After a prototype helicopter capable of withstanding an electromagnetic pulse is stolen from under the noses of the Royal Navy while demonstrating its capabilities in Monte Carlo, it is used in an attack on a Russian bunker in Severnaya.
The bunker is the control centre for the Goldeneye satellites, each of which is armed with an electromagnetic pulse weapon designed to destroy enemy communications and electronic equipment, one of which is used to destroy the complex’s capabilities.
James Bond is sent to St Petersburg to investigate the attack, where he learns that the head of the organisation responsible, Janus, is none other that his former colleague, Alec Trevelyan (006), who went missing in action while on assignment with 007 many years before.
After locating the dish used to control the rogue Goldeneye satellite to Cuba, 007 and Natalya Simonova infiltrate the Janus command centre where they learn of Trevelyan’s plan to destroy Britain’s economy.
What we say
While Goldeneye is hardly a return to classic style Bond films, Pierce Brosnan is at least likable in the role. However, the film retains too many comedy elements left over from the Roger Moore era, something that would plague all Brosnan’s films.
Locations
Original release
US Premiere: 13th November 1995 at Radio City Music Hall, New York
US: 17th November 1995
UK Premiere: 22nd November 1995 at the Odeon Leicester Square
UK: 24th November 1995
Principal crew
| Director | Martin Campbell |
| Screenplay | Michael France, Jeffrey Caine & Bruce Feirstein |
| Producer | Barbara Broccoli & Michael G Wilson |
| Music | Eric Serra |
| Editing | Terry Rawlings |
| Production design | Peter Lamont |
| Cinematography | Phil Meheux |
Cast
| 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 |
| Desmond Llewelyn | Q |
| Samantha Bond | Miss Moneypenny |
| Michael Kitchen | Bill Tanner |
| Serena Gordon | Caroline |
| Simon Kunz | Severnaya Duty Officer |
| Pavel Douglas | French Warship Captain |
| Olivier Lajous | French Warship Officer |
| Billy J. Mitchell | Admiral Chuck Farrell |
| Constantine Gregory | Computer Store Manager |
| Minnie Driver | Irina |
| Michelle Arthur | Anna |
| Ravil Isyanov | MiG Pilot |
| Vladimir Milanovich | Croupier |
| Trevor Byfield | Train Driver |
| Peter Majer | Valentin’s Bodyguard |
Drinks
- Bollinger Grande Annee 1988
- Vodka martini (ordered in the casino but not consumed)
- Jack Daniel’s Black Label
Cars
BMW Z3 Roadster (1995)
Quotes
- “How can you act like this? How can you be so cold?”
“It’s what keeps me alive.”
“No. It’s what keeps you alone.” - “If you think for one moment I don’t have the balls to send a man out to die, your instincts are dead wrong.”
- “Do you destroy every vehicle you get into?”
“Standard operating procedure. Boys with toys.” - “I am invincible!”
Poster Art
Buy a Goldeneye
poster or print.
Soundtrack
Read more about the Goldeneye soundtrack or buy it online.
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