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• Actors: Sean Connery, Gert Frobe, Honor Blackman, Shirley Eaton
• Directors: Guy Hamilton
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Subtitles: French
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: MGM
• DVD Release Date: March 24, 2009
• Run Time: 110 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001PO6FJ0
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #4,939 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Studio: Tcfhe/mgm Release Date: 03/24/2009 Rating: Pg

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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful HD presentation of the prototypical Bond flick, March 30, 2009

By	Matthew T. Weflen "Matthew Weflen" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)    (VINE VOICE)

The film:

"Dr. No" and "From Russia With Love" are classics in their own rights, but "Goldfinger" really has it all. A good villain, Bond-babes galore, lush locales, and Sean Connery at his best. And it's all done at a brisk, entertaining pace which never feels bloated in the way "Thunderball" did.

The classic moments in this film are too numerous to mention. The babooshka-granny with the machine gun, death by gold paint, the tricked out Aston Martin, lasers to the groin, Odd Job and his odd haberdasheries... This film has been referenced and spoofed so many times by so many lesser movies and shows that you'll likely not be surprised even if it is your first time watching.

It's all pulled off with such panache and style, it doesn't feel cliched at all (plus, it pays to remember that it was all fresh and new when it premiered.) Goldfinger has the perfect mix of humor, violence, style, and cool. The mix went out of whack with most Bond films after it, and the franchise (arguably) probably hasn't returned to a good balance until "Casino Royale."

Anyway, it's pretty nearly a perfect Bond movie. Relentlessly entertaining, fun, exciting, and just darn good.

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The Blu-Ray:

This transfer really shines at times, with impressive detail on facial close-ups, mountain vistas, and clothing. There are some soft spots, but this is quite forgivable in a 45 year old film. Overall, the detail is very impressive, and tops that of the previous two films on Blu-Ray. I was surprised by how many little things I noticed when I just sat back and let it all soak in - wood grains, dandelions in a field, pebbles on the ground. Black levels are rock solid, color is very naturalistic and stable. Overall it's just a tremendous job by the MGM studio and Lowry Digital to not overdo it and let the natural film elements stand on their own merits. So many times studios feel the need to over-enhance their older films to have them "compete" with newer releases, which usually just ends up introducing new video noise, or ends up washing out actual detail in the image ("Dark City" and its waxen faces springs to mind.) "Goldfinger," by not going overboard, sets the bar very high for a catalog film restoration.

Special features also shine - several HD documentaries, a commentary with the cast and crew (including Connery), and some original period promotional pieces round out a really top-notch package of extras.

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For any Bond aficionado with a good HD setup, this is a no-brainer. This is pretty much the best Bond film of its era (although I am quite partial to "From Russia With Love," as well). The disc is a definite upgrade over a DVD. Action film fans and fans of 60's era thrillers will get a kick out of this, too.

I recommend buying "Dr. No," "From Russia," and "Goldfinger" on Blu-Ray. These three films will give you pure 60's Bond without any of the silliness of the later stuff. You can stop there, or maybe pick up the two latest flicks, too, as they are tremendous Blu-Ray presentations also.

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4.0 out of 5 stars 007 Goldfinger, March 9, 2010

By	Brian L. Soncrant (MESA, AZ, US) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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I own all 007 DVD's and have been switching to Blu-ray, so far I am inpressed with the results. The Blu-ray of Goldfinger is better then DVD.

5.0 out of 5 stars The Most Famous Bond Film, December 30, 2009

By	Gary P. Cohen (Staten Island, NY USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I can remember clearly when "Goldfinger" premiered in December 1964. I was 14 at the time and was utterly amazed that this film was playing on Broadway 24 hours a day to accomodate the crowds. (This would be repeated the following December with "Thunderball," which shockingly created even more excitement than "Goldfinger.) I'd been a Bond fan since seeing "Dr. No" at my neighborhood theater in June 1963. (Thats right, there were 3 James Bond films that premiered in the U.S. between May 1963 and Dec. 1964: "Dr. No in May '63, "From Russia With Love" in April '64 and "Goldfinger" in Dec. '64. Can you imagine: 2 Connery/Bond classics premiered in the same year. And "Thunderball" premiered almost exactly a year after "Goldfinger." Now we have to wait at least 2 years or more for each Bond film.
Anyway "Goldfinger" is probably the most popular and famous 007 film. It is great, but I don't think it has aged as well as some of the others. I still enjoy some of the other Connerys more: "You Only Live Twice," "From Russia With Love" and "Thunderball." But "Goldfinger," like the others mentioned, is still one of my 10 favorite Bonds.
I won't go into most of the positives since you've read them before. The major flaw that has always annoyed me is, (SPOILER ALERT if you still have not seen one of the most famous films ever made,) how within the few hours, that Pussy Galore has to alert the CIA to Goldfinger's plan, they are able to switch the poison gas and get the thousands of soldiers and residents of Fort Knox, Kentucky to play dead. They even have time to create fake car crashes. This has always seemed a bit implausible. I know that you are thinking that the Bonds have never been known for plausibility. Still don't forget that this was still only the 3rd Bond and they were still being played straight at this time, "Moonraker" was still 15 years away. The American soldiers also featured at the end of the film also just don't seem very American.
Anyway, I know I'm being picky. "Goldfinger" is still a great Bond film and Connery is still the best Bond (Sorry, Daniel.) He is absolutely at his best in "From Russia With Love," "Thunderball" and this film.
The picture on the blu-ray is terrific, beautifully clear. Most of the extras are from the deluxe dvds released in the late '90s. I love those "Making of" features, narrated by the great Patrick MacNee, featured on each Bond dvd and blu-ray.
In conclusion, if you are a Bond fan or a film fan in general and you have not seen this film, I'm quite surprised. If you don't own it yet, this blu-ray is certainly the way to go.