Goldfinger: Bloomsbury Pocket Movie Guide 2

by Adrian Turner

Bloomsbury Movie Guides are A to Z companions to some of the greatest, most memorable films ever made. The books feature scores of entries on all aspects of the making and meaning of movies, and include historic, cinematic, and literary references; profiles of the actors and directors; and interviews. Goldfinger is James Bond at his best—suave, sophisticated, and with the elegant menace that only Sean Connery could bring to the role. Adrian Turner looks at the kiss-kiss-bang-bang movie that has it all—the Aston Martin, the beautiful women, the casinos, and the infamous Pussy Galore.

Genres: Media Tie In

256 pages, Paperback

First published September 24, 1998

Reviews

[Steve Mitchell · Rating 3 out of 5]

A pleasant enough reference book about the film of the same name, with a small amount of additional material on the book that the film was based upon. Just one tip though: if you are going to include an entry with the heading 'whoops!' highlighting errors that other writers have made when discussing Goldfinger, it is better if the next entry - Willis, Austin Actor who played Felix Leiter - is not actually wrong! (Willis was originally supposed to play Bond's CIA colleague, but took the role of Goldfinger's victim at the card table; Cec Linder ended up playing Leiter! And yes; I do realise how sad I am to have noticed that and that I am even sadder for have pointed it out to everybody!)

One serious warning though; if you do plan on going to see the Agatha Christie play 'The Mousetrap' then this book will tell you who the killer is!

[Mick Meyers · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good read with some I didn't know that moments.

[Thomas Stroemquist · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Funny, informative and very personal account of the movie Golfinger. A recommended read. Impossible to not see the movie again afterwards."