History Film / GoldFinger

* PunnyName: Pussy Galore. In the film this was supposed to be lampshaded, with Bond's response to her telling him her name being "I'm sure you are, but what's your name?" but this was considered likely to annoy the censors. Bond's incredulous "I must be dreaming" is lamp shading enough. Honor Blackman for her part gleefully annoyed the censors by using the character's full name at press conferences and the like.

* RevealingHug: In TheTeaser, James Bond is making out with a belly dancer in his room just as a hidden assassin emerges with a truncheon and sneaks up on him. We, and Bond then see her oddly calm reaction to the assassin's appearance (as well as the reflection of the assassin in her eyes) revealing that they are working together. Fortunately, Bond catches on, and it does not end well for either of them.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Double-Subverted, Bond tries to kill Oddjob by throwing his steel-bladed derby hat at him, but Oddjob simply dodges it and lets it get lodged in a pair of metal bars. However, he's electrocuted when he tries to retrieve it just as Bond jams a severed power line at it.

''Goldfinger'', directed by Creator/GuyHamilton and starring Creator/SeanConnery, is the third film in the ''Film/JamesBond'' franchise by Creator/EonProductions, released on September 18, 1964. It was the first film in the series to feature a TitleThemeTune by Music/ShirleyBassey, launching a trend for the majority of the following films.

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''Goldfinger'', directed by Creator/GuyHamilton and starring Creator/SeanConnery, is the third film in the ''Film/JamesBond'' franchise by Creator/EonProductions. It came out on September 18, 1964, and has remained among the most iconic entries in the series. Part of what made it so good is that it is a shining example of a PragmaticAdaptation that changed the title villain's improbable evil plan to literally rob Fort Knox in Creator/IanFleming's [[Literature/{{Goldfinger}} original novel]] into a plan that feels honestly and believably ingenious. It was also the first film in the series to feature a TitleThemeTune by Music/ShirleyBassey, and it was so memorable that it launched that trend for the majority of the following films.

* RealityIsUnrealistic: Connery thought the tuxedo-under-the-wetsuit bit was too humourous and unbelievable. It was actually drawn from Paul Dehn's wartime experience of a Dutch resistance operation. It was later successfully tested on ''Series/MythBusters''.

Not to be confused with the ska punk band of the same name, though they ''did'' get the name from here.

* DeadManSwitch: Bond tells Goldfinger that killing him won't do much in the long run, as his death will simply cause [=MI6=] to dispatch another agent (008) to replace him.

* ArtisticLicenceEconomics: Bond figures out Goldfinger is lying to his mob backers when he stops to think about his "plan" and realizes that carting all the gold out of Fort Knox is not only incredibly difficult, but would also massively devalue the currency against him. Goldfinger then reveals that he intends to set off a dirty bomb in the vault, inducing scarcity and thus making his existing stock more valuable. In actuality, however, this plan is no better in that all it generates is massive inflation. His gold is only increased 10x in value because currency is worth 1/10. The buying power is relatively unchanged. Also add in that Goldfinger has numerous businesses that all benefit more from a healthy economy (stud farm, jewellery business, and golf club); his plan is likely to ruin all of them. In addition, several underworld organizations would be anxious to ask Goldfinger why their bosses never came back from a meeting with him.
** Goldfinger does not expect profits from inflation. He expects to profit from the capital flight into gold. During this movie the world currencies are still tied to Bretton woods standard, all of them backed by convertible gold and are only valuable as stand-ins for actual bullion. If Bretton woods was ended suddenly with a nuclear bomb, all of the currencies would have lost buying power, but it would have also meant that anyone wealthy would have escaped to the only safe haven left - the physical gold. The physical gold would have regained the reserve currency status as dollar would have lost it. That would mean a tenfold increase both in gold's value and its buying power on top of whatever price increases the inflation delivers. It is only in the post-1971 world, when Nixon ended dollar's gold peg, that gold's significance has diminished to the extent that nuking the Fort Knox would not cause a collapse of Fiat currencies, capital flight to gold and reshuffling of the reserve currency status.

* FamousLastWords:
** "Who needs it?" Jill Masterson, before getting killed offscreen and painted gold.
** "I didn't! I was shooting at him!" Tilly Masterson, who is killed shortly after by Oddjob's hat.
** "Are you blind or something? You missed the turn!" Mr. Solo, before getting shot by Oddjob.
** "Don't be a fool! You can be a hero, I'm not! No, nooo!" Kisch, thrown over a railing by Oddjob in Fort Knox.
** "I will deal with [Pussy] later. At the moment, she is where she ought to be, at the controls." Auric Goldfinger, who is killed shortly after by being sent sucked out of the plane after he unintentionally shoots a window.

* RealityEnsues:
** The point of Bond's speech to Goldfinger, pointing out how it's physically impossible to remove the gold from Fort Knox in anything less than a week and a half and he's going to have the Army and every police agency in the country on him in two hours. Of course, it's right then Goldfinger reveals he has no plans of removing anything. Even better given how the novel ''did'' try to push the idea of stealing the gold, and that in the book, Bond was the only person who thought Goldfinger's plan would fail.
** Tilly Masterson discovers that her sister, Jill, has been killed by Goldfinger. In a matter of a few weeks, the untrained woman rushes off to Switzerland with a too-short range carbine (instead of a rifle) in hand in an attempt to assassinate Goldfinger. In the course of her attempt at a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, she ends up compromising Bond's position twice and fails to kill Goldfinger. The first attempt can be best summarized as an "EpicFail". The second sees her tripping an alarm, which results in a lengthy chase that results in Bond getting captured and Tilly getting killed by Oddjob.
** This is also early enough in the franchise that Bond's OneManArmy tendencies are still held in check; he needs the help of Pussy's team and the cooperation of American authorities to foil Goldfinger's plan, and even then it's a near-run thing.

** Tilly Masterson discovers that her sister, Jill, has been killed by Goldfinger. In a matter of a few weeks, the untrained woman rushes off to Switzerland with a rifle in hand in an attempt to assassinate Goldfinger. In the course of her attempt at a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, she ends up compromising Bond's position twice and fails to kill Goldfinger. The first attempt can be best summarized as an "EpicFail". The second sees her tripping an alarm, which results in a lengthy chase that results in Bond getting captured and Tilly getting killed by Oddjob.

** Goldfinger does not expect profits from inflation. He expects to profit from the capital flight into gold. During this movie the world currencies are still tied to Bretton woods standard, all of them backed by convertible gold and are only valuable as stand-ins for actual bullion. If Bretton woods was ended suddenly with a nuclear bomb, all of the currencies would have lost buying power, but it would have also meant that anyone wealthy would have escaped to the only safe haven left - the physical gold. The physical gold would have regained the reserve currency status as dollar would have lost it. That would mean a tenfold increase both in gold's value and it's buying power on top of whatever price increases the inflation delivers. It is only in the post-1971 world, when Nixon ended dollar's gold peg, that gold's significance has diminished to the extent that nuking the Fort Knox would not cause a collapse of Fiat currencies, capital flight to gold and reshuffling of the reserve currency status.

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* OvertOperative: 007 poses as a dealer in illicit gold, only to end up strapped to a laser-table with Goldfinger greeting him as "007". 007 naturally denies it, responding with his cover name which is - James Bond! Guess it wasn't as well known at the time. Goldfinger knew who he was because he was working the Reds and one of Bonds "opposite numbers" identified him while he was unconscious.

* ArtisticLicenceEconomics: Bond figures out Goldfinger is lying to his mob backers when he stops to think about his "plan" and realizes that carting all the gold out of Fort Knox is not only incredibly difficult, but would also massively devalue the currency against him. Goldfinger then reveals that he intends to set off a dirty bomb in the vault, inducing scarcity and thus making his existing stock more valuable. In actuality, however, this plan is no better in that all it generates is massive inflation. His gold is only increased 10x in value because currency is worth 1/10. The buying power is relatively unchanged. Also add in that Goldfinger has numerous businesses that all benefit more from a healthy economy (stud farm, jewellery business, and golf club); his plan is likely to ruin all of them.

* VillainRespect: InvertedTrope. Bond is forced to give Goldfinger props when he realizes the man's plan isn't to steal the gold stored in Fort Knox (which would be logistically impossible). It's to nuke Fort Knox and thus increase his own gold reserves tenfold.

* VillainRespect: InvertedTrope. Bond is forced to give Goldfinger props when he realizes the man's plan to nuke Fort Knox and thus increase his own gold reserves tenfold.

* ArtisticLicenceEconomics: Bond figures out Goldfinger is lying to his mob backers when he stops to think about his "plan" and realizes that carting all the gold out of Fort Knox is not only incredibly difficult, but would also massively devalue the currency against him. Goldfinger then reveals that he intends to set off a dirty bomb in the vault, inducing scarcity and thus making his existing stock more valuable. In actuality, however, this plan is no better in that all it generates is massive inflation. His gold is only increased 10x in value because currency is worth 1/10. The buying power is relatively unchanged. Also add in that Goldfinger has numerous businesses that all benefit more from a healthy economy (stud farm, jewelry business, and golf club); his plan is likely to ruin all of them.

* [[VanityLicencePlate Vanity Numberplate]]: Bond's Aston Martin [=DB5=] has switchable plates, with ''JB 007'' on its Swiss plate.

* [[ArtisticLicenseMilitary Artistic Licence - Military]]: The U.S. Army Brigadier General is addressed as "Brigadier"; U.S. Army, Air Force and Marine Corps officers of this rank are addressed as "General", since in the U.S. military it is a General officer's rank. "Brigadier" is strictly a British or Commonwealth form of address. It's understandable that Bond might make this mistake, but Leiter, an American, should know better.

** "I will deal with her later. At the moment, she is where she ought to be, at the controls." Auric Goldfinger, who is killed shortly after by being sent sucked out of the plane after he unintentionally shoots a window.