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GoldenEye

  • 1995
  • PG-13
  • 2h 10m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
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Pierce Brosnan, Famke Janssen, and Izabella Scorupco in GoldenEye (1995)
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Years after a friend and fellow 00 agent is killed on a joint mission, a Russian crime syndicate steals a secret space-based weapons program known as "GoldenEye" and James Bond has to stop t... Read allYears after a friend and fellow 00 agent is killed on a joint mission, a Russian crime syndicate steals a secret space-based weapons program known as "GoldenEye" and James Bond has to stop them from using it.Years after a friend and fellow 00 agent is killed on a joint mission, a Russian crime syndicate steals a secret space-based weapons program known as "GoldenEye" and James Bond has to stop them from using it.

  • Director
    • Martin Campbell
  • Writers
    • Ian Fleming
    • Michael France
    • Jeffrey Caine
  • Stars
    • Pierce Brosnan
    • Sean Bean
    • Izabella Scorupco
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    263K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    1,145
    420
    • Director
      • Martin Campbell
    • Writers
      • Ian Fleming
      • Michael France
      • Jeffrey Caine
    • Stars
      • Pierce Brosnan
      • Sean Bean
      • Izabella Scorupco
    • 552User reviews
    • 113Critic reviews
    • 65Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards
      • 2 wins & 8 nominations total

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    Top cast

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    Pierce Brosnan
    Pierce Brosnan
    • James Bond
    Sean Bean
    Sean Bean
    • Alec Trevelyan
    Izabella Scorupco
    Izabella Scorupco
    • Natalya Simonova
    Famke Janssen
    Famke Janssen
    • Xenia Onatopp
    Joe Don Baker
    Joe Don Baker
    • Jack Wade
    Judi Dench
    Judi Dench
    • M
    Robbie Coltrane
    Robbie Coltrane
    • Valentin Zukovsky
    Tchéky Karyo
    Tchéky Karyo
    • Dimitri Mishkin
    • (as Tcheky Karyo)
    Gottfried John
    Gottfried John
    • Colonel Ourumov
    Alan Cumming
    Alan Cumming
    • Boris Grishenko
    Desmond Llewelyn
    Desmond Llewelyn
    • Q
    Samantha Bond
    Samantha Bond
    • Moneypenny
    Michael Kitchen
    Michael Kitchen
    • Bill Tanner
    Serena Gordon
    • Caroline
    Simon Kunz
    Simon Kunz
    • Severnaya Duty Officer
    Pavel Douglas
    Pavel Douglas
    • French Warship Captain
    Olivier Lajous
    • French Warship Officer
    • (as Cmdt. Olivier Lajous)
    Billy J. Mitchell
    • Admiral Chuck Farrell
    • Director
      • Martin Campbell
    • Writers
      • Ian Fleming
      • Michael France
      • Jeffrey Caine
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Licence to Kill (1989) used a contest advertising campaign to help generate interest for the movie. The winner of the contest was promised a cameo role in the next James Bond movie. Unfortunately, due to many production issues, work on this movie did not begin for many years. Nevertheless, the contest winner was given a scene after the long delay. She does not have a speaking part, but you can see her in a lovely gold and black evening dress looking over Xenia Onatopp's (Famke Janssen's) shoulder as she plays Baccarat against Bond (Pierce Brosnan).
    • Goofs
      Onatopp and Ourumov activate the GoldenEye satellite by turning two keys simultaneously. As with nuclear missiles, two keys are used so that no single person can launch. However, the keys Onatopp and Ourumov use are within arm's reach of each other, defeating their intended purpose as one person could easily turn both keys.
    • Quotes

      James Bond: Are these pictures live?

      M: Unlike the American government, we prefer not to get our bad news from CNN.

    • Crazy credits
      James Bond will return.
    • Alternate versions
      The UK DVD version edits the scene where Natalya tries to hit Xenia with a branch but Xenia headbutts her and says "Wait for your turn". The line is said but the headbutt has been removed.
    • Connections
      Edited into Omega 'GoldenEye' Television Commercial (1995)
    • Soundtracks
      Goldeneye
      Music by Bono

      Lyrics by The Edge

      Performed by Tina Turner

    User reviews552

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    Amidst Controversy, Bond Re-Invented with Brosnan...
    GOLDENEYE, the long-delayed debut of Pierce Brosnan as James Bond, was a film mired in MGM's convoluted legal problems for six years, problems which had nothing to do with the 007 franchise, but which happened to fall at the worst possible time; after Timothy Dalton's 'Serious Bond' experiment, LICENCE TO KILL, failed to break even in U.S. markets. Despite international grosses that made the film a profitable venture, many American critics, long grumbling that the Bond series had outlasted it's welcome, heaped abuse on the newer, leaner direction for 'Bond', and it's taciturn, less light-hearted star...and, with MGM's decision to put the expensive series 'on hold' until their own legal and financial issues could be resolved, LICENCE TO KILL became the unfair 'scapegoat' for the delay.

    Much happened during the six-year hiatus; with the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Communist undercurrent of many Bond films (and the subject of most of Ian Fleming's novels) was lost; Richard Maibaum, the series' most prolific screenwriter, passed away, and ill health forced legendary producer Albert ('Cubby') Broccoli to turn over his duties to his daughter Barbara, and stepson, Michael G. Wilson (thus ending the other 'prime' 007 screenwriter's script contributions); many other key production figures would retire, die, or move on; and finally, as the delay continued, Timothy Dalton, nearing 50, announced that he was no longer interested in playing James Bond (sparking rumors that Eon Productions, no longer honor-bound by the senior Broccoli's choices, had given him 'the boot').

    While all this opened the door for Pierce Brosnan's long-awaited debut as 007 (after his aborted first attempt, in THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS), with a new 'look' and style for the franchise, whether audiences would even accept a new 'James Bond' adventure was in doubt.

    Fortunately, everything 'worked'. Brosnan, now 42, was more ruggedly believable as 007 than he would have been, at 34, and Dame Judi Dench, as the first woman 'M' (referring to Bond as a "sexist, misogynist dinosaur"), proved a perfect successor to the late Bernard Lee. While the plot of the film, involving the master plan of a renegade Russian General (Gottfried John) and an assumed dead 006 (Sean Bean) to use an electronic warfare system (GoldenEye) against England was nothing new, Brosnan's daring-do and one-liners (with humor restored to the franchise), as he proved his value in the new world 'order', found an audience 'primed' for James Bond's return...and the welcome cameo of the series' last original 'regular', "Q" (Desmond Llewelyn, 81, and as cranky as ever), cemented 007's links to both the past and the future.

    James Bond's greatest crisis, whether he still had 'Box Office', had been overcome, and with audience favorite Pierce Brosnan in place, his emergence into the 21st century was assured.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 17, 1995 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official Site
    • Languages
      • English
      • Russian
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Golden Eye
    • Filming locations
      • Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo, Puerto Rico(Goldeneye Satellite Dish, Cuba)
    • Production companies
      • Eon Productions
      • United Artists
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $60,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $106,429,941
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $26,205,007
      • Nov 19, 1995
    • Gross worldwide
      • $352,194,034
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 10 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS-Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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