Auric Goldfinger (Gert Fröbe) | James Bond Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Auric Goldfinger (Gert Fröbe) Bullion dealer, jeweller and international gold smuggler Affiliation Deceased, sucked out of an aircraft Behind the scenes James Bond: "Do you expect me to talk?" Auric Goldfinger: "No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die." ―James Bond and Auric Goldfinger [src] Auric Goldfinger is a fictional bullion dealer, jeweller and international gold smuggler. The character appeared in EON Productions ' 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger , portrayed by German actor Gert Fröbe (voiced by Michael Collins ) and was adapted from the literary character who first appeared in Ian Fleming 's 1959 novel of the same name . Fröbe's Goldfinger has subsequently appeared in numerous video-games , most notably GoldenEye: Rogue Agent (2004) and 007 Legends (2012). Contents [ show ] Film biography Arguably the most famous James Bond villain in any film, Goldfinger's obsession is gold.

Welcoming any enterprise which will increase his considerable stock, Goldfinger engages in international gold smuggling. Smuggling gold out of Britain, Goldfinger moulds the bodywork of his Rolls Royce in eighteen carat gold, weighing approximately two tons. Making six trips a year to the continent, his men dismantle the vehicle at " Auric Enterprises, A.G " in Switzerland . They reduce the gold in a special furnace, which in turn are turned into gold ingots. A considerably wealthy man, Auric Goldfinger owned many properties throughout the world. Apart from being a legitimate bullion dealer, Goldfinger poses as a legitimate international jeweller. As such, he was legally entitled to operate modest metallurgical installations such as "Auric Enterprises, A.G", which he utilised in his gold smuggling scheme. An avid golfer who plays with a Slazenger 1 golf ball, Goldfinger owns the golf club where he and 007 play a high-stakes game. He is defeated by Bond, however, when he is tricked by Bond after attempting to cheat. Goldfinger also owned a farm in Kentucky that was used for horse breeding called "Auric Stud".

Scheme At first, Bond thinks that Goldfinger was planning to steal the gold, but after having a drink with Goldfinger (who said that he had no intention in stealing the gold), Bond soon learn that Goldfinger actually intends to destroy Fort Knox with an atomic bomb made from China (on behalf of Mr. Ling , Goldfinger's nuclear specialist from China), which would render the gold useless and validate Goldfinger's value of gold, thus making him the richest man in the world. To ensure that his plan would be successful, Goldfinger plans to have his fellow band of female pilots to spray nerve gas around the vicinity that would kill thousands of citizens, which will allow him and his forces to enter Fort Knox without resistance. He also decides to bring Bond along (as he plans to have him handcuffed to the bomb to finalize his plan). However, before the plot went into effect, Bond convinced Goldfinger's personal pilot Pussy Galore to help him thwart Goldfinger's plans. To that end, she sercretly called Washington and switched the nerve gas to a more harmless one that would send citizens into a temporary sleep. At Fort Knox, Goldfinger has Bond strapped to the bomb and bids him farewell before learning out in horror that several U.S.

soldiers have arrived to the scene. Posing as a U.S. army officer, Goldfinger betrays Mr. Ling by shooting him and Oddjob and Kisch by trapping them inside the vault with the bomb. Goldinger manages to escape after shooting down several U.S. soldiers while Oddjob stays behind to ensure that Goldfinger's plan must succeed, even at the cost of his life and killing Kisch to ensure that no one disarms the bomb. Goldfinger is sucked out of the depressurizing airplane. Though Bond manages to finish off Oddjob by electrocuting him, he has trouble trying to disarm the bomb. After the U.S. soldiers manages to finish the rest of Goldfinger's men, they get in their bomb expert to successfully disarm the bomb for good, thus foiling Goldfinger's plot. After the battle is won, Bond is sent to Washington in a private jet to meet the president, only to find out that Goldfinger has boarded the plane earlier, left the tied-up pilots in the hangar and had Miss Galore pilot the jet.

Goldfinger plans to finish off both Bond and Galore for ruining his plans, but during a moment of carelessness, Goldfinger is attacked by Bond and the two fight in the airplane. During the fight, Goldfinger accidentally shoots a window of the cabin and is sucked out of the plane before falling to his death. Alternate continuities James Bond Villains Spotlight - ComingSoon.net James Bond Villains Spotlight SHARE Ahead of SPECTRE, we look back at some of the greatest James Bond villains! On November 6, Daniel Craig will reprise his role as James Bond for the fourth time in SPECTRE , the first film in the current reboot era to use the classic organization for James Bond villians, SPECTRE. Although it also may be revealed that SPECTRE played a role in Craig’s earlier Bond films, Casino Royale , Quantum of Solace , and Skyfall . For SPECTRE, Christoph Waltz is playing Franz Oberhauser. We’re not quite sure yet where he ranks among the all-time James Bond villains, but he describes himself in the trailer as the author of Bond’s pain.

Long time Bond fans suspect that Waltz is actually playing one of the other James Bond villains from the franchise’s history, but we’ll refrain from that speculation until SPECTRE is closer to release. The best films in the seres have James Bond villains who can give Bond everything he can handle and more. And no matter who he’s playing in SPECTRE, Waltz has his work cut out for him. Through 24 movies, Bond has gone up against some of the most memorable villains in cinema history. These are the men (and sometimes, women) who expect Bond “to die,” even if they can’t resist putting Bond into an elaborate death trap. And their aspirations usually go far beyond Bond himself. These are the would-be world dominators, the master criminals, or even the over-the-top henchmen that help make the Bond films so entertaining. 007 needs a good challenge, and there’s nothing worse than James Bond villains who don’t pose a true threat to Britain’s greatest secret agent. Before SPECTRE invades theaters, ComingSoon.net has chosen ten of the most memorable James Bond villains of all-time. But feel free to share your favorite Bond villains in the comment section below! James Bond Villains: Dr.

Julius No One of the first Bond villains is still one of the very best, and he was the title character of Dr. No , the first Bond movie! Dr. Julius No (Joseph Wiseman) essentially turned to supervillainy because he was rejected by both the Americans and the Russians, so he joined SPECTRE and set himself up with a cool island headquarters with a plan to disrupt NASA’s space missions with an atomic-powered radio beam. Like you do. Dr. No also had a pair of artificial hands that he used to beat the hell out of Bond. But his artificial hands lacked the dexterity and movement of real hands, which led to his demise. If Dr. No reappears in the rebooted Bond series, he probably won’t have the same problem. James Bond Villains: Auric Goldfinger Goldfinger featured German actor Gert Frobe as Auric Goldfinger, a man obsessed with gold. From a physical standpoint, Frobe was just about perfect in the role. The problem was that he didn’t speak English, so Goldfinger’s voice was provided by Michael Collins. Unlike some other Bond villains, Goldfinger’s singular focus was on enriching himself and rendering the US gold reserves useless.

Goldfinger is also the villain who uttered the instantly classic line “No Mr Bond, I expect you to die!” James Bond Villains: Oddjob Technically, Oddjob (Harold Sakata) was just a henchman to Auric Goldfinger. But he’s arguably just as memorable as Goldfinger himself. Oddjob had specially designed bowler hat which he could use to kill his targets by throwing it at them. This has been widely parodied ever since, but Oddjob actually murdered Tilly Masterson (Tania Mallet) with his signature hat in the film. Perhaps most impressively, Oddjob had a sense of menace solely from Sakata’s performance. He had no lines in the Goldfinger movie. Oddjob has also been used in numerous James Bond video games, which kept his legacy alive long after his cinematic counterpart was killed off. James Bond Villains: Ernst Stavro Blofeld Ernst Stavro Blofeld is perhaps the ultimate Bond villain, and one of the very few to appear in multiple films, as portrayed by Anthony Dawson in From Russia with Love, Donald Pleasence in You Only Live Twice, Telly Savalas in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, and Charles Gray in Diamonds Are Forever.

Blofeld was the leader of SPECTRE, and one of the few Bond villains to truly hurt James Bond. In On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, Blofeld murders Bond’s wife, Tracy (Diana Rigg), after Bond foiled Blofeld’s plan to blackmail the world into giving him the legitimacy he desired. Bond got his revenge in Diamonds Are Forever, Sean Connery’s last film in the official 007 series. James Bond Villains: Francisco Scaramanga Francisco Scaramanga ( Christopher Lee ) is the title character of The Man with the Golden Gun, and one of the few Bond villains who could match 007 in terms of skill. And while some may laugh at Scaramanga’s destructive plans for solar energy and his ridiculous third nipple, his climactic duel with Bond is still one of the most memorable fights in the series. James Bond Villains: Karl Stromberg You really have to give Karl Stromberg (Curt Jürgens) credit for having one of the most audacious evil plans in Bond history. In The Spy Who Loved Me , Stromberg attempted to force the US and the USSR into starting a nuclear war so he could rebuild human civilization from his undersea colony, Atlantis.

And Stromberg’s plan very nearly succeeded! James Bond Villains: Jaws Karl Stromberg also had a memorable henchman known as Jaws ( Richard Kiel ), who immediately became an iconic Bond villain thanks to Kiel’s impressive size and his mouth full of metal teeth. The producers of The Spy who Loved Me must have realized what they had with Jaws, as he survived his initial appearance while Stromberg did not. Jaws was immediately used in the next Bond movie, Moonraker… which seemed to go out of its way to ruin his character by giving Jaws a romance with a woman named Dolly (Blanche Ravalec) before Jaws ultimately sided with Bond in the final confrontation with Hugo Drax (Michael Lonsdale), a supervillain who essentially stole Stromberg’s plans to repopulate the Earth… but Drax wanted to do it from space. James Bond Villains: Xenia Onatopp Pierce Brosnan ’s first Bond movie, GoldenEye, had two really great villains in Sean Bean’s 006, a.k.a. Alec Trevelyan, and Famke Janssen’s Xenia Onatopp.

But we’re going with Xenia Onatopp because of her very amusing name and her even more hilarious method of killing people by crushing them with her thighs while experiencing a sexual thrill. As Moneypenny once said, we’re sure you’ll stay “Onatopp of things.” James Bond Villains: Le Chiffre Before Mads Mikkelsen was Hannibal Lecter, he was Le Chiffre in Casino Royale, and one of the first Bond villains in the Daniel Craig reboot era. Most of the tension with Le Chiffre came at the poker table as Bond attempted to keep him from winning a high stakes tournament and continuing to finance terrorism around the world. But Le Chiffre also came close to fatally poisoning Bond and he even tortured 007 before getting murdered by the next villain on our list. James Bond Villains: Mr. White In the reboot era, Jesper Christensen’s Mr. White is the man who always gets away. Even though Bond captured Mr. White at the end of Casino Royale, White was quickly freed in Quantum of Solace and he remains at large. In that film, White was also revealed to be a senior member of Quantum , the organization behind Le Chiffre.

White will make his return in SPECTRE, which will also introduce his daughter, Dr. Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux), an innocent woman who is targeted by White’s enemies. Dr. Swann may even be Bond’s newest love interest. If White lives through the events of SPECTRE as well, that may be one of the more complex relationships in Bond’s history. SPECTRE Auric Goldfinger - James Bond Characters Goldfinger (1964) The Character in the Film Auric Goldfinger was a professional gold smuggler who smuggled gold into Switzerland, where it was melted down, recast, and sold tax free. Bond first hears of Goldfinger through M, whose contact, Colonel Smithers of the Bank of England, suspects Goldfinger of smuggling. Smithers can't prove that fact however, as Goldfinger is too intelligent, melting the gold down and recasting it as the body of his cars, which go through the airport without suspicion. Bond meets up with Smithers to be briefed on the issue, and it is suggested that Bond should meet Goldfinger in a social surrounding.

Bond goes to Goldfinger's golf club, and arranges for his original partner to be busy, leaving only Bond left for Goldfinger to play with. The two start off with a friendly game, until Goldfinger offers a raise in stake. Bond replies by throwing down a £5000 bar of gold bullion. The two play an intense match of golf, and Bond catches Goldfinger cheating, realizing that his caddy Oddjob is planting fresh golf balls whenever Goldfinger's ball is caught deep in the rough. Instead of calling him out, Bond lets him continue, covertly switching Goldfinger's ball for another brand. At the end of the game, Bond points out that his ball has changed, and calls it a forfeit by strict rules of golf, winning their £5000 bet. Bond tails Goldfinger to his headquarters in Switzerland, and overhears a conversation mentioning Operation Grandslam. After retreating to the woods to continue monitoring the complex, Bond intercepts Tilly Masterson, who is trying to assassinate Goldfinger to avenge the death of her sister, Jill Masterson . In the resulting confusion, the two trip a security cable, and Bond is captured.

He wakes up bound to a table below an industrial laser, which is slowly moving up between his legs, cutting through the metal. Bond: Do you expect me to talk? Goldfinger: No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die. However, having overheard the name "Operation Grandslam", Bond convinces Goldfinger that he knows more about the operation, and that killing him would attract more attention from MI6. Goldfinger reluctantly accepts, and lets Bond live. He flies Bond out to Kentucky and locks him up in a prison cell. Bond escapes the prison and overhears Goldfinger's plans to detonate a bomb in Fort Knox. Annoyed by his intrusions, Goldfinger takes Bond along to his Fort Knox raid, intending to leave him to die in the vault, and be killed by the radioactive blast. Unfortunately for Goldfinger, Bond managed to turn his pilot Pussy Galore against him, and the military are in place waiting for him. Goldfinger's men are all killed, and Bond manages to stop the detonation of the bomb with only 007 seconds left to go. Goldfinger escapes and hijacks Bond's plane, to take his revenge.

But, in a struggle with Bond, his gun goes off and shoots out a window of the plane. The loss of pressure causes Goldfinger to be sucked out of the plane to his death. 41 James Bond villains from worst to best | Metro News Ross McG for Metro.co.uk Thursday 4 Dec 2014 12:14 pm For some reason Jaws didn’t want to accept his Oscar from his nemesis (Picture: Moviestore Collection/REX) We got some new Bond villains today. Details of the next Bond movie – Bond 24 – were officially announced. The film, which will hit cinemas next year, is called Spectre and will feature Daniel Craig as James Bond for the fourth time. He will be joined by new cast members Christoph Waltz as Oberhauser; Monica Bellucci as Lucia Sciarra; Léa Seydoux as Madeleine Swann; Dave Bautista as Mr Hinx and Andrew Scott as Denbigh. Waltz’s character is rumoured to be something of a ruse: he is expected to be the next Blofeld in Spectre. Getting Bond villains right is a tricky science.

If one element is just slightly out of place, you end up with a turkey – but get it right and you have Bond gold. Here is the list of the worst and best Bond villains across the 23 movies in the series so far. Let’s start with the worst… 41. Dominic Greene (Matthieu Amalric; Quantum of Solace) Oh no! Call 007! Quick! The bad guy wants to steal… nuclear weapons? A doomsday device? No… just water. He wants to steal water. Oh, but has no problem with hiding out in a hotel that is completely flammable. Or inflammable. Or both. Or whatever. He’s lame, that’s my point. As drippy as the substance he wants to pilfer. 40. Elliot Carver (Jonathan Pryce; Tomorrow Never Dies) Carver tries to control the world by controlling the world’s news. Ha! Twitter would have eaten him alive. 39. Solitaire (Jane Seymour; Live and Let Die) She’s a psychic, but only retains her power if she stays a virgin. Hmmm… she does realise she’s in a Bond movie?

Wonder how long her powers will last… 38. Dario (Benicio Del Toro; Licence to Kill) Licence to get chopped up in a big grinder, more like. 37. Mr Bullion (Goldie; The World Is Not Enough) Seriously, he did well to make it as low as number 37. I can’t even bring myself to try to find a picture of him. 36. Baron Samedi (Geoffrey Holder; Live and Let Die) Yeah, Baron Samedi is a bit annoying, but at least he has the last laugh over the intro to the best Bond song ever. Take it away, Sir Paul… 35. Miranda Frost (Rosamund Pike; Die Another Day) Tonight’s forecast? A fweeeeze is coming! (Picture: 20th Century Fox) Poor Pike. Like her namesake in Dad’s Army, she’s reduced to meaningless tasks here, like sword-fighting Halle Berry in a tube top. 34. Dr Kananga / Mr Big (Yaphet Kotto; Live and Let Die) If ever a Bond villain was full of hot air, it’s this one. 33.

Mr Wint and Mr Kidd (Bruce Glover and Putter Smith; Diamonds are Forever) What a creepy duo… when you’re ten years old. Now they’re just annoying, exactly like the film in which they feature. 32. Gustav Graves (Toby Stephens; Die Another Day) No… I am your father… (Picture: Twentieth Century Fox) Graves is actually North Korean Colonel Moon in disguise. If this is how what North Korean military types want to look like through western eyes, heaven help all of us. 31. Aristotle Kristatos (Julian Glover; For Your Eyes Only) Perhaps not an awful villain, just a criminally nondescript one. Mind you, it’s hard to deflect any of the attention away from Roger Moore’s gilet. 30. Francisco Scaramanga (Christopher Lee; The Man With The Golden Gun) Another one who seems cool when you’re a kid, but Scaramanga wants to be just like Bond and tries to steal some solar powered gizmo. Not exactly the Brain from Pinky and the Brain then, is he? 29.

Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen; Casino Royale) Mikkelsen is more famous now as playing a really great villain in the hungry shape of Hannibal Lecter, but his Le Chiffre is a bit of a weed, although to be fair the aim of Casino Royale was to reboot Bond, not the guy who loses money at cards and gets taken out like a wuss. 28. Renard (Robert Carlyle; The World Is Not Enough) Yeah, he’s got a bullet in his brain that means he can’t feel pain or something, but apart from that, Renard’s chief weapon is his dullness. They should have thrown another Carlyle character into the action… Bond v Begbie, now that have upped the box office takings. 27. General Orlov (Steven Berkoff; Octopussy) This is the movie in which Roger Moore dresses up as a clown to defuse a bomb, so any villain would have their work cut out to grab the headlines. Berkoff, as was his wont, decides to fight clown with ham, and almost pulls it off. Almost. 26.

Nick Nack (Hervé Villechaize; The Man With The Golden Gun) There is no way Bond will be able to take that on as carry-on luggage… 25. May Day (Grace Jones; A View To A Kill) May Day on a good day (Picture: United Artists) There is a fine tradition of Bond baddies turning into goodies towards the end of the film, and it’s usually extremely well signposted, but in the case of May Day it’s actually quite a poignant moment, as she lays down her life for Bond. Not the first or last woman to do that, but one of the most memorable. 24. Dr Kaufman (Vincent Schiavelli; Tomorrow Never Dies) Probably the best scene in Tomorrow Never Dies features the meticulous Dr Kaufman, whose only weakness is his arrogance. 23. Boris Grishenko (Alan Cumming; GoldenEye) Not the first Boris to think he is invincible, but unlike the mayor of London, this one is actually quite funny. Great death scene too. 22.

Tee Hee (Julius W Harris; Live and Let Die) It’s hard to stand out as a bad guy in a film as terrible as Live and Let Die, so props to Tee Hee for making a statement. Unlike his moniker, Tee Hee is no laughing matter, especially when his mechanical arm is digging into you, as it does to Bond in a nice nod to the train fight from From Russia With Love 21. Franz Sanchez (Robert Davi; Licence to Kill) Most Bond villains have a slightly comedic element to them, but the refreshing thing about Sanchez is that he’s simply a vindictive, vicious git, meaning only an off-the-reservation Bond can be ruthless enough to take him down. 20. Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman; Goldfinger) Another Bond villain turned Bond ally, Pussy is strictly the outdoors type, although she loses marks for plotting against her boss Goldfinger so easily, particularly as Bond simply orders her to swap sides. So much for women doing what they wanted in the 1960s. So much for women doing what they wanted in any Bond movie… 19.

Raoul Silva (Javier Bardem; Skyfall) Uh, Bond… he’s behind you (Picture: Sony) ‘Mommy was very bad.’ It never struck me that M might stand for Mom until Silva came along in Skyfall . His introduction, teasing out 007’s gay side, is fantastic, so it’s a bit of a shame that his subsequent masterplan is a rehash of the one in The World Is Not Enough and the Joker’s in The Dark Knight. And he falls for the Home Alone ending. 18. Bambi and Thumper (Lola Larson and Trina Parks; Diamonds are Forever) These two Disney fans give Bond, albeit the oldest looking Bond ever, a good kicking, until they make the mistake of jumping into a pool after him. Deer and rabbit obviously can’t swim. 17. Elektra King (Sophie Marceau; The World Is Not Enough) I’m not saying The World Is Not Enough is a masterpiece – it has Denise Richards in it, for goodness sake – but it’s definitely not as bad as some suggest, and is easily the second best of Pierce Brosnan’s four Bonds.

A lot of this is down to the main villain – no, not that dullard with the bullet in his head – but Elektra King, who ruthlessly kills her father in a bid to control the world’s oil. 16. Oddjob (Harold Sakata; Goldfinger) Never play frisbee with this guy, never. 15. Donald ‘Red’ Grant (Robert Shaw; From Russia With Love) Shaw might have made a good Bond himself, but he makes a great Bond villain, until 007 disposes of him on a train. First class entertainment. 14. Mr White (Jesper Christensen; Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace) Bit of a sneaky one this, but then he’s a bit of sneaky villain. Mr White is the Quantum bad boy who takes out Le Chiffre (saving a ball-aching Bond in the process) and escapes the clutches of MI6. Technically, he’s still out there, scheming away. 13.

Jaws (Richard Kiel; The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker) Okay, so he went and fell in love in Moonraker and turned into a goodie – and that was totally rubbish – but let’s not forget the good bad work Jaws did in The Spy Who Loved Me. What is it with henchmen attacking Bond on trains? 12. Emilio Largo (Adolfo Celi; Thunderball) Good on old Emilio. He had a decent plan (seizing nuclear weapons; the usual drill, but proven industry), an eye-patch and wasn’t afraid to get into a scrap with 007. He would have had the drop on Bond too, if his mistress hadn’t harpooned him in the back. 11. Max Zorin (Christopher Walken; A View To A Kill) Worth his place in the top ten for plotting to blow up Silicon Valley, Zorin is the Bond villain as a rock star, and his hair was the inspiration for Javier Bardem’s performance in Skyfall. 10. Irma Bunt (Ilse Steppat; On Her Majesty’s Secret Service) She kills Bond’s wife! 9.

Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Various; Various) While Donald Pleasance is probably the quintessential Blofeld, I do have a soft spot for Telly Savalas in OHMSS, a Blofeld who isn’t afraid to get his hands dirty. The reason he isn’t lower in this list is that, most of the time, he just sits around stroking a cat. If I want my main villain to do that, I can watch Inspector Gadget . If Christoph Waltz is to be Blofeld, he has some big bald heads to fill. 8. Auric Goldfinger (Gert Fröbe; Goldfinger) Is that a laser in your lair or are you just pleased to see me? (Picture: United Artists) When people say the love the movie Goldfinger, what they really mean is they love the admittedly great last ten minutes in Fort Knox. The plot before that? Bond gets kidnapped and hangs around with the eponymous villain, even plays golf with him… and bar a bit of laser surgery, that’s about it.

Goldfinger, named after architect Erno Goldfinger (you can still go visit his house in Hampstead ), has a plan to… take over the world – oh no, sorry, he just wants to be rich. Meh. Come on Auric, think bigger! 7. Karl Stromberg (Curt Jürgens; The Spy Who Loved Me) Now here’s a guy with a master plan: convince the US and the USSR to open nuclear warfare on one another, then restart civilisation under the sea. In your face, Auric. 6. Dr Julius No (Joseph Wiseman; Dr No) The original and one of the best, the benchmark on which all other Bond villains are judged. In Ian Fleming’s book, Dr No has his heart on his right side and his hands cut off by Chinese ganglords. In the movie, he lost them to radiation, but it doesn’t lessen his badassery, although the metal replacements ultimately lead to his doom. 5. Xenia Onatopp (Famke Janssen; GoldenEye) Great name, great henchwoman. Great way of killing blokes too, trapping them between her thunder thighs. 4.

Rosa Klebb (Lotte Lenya; From Russia With Love) Surprised Christian Louboutin has never tried a Rosa Klebb knife-shoe tie-in: would be very popular among secret agents. 3. Hugo Drax (Michael Lonsdale; Moonraker) Even a terrible, terrible Bond film (and there have been a lot) like Moonraker can shine if it has the right villain. To start with, he has a super name. And he has a super plan: kill everyone on Earth and then repopulate the planet with a special space race of super-humans. Genius. Crap film, mind. 2. Vesper Lynd (Eva Green; Casino Royale) Her first words to Bond are ‘I’m the money’, and like cash, he comes to treasure her, until she breaks his heart. That’s why she’s such a great Bond villain: she doesn’t hurt 007 with a bullet or a laser but with a different kind of torture, and her betrayal turns him into the cold-hearted git he becomes. 1.

Alec Trevelyan (Sean Bean; GoldenEye) The greatest Bond film ever has the greatest Bond bad guy of them all, because he’s actually… 006! It’s a neat twist, and not only does Trevelyan have a decent plan (nuclear detonation over London), he also has some substantial personal reasons behind it: his father killed his mother and then himself over their guilt at surviving the repatriation by the British of Lienz Cossacks to the Soviet Union. As Bond admits: ‘Not exactly our finest hour.’ But 006 is the finest Bond villain. For England, James… Rolls-Royce Phantom III | Bond Lifestyle Rolls-Royce Phantom III Write a comment Share The Rolls-Royce Phantom III that was used in the movie Goldfinger back at Stoke Park during the Bond 50th Anniversary celebrations in 2012 photo © Stoke Park The black and yellow Rolls-Royce Phantom III with license plate number AU1, as seen in Goldfinger photo © Stoke Park Bond producer Michael G.

Wilson (right) arrives at the SkyFall World Premiere in the Rolls-Royce Phantom AU1 photo © Jack Pizzey The Rolls-Royce is positioned in the London Film Museum, on March 2nd 2014, for the Bond In Motion exhibition photo © Bond In Motion, London Film Museum Auric Goldfinger (Gert Fröbe) owns a black and yellow Rolls-Royce in the movie Goldfinger (1964). The Rolls-Royce driven by Goldfinger and his henchman Oddjob (Harold Sakata) is a Rolls-Royce Phantom III Sedanca de Ville by Coachbuilder Barker, Chassis Number #3BU168. It was originally custom-built for Lord Fairhaven of Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire in 1937. The car plays an important part in the storyline and can be seen in several scenes. Bond's first encounter with the car is at Stoke Park Golf Club , after he beats Goldfinger in a golf match.

Bond puts a tracker in the Rolls, which allows him to follow Goldfinger to Switzerland using the advanced tracking device in his Aston Martin DB5 (Note that in the novel Goldfinger (1959, Ian Fleming), the car used by Auric Goldfinger is a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost and Bond drives a Aston Martin DB Mark III.) In Switzerland, Bond discovers that Goldfinger smuggles the gold by melting it down and incorporating it into the bodywork of the Rolls, which he takes with him whenever he travels. Goldfinger's license plate is AU1, AU being the periodic table symbol for gold, as well as the first two letters of Goldfinger's first name Auric. The license plate was offered on auction at Bonhams in 2008 but the plate wasn't sold as it didn't reach its reserve price. The Rolls-Royce Phantom III was the final large pre-war Rolls-Royce. It was introduced in 1936 and until 1939, 727 V12 Phantom III chassis were constructed.

The predecessor of the Phantom III, the Phantom II, was used by villain Kamal Khan (Louis Jordan) in the movie Octopussy (1983) in India. That car is still owned by the Maharaja of Udaipur (where the movie was filmed) and can be seen in the Vintage Car Collection museum in Udaipur. The Rolls-Royce Phantom III used in Goldfinger also still exists and has appeared at some recent events and exhibitions. On September 21, 2012, Day 5 of the Bond Blu-Ray Relay Tour, the car returned to Stoke Park and was joined by Bond girls Eunice Gayson (Sylvia Trench in Dr. No and From Russia With Love), Tania Mallet (Tilly Masterson in Goldfinger), and Britt Ekland (Mary Goodnight in The Man With The Golden Gun) and actor Richard Kiel (Jaws). On October 23rd, at the SkyFall World premiere, Bond producer Michael G Wilson arrived in the Rolls at the Royal Albert Hall. The car returned once again to Stoke Park on the first official James Bond Golf Day on June 28, 2013.

In 2014, the car is part of the Bond In Motion exhibition in the London Film Museum. Several scale model cars were made of this famous villain car. Corgi has created 1:36 scale models, sometimes special editions with dioramas or figurines, the combination of the Rolls-Royce and the Aston Martin DB5 or the Limited Edition (5000 pieces) all-gold version from 2005. The Goldfinger Rolls-Royce is nr. 97 in the James Bond Car Collection. You can find a large selection of Rolls-Royce Goldfinger scale models on eBay and Amazon.co.uk . Auric Goldfinger | Villains Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Complete Monster “ No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die! There is nothing you can talk to me about that I don't already know. „ ~ Goldfinger's most famous quote Auric Goldfinger is the titular main antagonist from the 1964 film Goldfinger. He is a powerful gold smuggler, jeweler and metallugrist and the head of his gold company "Auric Enterprises".

He was portrayed by the late Gert Fröbe, whose voice was dubbed over in post-production by Michael Collins. Contents [ show ] Film Biography Goldfinger was a wealthy jeweler who worked mainly with gold (as his name implies), being known as the biggest gold collector of the world. He had his own gold resources, but he was being investigated for smuggling illegal gold. James Bond was ordered to investigate him, discovering that Goldfinger smuggled gold in the parts of his own car, which was completely made of gold. When Goldfinger learned about the investigation, he invited Bond for a friendly golfing game, where he threatened 007 to stay out of his business, ordering his bodyguard Oddjob to give 007 a demonstration, so Oddjob took out his hat and threw it at a statue, cutting it by the neck. Despite the threat, Bond continued investigating, which led to his capture. Goldfinger only spared him thanks to a bluff from Bond, instead imprisoning the agent at his ranch. Overhearing a meeting of Goldfinger and his associates, Bond eventually learned that Goldfinger was planning to invade Fort Knox, the U.S.'s fortified gold reserve.

Scheme Goldfinger during Operation Grand Slam At first, Bond thinks that Goldfinger was planning to steal the gold, but after having a drink with Goldfinger (who said that he had no intention in stealing the gold), Bond soon learns that Goldfinger actually intends to destroy Fort Knox with an atomic bomb made from China (on behalf of Mr. Ling, Goldfinger's nuclear specialist from China), which would render the gold useless and validate Goldfinger's value of gold, thus making him the richest man in the world. To ensure that his plan would be successful, Goldfinger plans to have his fellow band of female pilots to spray nerve gas around the vicinity that would kill thousands of citizens, which will allow him and his forces to enter Fort Knox without resistance. He also decides to bring Bond along (as he plans to have him handcuffed to the bomb to finalize his plan). However, before the plot went into effect, Bond convinced Goldfinger's personal pilot Pussy Galore to help him thwart Goldfinger's plans. To that end, she secretly called Washington and switched the nerve gas to a more harmless one that would send citizens into a temporary sleep.

At Fort Knox, Goldfinger has Bond strapped to the bomb and bids him farewell before learning out in horror that several U.S. soldiers have arrived to the scene. Posing as a U.S. army officer, Goldfinger betrays Mr. Ling by shooting him and Oddjob and Kisch by trapping them inside the vault with the bomb. Goldinger manages to escape after shooting down several U.S. soldiers while Oddjob stays behind to ensure that Goldfinger's plan must succeed, even at the cost of his life and killing Kisch to ensure that no one disarms the bomb. Bond nearly gets cut in half by an industrial laser when Goldfinger has him strapped to a table Though Bond manages to finish off Oddjob by electrocuting him, he has trouble trying to disarm the bomb. After the U.S. soldiers manages to finish the rest of Goldfinger's men, they get in their bomb expert to successfully disarm the bomb for good, thus foiling Goldfinger's plot. After the battle is won, Bond is sent to Washington in a private jet to meet the president, only to find out that Goldfinger has boarded the plane earlier, left the tied-up pilots in the hangar and had Miss Galore pilot the jet.

Goldfinger plans to finish off both Bond and Galore for ruining his plans, but during a moment of carelessness, Goldfinger is attacked by Bond and the two fight in the airplane. During the fight, Goldfinger accidentally shoots a window of the cabin and is sucked out of the plane before falling to his death. Gallery Goldfinger Dies (Goldfinger 1964) Trivia Goldfinger is one of the most iconic Bond villains in history - due in part to the legendary "Goldfinger" theme, which has been considered by many as one of the best themes to any Bond film. Goldfinger is the first main villain to appear that isn't affiliated with SPECTRE, and the only one to appear before Blofeld's defeat in Diamonds Are Forever. Originally, the main villain in Diamonds Are Forever was supposed to be Goldfinger's twin brother, but Fröbe refused to play him, so he was replaced by Ernst Stavro Blofeld . In the original novel, Goldfinger's plan was to rob Fort Knox's gold depository, but this was changed in the movie after critics pointed out the flaws of said plan. Goldfinger's name is thought to have been taken from Erno Goldfinger, a Hungarian architect who lived in London.

Fleming had previously objected to the pre war demolition of Victorian cottages to make way for Erno's modernist designs. When Erno consulted his lawyers following the publishing of Goldfinger, Fleming threatened to rename the character "Goldprick". Eventually, Erno decided not to sue Fleming, whose publishers had agreed to pay his costs and gave him six copies of the book. Goldfinger was initially banned in Israel due to Gert Fröbe's past affiliation with the Nazi Party. However, Fröbe had left the party before WWII, and the ban was lifted several years later after it came to light that he had helped two Jews by letting them hide in his basement during the war. 007 Villains Main Villains Auric Goldfinger (Literary) | James Bond Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia SMERSH , Bond's nemesis. Goldfinger's passion is gold. He is also a jeweler, a metallurgist, and a smuggler. When Goldfinger first meets James Bond in Miami, he claims that he is agoraphobic; a ploy to allow him to cheat a previous acquaintance of Bond's at a game of two-handed Canasta.

Bond figures out how Goldfinger is managing this cheating and blackmails him by forcing him to admit his deception. Goldfinger is also an avid golfer, but is known at his club for being a smooth cheater. When Bond contrives to play a match with Goldfinger, he again cheats the cheater by switching Goldfinger's Dunlop One with a Dunlop Seven he had found while playing. Goldfinger is the owner of "Enterprises Auric A.G." in Switzerland , maker of metal furniture, which is bought by many airlines including Air India. A few times during the year, Goldfinger drives his Rolls Royce "Silver Ghost" car from England to Enterprises Auric. Bond learns that Goldfinger makes repeated dead drops of gold bars along the way and that his car's bodywork is 18 carat (75%), solid white gold under the ploy that the added weight is armor plating. Once at Enterprises Auric, his car is stripped down, melted and made into furniture (seating) for an airline company that Enterprises Auric is heavily invested in.

The plane(s) are then flown to India where the seats are melted down again into gold bars and sold for a much higher premium rate; 100 to 200% profit. Operation Grand Slam Operation Grand Slam is Goldfinger's codename for his scheme that involves "knocking off" the U.S. bullion depository at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Through the use of a chemical created by the Germans during World War II, Goldfinger plans to poison the water supply at Fort Knox, thus rendering everyone on the base (60,000) dead. From there Goldfinger would use an atomic bomb he had purchased for one million USD to blow open Fort Knox's impregnable vault. With the help of American gangsters, Goldfinger would then remove roughly 15 billion dollars in gold bullion and escape. James Bond foils Goldfinger's plan by getting word to Felix Leiter of the impending operation. With the help of The Pentagon, Leiter was able to stop Goldfinger, and foil the operation. But Goldfinger escapes. Goldfinger met his end while trying to escape to the Soviet Union. After taking the plane Bond was on for himself and intending to escape the authorities, Bond escapes.

After the spy kills Oddjob, Goldfinger appears and a violent struggle ensues. James Bond eventually strangles the man. Henchmen & Associates In addition to Henchmen, Goldfinger enlisted the help of several American gangsters. All of the gangsters that participated in Operation Grand Slam were subsequently shot when the operation failed, but Goldfinger enlisted Pussy Galore's help in exacting his revenge on Bond, which ultimately failed. Mr. Springer backed out of the deal and did not participate in Goldfinger's Operation Grand Slam. Moments later, Mr. Springer had an "accident", falling down the staircase as he was leaving. In fact, he was killed by Oddjob. Mr. Solo — Unione Siciliano (New York) Miss Pussy Galore — The Cement Mixers (Harlem, New York City) Behind the scenes His first name, Auric, is an adjective meaning of gold. Ian Fleming chose the name to commemorate the architect Erno Goldfinger who had built his home in Hampstead next door to Fleming; Fleming disliked Goldfinger's style of architecture and destruction of Victorian terraces and decided to name a memorable villain after him.

The architect was not pleased to find the character sharing his name and contacted his lawyers; he eventually settled for, among other things, the promise that the character's first name Auric would always be used. Quotes "I have been in love with gold. I love its colour, its brilliance, its divine heaviness. I love the texture of gold, that soft sliminess that I have learnt to gauge so accurately by touch that I can estimate the fineness of a bar to within one carat. And I love the warm tang it exudes when I melt it down into a true golden syrup. But, above all, Mr Bond, I love the power that gold alone gives to its owner – the magic of controlling energy, exacting labour, fulfilling one’s every wish and whim and, when need be, purchasing bodies, minds, even souls." ― Goldfinger discusses his lust for Gold with Bond. [src] Top 10 James Bond Villains : Part 2 Top 10 James Bond Villains Summary With over twenty Bond movies released through five decades, the James Bond series has had more than its fair share of great villains. Many have been parodied and copied over the years, and their influence can't be overstated.

But which ones really stand out, as the most memorable and iconic villains of the series? « Back to Part 1 #5 Red Grant Red Grant was a psychopathic killer working for SPECTRE , with the objective of stealing the Lektor decoding machine, and killing James Bond. Appearing in From Russia with Love , Grant was played by English actor Robert Shaw, who would later star in the film Jaws. Shaw played the role perfectly, really making the pages of the novel come to life on the screen. From the knuckleduster punch on SPECTRE Island, to the impersonation aboard the Orient Express, it was a great performance all throughout. Red Grant was is one of the classic villains of the 60s Bond films. #4 Rosa Klebb With a poison tipped steel shoe knife and a whip, what's not to love about this torture famed SMERSH defector? Appearing in From Russia with Love, Lotte Lenya was a perfect match for the role of Rosa Klebb . It's almost as if Ian Fleming had written the novel with her in mind. Klebb defected to SPECTRE, and led a mission to steal a Lektor decoding machine and humiliate the British secret service.

Lenya was fierce and demanding to her subordinates, who she had hand picked for the mission. But when Bond turned out to be too much for them, Klebb was left trembling at the hands of Blofeld. #3 Oddjob In third place comes Oddjob , the personal bodyguard to Auric Goldfinger in 1964's Goldfinger . Oddjob is widely remembered for the scene where he throws a steel rim bowler hat at a statue, slicing off it's head. He would later repeat the same routine, killing Bond girl Tilly Masterson. Harold Sakata was perfect for the role of this silent man, bringing an aura of strength and danger to the character. Oddjob was based on the character from the novel, where he was trained in Karate, and ate cats! Like Jaws, Oddjob also features prominently in most James Bond video games. #2 Goldfinger Goldfinger was not only one of the best James Bond films, but also one the best casting choices of the series. German actor Gert Frobe played the role of Auric Goldfinger , and he was the perfect match.

He didn't speak English, which caused a bit of confusion on the set, but he fit in well with the rest of the cast. His appearance, gestures, and mannerisms were well suited for the character, and he is arguably one of the closest matches in the series to the character in the novel. Goldfinger also spoke the most memorable and oft-quoted line of the James Bond films: "No Mr Bond, I expect you to die!" #1 Ernst Stavro Blofeld No matter how iconic Goldfinger is, there is no dispute that the ultimate villain in the series is in fact Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the notorious leader of SPECTRE. Not only did he have the most appearances of all the villains in the series, he also had a notable presence in the novels, something that I think deserves recognition. He was an integral part of the Blofeld trilogy of novels Thunderball , On Her Majesty's Secret Service , and You Only Live Twice , which are probably my favourite three novels in the series. From left-to-right in the above image is Telly Savalas in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Anthony Dawson in From Russia with Love, Charles Gray in Diamonds Are Forever , and Donald Pleasence in You Only Live Twice.

Goldfinger (1964) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Investigating a gold magnate's smuggling, James Bond uncovers a plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold reserve. Director: From $10.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence.

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Director: Terence Young Agent 007 and the Japanese secret service ninja force must find and stop the true culprit of a series of spacejackings before nuclear war is provoked. Director: Lewis Gilbert A diamond smuggling investigation leads James Bond to Las Vegas, where he uncovers an evil plot involving a rich business tycoon. Director: Guy Hamilton 007 is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate armed with a complex organization and a reliable psychic tarot card reader. Director: Guy Hamilton James Bond woos a mob boss's daughter and goes undercover to uncover the true reason for Blofeld's allergy research in the Swiss Alps that involves beautiful women from around the world. Director: Peter R. Hunt James Bond is led to believe that he is targeted by the world's most expensive assassin while he attempts to recover sensitive solar cell technology that is being sold to the highest bidder. Director: Guy Hamilton James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads with the help of a KGB agent whose lover he killed. Director: Lewis Gilbert Agent 007 is assigned to hunt for a lost British encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands.

Director: John Glen James Bond investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle and discovers a plot to commit global genocide. Director: Lewis Gilbert A fake Fabergé egg and a fellow agent's death lead James Bond to uncover an international jewel-smuggling operation, headed by the mysterious Octopussy, being used to disguise a nuclear attack on N.A.T.O. forces. Director: John Glen Edit Storyline Bond is back and his next mission takes him to Fort Knox, where Auric Goldfinger and his henchman are planning to raid Fort Knox and obliterate the world economy. To save the world once again, Bond will need to become friends with Goldfinger, dodge killer hats and avoid Goldfinger's personal pilot, the sexy Pussy Galore. She might not have feelings for Bond, but will 007 help her change her mind? Written by simon_hrdng Mixing business and girls! Mixing thrills and girls! Mixing danger and girls! See more » Genres: 9 January 1965 (USA) See more » Also Known As: 007 contra Goldfinger See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know?

Trivia Wanda Ventham put herself forward to be considered for the role of Jill Masterson. See more » Goofs Goldfinger's Lockheed Jetstar has "Auric Enterprises" written on the nose in the airport shots, but it's not on the model in the flight shots. (Lockheed had the company names put on the Jetstars during production to remind the workers of the importance of their clients.) See more » Quotes Sierra : Mr. Ramirez and his friends will be out of business. James Bond : At least they won't be using heroin flavored bananas to finance revolutions. THE END OF "GOLDFINGER" BUT JAMES BOND WILL BE BACK IN "THUNDERBALL" See more » Connections See more » Frequently Asked Questions (Toronto, Canada) – See all my reviews First of all, I must state for the record, Sean Connery is THE James Bond. Even though the first Bond film I ever saw was "For Your Eyes Only" with Roger Moore. I was very young and very much drawn in. I have seen every one of the Bond films and without a doubt, "Goldfinger" is the finest the 007 saga has to offer.

Before I had begun an appreciation of the Connery films, i.e. before I'd seen them, a good friend and cartooning mentor, Ross Paperman, sorted me out. He helped me see how Connery's Bond was suave and sophisticated but also demonstrated a quality the other Bonds do not portray: fear. Not a panicky soil-your-pants kind of fear, mind you. But Connery's Bond actually has a few anxious, sweat-soaked-brow moments. A perfect example is when Bond is strapped to a table as Goldfinger's captive with a laser beam primed to cut him in half. 007 has to think fast. "Do you expect me to talk?" "No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!" A famous scene and line from Bond's most enjoyable film. Perhaps what makes the earlier films more enjoyable is that they had fresh, innovative elements that have now become cliché and gimmicky. The new films are often stale and already covered ground and they don't even appear to be trying anymore. But it's more than that. Even watching "Goldfinger" today, having seen all the latest in special effects and technology that Hollywood has to offer, it still is riveting and thoroughly entertaining.

That is also without the added advantage of being overly nostalgic about "Goldfinger". How could I? I hadn't even been born when it first hit theaters, and it was far from my first 007 experience. The story, the characters and the fun of "Goldfinger" is timeless and if given a chance could probably rope in a whole new generation of fans. It just doesn't seem likely to happen. Much of the satire from the Austin Powers films is directly derived from the Connery films, especially "Goldfinger" and "Dr. No", proving their lasting effect on popular culture. As well, John Barry's scores from the Connery films are finding their way into the ears of a new generation through pop music as snippets from his soundtracks are sampled by such artists as Robbie Williams, Mono and Curve, to name a few. But if by some fluke you read this and you haven't seen "Goldfinger" yet, do yourself right and acquaint yourself with the real James Bond. You'll probably be hooked by the time you hear Shirley Bassey's voice in the famous opening theme. 93 of 116 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes

Question: Which James Bond villain has the first name Auric?
Answer: Goldfinger