Goldfinger is
without doubt the most famous, iconic and memorable of all the James Bond
films, and on its release in 1964 it set movie screens alight around the
world with a heady cocktail of creativity that became an entertainment
phenomenon; from its glittering opening credit titles designed by Robert
Brownjohn, accompanied by Shirley Bassey belting out its brassy main title
theme written by John Barry, Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley, through
to the corpse of an unfortunate woman painted gold, a man with a deadly
steel-rimmed flying hat, an Aston Martin DB5 ‘with modifications’, a Bond
Girl whose feline name caused much trepidation, death by laser beam, a
larger than life villain with the Midas touch, and the golden gleaming
cathedral-like interior of Fort Knox, as imagined by brilliant Production
Designer Ken Adam – with all these elements its hardly surprising that the
heady concoction that is Goldfinger impressed so many in 1964, and
now, 50 years later, remains a popular evergreen entertainment for
successive generations of film fans and Bond enthusiasts alike.
The ‘GOLDFINGER portfolio’ is a 350-page metal covered celebration
of everything that is representative of this great film and is packed with
over 1,000 images from the 007 MAGAZINE ARCHIVE with detailed
informational photo captions throughout, and also includes:
| • | Call Sheets |
| • | Documents |
| • | Press Releases |
| • | Blueprints |
| • | Ken Adam Sketches |
| • | Press Ads |
| • | Contact Sheets |
| • | UK Front of House sets |
| • | Complete UK Exhibitors’ Campaign Book |
| • | Many never-before-seen
images – including two scenes shot but cut from the film and featured here for the first time anywhere! |
Plus Interviews:
| • | All-new interviews
with the Goldfinger Girls: Nadja Regin, Margaret Nolan, Shirley Eaton – and the ‘voice of the Bond Girls’, Nikki van der Zyl. |
Plus Articles:
| • | The Goldfinger titles – Brownjohn hits it out of the park (by Luke Williams) |
| • | Goldfinger – the classic James Bond score by John Barry (by Geoff Leonard & Pete Walker) |
| • | An Oscar From Cutting Room 30 (by Oscar-Winning Dubbing Editor Norman Wanstall) |