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Goldfinger at 60: The Midas Touch

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  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
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    Nicely done @mtm I rather enjoyed that.

  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 16,673
    Thank you! Yeah I think a more subtle performance works surprisingly well with the same orchestration.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,295
    One for the room:

    After Shirley sings "Gooooldfinger", I hear "Dah DAAAAAAH Dah."
    Yet in many versions of the song, it goes, "Dah DAH DAH DAH Dah."

    Which one is it? Are both out there? Is "my" version the result of poor recording quality? Frankly, the second option has always bothered me. I hear three "words", not five.
  • CrabKeyCrabKey
    Posts: 2,034
    Nothing about the AN version works for me. The tone of the SB version feels big and outrageous and glittering. The other version is too casual, lacking urgency, and menace. It's ho hum.
  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
    Posts: 5,509
    CrabKey wrote: »
    Nothing about the AN version works for me. The tone of the SB version feels big and outrageous and glittering. The other version is too casual, lacking urgency, and menace. It's ho hum.

    Definitely a different vibe. I still prefer to hear Dame Shirley belt it out and the brass is very welcome. I think Newley's works on a low key kind of way and I can appreciate it too. It was not the version that was suitable for the film.

    I have heard it was the demo track used to show the way? Not sure if that is correct or not.
  • CrabKeyCrabKey
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    Maybe. I also don't know. But at least they got there.
  • Junglist_1985Junglist_1985 Los Angeles
    Posts: 1,037
    Just putting this out there:
    If EON didn't prepare some kind of Goldfinger 60th Anniversary 4k restoration/collector/steelbook, then surely WB must be getting close to that 4k Connery Collection release.
  • SIS_HQSIS_HQ At the Vauxhall Headquarters
    edited September 20 Posts: 3,800
    Who here has seen or at least went to the Burlington Arcade for Goldfinger at 60th Anniversary? The official James Bond Facebook Page has been sharing some photos from what's inside that Arcade, and they're beautiful, if only I could go there 😅.

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    These pictures showed every Bond fan's dream 😅
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,295
    SIS_HQ wrote: »
    Who here has seen or at least went to the Burlington Arcade for Goldfinger at 60th Anniversary? The official James Bond Facebook Page has been sharing some photos from what's inside that Arcade, and they're beautiful, if only I could go there 😅.

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    These pictures showed every Bond fan's dream 😅

    I wish I could be there. It looks amazing.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited September 23 Posts: 16,673
    I missed that David Arnold joined Matthew Sweet on Radio 3's Sound of Cinema to talk Goldfinger and Bond music:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00230cd
  • MalloryMallory
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  • AgentM72AgentM72
    edited October 1 Posts: 842
    [Post moved to more relevant thread. Cheers.]
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited October 27 Posts: 16,673
    Hot on the heels of Aston Martin announcing a DB12 Goldfinger special edition, Rolls Royce have unveiled their one off tribute to Mr G’s ride:

    https://www.007.com/rolls-royces-phantom-goldfinger-is-revealed/



    The homer in the boot is a lovely fun touch.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    Nice bit of trivia: if Richard Vernon (Colonel Smithers) was still alive today, he wouldn't be a hundred years old yet. The man was only 39 (!) at the time of GF's release. He's a few years younger in the film than I am today, yet I can safely say that I look about half his age.

    Colonel_Smithers_by_Richard_Vernon.jpg

    I'm honestly astonished. I would have thought him at least 60. (Louis Jourdan was well over 60 in OP! Even Walken was older in AVTAK than Vernon in GF. Strange world.)
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
    Posts: 4,714
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    Nice bit of trivia: if Richard Vernon (Colonel Smithers) was still alive today, he wouldn't be a hundred years old yet. The man was only 39 (!) at the time of GF's release. He's a few years younger in the film than I am today, yet I can safely say that I look about half his age.

    Colonel_Smithers_by_Richard_Vernon.jpg

    I'm honestly astonished. I would have thought him at least 60. (Louis Jourdan was well over 60 in OP! Even Walken was older in AVTAK than Vernon in GF. Strange world.)

    Some people have golden genes.
  • George_KaplanGeorge_Kaplan Being chauffeured by Tibbett
    edited October 30 Posts: 701
    The grey hair, moustache and hair loss probably put several years on him.
  • DwayneDwayne New York City
    Posts: 2,871
    ... plus having to deal with those strange haired kids in VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED and A HARD DAY'S NIGHT aged him prematurely. :))
  • George_KaplanGeorge_Kaplan Being chauffeured by Tibbett
    Posts: 701
    Dwayne wrote: »
    ... plus having to deal with those strange haired kids in VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED and A HARD DAY'S NIGHT aged him prematurely. :))

    It's what happens when you don't wear earmuffs.
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
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    Crockett & Jones GOLDFINGER Highbury Shoes
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