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In the novel, Pussy Galore was a lesbian which is why she gives Bond the cold-shoulder at first.
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A 24 hour guard had to be placed by the Fort Knox set, so that people wouldn't attempt to steal the fake gold bars.
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Gert Fröbe was chosen for the title role because of his performance of a psychically unstable murderer in the German thriller "It Happened In Broad Daylight". Broccoli and Saltzman had watched the movie and decided to get this 'big bad German' for the character.
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An interesting bit of trivia from a friend that used to work at Fort Knox; the producers of Goldfinger wanted to film the climatic end scences in the actual vault itself. Treasury Officials said no to the request due to security issues.
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At the beginning of the movie, Bond is in 'Miami' at the Fountainbleu Hotel, then is later in 'Kentucky' at Fort Knox and the Goldfinger estate. Despite all this, Sean Connery never filmed any scenes of "Goldfinger" in America.
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The actor originally cast to appear as the thug that Bond electrocutes in the bath was unable to appear as he was arrested for burglary, and so stuntman Alf Joint stepped in. He possibly wished he hadn't when a hot coil wrapped around his leg and severely burnt him.
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The character 'Pussy Galore' was named after Ian Fleming's pet octopus; a pet octopus also appears in 'Octopussy'.
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Fröbe was a member of the National Socialist German Workers Party or Nazi Party. Owing to his connection to the Nazi Party, 'Goldfinger' was banned in Israel until he was publicly thanked by a Jewish family, thus revealing that he had actually aided German Jews by hiding them from the Gestapo before 1945.
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The 3D model map Goldfinger used during his mission briefing is now on display at the real Fort Knox.
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When Shirley Bassey recorded the title song, she was singing as the opening credits were running on a screen in front of her so that she could match the vocals. When she hit her final note, the titles kept running and she was forced the hold the note until she almost passed out.
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Connery first learned to play golf for his role in 'Goldfinger'. Apparently it has become a very dear hobby to him then, since we know him now as a passionate golf player.
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Goldfinger's first name is Auric. Au is the chemical symbol for gold on the table of elements.
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In the closing credits, the words "Tosh Togo" appear under Harold Sakata's name. This was Sakata's ring name when he was a professional wrestler from the early 1950s to the early 1960s.
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Tania Mallet had previously auditioned for the role of Tatiana Romanova in "From Russia with Love". She did not get the Russian role supposedly because of her provincial British accent.
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Sean Connery and Harold Sakata were both injured filming their fight sequence at Fort Knox. Connery hurt his back in the fight sequence which delayed filming and some say that Connery used the injury to get a better deal of the producers for the next 007 film. Sakata severely burned his hand while reaching for his hat when filming his death scene, but was determined to do it right; he held on until the director Guy Hamilton shouted "Cut!"
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Future Bond producer Michael G. Wilson has a cameo role as a Korean Soldier at Fort Knox.
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Nadja Revin, who plays the nightclub dancer in the pre-credits sequence, had previously appeared in "From Russia with Love" as Kerim Bey's girl.
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"Goldfinger" was the first Bond movie to gain an Academy Award when Norman Wanstall won the award for Sound Effects in 1964 for his work on the film.
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It has been said that some 75% of the world's movie-goers have seen the film "Goldfinger" at least once.
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A very young Garry Marshall (future successful producer/director) has a cameo as one of the American gangsters gathered to hear about Project Grand Slam.
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