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:

There is no substitute.

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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

Nails had to be attached to the tires of the Ferrari F355 for the skid in the car chase with James Bond's Aston Martin. This Ferrari was actually rented and, after colliding with 007's car, had to be repaired overnight at a cost of $80,000.

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Goofs

Onatopp's lipstick on Bond's upper left cheek when she is attacking him in Cuba.

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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

Referenced in 007: The Return (1995)

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Soundtracks

"The James Bond Theme"
Written by Monty Norman

User Reviews

Bridging the Bond generations!

After a 6 year hiatus due to protracted legal wranglings as to WHO owned the BOND film rights, GOLDENEYE was finally made! It was worth the wait! With the almost impossible assignment of both retaining the quintessential METHOD of the Connery period and the need to drag Bond screaming into the new millennium and its new technology, Martin Campbell actually pulled it off.

Brosnan, though not my personal favorite I have to say, did a damn near remarkable job, by not only bringing elements of Connery, Dalton and Moore to the role, but by stamping it with his own identity (he WAS actually first choice ahead of Dalton but was contractually tied to REMINGTON STEELE and could not gain a release!)

Wishing to link back with the earlier mega successful Bonds, the very title of GOLDENEYE was inspirational, immediately bringing to mind the latent image of GOLDFINGER. Not one half bad title song either compared to some recent efforts.

With Bernard Lee's sad demise, Judy Dench made a brilliant replacement as M, all balls and bravado. Similarly, Moneypenny is now a strictly new-age secretary admonishing 007 for his sexual harassment of her good self! Dearest of all, Desmond Llewelyn still shines as "Q" berating 007 for his behaviour and telling him to "grow up."

Famke Janssen is a throw-back to the good old days of Bond badgirls as the aptly named Xenia Onatopp. Izabella Scorupco however must be the most beautiful of all the "good" Bond girls. Feminine to the core and everything the average man would want to love and protect she is is simply yummy.....no more so than when she chides 007's cold-war repartee with his Russian counterpart as "Boys with Toys" Soo cute!

Action was at a premium from the rip-snorting bungee-jump (pre-credits) to the climactic battle atop the communications tower. Everything gelled in this movie to elevate it to amongst the top 5 Bond films...no question! Top dialog, state of the art fx, innuendos on tap and a really first rate villain. Shame none of the later Brosnan outings have come close to this one!

8.8 out of 10!