GoldenEye [1995]

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1995
Running Times: 130 mins
Format: Rankcolor     Panavision [anamorphic]     35mm
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: Dolby Digital     DTS

[Full Credits]

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Eon Productions
Executive Producer: Tom Pevsner
Producers: Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli
Associate Producer: Anthony Waye

SCRIPT
Screenplay: Jeffrey Caine, Bruce Feirstein; Kevin Wade [uncredited]
Story: Michael France
Characters: Ian Fleming

DIRECTION
Director: Martin Campbell

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Phil Meheux

EDITING
Editor: Terry Rawlings

MUSIC
Music / Synthesizer Score Produced and Performed By: Eric Serra
Songs: Bono, The Edge [Goldeneye]; Eric Serra, Rupert Hine [The Experience of Love]; Billy Sherrill, Tammy Wynette [Stand By Your Man]
Songs Performed By: Tina Turner [Goldeneye]; Eric Serra [The Experience of Love]; Minnie Driver [Stand By Your Man]

SOUND
Sound Recording: David John

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up Supervisor: Linda Devetta
Hair Supervisor: Colin Jamison
Hair: Jan Jamison
Costume Designer: Lindy Hemming

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Supervisor: Chris Corbould
Special Effects: Cinesite (Europe) Ltd; General Screen Enterprises; The Graphic Station; The Magic Camera Company; The Moving Picture Company
Miniature Effects Supervisor: Derek Meddings

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Peter Lamont
Supervising Art Director: Neil Lamont
Art Director: Andrew Ackland-Snow

LOCATIONS
Locations: Monte Carlo, Monaco; Puerto Rico; St Petersburg, Russia; Switzerland; Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England, UK; Nene Valley Railway, Northamptonshire, England, UK; British Sugar Factory, Peterborough, England, UK; Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England, UK; Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo, Puerto Rico; Leavesden Aerodrome, Leavesedn, Hertfordshire, UK
Bungee Jump Location: Verzasca, S.A.

STUNTS
Stunt Co-Ordinator: Simon Crane

CASTING
Casting: Debbie McWilliams
USA Casting: Pam Dixon

CAST
Pierce Brosnan [James Bond]
Sean Bean [Alec Trevelyan]
Izabella Scorupco [Natalya Fyodorovna Simonova]
Famke Janssen [Xenia Zaragevna Onatopp]
Joe Don Baker [CIA Agent Jack Wade]
Judi Dench [M]
Robbie Coltrane [Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky]
Tchéky Karyo [Defense Minister Dimitri Mishkin]
Gottfried John [Colonel/General Arkady Grigorovich Ourumov]
Alan Cumming [Boris Grishenko]
Desmond Llewelyn [Q]
Samantha Bond [Miss Moneypenny]
Michael Kitchen [Intelligence Officer Bill Tanner]
Serena Gordon [Caroline]
Simon Kunz [Severnaya duty officer]
Pavel Douglas [French warship captain]
Cmdt. 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 Milanovitch [croupier]
Trevor Byfield [train driver]
Peter Majer [Valentin's bodyguard]

Several years after the death of his colleague, Alec Trevelyan, 006, James Bond finds himself investigating the theft of a new battlefield helicopter by the Janos group, an offshoot of the Russian mafia. He also has to track down the stolen Goldeneye, a powerful electro-magnetic pulse weapon and. along the way, is reunited with a face from his past...

A major return to form for the Bond series, with Pierce Brosnan stepping effortlessly into the role and making it his own. It isn't quite the reinvention it was claimed to be, but it repositions Bond as the quintessential screen action hero and showed the True Lies, Die Hard and Indiana Jones upstarts who was still the boss. Not perfect, but a great way to win back the crowds who had been deserting the series over the past decade.

Portugal
Theatrical Distributor: Lusomundo

Spain
Theatrical Distributor: United International Pictures

USA
Theatrical Distributor: United Artists [us]

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Australia
Rating: PG

Denmark
Rating: 16

Finland
Rating: K-16

Germany
Rating: 12
The scene where Alec is crushed by the falling satellite dish is cut. Also missing is Bond's description of Onatopp after her death: "She always liked a good squeeze!"

Norway
Rating: 15

Portugal
Rating: M/12

Singapore
Rating: PG

Spain
Rating: 13

Sweden
Rating: 15

UK
Rating: 12
The British Board of Film Classification demanded a cut to a punch to the throat. Also missing is a brief scene of Natalya trying to hit Xenia.

USA
Rating: PG-13 [so rated for a number of sequences of action/violence, and for some sexuality]

1994
April
12: Timothy Dalton settles much press speculation when he announces to the press that he won't be returning to play James Bond in the new film.

June
1: Pierce Brosnan receives the news that he has finally won the role of James Bond
8: The official press launch of the new James Bond, at a photo call at London's Regent Hotel.
9: Almost all of the British newspapers carry the story that Bond is back and that this time he will be played by Pierce Brosnan.

1995
January
16: Brosnan arrives at Goldeneye's home, the converted Rolls Royce factory at Leavesden Airfield. Filming has been delayed by a week following an injury to Brosnan's hand. His first scene is his meeting with Robbie Coltrane as Valentin Zukovsky.
22: The press arrive at Leavesden for their first on-set press call. 400 journalists descend on the location, reflecting the character's enduring appeal.

February
7: Judi Dench arrives at Leavesden for the first of three days shooting her scenes as the new M. Brosnan admits to having been "terrified" of her, though his nerves are soon settled when it turns out that she is just as nervous.
10: Desmond Llewelyn returns for his customary outing as Q. Unaware of the presience of his words, Brosnan notes that acting alongside the much loved Llewelyn makes him feel "as if I am a different character in a different film today - like a John Cleese farce."
13: The casino scenes are filmed on sets built at Leavesden.
27: The crew begin filming in Port de Monaco, Monte Carlo. But poor weather hampers their attempt to film the mountainside car chase between Bond and Onatopp and the scenes of Bond aboard the speedboat in the harbour are also delayed.

March
13: The death of Onatopp is filmed, with Eunice Huthart stunt doubling for Famke Janssen.
14: Sean Bean arrives to begin his work as treacherous agent 006, Alec Trevelyan. His first scenes are in the chemical factory set. On the same day, the publicity department tells Brosnan that his poster credit will be more reminiscent of Connery than Moore - Pierce Brosnan is James Bond, as opposed to Pierce Brosnan as James Bond. It's a busy day for Brosnan who also has to sit for the wax modelers from Madame Tussaud's who are at Leavesden to start work on his figure. After a lengthy measuring session, Brosnan writes on the guest book: "You missed one measurement. But... ah. never mind!"

April
4: It's Alec Cumming's turn to make his Bond debut, as Russian computer programmer Boris.
24: The main unit relocaters to the Queen's Stand at Epsom Racecourse in Surrey which is to stand in for the entrance to St Petersburg Airport.

May
16: Bean and Brosnan film their climactic fight atop the Cuban radio dish. That night, Brosnan, who is 42 today, appears in front a live audience to tape a segment of David Letterman's late night chat show which is being taped in London. He is reluctant to appear but with an audience of 30 million, it's too good a publicity opportunity to miss.
22: Things aren't going well. The main unit is having problems completing the control centre scenes while the second unit were trying to repair one of the many Lada cars seen during the tank chase that had become damaged. Brosnan does the sensible thing and retires to a local pub.
25: Brosnan and Bean continue to film their fist fight. Brosnan's injured hand cases him problems during the scene where he slides down a ladder.
June
1: Roger Moore, nursing a knee injury sustained while filming in Thailand, visits the set to see his son Christian, who has been working there as a third assistant director. He tells Brosnan ""I've been called up. They said 'We've seen the results on poor old Brosnan, so get the knee right and you're back in the job.'" Moore watches as Brosnan films part of the tank chase sequence through the streets of St Petersburg.

1995
November
16: Canada - theatrical release
17: USA - theatrical release
24: UK - theatrical release

December
7: Argentina - theatrical release
7: Netherlands - theatrical release
7: Singapore - theatrical release
8: Israel - theatrical release
8: Portugal - theatrical release
8: Sweden - theatrical release
10: Slovenia - theatrical release
15: Finland - theatrical release
15: Iceland - theatrical release
15: Mexico - theatrical release
15: Switzerland - theatrical release
16: Japan - theatrical release
16: Korea - theatrical release
20: Belgium - theatrical release
20: France - theatrical release
20: Spain - theatrical release
21: Australia - theatrical release
21: Hong Kong - theatrical release
22: Luxembourg - theatrical release
22: Malaysia - theatrical release
25: Panama - theatrical release
26: New Zealand - theatrical release
26: Norway - theatrical release
26: Poland - theatrical release
28: Germany - theatrical release
29: Austria - theatrical release

1996
January
12: Greece - theatrical release
12: Italy - theatrical release
26: Denmark - theatrical release

February
9: Estonia - theatrical release

You know the name. You know the number.

No limits. No fears. No substitutes.

When the world is the target and the threat is real, you can still depend on one man.

James Bond 007 - GoldenEye - German title
007 ja kultainen silmä - Finnish title
Aranyszem - Hungarian title

SEQUEL TO
Dr No [1962]
From Russia with Love [1963]
Goldfinger [1964]
Thunderball [1965]
You Only Live Twice [1967]
On Her Majesty's Secret Service [1969]
Diamonds Are Forever [1971]
Live and Let Die [1973]
The Man with the Golden Gun [1974]
The Spy Who Loved Me [1977]
Moonraker [1979]
For Your Eyes Only [1981]
Octopussy [1983]
A View To a Kill [1985]
The Living Daylights [1987]
Licence To Kill [1989]

SEQUELS
Tomorrow Never Dies [1997]
The World Is Not Enough [1999]
Die Another Day [2002]
Casino Royale [2006]

SEE ALSO
Casino Royale [1967]
Never Say Never Again [1983]
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond [1987]
Spy Hard [1996]
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery [1997]
Goldeneye [1997]
Ninja Mission 2000 [2000]
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins [2000]

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
007 The James Bond Story [1999]
Premiere Bond: Die Another Day [2002]
A Very British UFO Hoax [2003]
The World of 007 [1995]

MAGAZINES

American Cinematographer December 1995 pp.34-44, 46-48, 50, 52
illustrated article

Broadcast 13 September 1996 p.13
note

Cinefantastique December 1995 [v27 n3] pp.14-25
illustrated article

Cinefantastique January 1998 [v29 n9] pp.23-25
illustrated article

Cinema [Germany] 21 December 1995
review [by Heiko Rosner]

Cinescape June 1996 pp.66-67

Cinefantastique October 1995 pp.6-7

Diario de Noticias, Viver 8 December 1995
review [ny Jose De Matos-Cruz]

Dreamwatch 17 p.44

Empire December 1995 pp.37; 84-108
illustrated review [by Kim Newman], credits, synopsis; illustrated article

Empire March 1996 p.16
illustrated article

Empire June 1996 p.114
illustrated review [by Ian Nathan]

Eyepiece December / January 1995 / 1996 p.23
letter

Film Francais 8 December 1995 p.8
illustrated short article

Film Francais 22 December 1995 p.8
iilustrated short article

FilmMagasinet December / January 1995 / 1996 p.37
review [by Erlend Eskeland]

Film Review January 1996 p.18
review [by Anwar Brett]

Films in Review January / February 1996 p.63
illustrated review [by Victoria Alexander]

Imágenes February 1996 p.115
review [by Ruiz De Villalobos]

O Independente Vida 7 December 1995
illustrated interviews with Pierce Brosnan, Famke Janssen and Izabella Scorupco [by Rui Henriques
Coimbra]; review [by Paulo Nogueira]

Media Week 1 December 1995 p.6
illustrated short article

Premiere [France] January 1996 p.24
review [by Eric Libiot]

Premiere [UK] December 1995 p.15
illustrated review [by David Eimer]

Premiere [USA] December 1995 pp.67-68
illustrated article

Premiere [USA] April 1996 pp.61-62
illustrated article [by Corie Brown]

Radio Times 6 March 1999 p.49
illustrated review

Score Filmmuziek Magazine December 1995 p.15
illustrated short article

Screen International 12 January 1996 p.6
illustrated note

Screen International 16 February 1996 p.5
note

Sight and Sound December 1995 pp.10-13
illustrated article

Sight and Sound January 1996 pp.39-40; 63
illustrated credits, synopsis, review [by Jose Arroyo]; soundtrack review [by Mark Kermode]

Starburst 208 [December 1995] pp.12-15; 33; 50-53
illustrated interview; illustrated review [by Alan Jones], illustrated interview

Starburst 209 [January 1996] pp.14-16
illustrated interview

Starburst 213 [May 1996] p.54
illustrated note

Svenska Dagbladet 8 December 1995
review [Bond -95 en förhållandevis god årgång by Jan Söderqvist]

Total Film no.72 [January 2003] p.38 [UK]
question and answer

Vox April 1995 pp.118-119

BOOKS

The Making of GoldenEye [London: Boxtree [1995]]
illustrated production notes [by Garth Pearce]

KEYWORDS

aircraft, arms dealers, beaches, boats, bombs, cars, casinos, churches, cia, computers, cuba, dams, electro magnetic pulse weapons, extortion, fighter aircraft, hackers, helicopters, james bond, london, military, missiles, motorcycles, organised crime, psychologists, revenge, russia, satellites, scrapyards, space weapons, spies, statues, swimming pools, tanks, trains

Last Updated: 6 March, 2007