Goldfinger
With Goldfinger, the James Bond series took a turn away from relatively straightforward spy thrillers and toward campy gadgetry, extravagant sets, and kitschy jokes. Bond (Sean Connery) has to prevent a notorious gold smuggler, appropriately named Goldfinger (Gert Fröbe), from robbing Fort Knox. Goldfinger is surrounded by evil henchmen such as the sexy female pilot Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman) and Oddjob (Harold Sakata), who kills with his steel-rimmed bowler hats. In order to stop Goldfinger, Bond has to survive several perilous situations, including a huge, deadly laser. Goldfinger is one of the most popular films in the James Bond series, and it set the tone not only for the rest of the series but also for most of the action/adventure films of the late '60s and early '70s.
Director: Guy Hamilton
Starring: Sean Connery, Gert Frobe, Honor Blackman, Shirley Eaton, Tania Mallet
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Best Effects, Sound Effects
Academy Awards (1965)
Best DVD/Blu-Ray Collection
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films (2013)
Best British Art Direction (Colour)
BAFTA Awards (1965)
Best Foreign Film
Edgar Allan Poe Awards (1965)
Golden Screen, Germany (1965)
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