GoldenEye (1995)

James Bond teams up with the lone survivor of a destroyed Russian research center to stop the hijacking of a nuclear space weapon by a fellow agent believed to be dead.

Director:

Martin Campbell

Writers:

Ian Fleming (characters), Michael France (story),

Stars:

Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco

Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Pierce Brosnan	...	James Bond
Sean Bean	...	Alec Trevelyan
Izabella Scorupco	...	Natalya Simonova
Famke Janssen	...	Xenia Onatopp
Joe Don Baker	...	Jack Wade
Judi Dench	...	M
Robbie Coltrane	...	Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky
Gottfried John	...	General Arkady Grigorovich Ourumov
Alan Cumming	...	Boris Grishenko
Tchéky Karyo	...	Defense Minister Dmitri Mishkin (as Tcheky Karyo)
Desmond Llewelyn	...	Q
Samantha Bond	...	Miss Moneypenny
Michael Kitchen	...	Bill Tanner
Serena Gordon	...	Caroline
Simon Kunz	...	Severnaya Duty Officer

Storyline

When a deadly satellite weapon system falls into the wrong hands, only Agent 007 can save the world from certain disaster. Armed with his license to kill, Bond races to Russia in search of the stolen access codes for "Goldeneye," an awesome space weapon that can fire a devastating electromagnetic pulse toward Earth. But 007 is up against an enemy who anticipates his every move: a mastermind motivated by years of simmering hatred. Bond also squares off against Xenia Onatopp, an assassin who uses pleasure as her ultimate weapon.

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Plot Keywords:

russian | agent | russia | chemical weapons | fire | 

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Taglines:

No limits. No fears. No substitutes.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for a number of sequences of action/violence, and for some sexuality

Details

Official Sites:

MGM Studios [us]

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English Russian Spanish

Release Date:

17 November 1995 (USA)

Also Known As:

007: GoldenEye

Filming Locations:

Admiralteysky, St. Petersburg, Russia

Box Office

Budget:

$58,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£12,393,233 (UK) (15 December 1995)

Gross:

£17,393,594 (UK) (19 January 1996)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Eon Productions, United Artists

Technical Specs

Runtime:

130 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color Color (Rankcolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Although it is alleged that Pierce Brosnan's contract to play James Bond specifically prohibited him from appearing in other movies wearing a tuxedo, he nevertheless appears in a tuxedo in The Mirror Has Two Faces which followed Brosnan's first James Bond appearance in GoldenEye by more than a year.

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Goofs

The two parachutes on the helicopter escape pod are white in long distance shots but red, white and blue in close-up on the ground.

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Quotes

[first lines]
[Russian in toilet cubicle looks around his newspaper to see Bond hanging from the ceiling]
James Bond: Beg your pardon, forgot to knock.

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Crazy Credits

James Bond will return.

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Connections

Follows On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)

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Soundtracks

"GoldenEye"
Written by Bono & The Edge
Produced by Nellee Hooper
Performed by Tina Turner
Executive Produced by Bono & The Edge
Ms. Turner appears courtesy of VIRGIN RECORDS/EMI GLOBALA LIMITED.

User Reviews

An Excellent Bond Film

After a 6 year hiatus the producers needed to make this film good enough to bring Bond back to the forefront, and in comparison to the films that followed, I believe this to be the best. Without a cold war to fuel plot lines, the story is able to step into new territories, with many great plot elements. Pierce Brosnan portrays Bond amazingly well in my opinion, and ties all the classic 007 elements together flawlessly. Although adhering to the Bond foundations, this film has a great, fresh feel to it, I think partly due to the industrial style score by Eric Serra. I think you need to see this film more than once to fully appreciate it, but it is definitely a classic!