GoldenEye (1995)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Martin Campbell

Writers (WGA):

Ian Fleming (characters)
Michael France (story)

Release Date:

17 November 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

Tagline:

You know the name. You know the number.

Plot:

James Bond teams up with the lone survivor of a destroyed Russian research center to stop the hijacking of a nuclear space weapon by a fellow agent believed to be dead.

Plot Keywords:

Russian | Agent | James Bond | Satellite | General

Awards:

Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Wed. July 15

11:00 PM

USA

Cast

Pierce Brosnan	...	James Bond
Sean Bean	...	Alec Trevelyan / Janus
Izabella Scorupco	...	Natalya Fyodorovna Simonova
Famke Janssen	...	Xenia Zirgavna Onatopp
Joe Don Baker	...	Jack Wade
Judi Dench	...	M
Gottfried John	...	General Arkady Grigorovich Ourumov
Robbie Coltrane	...	Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky
Alan Cumming	...	Boris Grishenko
Tchéky Karyo	...	Defense Minister Dmitri Mishkin (as Tcheky Karyo)
Desmond Llewelyn	...	Q
Samantha Bond	...	Miss Moneypenny
Michael Kitchen	...	Bill Tanner
Serena Gordon	...	Caroline
Simon Kunz	...	Severnaya Duty Officer

Also Known As:

Bond 17 (UK) (working title)
Golden Eye (International: English title) (alternative spelling)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for a number of sequences of action/violence, and for some sexuality.

Runtime:

130 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English | Russian | Spanish

Color:

Color | Color (Rankcolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Iceland:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #34064) | UK:15 (uncut) (2006 ultimate edition) | Philippines:PG-13 | Brazil:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Denmark:16 | Finland:K-16 | Germany:16 | Ireland:15 | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:PG | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:15 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:12 (cut)

Filming Locations:

Admiralteysky, St. Petersburg, Russia

Company:

Eon Productions

Trivia:

The type of drink that Xenia Onatopp orders at the casino was a vodka martini straight up with a twist. This was a play on James Bond's traditional favorite drink a vodka martini shaken not stirred which is what he orders at the casino.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: After he has skydived into the falling plane, we see Bond climbing into the pilot's seat and sitting down as if in normal gravity. As both he and the plane are in free-fall, he would be effectively in weightlessness.

Quotes:

[first lines]
[Russian in toilet cubicle looks around his newspaper to see Bond hanging from the ceiling]
James Bond: Beg your pardon, forgot to knock.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Derek Meddings: Making It Small in Pictures (2006) (V)

Soundtrack:

The Experience of Love

Truly 'golden'

*** 1/2

Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Izabella Scorupco, Sean Bean, and Famke Janssen.

Double-0 agent James Bond, still as suave and sophisticated as he was in the last film, enters Russia in search of the stolen Goldeneye satellite.

After six years without 007, the fans needed a movie like this. Just about everything in this works, from the witty plot to Pierce Brosnan as the new Bond. And I can't review this without complimenting Sean Bean as the series best villain.

Rank in the Series: 1st