy movie and TV obsession that lasted many years. Goldfinger was such a huge hit that while EON was producing Thunderball, United Artists re-released Dr. No and From Russia With Love as a double feature. Well done video. 👍
Thank you so much! That must have been incredible to see this movie in the theaters. Roger Moore was my era's Bond and we were all die-hard fans, but everyone kept telling me to check out Sean Connery. At age 14, we rented Goldfinger on VHS and we were hooked. It got us to rent all the Connery Bond films. 😀 Thank you so much for your post. Thunderball is my next Bond video.
My friends across the street dad made us watch Goldfinger. I love the golfing scene cause I love golf. I grew up Roger Moore. (ie. Spy Who Loved Me) Bond fan. I thought Spectre and Quantom were bad. I love Casino Royale.
I'm in a similar situation to you. Roger Moore was my Bond and I loved all his movies and saw them in opening weekend. But all the older adults kept saying, "Sean Connery was better" so in high school, my best friend and I rented Goldfinger on VHS and it was awesome! We ended up renting all the Connery Bond films. As for Casino Royale, I saw it on opening night in 2006 and it was an out of body experience. It's still my favorite Bond film.
In the 60s when I was a kid, a company came out with a James Bond 007 1/32nd slot car racing set, that had the Aston Martin with all the cool gadgets and a fun track with all sorts of traps, oil slick, ect. But the absolute coolest thing that happened in my life? For that year's Christmas, our local Goldblatts store not only was having a special sale on that 007 slot car set? But to promote it, they had the REAL James Bond 007 Aston Martin parked outside the store on display ❤❤❤‼️‼️ And best of all, we were allowed to sit inside the car, WOW😱🤯‼️ All the gadgets were working, and inside the car we could see that hidden tracking map on the dash. Good thing I saw it as a kid. Cause if it was me, today, older? I'd definitely have tried to drive it away 🤫😉😉😂🤣😂‼️👍
Wow! That's amazing that you got to sit in the James Bond car. This summer, I was in Washington DC and they had a James Bond exhibit and of course the Aston Martin DB4. We couldn't sit in it, but I took tons of photos. 😄
Goldfinger has always been my most favorite Bond movie ever! And I seen every Bond movie starting as a kid watching Doctor No in the theaters. Thunderball is my #2 best favorite Bond movie. And when will you be making a video on that next? 🙏🙏🙏
Goldfinger is so amazing. Thunderball will be my next Bond video. My next scheduled video will be Star Trek: The Animated Series which should come out in a few days. Then I will be cleaning up the audio on some of the Star Trek film videos. Then it will be Thunderball. I am hoping in 2 weeks but that may be optimistic. Hit the notification bell so you'll know when every new video comes out! Thank you for your post.
Always loved the Q vs Bond mutual irritation relationship. 13:40 Never knew that about Gert Frobe and the Jews his hid in his own home. Adding him in the hero column.
@@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast ok, MY BRAIN IS KINDA MUSH NOW. ANyway Auric Goldfinger is connected to SMERSH (not SPECTRE) in the original novel. I read it about50 years ago.
*_Goldfinger_* was #1 on my list, until Daniel Craig's *_Casino Royal_* and *_Skyfall_* . But, watching *_Goldfinger_* back in 1964 was more of a * W O W !!! * experience
That's so cool you were able to see Goldfinger in the theaters. And I agree with you about Casino Royale. I saw it on opening night, and it was an out of body experience. It's my favorite Bond movie. I also loved Skyfall.
While there is no such thing "skin-suffocation" , people have been poisoned by paints/painting themselves or being covered with paint containing arsenic, cyanide, copper and other chemicals or oil based paints. They(Fleming/ and the screen-writer) could have used something along that line instead*. Of course, IMO, the line is the way it is as Bond was very familiar with cabaret dancers. IIRC- from an SNL skit(might have been a different show) , After a medical check-up the doctor tells James Bond "You have every venereal disease in the book and a few we have never seen before!" *Buddy Espen(The Tin Man) nearly died from the original aluminum powder paint in The Wizard of Oz.
I have no problem with Goldfinger, its casting and even the merchandise (we owned two DB5s- one 60s original and a 70s rerelease). Gerd Frobe was perfect as Goldfinger, and I can't imagine Oddjob being different either. You even have Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore, as well as the Masterson sisters- what's not to love?
The idea of someone dying after their body was totally painted was used in the 1940s film Bedlam starring Boris Karlof, I think a youth in the Vauxhall Gardens was totally covered in gold paint for the entertainment of the aristocracy, he recited some lines then died, because of the paint.
Excellent video. Fun and informative. Just one small thing - Canning Town (birthplace of Honor Blackman) is in the East End of London, a long way from 'Western England'.
I love James Bond movies, BUT... I thought this one was long and drawn out. I was actually boring in many of the middle parts. My favorite is: You Only Live Twice.
great job, my fav one. But funny that you said they could not show Pussy Galore in ads, but the ad at the end shows this (was this ad from outside the USA)?
Is the yellow Rolls-Royce in _Goldfinger_ the very same yellow Rolls-Royce in the completely unrelated movie _The Yellow Rolls-Royce_ ? BTW, there's a recent video here on TH-cam about a car collector [in the UK, IIRC] who has fabricated a custom Bentley loosely following the specifications in the Bond novels
@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast Thank you. I imagine finding out would take more time than a content producer should take from more creative projects. I did find the video about the custom built Bond Bentley replica: th-cam.com/video/LzXddO8eVVc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=6K5uOcJr2kSWX603
@joejones9520 Yes I did, just like when I was a kid I realized The Six Million Dollar Man's bionic arm would have torn off his shoulder picking up a car. But you know what? I never made issue of things like that because it'd spoil the fun, it's called entertainment.
Fantastic episode! “Goldfinger” was and always will be, one of my favorite movies! Along with all the gadgets introduced, it also solidified the Walther PP as “the James Bond gun”.
The sound track for this movie is an absolute killer! The combination of brass and the timphony solos really drive the anticipation of the movie.
As a 12 year old boy in 1964, I was surprised that my parents let me go with my friends to see the movie. I found the sound track album at a local music store. I had $2.50 and the cost was $4.99. I can remember asking my dad “to borrow” the rest to get the album. He said he thought that sounded like a good deal and gave me a $5.00 bill.
Later, he wanted to see the album cover and I think he was surprised to see a gold painted girl in a two piece bathing suit. He said, “ That looks interesting.” Thanks, Dad. I don’t think that I paid back the $5.
To me, Sean Connery will always e the best James Bond. Don’t call him British, though. He’s Scottish!
Wow! Thank you for your comment. That is so cool you got to see this film in the theaters. You were a part of cinema history. This film is so awesome and so important in creating the Bond franchise.
The shots of Connery with the DB5 - I mean it' so iconic
Absolutely iconic! He defined "suave" for so many generations.
I have always felt that Goldfinger was THE BEST Bond movie ever. They are all good - but Goldfinger? Ting! 🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃
Chef's kiss of a movie. So so good. Thank you for your post. 🍸🍸🍸
Actor/Director/Singer/ Composer Anthony Newley and his writing partner Leslie Bricusse wrote The Theme song forGoldfinger. I’ve heard Newleys demo , with Anthony singing but all three are credited as writers. My guess would be as incredible as it sounds Newley couldn’t read or write music( notation) then Barry obviously did all the orchestrations / arrangements. When Michael Caine returned from South Africa his flat had been rented in London so John Barry told Michael he could stay with John Barry Michael walk one morning to hear Barry playing a tune on the piano in Barry’s house when Michael asked Barry what the song was he replied Goldfinger Michael Caine and Barry had become friends while Cain was making Zulu in South Africa Barry did the music for Zulu. Nadja Regin who played Kerim Beys secretary in from Russia with love plays the woman in the teaser who bond seas the baddie in her eyes. Harold Sakata I believe won a Gold Medal at the 1948 Olympics in London in Weightlifting for / apologies I left my comment before finishing the video. Silver/ not gold. The actress who played Denk also played the voluptuous woman who gives Red Grant a massage in From Russia With Love.My Goldfinger soundtrack album credits all three John Barry ,Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse.
Wow! A+ !. 🍻 That is some amazing trivia. You know your Goldfinger. I'll be waiting for some more awesome trivia in the comments section of my Thunderball video. Thank you for your post!
That shot of Scorpion, Bond and Homer at the back on a vending machine is iconic too
Haha! That was one of my favorite episodes of The Simpsons. 🤣
I was approaching 11 years old when I first saw Goldfinger in the theater, thus beginning an absolute spy movie and TV obsession that lasted many years. Goldfinger was such a huge hit that while EON was producing Thunderball, United Artists re-released Dr. No and From Russia With Love as a double feature. Well done video. 👍
Thank you so much! That must have been incredible to see this movie in the theaters. Roger Moore was my era's Bond and we were all die-hard fans, but everyone kept telling me to check out Sean Connery. At age 14, we rented Goldfinger on VHS and we were hooked. It got us to rent all the Connery Bond films. 😀 Thank you so much for your post. Thunderball is my next Bond video.
@ Looking forward to your Thunderball video. Thanks for the reply! 👍
Excellent overview, captured many aspects I did not expect nor know. Goldfinger… the theme song lingers forever !
Thank you so much for the kind words. And what an awesome ear worm if a song. Thanks for watching and Thunderball is my next Bond video!
My friends across the street dad made us watch Goldfinger. I love the golfing scene cause I love golf. I grew up Roger Moore. (ie. Spy Who Loved Me) Bond fan. I thought Spectre and Quantom were bad. I love Casino Royale.
I'm in a similar situation to you. Roger Moore was my Bond and I loved all his movies and saw them in opening weekend. But all the older adults kept saying, "Sean Connery was better" so in high school, my best friend and I rented Goldfinger on VHS and it was awesome! We ended up renting all the Connery Bond films. As for Casino Royale, I saw it on opening night in 2006 and it was an out of body experience. It's still my favorite Bond film.
The skin does not breathe. Thank you for covering that information.
And yet Bond believed it. 🤣
In the 60s when I was a kid, a company came out with a James Bond 007 1/32nd slot car racing set, that had the Aston Martin with all the cool gadgets and a fun track with all sorts of traps, oil slick, ect. But the absolute coolest thing that happened in my life? For that year's Christmas, our local Goldblatts store not only was having a special sale on that 007 slot car set? But to promote it, they had the REAL James Bond 007 Aston Martin parked outside the store on display ❤❤❤‼️‼️ And best of all, we were allowed to sit inside the car, WOW😱🤯‼️ All the gadgets were working, and inside the car we could see that hidden tracking map on the dash. Good thing I saw it as a kid. Cause if it was me, today, older? I'd definitely have tried to drive it away 🤫😉😉😂🤣😂‼️👍
Wow! That's amazing that you got to sit in the James Bond car. This summer, I was in Washington DC and they had a James Bond exhibit and of course the Aston Martin DB4. We couldn't sit in it, but I took tons of photos. 😄
Goldfinger has always been my most favorite Bond movie ever! And I seen every Bond movie starting as a kid watching Doctor No in the theaters. Thunderball is my #2 best favorite Bond movie. And when will you be making a video on that next? 🙏🙏🙏
Goldfinger is so amazing. Thunderball will be my next Bond video. My next scheduled video will be Star Trek: The Animated Series which should come out in a few days. Then I will be cleaning up the audio on some of the Star Trek film videos. Then it will be Thunderball. I am hoping in 2 weeks but that may be optimistic. Hit the notification bell so you'll know when every new video comes out! Thank you for your post.
GOLDFINGER is an absolute masterpiece. The best James Bond.
I absolutely agree! Thank you for your post.
Always loved the Q vs Bond mutual irritation relationship. 13:40 Never knew that about Gert Frobe and the Jews his hid in his own home. Adding him in the hero column.
Me too. I love the interaction between Bond and Q. They had a hilarious and special interaction.
I love Goldfinger. It's my second favorite Bond film.
My 2nd favorite too. First in line is "For Your Eyes Only." What's yours?
I grew up a little later. For me, Roger Moore rules! So my favorite was Moonraker.
Mee too. Roger Moore was my first Bond and Moonraker was the first movie I saw in the theaters. 😀 Roger Moore is awesome! Thank you for your post.
Roger Moore looked like my dad, so I've always enjoyed his Bond best. And, he could give you a small smile as he was shooting you.
Harold Sakata's grandson is Dawan Johnson 'the Rock'
That's so cool. I wish I put that info in the video. 😀
I think there was an inference in another Bond film that Auric Goldfinger was a member of SPECTRE,
but now I can't recall where or in what context.
Ooo. That's very interesting. I'll have to look into that myself. Thank you.
@@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast ok, MY BRAIN IS KINDA MUSH NOW. ANyway Auric Goldfinger is connected to SMERSH (not SPECTRE) in the original novel. I read it about50 years ago.
*_Goldfinger_* was #1 on my list, until Daniel Craig's *_Casino Royal_* and *_Skyfall_* .
But, watching *_Goldfinger_* back in 1964 was more of a * W O W !!! * experience
That's so cool you were able to see Goldfinger in the theaters. And I agree with you about Casino Royale. I saw it on opening night, and it was an out of body experience. It's my favorite Bond movie. I also loved Skyfall.
While there is no such thing "skin-suffocation" , people have been poisoned by paints/painting themselves or being covered with paint containing arsenic, cyanide, copper and other chemicals or oil based paints. They(Fleming/ and the screen-writer) could have used something along that line instead*. Of course, IMO, the line is the way it is as Bond was very familiar with cabaret dancers. IIRC- from an SNL skit(might have been a different show) , After a medical check-up the doctor tells James Bond "You have every venereal disease in the book and a few we have never seen before!"
*Buddy Espen(The Tin Man) nearly died from the original aluminum powder paint in The Wizard of Oz.
You make an excellent point! And kudos on the SNL joke. 🤣
Au is the chemical symbol for gold, hence his name Auric Goldfinger. Also, aurum is the Latin for gold 💛.
That's great information. Thank you for your post.
And, of course, the electrocution of the stuntman, in the pre-title sequence, is "foreshadowing" for the big fight scene in Fort Knox.
Oh my gosh. I never thought about that. Brilliant! Thank you!
I have no problem with Goldfinger, its casting and even the merchandise (we owned two DB5s- one 60s original and a 70s rerelease). Gerd Frobe was perfect as Goldfinger, and I can't imagine Oddjob being different either. You even have Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore, as well as the Masterson sisters- what's not to love?
You are so right. Such an incredible movie!
So much info! Thanks, awesome!
Thank you so much for the kind words. It's nice to connect with fellow Bond fans? May I ask, which James Bond is your favorite?
@@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast It’s so hard to pick a favourite!!
@LastStandIRL, you are a professional bond fan, what’s yours? :)
@estevezcollins I’m partial to George Lazenby myself. It was the dramatic Swiss alps setting that had me hooked!
Good job 👏 I enjoyed this
Thank you so much! Thunderball is next on the list! 😀
The idea of someone dying after their body was totally painted was used in the 1940s film Bedlam starring Boris Karlof, I think a youth in the Vauxhall Gardens was totally covered in gold paint for the entertainment of the aristocracy, he recited some lines then died, because of the paint.
Interesting.
"..too American". I get that
🤣🤣🤣
Excellent video. Fun and informative. Just one small thing - Canning Town (birthplace of Honor Blackman) is in the East End of London, a long way from 'Western England'.
Thank you for the kind words. And thank you for the correction. 🙂
Wow! You’re presentation is excellent.
Thank you so much. I'm glad you're enjoying the series. Thunderball will be my next Bond video.
Goldfinger! Almost as good Moonraker. But it does have a better theme song.
Yes! Both songs were by Shirley Bassey! Moonraker was the first Bond movie I saw in the theaters.
Fun video and very informative !
Thank you so much for the compliment.
my favorite
Great choice! Goldfinger is an awesome movie! Thank you so much for your comment.
I love James Bond movies, BUT... I thought this one was long and drawn out. I was actually boring in many of the middle parts.
My favorite is: You Only Live Twice.
I love You Only Live Twice. And Donald Pleasance made the best Blofeld by far.
Very enjoyable!
Thank you for the kind words.
great job, my fav one. But funny that you said they could not show Pussy Galore in ads, but the ad at the end shows this (was this ad from outside the USA)?
Thank you for the kind words. I think the censor said they can show a picture of her, they just couldnt SAY the name in ads. 🙂
Is the yellow Rolls-Royce in _Goldfinger_ the very same yellow Rolls-Royce in the completely unrelated movie _The Yellow Rolls-Royce_ ?
BTW, there's a recent video here on TH-cam about a car collector [in the UK, IIRC] who has fabricated a custom Bentley loosely following the specifications in the Bond novels
Unsure. I'll have to look into it.
@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast Thank you. I imagine finding out would take more time than a content producer should take from more creative projects.
I did find the video about the custom built Bond Bentley replica:
th-cam.com/video/LzXddO8eVVc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=6K5uOcJr2kSWX603
even if a hand was powerful enough to crush a golf ball the tissue and bone would crush long before the ball would is what my research found
Absolutely. I agree. It definitely requires suspension of disbelief. But the movie is certainly more fun for it. 🙂 Thank you for your comment.
it’s a movie…
Seriously?
You actually has to do research on that to know it would?
@@dukecraig2402 youd never realized the bone and tissue would crush long before the golf ball would tho did you?
@joejones9520
Yes I did, just like when I was a kid I realized The Six Million Dollar Man's bionic arm would have torn off his shoulder picking up a car.
But you know what? I never made issue of things like that because it'd spoil the fun, it's called entertainment.
😂Honor Blackman played Pussey Galore
Yes she did.