Goldfinger

Thursday, July 5, 2012 | 7:30 pm
Film Independent at LACMA
1964/color/108 min.
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Scr: Richard Maibaum, Paul Dehn; dir: Guy Hamilton; w/ Sean Connery, Gert Fröbe, Honor Blackman, Shirley Eaton, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell.

Sean Connery was probably the first movie hero to linger over his vowels—stretching them out as if contemplating them—in a manner that was usually left to villains . . . or Europeans. This slouching towards nonchalance added elegant fun to all of Connery’s performances asJames Bond; his vaguely imperturbable Agent 007 acted as if he left his license to kill in his other suit. In Goldfinger, Bond’s nemesis is the stubby, impatient Auric Goldfinger (Gert Frobe), and it may have been the first time in film that the fate of the world seemed to be the very stake. Subsequent Bond films—and pop movies forever after—strained to follow in the wake that Goldfinger left, which still exerts its influence today.

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$10 for the general public, $7 for LACMA members, seniors (62+), and students with valid ID | Tickets available Thursday, July 5 at 5 pm. | Tickets: 323 857-6010 or purchase online.

$5 for Film Independent, LACMA Film Club, and New York Times Film Club members | Pre-sale tickets available Thursday, June 28 at 5 pm |  Members of these groups will be required to show proof of membership when retrieving their tickets | Tickets: 323 857-6010 or purchase online.