GOLDFINGER | The Movie That Made James Bond

Goldfinger is the James Bond movie that defined the series and cemented Sean Connery as James Bond 007. This Goldfinger video essay explores the making of Goldfinger, and analyses how this movie took James Bond from being a popular British spy series into a global cinematic sensation. Because Goldfinger is more than a James Bond movie – it is THE James Bond movie, and 60 years after it was made it continues to have an impact on cinema and popular culture. 🔵 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘅 𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗻𝘂𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲: https://www.patreon.com/pentexproductions 🔵 🎞️ Goldfinger is a 1964 spy film starring Sean Connery as James Bond 007. It is based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Ian Fleming. The film's plot has Bond investigating gold smuggling by Auric Goldfinger and eventually uncovering Goldfinger's plans to contaminate the United States Bullion Depository at Fort Knox. 🎞️ 🔵 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 🔵 - Owen D-J (⭐ FOUNDING PATRON ⭐) - nrk (⭐ FOUNDING PATRON ⭐) - Mike Krycia (⭐ FOUNDING PATRON ⭐) - Ronja Jonasson - TriggerHappyBro - Borge - Joe - Paul G - Everyone at the Four Dollar Shake tier. 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 00:00 - Introduction 03:20 - From Fleming to Film 09:45 - Goldfinger pre-credits scene 12:44 - Shirley Bassey's Goldfinger 14:18 - Felix, Miami, and the golden girl 18:37 - Q and the DB5 21:41 - Gert Frobe's Goldfinger 26:22 - Switzerland 28:43 - 'No, Mr Bond I expect you to die!' 30:55 - Kentucky blues 34:37 - The Fort Knox plot 36:20 - Honor Blackman's P*ssy Galore 40:46 - Operation Grandslam 44:49 - James Bond will return 𝗙𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪 𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗫 𝗢𝗡 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚, 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘, 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗔𝗧 𝗢𝗡𝗖𝗘 ☑️ Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/pentexproductions ☑️ Twitter https://twitter.com/PentexP (mostly for James Bond chat) ☑️ Letterboxd https://letterboxd.com/PentexPenguin (to prove I watch other movies besides LOTR and James Bond) ☑️ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/pentexfromyoutube/ (for brief movie reviews, and wider channel updates) 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 🎵 Icelandic Arpeggios – DivKid (Youtube audio library) 🎵 Dream by Alexander Nakarada (www.creatorchords.com) Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 License 🎵 https://www.bensound.com/free-music-for-videos 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗖𝗘𝗦 Most still images were sourced from the Thunderballs Photo Archive - https://www.thunderballs.org/goldfingerproductionstills The Making of Goldfinger – Blu-ray special feature The Goldfinger Phenomenon – Blu-ray special feature Goldfinger – Blu-ray commentary Production Notes – Goldfinger - https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/movies/gf_production?t=gf&s=gf Some Kind of Hero: The Remarkable Story of the James Bond Films, by Matthew Field and Ajay Chowdhury, 2018. Scripting 007 – Behind the writing of the James Bond movies, by Clement Feutry, 2024: https://www.commander007.net/2024/scripting-007-free-book/ Sean Connery interview 1964/1967 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kedc6-FDYZQ Sean Connery 1971 interview with BBC Television - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMIffdHuM7I 1967 Interview with Sean Connery on his James Bond films, Historic Films Stock Footage Archive - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZzbIIQ2OH4 The Sound of 007, Amazon Prime documentary 1965 : James Bond à Paris | Pathé Journal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOT2DrJtg3k Michael Collins - The Real Goldfinger (BBC 1965) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqqXBc3tRHc Daniel Craig answers all the James Bond questions fans really want to know | British GQ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QMP4pFoPU0 #jamesbond #goldfinger #seanconnery