June 16th
Goldeneye**
GB 1995. United Artists. 130m. Panavision
James Bond combats a renegade Russian force out to use a powerful satellite, led by a treacherous former colleague.
After six years in the doldrums and the end of the Cold War, the Bond series returned in passable fashion with a ready-to-order 007 (who missed out back in the 1980's because of contractual commitments to Remington Steele), but in spite of its post-Cold War setting, old habits die hard; the overdressed plot, surfeit of action and (of course) gadgets occasionally have some surprises up their sleeves - such as the introduction of a female M (mimicking real life when Stella Rimington became head of MI6.)
Written by: Jeffrey Caine, Bruce Feirstein.
Producers: Michael Wilson, Barbara Broccoli.
Director: Martin Campbell.
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean (as 006), Izabella Scorupco, Famke Janssen, Alan Cumming, Joe Don Baker, Judi Dench (as M), Samantha Bond (as Miss Moneypenny), Gottfried John, Robbie Coltrane, Desmond Llewellyn, Tcheky Karyo, Michael Kitchen, Minnie Driver.
Photography: Phil Meheux.
Music: Eric Serra (title song sung by Tina Turner).
Production Design: Peter Lamont.
Goldeneye**
GB 1995. United Artists. 130m. Panavision
James Bond combats a renegade Russian force out to use a powerful satellite, led by a treacherous former colleague.
After six years in the doldrums and the end of the Cold War, the Bond series returned in passable fashion with a ready-to-order 007 (who missed out back in the 1980's because of contractual commitments to Remington Steele), but in spite of its post-Cold War setting, old habits die hard; the overdressed plot, surfeit of action and (of course) gadgets occasionally have some surprises up their sleeves - such as the introduction of a female M (mimicking real life when Stella Rimington became head of MI6.)
Written by: Jeffrey Caine, Bruce Feirstein.
Producers: Michael Wilson, Barbara Broccoli.
Director: Martin Campbell.
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean (as 006), Izabella Scorupco, Famke Janssen, Alan Cumming, Joe Don Baker, Judi Dench (as M), Samantha Bond (as Miss Moneypenny), Gottfried John, Robbie Coltrane, Desmond Llewellyn, Tcheky Karyo, Michael Kitchen, Minnie Driver.
Photography: Phil Meheux.
Music: Eric Serra (title song sung by Tina Turner).
Production Design: Peter Lamont.
Labels: James Bond
posted by Joe at 7:13 AM
1 Comments:
I love "Goldeneye" - a cracking film. Definitely my fave Brosnan Bond (although the first hour of "Tomorrow Never Dies" is pretty good as well, then after the Germany sequence it goes seriously downhill.)
Do you think Brosnan did a good job as 007, Joe? I thought he was ok, but he's a bit smarmy. Daniel Craig is better, and heck, I even liked Dalton - I really liked "The Living Daylights" for instance.
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