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'''''GoldenEye''''' is the 17th ] ] and the first to star ] in the leading role. The film follows Bond as he battles to prevent former friend ] using the ] against ] for revenge and personal gain. It is an original screenplay, not based on a work by ], and was made by ]'s ]. ''GoldenEye'' was directed by ] and produced by ] and ], due to Albert Broccoli's failing health. '''''GoldenEye''''' is the 17th ] ] and the first to star ] as ]'s ] ], James Bond. Made by ]'s ] (though listed as "Albert R. Broccoli presents"), it was the second official James Bond film not produced by Broccoli himself. While undergoing heart surgery, Broccoli entrusted the making of the film and the forthcoming generation of James Bond films to his daughter ] and stepson ], both of whom had been executive producers of previous James Bond films. ''GoldenEye'' was released in ] and directed by ]er ]. Campbell would later sign to direct ] Bond film '']''.


Released in ], after legal troubles forced a 6-year hiatus in the series, many saw ''GoldenEye'' as a return to form. The first Bond film made after the demise of the ], ''GoldenEye'' was praised by most critics and performed well at the ]. Brosnan took over from ] and went on to star in three more films; this was also the first film to star ] as ]. The film was the basis for '']'', a flagship game for the ] and revolutionary ] published by ].


==Plot==
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The story begins with ] (]), 007, infiltrating the Soviet Army guarded ] chemical weapons facility in the ], along with his friend and colleague ] (]), 006. Trevelyan is captured and shot by Colonel ] (]), but Bond escapes and blows up the facility, completing the mission.


==Name==
Nine years later (after the collapse of the Soviet Union), ] (]) and an accomplice steal the prototype attack helicopter ] from the French frigate '']'' during a flight demonstration. Onatopp is identified by ] as a member of the Janus Syndicate, a Russian crime ring. The stolen helicopter is flown to a supposedly abandoned satellite control centre in Severnaya, Russia (depicted as being in central ]), being used to develop the ]; this is traced by MI6 satellite and watched by Bond and ] in ]. Onatopp and Ourumov, now a General, enter Severnaya, steal the GoldenEye disk and kill the programmers working there. They then fire ''Petya'', one of the two GoldenEye satellites, which detonates an ] and destroys the control centre; this covers their theft and allows them to escape in the unaffected Tiger helicopter. They leave with ] (]), a programmer at Severnaya who also secretly works for the Janus Syndicate. ] (]), a female programmer, is the only other survivor but she arranges to meet up with Grishenko, who gives her over to Onatopp.
While ''GoldenEye'' is technically the third original James Bond movie that doesn't contain any reference to an ] novel or short story, the title comes from Fleming's ] estate he dubbed "Goldeneye" where he wrote all the Bond novels. The estate could have been named "Goldeneye" for a number of reasons. The first is that the estate is located in ], which some think may have been derived from the ] for 'golden head' (cabeza de oro). Fleming is also reported to have read ]'s novel '']'' around the time he had his house built in Jamaica. More notably, Fleming was in charge of the defence of ] during the ]; the operation dubbed by Fleming, ].


In the film, "GoldenEye" is the code name of a secret Russian military satellite program, using two nuclear warhead equipped satellites named ''Petya'' and ''Mischa'', which use ] caused by their nuclear explosions in space to disable all electronic devices within a 30 mile radius of their target on Earth. A square-shaped disk with a translucent golden sphere in the centre authorizes the GoldenEye system to set a trajectory and target for each satellite.
MI6 deduce what has happened and Bond is tasked with finding GoldenEye and stopping its use. He travels to ] and uses his CIA contact ] (]) to get access to ] (]), a ] head. Zukovsky, for financial gain, arranges for Bond to meet up with the head of Janus. This turns out to be Trevelyan, who had faked his death at Arkangel. He wants revenge for his ] parents, who were betrayed by the British and ] at the end of ]. He plans to get this by detonating the second GoldenEye satellite, ''Mischa'', over ]. This will hide his own theft of money from the ] and possibly cause a worldwide financial meltdown, as well as killing large numbers of people. Trevelyan captures Bond and leaves him with Simonova to die, but they escape.


==Overview==
They are then immediately caught by the Russian government and interrogated by ], ] (]). During the interrogation, Ourumov enters and is implicated in the Severnaya attack by Simonova, who Mishkin appears to believe. He kills Mishkin and captures Simonova, escaping in a car; Bond pursues him in a ] to an ], where he meets Trevelyan and Onatopp again. After a tense stand-off, Bond kills Ourumov, saving Simonova, but allowing Trevelyan and Onatopp to escape. They are again left to die, but escape, and Simonova traces Grishenko to ] using a computer on the train.
''GoldenEye'' is considered an important film in the Bond series in that it was successful in reviving interest in a character that many critics had suggested had become an ] in the post-] world.
] & ] fighting.]]
Bond and Simonova go to Cuba to find the satellite dish needed to utilise the second satellite. They are searching in a ], provided by Wade, when it is shot down and crashes in the jungle. Onatopp ]s down off a helicopter to finish them off, but Bond fights back, killing her. Bond and Simonova make their way onto the radio telescope cradle, which had been hidden from view in a lake. Before she is caught, Simonova programs the satellite to initiate ] (so it would burn up in the atmosphere). Grishenko manages to program it back, but Bond jams the moving gears of the cradle preventing it repositioning, causing ''Mischa'' to be destroyed. Trevelyan and Bond fight hand-to-hand, with Bond the eventual winner; Trevelyan falls hundreds of feet to the dish below, although is shown as still being alive. Bond escapes the cradle by jumping to a helicopter that Simonova has commandeered, seconds before the antenna explodes (due to the jammed gears) and falls, killing Trevelyan.


The previous film, '']'', had been released in June 1989, before the fall of the ]. Although it was financially successful and critically acclaimed, it was not as popular as previous Bond films, suggesting interest in the series was waning at that point.
==Development==
After '']'' had performed disappointingly at the box office (taking inflation into account, it had the lowest worldwide ] of any Bond film <ref name="box office">{{cite web | title=bondmovies.com | url=http://www.bondmovies.com/boxoffice.shtml | accessdate=2006-11-11}}</ref>), many felt the series was in need of a change. ] put ] the parent company of ] up for sale, and parted ways with ] (director of the previous five Bond movies) and ] (long-time writer for the series).<ref>{{cite news | title = Hollywood mogul puts $200m price on James Bond's head;Albert "Cubby" Broccoli | work = ] | date = ]}}</ref> Danjaq ] ], the distributor of the movies, because the Bond back catalogue was being licensed to ] in a deal that they alleged was unfavourable. These legal battles delayed the film for several years.
] took over from ] to become the new Bond.]]
During this time, ] was still expected to play Bond in the new movie as he had originally signed up for a 3-film contract (albeit one that expired in 1993). In an interview in 1993, Dalton said that ] was writing the story for the film, due to begin production in January or February 1994.<ref>{{cite news |title = Interview with Dalton |work = ] | date = ]}}</ref> However, the deadline was not met and in ] ], Dalton officially resigned the role.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001096/bio | title = Biography for Timothy Dalton | accessdate =2006-11-11 | publisher = ]}}</ref> The producers cast ] (whom they had tried to get after ] retired, but he was contract-bound to ]<ref>{{cite news | first = Kimberly | last = Last | title = Pierce Brosnan's Long and Winding Road To Bond | url = http://www.klast.net/bond/pb_road.html | work = GoldenEye (magazine) | date = 1995| accessdate = 2006-11-12}}</ref>) as Dalton's replacement.<ref>{{cite news | first = Maggie | last = Fox | title = Pierce Brosnan Is New James Bond | url = http://www.klast.net/bond/ge_news2.html | publisher = ] | date = ] | accessdate = 2006-11-12}}</ref>


], the newly cast ], describes Bond as a "], ] dinosaur. A relic of the Cold War." This unusual candour, combined with a generally well-received performance by Brosnan as the new James Bond, helped to revitalize the franchise.
France penned the original story, then ] was brought in to rewrite it,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.creativescreenwriting.com/csdaily/trenches/9_30_05_Caine.html | title = The Spirit of the Story: The Constant Gardener's Jeffrey Caine | accessdate = 2006-11-12 | last = Birren | first = Nick | date = ]}}</ref> maintaining many of France's ideas but adding the prologue prior to the credits. ] polished the script and finally ] added the finishing touches.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.leisuresuit.net/Webzine/articles/bruce_feirstein.shtml | title = His Word is Bond: An Interview With 007 Screenwriter Bruce Feirstein | accessdate = 2006-11-12 | last = Dye | first = Kerry Douglas | date = ]}}</ref> The screenplay credit was shared by Caine and Feirstein while France was credited with only the story, an arrangement he felt was unfair<ref>{{cite web | url = http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/424/424582p1.html | title = Screenwriting Punishment with Michael France | accessdate = 2006-11-12 | author = Reg Seeton and Dayna Van Buskirk }}</ref> particularly as he believed the additions made were not an improvement on his original version.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.leisuresuit.net/Webzine/articles/bruce_feirstein.shtml | title = 10 Questions: Mike France | accessdate = 2006-11-12 | author = Stax | date = ]}}</ref> Wade did not receive an official credit, but was acknowledged in the naming of Jack Wade, the CIA character he created. While the story was not based on a work by ], the title ''GoldenEye'' comes from Fleming's ] estate where he wrote the Bond novels. He named it after ], a contingency plan he developed during ] in case of a ] invasion of ].<ref>{{cite web | title= The Real James Bond | url=http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/R/real_lives/james_bond.html | publisher=] | accessdate=2006-11-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title= Adultery, Cambridge spies, a Jamaican idyll — Ian Fleming's biographer Andrew Lycett traces the origins of James Bond | url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2101-2432127,00.html | publisher=] | first=Andrew |last=Lycett | date=] | accessdate=2006-11-19}}</ref>


==Production== ==Plot summary==
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With Albert Broccoli's health deteriorating (he died in 1996), he was described by his daughter Barbara as taking "a bit of a back seat" in the production of ''GoldenEye'', but still as having "a lot of influence".<ref name="ashton">{{cite web | url = http://www.hmss.com/films/mgw/mgw95.html | title =Richard Ashton Interview Michael G. Wilson | accessdate = 2006-11-12 | last = Ashton | first = Richard | date = 1995}}</ref> In his stead, Barbara and Michael G. Wilson (Albert Broccoli's step-son) took the lead roles in production, and selected ] ] as director, who would also direct ] in ]. Brosnan later described Campbell as "warrior-like in his take on the piece" and said "there was a huge passion there on both our parts".<ref>{{cite web | url = http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,,922395,00.html | title = 'My heavens, I haven't been found out yet' | accessdate = 2006-12-11 | last = Jobson | first = Richard | date = ] | work = ]}}</ref>
The story opens with James Bond, agent 007, and his friend/ally ], agent 006, infiltrating the Soviet Army guarded Arkangel chemical weapons facillity in the ] (modern day ]). Trevelyan is captured and shot by Colonel ], but Bond escapes.
] & ] fighting / Goldeneye]]
Nine years later, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the ], a prototype attack helicopter, is stolen from the French frigate '']'' by a group of Russian nationals during a flight demonstration. ] ] Chuck Farrel, who was scheduled to participate in the demonstration, is killed the day prior by former Soviet fighter pilot ], who seduces him and then crushes his chest with her thighs during intercourse. Her male accomplice then impersonates the admiral at the exhibition and hijacks the Tiger. Farrel's yacht, the ''Manticore'', is later discovered moored off ] and identified by ] as being leased to a front company for the Janus Syndicate, a Russian crime ring.


The stolen helicopter is tracked by a British spy satellite to a supposedly abandoned satellite control centre in Severnaya, Russia (depicted as being in central ]). Moments later, Bond, M, and Chief of Staff Bill Tanner witness the sudden ] explosion that disables their satellites and disables their visual link to the Russian satellite control centre. Ourumov, by now a General, and Xenia Onatopp detonated one of two GoldenEye satellites, ''Petya'', over Severnaya to use the electromagnetic pulse to hide their theft of the GoldenEye disk and keys, which would be used to eventually control the second GoldenEye satellite, ''Mischa''. They escape from the control centre in the stolen Tiger helicopter, which was designed to withstand an electromagnetic pulse, which was produced when they detonated the GoldenEye satellite. A female computer programmer, ], is the only innocent survivor of the attack on Severnaya; Simonova becomes a target for Janus when Gen. Ourumov learns she survived.
They were unable to film at ], the usual location for Bond films, because it had already been booked. Instead they had to convert an old ] factory at Leavesdon Aerodrome in ], into a ]; this worked out well as the producers later said Pinewood would have been too small.<ref name="ashton"/> A mixture of other locations were used: the casino scenes were shot in ]; reference footage for the tank chase was shot on location in ] and matched to the studio at Leavesden; the final scenes on the radio telescope were shot at ].] and end of the ].]]


Bond is charged with finding the GoldenEye ], finding out who stole it, and stopping its use. His only clues are the lone survivor he saw escaping Severnaya once the visual satellite link is reconnected and that the Janus group provided the helicopter to steal the weapon.
''GoldenEye'' opens with a 220&nbsp;m bungee jump, shot at the ] in ]. This stunt, performed by ], was voted the best movie stunt of all time and set a record for the highest bungee jump off a fixed structure.<ref>{{cite news | title = 007's bungee jump tops best movie stunt poll | url = http://www.breakingnews.ie/2002/11/17/story77136.html | date = ] | accessdate = 2006-11-12}}</ref> The largest stunt sequence in the film was the tank chase, shot partly on location in Saint Petersburg and partly at Leavesden, and taking about six weeks to film.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.mi6.co.uk/sections/articles/interview_steve_street1.php3?t=&s=articles | title = Interview - Steve Street (Part 1) | accessdate = 2006-12-11 | date = ]}}</ref> ] took over from ] (who had died in 1991) in designing the opening credits. He says they are meant to be "a kind of story telling sequence" showing that "what was happening in Communist countries was Communism was falling down".<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.jamesbond.com/bond20/newsflash/newsflash_27.php | title = Opening Sequence W/ Daniel Kleinman | accessdate = 2006-11-18}}</ref>


Bond travels to ], Russia. Using a new CIA contact, ], and an ex-KGB agent, ], he discovers that Alec Trevelyan is not only alive, but is the mastermind behind Janus. His 'assassination' in Arkhangelsk was successfully staged, although Trevelyan's face was seriously burned as a result of Bond resetting the explosive timers to three minutes instead of six. Allied with Ourumov and Onatopp, Trevelyan plans to detonate the GoldenEye satellite Mischa over ], sending ] "back to the ]", in vengeance for his ] parents (who were betrayed by the ] at the end of ], and ], who had them imprisoned; his father would later kill his mother and himself).
==Cast==
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* '''] as ] (007)''': In interviews, Barbara Broccoli seemed pleased to have Brosnan playing Bond, saying "I think we've hit it absolutely on the button with him".<ref name="ashton"/> It has been alleged that his contract included a clause forbidding him to appear wearing a ] in any other film, and that he avoided breaking this in '']'' by keeping his tie undone.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.theblob.info/News/2005/NewBondNamed.htm | title = Craig, Daniel Craig:Speculation Ends As New James Bond Named | accessdate = 2006-11-12 | last = Drees | first = Rich | date = ]}}</ref>
* '''] as ] (006)''': This was the first Bond film where another of the 00-agents took a major role, although minor roles and verbal references have occurred throughout the films and books.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.mi6.co.uk/sections/articles/00_agents.php3?t=&s=movies | title = The Other 00-Agents | accessdate = 2006-11-13 | date = ]}}</ref> Before being cast as Trevelyan, Bean had auditioned for the role of Bond and said of the matter, "It would have been nice to have played him, but it was just exciting to be involved with a Bond film."<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.premiere.com/feature/2741/scene-stealer-silent-hills-sean-bean.html | title = Scene Stealer: Silent Hill's Sean Bean | accessdate = 2006-11-14 | last = Matloff | first = Jason | date = 2006}}</ref>
* '''] as ]''': Simonova is the leading ] in the film, and was actor Scorupco's first major role. She would work again with director Campbell in '']''.
* '''] as ]''': Onatopp was the other main Bond girl and a sidekick to Trevelyan. She was voted second-best Bond girl in an ] poll, behind ].<ref>{{cite news |title = Bond girl | url = http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1828449,00.html | work = ] | date = ] | accessdate = 2006-11-13}}</ref> She would work again with co-star Alan Cumming on '']''.
* '''] as ]''': Wade is the CIA contact for Bond, and a replacement for ] who was injured in ''Licence to Kill''; Wade would appear again in ''Tomorrow Never Dies''. Baker had previously appeared in Bond film '']'' as villain ]. He had also played a similar character, another CIA agent, for director Campbell in the 1985 ] '']''.
* '''] as ]''': This was the first film featuring a female M, and the decision is widely believed to be inspired by ] becoming head of ] in 1992.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bookpage.com/0502bp/stella_rimington.html | title = Her majesty's not-so-secret service | accessdate = 2006-11-14 | first = Jay | last = MacDonald }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20020430/ai_n12622913 | title = Woman tipped to head MI5 in footsteps of Stella Rimington | work=Independent, The (London) | accessdate = 2006-11-14 | first = Nigel | last = Morris | date=]}}</ref> Dench would reprise her role as M in the next 4 films.
* '''] as General ]''': Ourumov was another sidekick to Trevelyan (along with Onatopp), and the insider who had access to GoldenEye.
* '''] as ]''': Zukovsky is a Russian ] and ex-] agent whom Bond uses to arrange a meeting with Janus (Trevelyan), despite previously having shot him in the leg and given him a limp. Coltrane had previously worked with ], who appears in a scene with him, on ''Circle of Friends''. He went on to appear with Alan Cumming in ''].
* '''] as ]''': Grishenko was a programmer at Severnaya who secretly worked for Trevelyan. He survived the telescope cradle destruction and fall, but died when a vat of ] exploded and froze him.
* '''] as Defense Minister ]''': Mishkin was the Defense Minister and the person to whom Ourumov had to report. Ourumov shot and killed Mishkin after Simonova revealed the true events at Severnaya.
* '''] as ]''': Llewelyn was the only character to reprise a role from a previous Bond film.
* '''] as ]''': Samantha Bond made her first of four appearances as Moneypenny in the Bond films.


With Natalya's help, Bond tracks Trevelyan to ]. His plans are to steal billions of pounds from the ], possibly causing a worldwide financial meltdown, and have the transaction erased by using the GoldenEye disk to command the nuclear weapon satellite Mischa to detonate in orbit over London. Bond's final showdown with Trevelyan is at the radio telescope cradle, the antenna with which Trevelyan is using to control the second Goldeneye satellite. Natalya briefly causes the satellite to initiate re-entry. Bond's equipment is taken, and Boris finds Q's pen bomb. Boris clicks the pen three successive times, and the bomb goes off. Using the panic around him, Bond and Natalya take the lift to the top of the antenna. Bond jams the moving gears and cogs of the radio telescope's rotating machinery, then he fights a hand-to-hand battle with Trevelyan, both of them nearly killing the other. However, Trevelyan loses his footing, and only Bond prevents him from falling, by grabbing his boot. Trevelyan then says to Bond, "For England, James?". Bond replies, "No, for '''''me'''''." Bond drops Trevelyan, who falls several hundred feet to the bottom of the dish. Natalya somehow manages to steal a helicopter, which she uses to pick up Bond before the whole antenna explodes. Trevelyan is somehow still alive below, with his back broken. He is crushed as the antenna falls on him. The end of the film shows Bond and Natalya kissing after they jump out of the helicopter, only to be interrupted by Jack Wade and dozens of US Marines.
==Release and critical reaction==
''GoldenEye'' premièred on ] ] at the ] in ], and went on general release in the ] on ] ]; the ] première followed on the 22 November, with general release two days later.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.mi6.co.uk/sections/articles/ge_premiere.php3?t=ge&s=ge | title = GoldenEye - Première & Press | accessdate = 2006-11-15 | date = ]}}</ref> Brosnan boycotted the French première to support ]'s protest against the French nuclear testing program (led by ]), causing the première to be cancelled.<ref>{{cite news | title = Pierce Brosnan boycotts French premiere of GoldenEye to support Greenpeace protests | url = http://www.klast.net/bond/ge_news3.html#boycott | date = ] | publisher=PRNewswire | accessdate = 2006-11-16}}</ref> It made over $26 million during its opening weekend in the USA, and during its release made around $350 million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=goldeneye.htm | title = GoldenEye | accessdate = 2006-11-15 | publisher = ]}}</ref> It had the 4th highest worldwide gross of any film in ]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=1995&p=.htm | title = 1995 Worldwide Grosses | accessdate = 2006-11-24 | publisher = ]}}</ref> and, taking inflation into account, was the most successful Bond film since '']''.<ref name="box office"/>


==Cast and characters==
The critical reception of the film was mostly positive with the film review collection website '']'' giving it an 83% Fresh approval,<ref name="rt">{{cite web | work=rottentomatoes.com | title=GoldenEye (1995) | url=http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/goldeneye/ | accessdate=2006-11-16}}</ref> although similar site ] gave it only 65%.<ref name="rt">{{cite web | work=metacritic.com | title=GoldenEye | url=http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/goldeneye | accessdate=2006-11-24}}</ref> In the ], ] gave the film 3 out of 4-stars, and said Brosnan's Bond was "somehow more sensitive, more vulnerable, more psychologically complete" than the previous ones, also commenting on Bond's "loss of innocence" over previous films.<ref>{{cite web | title=GoldenEye | url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19951117/REVIEWS/511170303/1023 |date=] | last=Ebert | first = Roger|publisher=Chicago Sun-Times | accessdate=2006-11-16}}</ref> ] described Brosnan as "a decided improvement over his immediate predecessor" with a "flair for wit to go along with his natural charm", but added that "fully one-quarter of ''Goldeneye'' is momentum-killing padding."<ref>{{cite web | title=GoldenEye | work=www.reelviews.net | url=http://www.reelviews.net/movies/g/goldeneye.html |date= 1995 | accessdate=2006-11-16}}</ref> Several reviews praised the new M's appraisal of Bond as a "sexist, misogynist dinosaur",<ref>{{cite web | title=14-Karat ‘GoldenEye’: A Polished New Bond | publisher=] | first=Hal | last= Hinson |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/goldeneye.htm#hinson | date= ] | accessdate=2006-11-18}}</ref><ref name="variety">{{cite web | title=GoldenEye | publisher=] | first=Todd | last=McCarthy | url=http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117904690.html?categoryid=31&cs=1 | date= ] | accessdate=2006-11-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=New Bond More Action Than Style | work=sfgate.com | first=Peter | last=Stack | url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1995/11/17/DD71044.DTL | date= ] | accessdate=2006-11-18}}</ref> with Todd McCarthy in ] saying ''GoldenEye'' "breathes fresh creative and commercial life" into the series.<ref name="variety"/> However, ] in '']'' wrote that after "a third of a century's hard use", Bond's conventions survived on "wobbly knees",<ref>{{cite web | title=Shaky, Not Stirring | publisher=] | first=Richard| last=Schickel| url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,983763,00.html | date= ] | accessdate=2006-11-18}}</ref> while in ], Owen Gleiberman thought the series had "entered a near-terminal state of exhaustion."<ref>{{cite web | title= GoldenEye | publisher=] | first=Owen| last=Gleiberman| url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/review/movie/0,6115,299672_1||365612|0_0_,00.html | date= ] | accessdate=2006-11-18}}</ref>
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==Crew==
''GoldenEye'' was nominated for two ]s: for "Best Achievement in Special Effects" and "Best Sound", as well as two ] for "Best Action/Adventure Film" and "Best Actor" (for Brosnan). It did not win any of the categories.<ref>{{cite web | title= Awards for GoldenEye | publisher=] | url=www.imdb.com/title/tt0113189/awards | date= ] | accessdate=2006-11-24}}</ref>
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*Cinematography by: ]
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==Music== ==Soundtrack==
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The soundtrack to ''GoldenEye'' was composed by ] (prolific Bond composer ] says he was offered it by Barbara Broccoli, but turned it down<ref>{{cite web | title=John Barry The Gstaad Memorandum | publisher=Film Score | url=http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/features/barry.asp | date=November 1996 | accessdate=2006-11-18}}</ref>). Serra's score has been heavily criticised: ], in ], writes it is "more appropriate for a ride on an elevator than a ride on a roller coaster",<ref>{{cite web | title= Bond for Glory | url=http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/11.22.95/bond-9547.html | publisher=] | date=] | accessdate=2006-11-19}}</ref> and Filmtracks says Serra "failed completely in his attempt to tie Goldeneye to the franchise's past."<ref>{{cite web | title= Filmtracks Editorial Review | work=filmtracks.com | url=http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/goldeneye.html | accessdate=2006-11-19}}</ref> The producers later hired ] to provide the music for the tank chase in St. Petersburg. Serra's original track for that sequence can still be found on the soundtrack as "A Pleasant Drive In St. Petersburg". Serra composed and performed a number of synthesizer tracks, including the version of the ] that plays during the gun barrel sequence, while John Altman and ] provided the more traditional symphonic music. The theme song, "]", was written by ] and ], and was performed by ].<ref>{{cite news | title = Tina Turner performs theme song to new James Bond movie, 'GoldenEye.' | url =http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_n2_v89/ai_17755938 | publisher = ] | date = ] | accessdate = 2006-11-20}}</ref>


==Vehicles & gadgets== ==Vehicles & gadgets==
{{main|List of James Bond vehicles|List of James Bond gadgets}} {{main|List of James Bond vehicles|List of James Bond gadgets}}
*''']''': A convertible, which comes fully loaded with the usual Q refinements, including a ] system and ]s behind the headlights. The car barely features in the film and Bond ends up trading it for Jack Wade's plane. *] &mdash; A convertible, it comes fully loaded with all the usual Q refinements, including a ] system and ]s located behind the headlights. Bond uses none of the car's gadgets except for the ] navigation system, and ends up trading it for Jack Wade's plane.
*''']''': Jack Wade's aeroplane, which is shot down while searching for the satellite dish in Cuba. *] - Jack Wade's aeroplane (see above)
*'''] Belt''': Q gives Bond a size-34 belt containing a 23&nbsp;m rappelling cord and a piton-shooting buckle. When fired, it shoots a grapple attached to high-tensile-strength wire designed to support Bond's weight. Bond uses this to escape from Ourumov and his troops. *Grappling Belt &mdash; Q gives Bond a size-34 belt containing a 75-foot rappelling cord and a piton-shooting buckle. When fired, it shoots a grapple attached to high-tensile-strength wire designed to support Bond's weight.
*''']''': The car Bond is seen driving at the start of the film, registration BMT214A. This is not the same car as seen in '']'' and '']'' (that car was registered BMT216A); it appears to be Bond's personal car and re-appears in the next film '']'' (its appearance at Castle Thane in '']'' did not make it into the final film). The car is equipped with a refrigerator in the centre armrest to hold champagne and two glasses, and a communications system including voice commands and a fax machine, which prints out of the in-dash CD player. *] &mdash; Registration BMT214A. Note this is not the same car as seen in '']'' and '']'' (that car was registered BMT216A). This appears to be Bond's personal car and re-appears in the next film ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' (its appearance at Castle Thane in '']'' did not make it into the final film). The car is equipped with a refrigerator in the centre arm rest to hold champagne and two glasses, and also a communications system including voice commands and a fax machine, which prints out of the in-dash CD player.
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*''']''': The armoured locomotive pulling the train in which Trevelyan escapes St. Petersburg is a ] No. D8188, with the addition of some plating to give the impression of a Russian armour (in the film, Trevelyan mentions that the trains were used to haul mobile ]s around the country). *The armoured locomotive pulling the train in which Alec Trevelyan escapes St. Petersburg was actually a ] No. D8188, with the addition of some armour plating to give the impression of a Russian armoured locomotive. (In the film, Trevelyan mentions that the trains were used to haul mobile ]s around the country).
*'''Explosive Pen''': Q gives Bond a ] pen that doubles as a "class-four" (]) grenade. Three consecutive clicks arms the four-second fuse; another three disarms it. Boris Grishenko unwittingly sets this off at one point, allowing Bond and Simonova to escape. *Explosive Pen &mdash; Q-Branch gives Bond a ] pen that doubles as a "class four" (C4) grenade. Three clicks arms the four-second fuse, another three disarms it.
*''']''': Bond's watch, standard issue of MI6, can remotely detonate mines and has a built-in ] that can cut through metal. *Omega Watch &mdash; This watch, standard issue of MI6, has a built-in laser that can cut through steel and iron, and can also remotely detonate mines.
*'''Grapple and Laser Gun''': At the start of the film, Bond bungee jumps off a dam, and uses the grapple gun to lock on to the building below. He then uses the gun's built-in motor to pull him down. Once on the building, he uses the laser function to infiltrate the ventilation system. *Grapple and Laser Gun &mdash; In the intro sequence Bond bungee jumps off of a dam. To ensure he doesn't bounce back up he uses this gun to latch on to the complex below using its grapple function. Once down, Bond uses the laser built inside the gun to infiltrate the venting system that leads into the bathroom.
*'''Tank''': Bond steals this from a ] military building. An older ] tank was made up to resemble a ] in the film. *Russian tank, which Bond steals from a ] military building. An older ] tank was made up to resemble a ] in the film.


==Firearms== ==Firearms of ''GoldenEye''==
{{main|List of James Bond guns}} {{main|List of James Bond guns}}
*''']''': Bond's standard issue pistol. Shown in the promotional poster with a silencer. Chambered for the 7.65 x 17mm Browning (or .32 ACP) cartridge. *] &mdash; James Bond's standard issue pistol. Shown in the poster below with silencer. Chambered for the 7.65 x 17mm Browning (or .32 ACP) cartridge.


*'''] pistol''': Standard-issue pistol of the Soviet/Russian armed forces. The pistol was used prominently by Ourumov in a number of scenes. *] pistol &mdash; Standard-issue pistol of the Soviet/Russian armed forces. The pistol was prominately used by General ] in a number of scenes in the movie.


*'''] (]) pistol''': Trevelyan uses this pistol. During the opening infiltration, he uses a ], but on the cradle at the end of the film, he is seen with a Browning DA. Both guns are chambered for the 9 x 19mm Parabellum cartridge. *] (]) pistol &mdash; ]'s pistol of choice. In the beginning during the facility infiltration he is seen with a ], but the ending battle scene at the antenna cradle he is seen with a Browning DA. Both guns are chambered for the 9 x 19mm Parabellum cartridge.


*'''Kalashnikov ] automatic rifle''': The standard-issue assault rifle of the Soviet/Russian armed forces and used in their military service since 1974/1975. Chambered for the 5.45 x 39mm Soviet M74 cartridge. A number of the AK-74 rifles that were used were not real AK-74s but non-Russian made Kalashnikov rifles that were made to look like the AK-74 rifle. The folding-stock variant AK-74 rifles that were seen in ''GoldenEye'' were Chinese-made ] Type 56/AKM rifles that were fitted with AK-74-style muzzle brakes and Russian-made red bakelite plastic magazines that were made for the AKM rifle in the 1970s. The rifles that were fitted with fixed buttstocks were real, Russian-made AK-74 rifles. * Kalashnikov ] automatic rifle &mdash; Standard-issue assault rifle of the Soviet/Russian armed forces and has been in Soviet/Russian military service since 1974/1975. Chambered for the 5.45 x 39mm Soviet M74 cartridge. A number of the AK-74 rifles that were used were not real AK-74s but non-Russian made Kalashnikov rifles that were made to look like the AK-74 rifle. The folding-stock variant AK-74 rifles that were seen in ''GoldenEye'' were Chinese-made ] Type 56/AKM rifles that were fitted with AK-74-style muzzle brakes and Russian-made red bakelite plastic magazines that were made for the AKM rifle in the 1970s. The rifles that were fitted with fixed buttstocks were real, Russian-made AK-74 rifles.


*'''Kalashnikov ] carbine''': The standard-issue carbine of the Soviet/Russian vehicle crews and certain internal security forces. The AKSU-74 is the shortened version of the AK-74 for issue to vehicle crews and people operating in confined spaces, it uses the same ammunition as the AK-74. It's also chambered for the 5.45 x 39mm Soviet M74 cartridge. * Kalashnikov ] carbine&mdash; Standard-issue carbine of the Soviet/Russian vehicle crews and certain internal security forces. The AKSU-74 is shortened version of the AK-74 for issue to vehicle crews and people operating in confined spaces, it uses the same ammunition as the AK-74. The AKSU-74 (or AKS-74u) was prominently used by James Bond at the Arkangel Chemical Weapons Facility in 1986 and in St. Petersburg in 1995 when he and Natalya were escaping from the Russian military base. The AKSU-74 was also used by ] when she used the weapon to kill the personnel at the Severnaya satellite control centre after General Ourumov got control of the two GoldenEye satellites. Bond can be seen wielding it on Trevelyan's Train. Also chambered for the 5.45 x 39mm Soviet M74 cartridge.


==Censorship== ==Ratings history==
''Goldeneye'' had a few things trimmed in order to be guaranteed a ] rating from the ] and a 12 rating from the ].<ref name="imdb ratings">{{cite web | url = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113189/alternateversions | title = Alternate Versions for Goldeneye had a few things trimmed in order to be guaranteed a ] rating from the ] and a 12 rating from the ]. The cuts include:
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* The visible bullet impact to 006's head when he is shot at the beginning of the film. * The visible bullet impact to 006's head when he is shot at the beginning of the film.
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==Locations==
In 2006, the film was remastered and re-edited for the James Bond Ultimate Edition DVD in which a number of ]s were restored and some violent sound effects were restored to their original levels. The BBFC rating was changed to a '15'.<ref name="imdb ratings"/>
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==Other media== ===Shooting locations===
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===Novelisation and comic===
*], ] - ''bungee jump at Arkangel chemical factory''
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*Thorenc, ] - ''hills overlooking Monte Carlo''
''GoldenEye'' was the second and last Bond film to be adapted as a novel by then-current Bond novelist ]. The book follows the film's storyline quite closely, however Gardner adds a violent sequence prior to the opening bungee jump in which Bond wipes out a group of Russian guards (the video game, '']'', features a similar section). This was also Gardner's penultimate Bond novel: after one more entry in the series ('']''), Gardner retired and ] took over the series.
*] - ''Casino de Monte Carlo and helicopter theft''
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** ] - ''square in central St. Petersburg''
** St Sofia's Greek Cathedral, ] - ''Church of Our Lady of Smolensk, St. Petersburg''
** Draper's Hall, ] - ''interior of Russian defence ministry''
** ], ] - ''exterior train scene''
*] - ''Janus crime syndicate headquarters''
*] - ''St. Petersburg airport terminal''
*], ], ] - ''satellite dish in Cuba''


Italics indicate the locations in the movie portrayed by each shooting location.
In late ], ] began publishing a three-issue adaptation of ''GoldenEye'' in comic book format. The film script was adapted by ] with art by ]. The first issue carried a January ] cover date.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.klast.net/bond/comics.html | title = The James Bond 007 Comics Checklist | accessdate = 2006-11-20 | last = Martinez | first = Mark}}</ref> For reasons unknown, Topps cancelled the adaptation after only the first issue had been published, and to date the adaptation has never been released in its entirety.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://commanderbond.net/cw.cgi?action=Story&SID=2744 | title = When Bond Battled Dinosaurs | publisher = commanderbond.net | accessdate = 2006-11-20 | last = Cox | first = John |date =]}}</ref>


===Video games=== ==Novelisation==
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''GoldenEye'' was adapted into a highly-regarded ] for the ] by ]. It was considered a flagship game for the console, and viewed as revolutionary in its development of the ] format. In a ] ], readers of the ] ] '']'' voted ''GoldenEye 007'' into first place in a list of "the hundred greatest video games",<ref name="cvgpoll">{{cite journal | title=100 Greatest Games Of All Time | journal=Computer and Video Games | year=2000 | month=January | issue=218|pages=53–67}}</ref> and in 2005, a "Best Games of All-Time" poll at ] placed it at 7th.<ref name="gamefaqspoll">{{cite web | url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/contest/top10 | title=The 10 Best Games Ever | publisher=GameFAQs | accessdate=2006-09-29}}</ref> It is based upon the film and novel, but, game designer ] explained how many of the missions were extended or modified.<ref name="hollis-speech">{{cite web | last=Hollis | first=Martin | authorlink=Martin Hollis|date=] | url=http://www.zoonami.com/briefing/2004-09-02.php | title=The Making of GoldenEye 007 | publisher=Zoonami | accessdate=2006-05-13}}</ref>
''GoldenEye'' was the second and last Bond film to be adapted as a novel by then-current Bond novelist ]. ''GoldenEye'' is based upon the screenplay by ] and ]. The book follows the movie storyline fairly closely, however Gardner adds a rather violent sequence prior to the opening bungee jump in which Bond wipes out a group of Russian guards. This scene does not appear in the movie, although the popular '']'' video game based on the film featured something similar.


This was also Gardner's penultimate Bond novel; after one more entry in the series (]), Gardner would retire from chronicling the adventures of 007. ] would take over the series and also write the novelisations for the remaining three Brosnan Bond films, '']'', '']'' and '']''.
In the fall ], Electronic Arts released '']'' for ], ], ] and later the ]. However, this game bears no relation to the film and some consider it as an attempt to recreate the success of ''GoldenEye 007''.<ref>{{cite web | last=Qualls| first=Eric | url=http://xbox.about.com/od/reviews/fr/goldeneyerarev.htm | title=GoldenEye: Rogue Agent | publisher=] | accessdate=2006-11-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Gerstmann | first=Jeff| url=http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/jamesbond007goldeneye2/review.html | title=GoldenEye: Rogue Agent | publisher=] |date=]| accessdate=2006-11-20}}</ref> The game ultimately flopped.

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==Comic book adaptation==
In late ] ] began publishing a three-issue adaptation of ''GoldenEye'' in comic book format. The film script was adapted by ] with art by ]. The first issue carried a January ] cover date. For reasons unknown, Topps cancelled the adaptation after only the first issue had been published, and to date the adaptation has never been released in its entirety.

==Video games==
:''Main article: ] and ]''
''GoldenEye'' was adapted into a highly regarded ] for the ] by ]. At the time of its release, it was considered a flagship game for the new N64 console, and was considered revolutionary in its use of the ] format which led to many imitators, and is still considered to this day one of the finest games of all time.

In the ] of ], Electronic Arts released '']'' for ], ], ] and later the ]. This is the first game based on the 007 franchise in which the player does not take on the role of James Bond himself; rather they control an aspiring 00-agent (named ]) who is recruited by ], the ] in the movie and book '']''. It should be noted that this game has nothing to do with the movie and was only titled "GoldenEye" in order to gain from the previous game's success.

==Trivia==
*While this is the first appearance of Pierce Brosnan as James Bond, he was actually picked to replace ] in the film '']'', but due to his contract with the ] '']'' he had to drop out of the film. Ironically a similar problem had prevented Moore being cast in the first ever Bond film; Moore was committed to the 1960s television series '']'' so ] was brought in to replace him.{{fact}}

*According to story writer, Michael France, the film was written with ]'s darker, grittier portrayal of Bond in mind, but Dalton withdrew from the role before shooting began in 1994.

*For a time it was rumoured that Brosnan's contract specifically stated that he was not allowed to wear a full tuxedo in other films and that Brosnan had apparently worked around this in the film '']'' by leaving his tie untied during a black-tie ball, thus not wearing a full tuxedo. This rumour turned out to be false.

*''GoldenEye'' features the highest ] from a structure in a movie, performed by British ] ]. The drop was more than 722 ft. Michaels later made a cameo as a helicopter pilot that Xenia shoots.

*Reportedly, ''GoldenEye'''s script had to be rewritten as it was found to be too similar to a plotline in the ] film '']''.

*Joe Don Baker returns as CIA agent Jack Wade: his previous appearance in the Bond films was as the villain ] in '']''. Baker had played a similar character, also a CIA agent, for ''GoldenEye'' director ] in the ] ] television drama '']''.

*], the title sequence designer for most of the James Bond films since '']'', died in 1991. The job of title designer for ''GoldenEye'' as well several future James Bond films was then passed to ].

*] died shortly after the film was released. He had been too ill to visit the set during filming. The next Bond film, '']'', was dedicated to his memory.

*One of the ] used in the filming of the ] chase sequence was later used in the ''Beyond A Joke'' episode of '']''.

*During the tank sequence, the tank can be seen running over a Russian vehicle, clearly crushing the driver (presumably a ]). This depiction of "]" may have been unintentional as it is followed by a quick shot of the driver getting out of the car.

*Xenia's combat boots had to be custom-made for the film, as the costumers were unable to find appropriate boots which fit ] (who wears US size 11 shoes).

*When ''GoldenEye'' was first released it was rated a '12' by the ]. This continued for all home video releases until 2006 when it was remastered and re-edited for the James Bond Ultimate Edition DVD in which a number of ]s were restored and some violent sound effects were restored to their original levels. The rating was changed to a '15'.

*Alan Cumming and Famke Janssen later appeared together onscreen again, this time as protagonists ] and ], respectively, in '']''.

*The Church 'Our Lady of ]' is actually Aghia Sofia, a ] church in ], West London.


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For other uses, see GoldenEye (disambiguation).

Template:Infobox Film Bond GoldenEye is the 17th James Bond film and the first to star Pierce Brosnan as Ian Fleming's British secret service agent, James Bond. Made by Albert R. Broccoli's EON Productions (though listed as "Albert R. Broccoli presents"), it was the second official James Bond film not produced by Broccoli himself. While undergoing heart surgery, Broccoli entrusted the making of the film and the forthcoming generation of James Bond films to his daughter Barbara Broccoli and stepson Michael G. Wilson, both of whom had been executive producers of previous James Bond films. GoldenEye was released in 1995 and directed by New Zealander Martin Campbell. Campbell would later sign to direct 2006's Bond film Casino Royale.


Name

While GoldenEye is technically the third original James Bond movie that doesn't contain any reference to an Ian Fleming novel or short story, the title comes from Fleming's Jamaican estate he dubbed "Goldeneye" where he wrote all the Bond novels. The estate could have been named "Goldeneye" for a number of reasons. The first is that the estate is located in Oracabessa, which some think may have been derived from the Spanish for 'golden head' (cabeza de oro). Fleming is also reported to have read Carson McCullers's novel Reflections in a Golden Eye around the time he had his house built in Jamaica. More notably, Fleming was in charge of the defence of Gibraltar during the Second World War; the operation dubbed by Fleming, Operation Goldeneye.

In the film, "GoldenEye" is the code name of a secret Russian military satellite program, using two nuclear warhead equipped satellites named Petya and Mischa, which use electromagnetic pulse caused by their nuclear explosions in space to disable all electronic devices within a 30 mile radius of their target on Earth. A square-shaped disk with a translucent golden sphere in the centre authorizes the GoldenEye system to set a trajectory and target for each satellite.

Overview

GoldenEye is considered an important film in the Bond series in that it was successful in reviving interest in a character that many critics had suggested had become an anachronism in the post-Cold War world.

The previous film, Licence to Kill, had been released in June 1989, before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Although it was financially successful and critically acclaimed, it was not as popular as previous Bond films, suggesting interest in the series was waning at that point.

Judi Dench, the newly cast M, describes Bond as a "sexist, misogynist dinosaur. A relic of the Cold War." This unusual candour, combined with a generally well-received performance by Brosnan as the new James Bond, helped to revitalize the franchise.

Plot summary

Template:Spoiler The story opens with James Bond, agent 007, and his friend/ally Alec Trevelyan, agent 006, infiltrating the Soviet Army guarded Arkangel chemical weapons facillity in the Soviet Union (modern day Russia). Trevelyan is captured and shot by Colonel Arkady Grigorovich Ourumov, but Bond escapes. ] Nine years later, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Eurocopter Tiger, a prototype attack helicopter, is stolen from the French frigate La Fayette by a group of Russian nationals during a flight demonstration. Canadian Admiral Chuck Farrel, who was scheduled to participate in the demonstration, is killed the day prior by former Soviet fighter pilot Xenia Onatopp, who seduces him and then crushes his chest with her thighs during intercourse. Her male accomplice then impersonates the admiral at the exhibition and hijacks the Tiger. Farrel's yacht, the Manticore, is later discovered moored off Monte Carlo and identified by MI6 as being leased to a front company for the Janus Syndicate, a Russian crime ring.

The stolen helicopter is tracked by a British spy satellite to a supposedly abandoned satellite control centre in Severnaya, Russia (depicted as being in central Siberia). Moments later, Bond, M, and Chief of Staff Bill Tanner witness the sudden electromagnetic pulse explosion that disables their satellites and disables their visual link to the Russian satellite control centre. Ourumov, by now a General, and Xenia Onatopp detonated one of two GoldenEye satellites, Petya, over Severnaya to use the electromagnetic pulse to hide their theft of the GoldenEye disk and keys, which would be used to eventually control the second GoldenEye satellite, Mischa. They escape from the control centre in the stolen Tiger helicopter, which was designed to withstand an electromagnetic pulse, which was produced when they detonated the GoldenEye satellite. A female computer programmer, Natalya Fyodorovna Simonova, is the only innocent survivor of the attack on Severnaya; Simonova becomes a target for Janus when Gen. Ourumov learns she survived.

Bond is charged with finding the GoldenEye satellite weapon, finding out who stole it, and stopping its use. His only clues are the lone survivor he saw escaping Severnaya once the visual satellite link is reconnected and that the Janus group provided the helicopter to steal the weapon.

Bond travels to St. Petersburg, Russia. Using a new CIA contact, Jack Wade, and an ex-KGB agent, Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky, he discovers that Alec Trevelyan is not only alive, but is the mastermind behind Janus. His 'assassination' in Arkhangelsk was successfully staged, although Trevelyan's face was seriously burned as a result of Bond resetting the explosive timers to three minutes instead of six. Allied with Ourumov and Onatopp, Trevelyan plans to detonate the GoldenEye satellite Mischa over London, sending Britain "back to the stone age", in vengeance for his Lienz Cossack parents (who were betrayed by the British Army at the end of World War II, and returned to the Soviets, who had them imprisoned; his father would later kill his mother and himself).

With Natalya's help, Bond tracks Trevelyan to Cuba. His plans are to steal billions of pounds from the Bank of England, possibly causing a worldwide financial meltdown, and have the transaction erased by using the GoldenEye disk to command the nuclear weapon satellite Mischa to detonate in orbit over London. Bond's final showdown with Trevelyan is at the radio telescope cradle, the antenna with which Trevelyan is using to control the second Goldeneye satellite. Natalya briefly causes the satellite to initiate re-entry. Bond's equipment is taken, and Boris finds Q's pen bomb. Boris clicks the pen three successive times, and the bomb goes off. Using the panic around him, Bond and Natalya take the lift to the top of the antenna. Bond jams the moving gears and cogs of the radio telescope's rotating machinery, then he fights a hand-to-hand battle with Trevelyan, both of them nearly killing the other. However, Trevelyan loses his footing, and only Bond prevents him from falling, by grabbing his boot. Trevelyan then says to Bond, "For England, James?". Bond replies, "No, for me." Bond drops Trevelyan, who falls several hundred feet to the bottom of the dish. Natalya somehow manages to steal a helicopter, which she uses to pick up Bond before the whole antenna explodes. Trevelyan is somehow still alive below, with his back broken. He is crushed as the antenna falls on him. The end of the film shows Bond and Natalya kissing after they jump out of the helicopter, only to be interrupted by Jack Wade and dozens of US Marines.

Cast and characters

Crew

Soundtrack

Main article: GoldenEye (soundtrack)

Vehicles & gadgets

Main articles: List of James Bond vehicles and List of James Bond gadgets
  • BMW Z3 — A convertible, it comes fully loaded with all the usual Q refinements, including a self-destruct system and Stinger missiles located behind the headlights. Bond uses none of the car's gadgets except for the GPS navigation system, and ends up trading it for Jack Wade's plane.
  • Cessna 172 - Jack Wade's aeroplane (see above)
  • Grappling Belt — Q gives Bond a size-34 belt containing a 75-foot rappelling cord and a piton-shooting buckle. When fired, it shoots a grapple attached to high-tensile-strength wire designed to support Bond's weight.
  • Aston Martin DB5 — Registration BMT214A. Note this is not the same car as seen in Goldfinger and Thunderball (that car was registered BMT216A). This appears to be Bond's personal car and re-appears in the next film Tomorrow Never Dies (its appearance at Castle Thane in The World Is Not Enough did not make it into the final film). The car is equipped with a refrigerator in the centre arm rest to hold champagne and two glasses, and also a communications system including voice commands and a fax machine, which prints out of the in-dash CD player.
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Goldeneye Class 20
  • The armoured locomotive pulling the train in which Alec Trevelyan escapes St. Petersburg was actually a British Rail Class 20 No. D8188, with the addition of some armour plating to give the impression of a Russian armoured locomotive. (In the film, Trevelyan mentions that the trains were used to haul mobile ICBMs around the country).
  • Explosive Pen — Q-Branch gives Bond a Parker Jotter pen that doubles as a "class four" (C4) grenade. Three clicks arms the four-second fuse, another three disarms it.
  • Omega Watch — This watch, standard issue of MI6, has a built-in laser that can cut through steel and iron, and can also remotely detonate mines.
  • Grapple and Laser Gun — In the intro sequence Bond bungee jumps off of a dam. To ensure he doesn't bounce back up he uses this gun to latch on to the complex below using its grapple function. Once down, Bond uses the laser built inside the gun to infiltrate the venting system that leads into the bathroom.
  • Russian tank, which Bond steals from a Russian military building. An older T-55 tank was made up to resemble a T-80BV in the film.

Firearms of GoldenEye

Main article: List of James Bond guns
  • Walther PPK — James Bond's standard issue pistol. Shown in the poster below with silencer. Chambered for the 7.65 x 17mm Browning (or .32 ACP) cartridge.
  • Makarov PM pistol — Standard-issue pistol of the Soviet/Russian armed forces. The pistol was prominately used by General Arkady Grigorovich Ourumov in a number of scenes in the movie.
  • Kalashnikov AK-74 automatic rifle — Standard-issue assault rifle of the Soviet/Russian armed forces and has been in Soviet/Russian military service since 1974/1975. Chambered for the 5.45 x 39mm Soviet M74 cartridge. A number of the AK-74 rifles that were used were not real AK-74s but non-Russian made Kalashnikov rifles that were made to look like the AK-74 rifle. The folding-stock variant AK-74 rifles that were seen in GoldenEye were Chinese-made Norinco Type 56/AKM rifles that were fitted with AK-74-style muzzle brakes and Russian-made red bakelite plastic magazines that were made for the AKM rifle in the 1970s. The rifles that were fitted with fixed buttstocks were real, Russian-made AK-74 rifles.
  • Kalashnikov AKSU-74 carbine— Standard-issue carbine of the Soviet/Russian vehicle crews and certain internal security forces. The AKSU-74 is shortened version of the AK-74 for issue to vehicle crews and people operating in confined spaces, it uses the same ammunition as the AK-74. The AKSU-74 (or AKS-74u) was prominently used by James Bond at the Arkangel Chemical Weapons Facility in 1986 and in St. Petersburg in 1995 when he and Natalya were escaping from the Russian military base. The AKSU-74 was also used by Xenia Onatopp when she used the weapon to kill the personnel at the Severnaya satellite control centre after General Ourumov got control of the two GoldenEye satellites. Bond can be seen wielding it on Trevelyan's Train. Also chambered for the 5.45 x 39mm Soviet M74 cartridge.

Ratings history

Goldeneye had a few things trimmed in order to be guaranteed a PG-13 rating from the MPAA and a 12 rating from the BBFC. The cuts include:

  • The visible bullet impact to 006's head when he is shot at the beginning of the film.
  • Several additional deaths during the sequence in which Xenia guns down the workers at the Severnya station.
  • A few extra seconds of footage of Xenia's death.
  • James giving Xenia a rabbit punch while they are riding in the car together. This change was only requested by the BBFC, however, Martin Campbell felt that making two versions of one scene was ridiculous, so he cut the punch in both versions of the film.

Locations

Film locations

Title credits from GoldenEye representing the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War

Shooting locations

Italics indicate the locations in the movie portrayed by each shooting location.

Novelisation

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1995 British Coronet Books paperback edition.

GoldenEye was the second and last Bond film to be adapted as a novel by then-current Bond novelist John Gardner. GoldenEye is based upon the screenplay by Bruce Feirstein and Jeffrey Caine. The book follows the movie storyline fairly closely, however Gardner adds a rather violent sequence prior to the opening bungee jump in which Bond wipes out a group of Russian guards. This scene does not appear in the movie, although the popular GoldenEye 007 video game based on the film featured something similar.

This was also Gardner's penultimate Bond novel; after one more entry in the series (COLD), Gardner would retire from chronicling the adventures of 007. Raymond Benson would take over the series and also write the novelisations for the remaining three Brosnan Bond films, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day.

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Comic book adaptation

In late 1995 Topps Comics began publishing a three-issue adaptation of GoldenEye in comic book format. The film script was adapted by Don McGregor with art by Rick Magyar. The first issue carried a January 1996 cover date. For reasons unknown, Topps cancelled the adaptation after only the first issue had been published, and to date the adaptation has never been released in its entirety.

Video games

Main article: GoldenEye 007 and GoldenEye: Rogue Agent

GoldenEye was adapted into a highly regarded video game for the Nintendo 64 by Rareware. At the time of its release, it was considered a flagship game for the new N64 console, and was considered revolutionary in its use of the first-person shooter format which led to many imitators, and is still considered to this day one of the finest games of all time.

In the Autumn of 2004, Electronic Arts released GoldenEye: Rogue Agent for Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube and later the Nintendo DS. This is the first game based on the 007 franchise in which the player does not take on the role of James Bond himself; rather they control an aspiring 00-agent (named GoldenEye) who is recruited by Auric Goldfinger, the villain in the movie and book Goldfinger. It should be noted that this game has nothing to do with the movie and was only titled "GoldenEye" in order to gain from the previous game's success.

Trivia

  • While this is the first appearance of Pierce Brosnan as James Bond, he was actually picked to replace Roger Moore in the film The Living Daylights, but due to his contract with the television show Remington Steele he had to drop out of the film. Ironically a similar problem had prevented Moore being cast in the first ever Bond film; Moore was committed to the 1960s television series The Saint so Sean Connery was brought in to replace him.
  • According to story writer, Michael France, the film was written with Timothy Dalton's darker, grittier portrayal of Bond in mind, but Dalton withdrew from the role before shooting began in 1994.
  • For a time it was rumoured that Brosnan's contract specifically stated that he was not allowed to wear a full tuxedo in other films and that Brosnan had apparently worked around this in the film The Thomas Crown Affair by leaving his tie untied during a black-tie ball, thus not wearing a full tuxedo. This rumour turned out to be false.
  • GoldenEye features the highest bungee jump from a structure in a movie, performed by British stuntman Wayne Michaels. The drop was more than 722 ft. Michaels later made a cameo as a helicopter pilot that Xenia shoots.
  • Reportedly, GoldenEye's script had to be rewritten as it was found to be too similar to a plotline in the James Cameron film True Lies.
  • Maurice Binder, the title sequence designer for most of the James Bond films since Dr. No, died in 1991. The job of title designer for GoldenEye as well several future James Bond films was then passed to Daniel Kleinman.
  • During the tank sequence, the tank can be seen running over a Russian vehicle, clearly crushing the driver (presumably a mannequin). This depiction of "collateral damage" may have been unintentional as it is followed by a quick shot of the driver getting out of the car.
  • Xenia's combat boots had to be custom-made for the film, as the costumers were unable to find appropriate boots which fit Famke Janssen (who wears US size 11 shoes).
  • When GoldenEye was first released it was rated a '12' by the BBFC. This continued for all home video releases until 2006 when it was remastered and re-edited for the James Bond Ultimate Edition DVD in which a number of headbutts were restored and some violent sound effects were restored to their original levels. The rating was changed to a '15'.
  • Alan Cumming and Famke Janssen later appeared together onscreen again, this time as protagonists Nightcrawler and Jean Grey, respectively, in X-Men 2.

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