Thursday, September 17, 1964: 'Goldfinger'

The third and most memorable of the James Bond movies premieres in London. It marked any number of firsts in the Bond canon:

     * First Bond movie to win an Academy Award (Best Sound Effects Editing).

     * First movie in which Bond himself orders a martini, "shaken, not stirred."

     * First Bond movie to include a pre-mission briefing from gadget master Q (who says, "Now pay attention, please.")

     * First in which Bond drives a heavily modified Aston Martin DB5 (including a passenger ejector seat).

     * First movie to feature the Ford Mustang, which had just debuted in April.

* Entry from www.mi6-hq.com: @

* Entry from BFI Screenonline: @

* Entry from Turner Classic Movies: @

* www.007.com: @
* Film locations, movie stills and production notes (from mitteleuropa): @

* Trailer: @

* "The Making of 'Goldfinger'" (2000 documentary): @
* The Telegraph (UK) review: @

* The Guardian (UK) review: @
* New York Times review: @

* Roger Ebert review (1999): @
* Life magazine cover story (November 6, 1964): @ 

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