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{{Infobox film
| name           = GoldenEye
| image          = GoldenEye - UK cinema poster.jpg
| caption        = British theatrical release poster by [[Terry O'Neill (photographer)|Terry O'Neill]], Keith Hamshere and George Whitear
| director       = [[Martin Campbell]]
| producer       = {{plainlist|
* [[Michael G. Wilson]]
* [[Barbara Broccoli]]
}}
| screenplay     = {{plainlist|
* [[Jeffrey Caine]]
* [[Bruce Feirstein]]
}}
| story          = [[Michael France]]
| based_on       = {{based on|[[James Bond (literary character)|James Bond]]|[[Ian Fleming]]}}
| starring       = {{plainlist|
* [[Pierce Brosnan]]
* [[Sean Bean]]
* [[Izabella Scorupco]]
* [[Famke Janssen]]
* [[Joe Don Baker]]
}}<!-- Judi Dench's name does not appear on the poster so it should not be included here. --> 
| music          = [[Éric Serra]]
| cinematography = [[Phil Méheux]]
| editing        = [[Terry Rawlings]]
| studio         = {{unbulleted list|[[Eon Productions]]|[[United Artists]]}}
| distributor    = {{unbulleted list|[[MGM/UA Distribution Co.]] (United States)|[[United International Pictures]] (International)}}
| released       = {{film date|df=yes|1995|11|13|[[Radio City Music Hall]]|1995|11|17|United States|1995|11|24|United Kingdom}}
| runtime        = 130 minutes
| country        = {{unbulleted list|United Kingdom<ref>{{cite web |title=Goldeneye |website=[[Lumiere (database)|Lumiere]] |publisher=[[European Audiovisual Observatory]] |url=http://lumiere.obs.coe.int/web/film_info/?id=18 |access-date=9 October 2020 |archive-date=26 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926115741/http://lumiere.obs.coe.int/web/film_info/?id=18 |url-status=live }}</ref>|United States<ref>{{cite web |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/59904 |title=AFI Catalog: GoldenEye (1995) |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=[[American Film Institute]] |location=Los Angeles |access-date=23 May 2021 |archive-date=12 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212151331/https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/59904 |url-status=live}}</ref>}}
| language       = {{unbulleted list|English|Russian|Spanish}}
| budget         = $60 million<ref name=NUM>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Goldeneye#tab=summary |title=Goldeneye (1995) |website= [[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=January 19, 2025}}</ref>
| gross          = $356.4 million<ref name=NUM/>
}}

'''''GoldenEye''''' is a [[1995]] [[spy film]], the seventeenth in the [[List of James Bond films|''James Bond'' series]] produced by [[Eon Productions]], and the first to star [[Pierce Brosnan]] as the fictional [[Secret Intelligence Service|MI6]] agent [[James Bond (literary character)|James Bond]]. Directed by [[Martin Campbell]], it was the first in the series not to use any story elements from the works of novelist [[Ian Fleming]]. ''GoldenEye'' was also the first ''James Bond'' film not produced by [[Albert R. Broccoli]], following his stepping down from Eon Productions and replacement by his daughter, [[Barbara Broccoli]] (along with [[Michael G. Wilson]], although Broccoli was still involved as a consultant producer; it was his final film project before his death in [[1996]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A817823 |title=The James Bond Films – 1994–2002 |date=10 November 2002 |access-date=22 October 2007 |publisher=BBC News |archive-date=9 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109022744/http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A817823 |url-status=live}}</ref> The story was conceived and written by [[Michael France]], with later collaboration by other writers. In the film, Bond fights to prevent rogue ex-MI6 agent 006 ([[Sean Bean]]), from using a satellite weapon against [[London]] to cause a global financial collapse.

''GoldenEye'' was released after a six-year hiatus in the series caused by legal disputes, during which [[Timothy Dalton]]'s contract for the role of James Bond expired and he decided to leave the role, being replaced by Brosnan. [[M (James Bond)|M]] was also recast, actress [[Judi Dench]] becoming the first woman to portray the character, replacing [[Robert Brown (British actor)|Robert Brown]]. The role of [[Miss Moneypenny]] was also recast, [[Caroline Bliss]] being replaced by [[Samantha Bond]]. [[Desmond Llewelyn]] was the only actor to reprise his previous role, as [[Q (James Bond)|Q]]. It was the first Bond film made after the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]] and the end of the [[Cold War]], which provided a background for the plot. [[Principal photography]] for ''GoldenEye'' took place from January to June 1995 in the UK, [[Russia]], [[Monte Carlo]], and [[Puerto Rico]]; it was the inaugural film production to be shot at [[Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden|Leavesden Studios]]. The first Bond film to use [[computer-generated imagery]] (CGI), ''GoldenEye'' was also the final film in the career of [[special effect]]s supervisor [[Derek Meddings]], and was dedicated to his memory.

The film accumulated a worldwide gross of over US$356 million, considerably better than the entire 1980s Bond films, without taking inflation into account, to become the [[1995 in film#Highest-grossing films|fourth-highest grossing film of 1995]] and the highest-grossing ''James Bond'' film since [[Moonraker (film)|''Moonraker'']] (1979).<ref name="nos">{{cite web |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/series/JamesBond.php |title=Box Office History for James Bond Movies |access-date=18 October 2007 |publisher=The Numbers |archive-date=16 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316020739/http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/series/JamesBond.php |url-status=live}}</ref> It received positive reviews from critics, with Brosnan viewed as a worthy successor to [[Sean Connery]]'s portrayal as Bond.<ref name="QNetwork">{{cite web |title=GoldenEye |publisher=Qnetwork |url=http://www.qnetwork.com/review/348 |access-date=5 June 2022 |last=Kendrick |first=James |archive-date=5 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405211541/http://www.qnetwork.com/review/348 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="variety">{{cite magazine |last=McCarthy |first=Todd |date=15 November 1995 |title=GoldenEye |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/1995/film/reviews/goldeneye-1200443796/ |url-status=live |access-date=17 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617180405/http://variety.com/1995/film/reviews/goldeneye-1200443796 |archive-date=17 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=GoldenEye |publisher=Filmcritic.com |url=http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/ddb5490109a79f598625623d0015f1e4/9503ab99be3b464086256275001adc5a?OpenDocument |access-date=27 April 2007 |last=Null |first=Christopher |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013021650/http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/ddb5490109a79f598625623d0015f1e4/9503ab99be3b464086256275001adc5a?OpenDocument |archive-date=13 October 2007}}</ref> It also received [[49th British Academy Film Awards#Winners and nominees|award nominations]] for [[BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects|Best Special Visual Effects]] and [[BAFTA Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]] from the [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]].<ref name="bafta">{{cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/awards/film/nominations/?year=1995|title=Film Nominations 1995|publisher=[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]]|access-date=5 April 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228220536/http://www.bafta.org/awards/film/nominations/?year=1995 <!--Added by H3llBot-->|archive-date=28 February 2008}}</ref> It was followed by ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'' in 1997.

==Plot==
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In 1986, [[MI6]] agents [[James Bond (literary character)|James Bond]] and [[Alec Trevelyan]] infiltrate a clandestine Soviet chemical weapons lab. After witnessing Trevelyan being seemingly executed by the facility's commanding officer, Colonel Arkady Grigorovich Ourumov, Bond destroys the site and escapes in a stolen aircraft.

Nine years later, following the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]], Bond attempts to prevent [[Xenia Onatopp]], a member of the Janus [[Organized crime|crime syndicate]], from stealing a [[Eurocopter Tiger]] attack helicopter during a military demonstration in [[Monte Carlo]], but is unsuccessful. Returning to MI6 Headquarters in London, Bond joins MI6 staff monitoring an incident in [[Severnaya Zemlya|Severnaya]], [[Siberia]], after the stolen helicopter turns up at a radar site there. An [[electromagnetic pulse]] blast suddenly hits the site, destroying it and several Russian fighter aircraft, while knocking out some satellite systems in orbit.

The newly appointed [[M (James Bond)|M]] assigns Bond to investigate, after it is determined that the blast came from a Soviet-era satellite armed with a [[nuclear electromagnetic pulse]] [[space-based weapon]], codenamed "GoldenEye". Although Janus is suspected of initiating the attack, Bond suspects that Ourumov, now a general, was involved, because the weapon system required high-level military access. Travelling to [[Saint Petersburg]], Bond contacts [[CIA]] operative Jack Wade, who advises him to meet the former [[KGB]] agent turned gangster, Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky, and have him arrange a meeting with Janus. Escorted to the meeting by Onatopp, Bond discovers that Janus is led by Trevelyan, who had faked his death. He learns that Trevelyan seeks vengeance for his parents, [[Repatriation of Cossacks after World War II#Lienz|Lienz Cossacks]] who were betrayed by the British by being repatriated to the Soviet Union after collaborating with the [[Axis powers]] during World War II.

Bond is sedated and trapped in the stolen Tiger alongside programmer [[Natalya Simonova]], a survivor of the Severnaya attack. After escaping the helicopter before it explodes, the pair are taken into custody and interrogated by [[Ministry of Defence (Russia)|Russian Minister of Defence]] Dimitri Mishkin. Natalya affirms Ourumov's involvement in the use of GoldenEye, and that fellow programmer Boris Grishenko survived along with her and is now working for Janus in operating a second GoldenEye satellite. Before Mishkin can act on the information, Ourumov kills him and captures Natalya. Commandeering a [[T-54/T-55|T-55 tank]], Bond pursues Ourumov to a missile train used by Janus. He kills Ourumov and escapes the train with Natalya before it explodes.

Bond and Natalya travel to [[Cuba]], after Boris is traced to a location within the island's jungles. While flying over the area, the pair are shot down. Onatopp is lowered from a helicopter and attacks them, but Bond destroys the helicopter and snaps her spinal column. The pair uncover a hidden base beneath a large artificial lake, concealing a satellite dish. Bond is captured while setting explosives and learns from Trevelyan that he intends to steal money from the [[Bank of England]] and use GoldenEye to erase its financial records and conceal the theft. Bond surmises that Trevelyan intends for the electromagnetic pulse to trigger a global [[economic collapse|financial meltdown]] and [[social collapse]], causing the United Kingdom to "reenter the [[Stone Age]]".

Natalya hacks into the satellite and reprograms it to initiate [[Atmospheric entry|atmospheric re-entry]] and thus destroy itself. She is then captured as well. While trying to undo her programming, Boris nervously presses on a pen confiscated from Bond, activating a grenade concealed in the pen by [[Q Branch]]. Bond knocks the pen from Boris's hand and into a puddle of chemicals that were spilled during an earlier firefight, causing a [[chemical explosion]] that allows Bond and Natalya to escape.

To prevent Boris from regaining control of the satellite, Bond sabotages the dish's antenna by jamming its gears. Trevelyan tries to intercept him, and the ensuing fight between the two culminates in Trevelyan being dangled below the antenna. Bond then drops Trevelyan into the bottom of the dish. The GoldenEye satellite is subsequently destroyed. Natalya soon rescues Bond in a commandeered helicopter, moments before the antenna malfunctions and explodes, destroying the base. The debris falls onto Trevelyan, crushing him to death, and Boris dies from an explosion caused by ruptured liquid nitrogen canisters. After landing in a meadow, Bond and Natalya prepare to enjoy some solitude together but are interrupted by the arrival of Wade and a team of [[United States Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance|U.S. Marines]], who escort them to [[Guantanamo Bay Naval Base]].

==Cast==
* [[Pierce Brosnan]] as [[James Bond filmography|James Bond]] (007), an MI6 officer assigned to stop the Janus crime syndicate from acquiring "GoldenEye", a clandestine satellite weapon designed and launched by the Soviets during the Cold War.
* [[Sean Bean]] as [[Alec Trevelyan]] (006), initially another [[00 Agent|00 officer]] and Bond's close friend, he fakes his death at Arkhangelsk and then establishes the Janus crime syndicate over the following nine years.
* [[Izabella Scorupco]] as [[Natalya Simonova]], a programmer at the Severnaya lab. She survives the GoldenEye attack on its own control centre.
* [[Famke Janssen]] as [[Xenia Onatopp]], a [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] fighter pilot and Trevelyan's henchwoman. A [[Sadomasochism|sadistic]] [[lust murder]]er, she enjoys torturing her enemies by [[Positional asphyxia|asphyxiating]] them between her thighs.
* [[Joe Don Baker]] as Jack Wade, a veteran CIA officer on the same mission as Bond. Baker previously played the villainous [[Brad Whitaker]] in ''[[The Living Daylights]]''.
* [[Robbie Coltrane]] as [[Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky]], a Russian gangster and ex-KGB officer through whom Bond arranges a meeting with Janus.
* [[Tchéky Karyo]] as Dimitri Mishkin, the [[Minister of Defence (Russia)|Russian Defence Minister]].
* [[Gottfried John]] as General Arkady Grigorovich Ourumov<!-- credited as Colonel Ourumov -->, a [[Hero of the Soviet Union]], [[Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces|Commander]] of [[Russian Space Forces|Russia's Space Division]]. He is secretly an agent of Janus, who abuses his authority and position to obtain control over GoldenEye.
* [[Alan Cumming]] as Boris Grishenko, a geeky computer programmer at Severnaya, later revealed to be an affiliate of Janus.
* [[Michael Kitchen]] as [[Bill Tanner]], M's [[chief of staff]].
* [[Serena Gordon]] as Caroline, an MI6 psychological and psychiatric evaluator whom Bond seduces at the beginning of the film.
* [[Desmond Llewelyn]] as [[Q (James Bond)|Q]], the head of Q Branch ([[research and development]] division of the [[British Secret Service]]). <!--  Llewelyn and Joe Don Baker were the only actors to appear in a previous Bond film (Baker appearing in ''[[The Living Daylights]]'' and Llewelyn appearing as Q throughout the series—except for ''[[Dr. No (film)|Dr. No]]'' and ''[[Live and Let Die (film)|Live and Let Die]]''—until his death). -->
* [[Samantha Bond]] as [[Miss Moneypenny]], M's secretary. <!-- Samantha Bond made her first of four appearances as Moneypenny. -->
* [[Judi Dench]] as [[M (James Bond)|M]], the head of MI6 and Bond's superior.
* [[Minnie Driver]] as Irina, Zukovsky's mistress.
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==Production==
===Development===
Following the release of ''[[Licence to Kill]]'' in July 1989, pre-production work for the seventeenth film in the [[Production of the James Bond films|''James Bond'' series]], the third to star [[Timothy Dalton]] (fulfilling his three-film contract),<ref>{{cite web |last=Reyes |first=Mike |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2561916/timothy-dalton-had-three-unmade-james-bond-movies-that-influenced-the-007-franchise-after-he-left |title=Timothy Dalton's Unmade James Bond Sequel, And The Influence It Had On The 007 Franchise After He Left |date=4 May 2022 |access-date=5 June 2022 |archive-date=5 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220605075653/https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2561916/timothy-dalton-had-three-unmade-james-bond-movies-that-influenced-the-007-franchise-after-he-left |url-status=live }}</ref> began in May 1990. A poster for the then-upcoming movie was even featured in the [[InterContinental Carlton Cannes Hotel|Carlton Hotel]] during the [[1990 Cannes Film Festival]]. In August, ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' reported that producer [[Albert R. Broccoli]] had parted company with screenwriter [[Richard Maibaum]], who had worked on the scripts of all but three ''Bond'' films so far, and director [[John Glen (director)|John Glen]], responsible for the previous five installments in the series. That same year, Broccoli met with potential directors, which included [[John Landis]], [[Ted Kotcheff]], [[Roger Spottiswoode]] (who would later direct ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]''), and [[John Byrum]].{{sfn|Field|Chowdhury|2015|p=463}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Hollywood mogul puts $US200m price on James Bond's head; Albert "Cubby" Broccoli |work=[[The Sunday Times]] |date=12 August 1990}}</ref>

Broccoli's stepson [[Michael G. Wilson]] contributed a script, and ''[[Wiseguy (TV series)|Wiseguy]]'' co-producer Alfonse Ruggiero Jr. was hired to rewrite it.<ref>{{cite web |title=GoldenEye – The Road To Production |website=[[Mi6-HQ.com]] |url=https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/ge_roadtoproduction.php3 |date=23 June 2003 |access-date=5 June 2022 |archive-date=5 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220605075654/https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/ge_roadtoproduction.php3 |url-status=live }}</ref> Filming was set to begin in 1990 in [[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]], for a release in late 1991.<ref name="Bond17_History">{{cite web |url=https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/bond_17_intro.php3 |title=Bond 17 – History |website=Mi6-HQ.com |date=16 July 2006 |access-date=28 January 2008 |archive-date=29 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129212022/http://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/bond_17_intro.php3 |url-status=live }}</ref> A 17-page treatment, dated May 1990, featured James Bond on a mission in East Asia, where he must investigate why an unknown entity caused a chemical plant in Scotland to explode inexplicably and a threat ordering the British and Chinese to relinquish their authority over Hong Kong. Bond would be aided by an ex-CIA freelance thief named Connie Webb and a senior spy named Denholm Crisp, with the trail leading towards a corrupt technology magnate called Sir Henry Lee Ching. It also would have featured the Chinese [[Ministry of State Security (China)|Ministry of State Security]].{{sfn|Field|Chowdhury|2015|p=464}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Blauvelt |first=Christian |title=The Bond films that almost were |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/culture/article/20151111-the-bond-films-that-almost-were |date=11 November 2015 |access-date=22 July 2020 |publisher=[[BBC]] |archive-date=4 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604224426/https://www.bbc.co.uk/culture/article/20151111-the-bond-films-that-almost-were |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Jeffery |first=Morgan |date=17 November 2016 |title=6 James Bond movies they planned but never made |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a813376/the-lost-007-6-james-bond-movies-they-planned-but-never-made/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722160300/https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a813376/the-lost-007-6-james-bond-movies-they-planned-but-never-made/ |archive-date=22 July 2020 |access-date=22 July 2020 |website=[[Digital Spy]]}}</ref>

Wilson and Ruggiero revised the plotline further in a script dated July 1990. It changed the opening to show Bond using a hang-gliding competition as cover to infiltrate a chemical weapons plant, where he must fend off a deadly security robot. The film proper begins in the South China Sea, where a British [[Harrier jet]] malfunctions, ejects its pilot, starts flying on its own, and then crashes into a village in China. MI6 subsequently learns that many British military technology manufacturing plants have been recently broken into and Bond is sent to track down the burglar. This draft also featured a climax in which the villain survived the destruction of their lair and subsequently attempted to kill Bond.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}

In January 1991, the script was further rewritten by [[William Osborne (writer)|William Osborne]] and [[William Davies (screenwriter)|William Davies]].{{sfn|Field|Chowdhury|2015|p=464}} After the [[Gulf War]], the chemical plant opening from the prior script was revised to take place in [[History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi|Libya]]. The film would then have focused on the theft of a high-tech stealth fighter by [[American Mafia|American mobsters]], with Bond trying to find it, first in [[Vancouver]] and then in [[Las Vegas]]. The aircraft is subsequently secured by a Hong Kong-based industrialist, Sir Henry Ferguson, who wants to use it to allow a Chinese military general to stage a nuclear attack and [[coup d'état]] against [[Mainland China]], with the general then leaving the industrialist in control of [[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]].{{sfn|Field|Chowdhury|2015|pp=464–466}}

Dalton declared in a 2010 interview that the script had been ready and "we were talking directors" before the project entered [[development hell]] caused by legal problems between [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]], parent company of the series' distributor [[United Artists]], and Broccoli's [[Danjaq]], owners of the ''Bond'' film rights.<ref name=dalton>{{cite magazine|url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/11/01/timothy-dalton-chuck-the-tourist-bond/|title=Timothy Dalton talks 'Chuck,' 'The Tourist,' and, of course, Bond|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|first=Christian|last=Blauvelt|date=1 November 2010|access-date=12 August 2014|archive-date=13 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813055211/http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/11/01/timothy-dalton-chuck-the-tourist-bond/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1990, MGM/UA was to be sold for $1.5&nbsp;billion to [[Qintex]], an Australian-American financial services company that had begun making television broadcast and entertainment purchases. When Qintex could not provide a $50&nbsp;million letter of credit, the deal fell apart. Italian financier [[Giancarlo Parretti]], CEO of [[The Cannon Group, Inc.|Pathé Entertainment]] (unrelated to the French studio [[Pathé]]) quickly moved in to buy MGM/UA for $1.2&nbsp;billion and merged the companies to create [[MGM-Pathé Communications]]. Parretti intended to sell off the distribution rights of the studio's catalogue so that he could collect advance payments to finance the buyout. This included international broadcasting rights to the 007 library at cut-rate prices, leading Danjaq to sue,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/1991/film/features/007-producer-fires-legal-salvo-at-mgm-99125807/ |title=007 Producer Fires Legal Salvo at MGM |date=17 February 1991 |work=Variety |access-date=9 December 2017 |archive-date=24 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024070742/https://variety.com/1991/film/features/007-producer-fires-legal-salvo-at-mgm-99125807/|url-status=live}}</ref> alleging that the licensing violated the ''Bond'' distribution agreements the company made with United Artists in 1962, while denying Danjaq a share of the profits.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-10-15-fi-1998-story.html|title=A summary of Southern California-related business litigation developments during the past week |date=15 October 1990|work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=20 April 2020 |archive-date=12 October 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012154421/http://articles.latimes.com/1990-10-15/business/fi-1998_1_distribution-contract}}</ref> Countersuits were filed. When asked what he would do following resolution of the lawsuits, Dalton told Broccoli that it was unlikely that he would continue in the role.<ref name="theweekdalton">{{cite web |last=Meslow |first=Scott |date=12 May 2014 |title=Timothy Dalton opens up about Penny Dreadful, leaving James Bond, and the demon in all of us |url=https://theweek.com/articles/447045/timothy-dalton-opens-about-penny-dreadful-leaving-james-bond-demon-all |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224115817/https://theweek.com/articles/447045/timothy-dalton-opens-about-penny-dreadful-leaving-james-bond-demon-all |archive-date=24 February 2019 |access-date=23 February 2019 |work=[[The Week]]}}</ref>

Parretti's behaviour led to the bankruptcy of MGM-Pathé, and additional lawsuits eventually resulted in a foreclosure by financial backer [[Crédit Lyonnais]] in 1992. The ''Bond'' rights lawsuits were settled in December 1992, and the renamed Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, now run by a Crédit Lyonnais subsidiary, began to explore further development of ''Bond 17'' with Danjaq in 1993. Dalton was still Broccoli's choice to play Bond, but the star's original seven-year contract with Danjaq expired that same year. Dalton has stated that the delay to his third film effectively ended the contract in 1990.<ref name="theweekdalton" /><ref name=daltonoff>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/1994/film/news/dalton-bails-out-as-bond-120067/ |title=Dalton bails out as Bond |last=Cox |first=Dan |date=12 April 1994 |work=Variety |access-date=12 August 2014 |archive-date=28 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228130313/https://variety.com/1994/film/news/dalton-bails-out-as-bond-120067/}}</ref>

===Pre-production and writing===
In May 1993, MGM announced that a seventeenth ''James Bond'' film was in pre-production, to be based on a screenplay by [[Michael France]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/1993/film/news/bond-set-for-0017th-106787/ |title=Bond set for 0017th |last=Ayscough |first=Suzan |date=13 May 1993 |work=Variety |access-date=9 December 2017 |archive-date=12 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012151417/http://variety.com/1993/film/news/bond-set-for-0017th-106787/}}</ref> France studied for his script by travelling to Russia to interview former KGB agents and visit nuclear research laboratories.{{sfn|Field|Chowdhury|2015|p=474}} With Broccoli's health deteriorating (he died seven months after the release of ''GoldenEye''), his daughter [[Barbara Broccoli]] described him as taking "a bit of a back seat" in the film's production.<ref name="ashton">{{cite web |url=http://www.hmss.com/films/mgw/mgw95.html |title=Richard Ashton Interview Michael G. Wilson |publisher=Her Majesty's Secret Servant |access-date=12 November 2006 |last=Ashton |first=Richard |year=1995 |archive-date=30 October 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061030070421/http://www.hmss.com/films/mgw/mgw95.html}}</ref> Barbara and Michael G. Wilson took the lead roles in production, while Albert Broccoli oversaw the production of ''GoldenEye'' as a consulting producer, credited as "presenter".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archivo007.com/familia-broccoli/ |title=Familia Broccoli |date=10 April 2009 |trans-title=Broccoli Family |publisher=Archivo 007 |access-date=5 June 2022 |language=es |archive-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527113414/https://archivo007.com/familia-broccoli/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.007.info/goldeneye/ |title=James Bond 007 – Goldeneye |website=007.info |date=13 November 1995 |access-date=5 June 2022 |archive-date=13 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013071332/http://www.007.info/goldeneye/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Wilson wanted to frame the film in the [[Post–Cold War era|post-Cold War era]] and the aftermath of the [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union|collapse of the Soviet Union]], when there were concerns about proliferation of [[Weapon of mass destruction|weapons of mass destruction]].{{sfn|Field|Chowdhury|2015|p=474}} Broccoli contacted Dalton, to ask again if he would come back, and now found him open to the idea.<ref name="theweekdalton" />

In August 1993, France, having turned in his first draft, continued to work on the script.<ref name="Bond17_History" /> In further discussion with Broccoli, Dalton expressed excitement over taking the best elements of his previous two films and combining them as a basis for one final film. Broccoli stressed that, after the long gap without a film, Dalton could not come back and just do a single film but needed to return for multiple films.<ref name="theweekdalton" /> Although France's screenplay was completed by January 1994, production was pushed back with no concrete start. In April 1994, Dalton officially resigned from the role.<ref>{{cite AV media |people=Michael G. Wilson; Martin Campbell; Pierce Brosnan; Judi Dench; Desmond Llewelyn |year=1999 |title=The Making of 'GoldenEye': A Video Journal |medium=DVD |publisher=MGM Home Entertainment}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Biography: Timothy Dalton |publisher=IanFleming.org |url=http://www.ianfleming.org/mkkbb/guide/timothydalton/ |access-date=7 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021213051853/http://www.ianfleming.org/mkkbb/guide/timothydalton/ |archive-date=13 December 2002 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In a 2014 interview, Dalton revealed that he agreed with Broccoli's expectation but could not commit to appearing in four or five more films.<ref name="theweekdalton"/>

[[File:PierceBrosnanCannesPhoto2 b.jpg|thumb|180px|left|''GoldenEye'' was [[Pierce Brosnan]]'s first appearance as Bond]]
Further work was done on the screenplay throughout 1994. France's screenplay introduced the character of "Augustus Trevelyan", Bond's [[MI6]] superior and a defector to Soviet Union, as the main villain. As in the completed version, his scheme involved a stolen orbital EMP weapon. The first draft started with an Aston Martin car chase aboard a [[High-speed rail|high-speed train]]. However, Barbara Broccoli was concerned that France's screenplay was still too unstructured and brought in [[Jeffrey Caine]] to rewrite it.{{sfn|Field|Chowdhury|2015|p=475}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Birren |first=Nick |url=http://www.creativescreenwriting.com/csdaily/trenches/9_30_05_Caine.html |title=The Spirit of the Story: The Constant Gardener's Jeffrey Caine |publisher=Inside Information Group Ltd |work=CreativeScreenwriting |access-date=12 November 2006 |date=30 September 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060905103934/http://creativescreenwriting.com/csdaily/trenches/9_30_05_Caine.html |archive-date=5 September 2006}}</ref> Caine kept many of France's ideas but added the prologue before the credits and rewrote Trevelyan closer to his iteration in the final film. [[Kevin Wade]] did a three-week rewrite and [[Bruce Feirstein]] added the finishing touches.{{sfn|Field|Chowdhury|2015|pp=476–477}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leisuresuit.net/Webzine/articles/bruce_feirstein.shtml |publisher=LeisureSuit.net |title=His Word is Bond: An Interview With 007 Screenwriter Bruce Feirstein |access-date=12 November 2006 |last=Dye |first=Kerry Douglas |date=15 November 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061205091722/http://leisuresuit.net/Webzine/articles/bruce_feirstein.shtml <!--Added by H3llBot--> |archive-date=5 December 2006}}</ref> In the film, the writing credit was shared by Caine and Feirstein, while France was credited with only the story, an arrangement he felt was unfair, particularly as he believed that the additions made were not an improvement on his original version.<ref name="reg">{{cite web |url=http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/424/424582p1.html |website=IGN |title=Screenwriting Punishment with Michael France |access-date=12 November 2006 |last1=Seeton |first1=Reg |last2=Van Buskirk |first2=Dayna |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524164803/http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/424/424582p1.html |archive-date=24 May 2007}}</ref> Wade did not receive an official credit, but was acknowledged in the naming of Jack Wade, the CIA character he created.{{sfn|Field|Chowdhury|2015|p=476}}

The opening scene, in which an admiral is seduced and then killed, had to be rewritten following a demand from the US military, after which the nationality of the admiral was changed from American to Canadian.<ref>{{cite book |title=Hollywood and the CIA Cinema, Defense and Subversion |date=2011 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |page=12}}</ref>

While the story was not based on a work by Ian Fleming, the title ''GoldenEye'' came from the name of [[Goldeneye (estate)|Fleming's Jamaican estate]], where he wrote the ''Bond'' novels.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tenerifenews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8140:two-profiles-ian-fleming-a-boris-johnson&catid=64:features&Itemid=26 |title=Two profiles: Ian Fleming & Boris Johnson |date=11 May 2008 |publisher=Fortnightly Tenerife News |access-date=16 December 2008 |archive-date=31 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081231030415/http://www.tenerifenews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8140:two-profiles-ian-fleming-a-boris-johnson&catid=64:features&Itemid=26 |url-status=live}}</ref> Fleming gave a number of origins for the name of his estate, including [[Carson McCullers]]' ''[[Reflections in a Golden Eye (novel)|Reflections in a Golden Eye]]''<ref>{{cite book |last=Pearson |first=John |author-link=John Pearson (author) |year=1966 |title=[[The Life of Ian Fleming]] |page=137 |publisher=Vintage/Ebury |isbn=0-224-61136-4}}</ref> and [[Operation Goldeneye]], a contingency plan Fleming himself developed during the [[Second World War]] in case of a [[Nazi]] invasion through Spain.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Real James Bond |url=http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/R/real_lives/james_bond.html |publisher=[[Channel 4]] |access-date=19 November 2006 |archive-date=10 January 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070110021701/http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/R/real_lives/james_bond.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Lycett |first=Andrew |date=5 November 2006 |title=Adultery, Cambridge spies, a Jamaican idyll – Ian Fleming's biographer Andrew Lycett traces the origins of James Bond |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article621510.ece |work=[[The Times]] |location=London |access-date=19 November 2006 |archive-date=15 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615190738/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article621510.ece}}</ref>

Although ''GoldenEye'' was released only six years after ''Licence to Kill'', world politics had changed dramatically in the interim. It was the first ''James Bond'' film to be produced after the fall of the [[Berlin Wall]], the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the end of the [[Cold War]], and there was doubt over the character's relevance in the modern world.<ref>{{cite book |title=Ian Fleming and James Bond |last1=Comentale |first1=Edward P. |last2=Watt |first2=Stephen Watt |last3=Willman |first3=Skip Willman |access-date=21 August 2007 |year=2005 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=978-0-253-34523-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NpkbHkuxYTUC&q=Edward+P.+Comentale |archive-date=30 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630024205/https://books.google.com/books?id=NpkbHkuxYTUC&q=Edward+P.+Comentale}}</ref> Some in the film industry felt it would be "futile" for the ''Bond'' series to make a comeback, and that the character was best left as "an icon of the past".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pfeiffer |first1=Lee |last2=Worrall |first2=Dave |title=The Essential Bond: The Authorized Guide to the World of 007 |orig-year=1998 |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers|Boxtree]] |isbn=0-7522-1562-0 |page=169 |chapter=''GoldenEye'' |year=2003}}</ref> The producers even thought of new concepts for the series, such as a period piece set in the 1960s, a female 007, or a black James Bond. Ultimately, they chose to return to the basics of the series, not following the sensitive and caring Bond of the Dalton films or the [[political correctness]] that started to permeate the decade.<ref name=ew/> The film came to be seen as a successful revitalization, and it effectively adapted the series for the 1990s.<ref name="variety"/> One of ''GoldenEye''{{'}}s innovations includes the casting of a female M. In the film, the new M quickly establishes her authority, remarking that Bond is a "sexist, misogynist dinosaur" and a "relic of the Cold War". This is an early indication that Bond is portrayed as far less tempestuous than Timothy Dalton's Bond from 1989.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://notcoming.com/reviews/goldeneye/ |title=GoldenEye |publisher=Notcoming.com |access-date=28 April 2007 |archive-date=11 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211170148/http://notcoming.com/reviews/goldeneye/}}</ref>

[[John Woo]] was approached as the director, and turned down the opportunity, but said he was honoured by the offer.<ref>{{cite book |last=Heard |first=Christopher |title=Ten Thousand Bullets: The Cinematic Journey of John Woo |year=1999 |publisher=[[Doubleday Canada Limited]] |isbn=0-385-25731-7 |pages=138–139 |chapter=8}}</ref> [[Michael Caton-Jones]] and [[Peter Medak]] were also considered.{{sfn|Field|Chowdhury|2015|p=473}} The producers then chose New Zealander [[Martin Campbell]] as the director. Brosnan later described Campbell as "warrior-like in his take on the piece" and said that "there was a huge passion there on both our parts".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/mar/18/features |title='My heavens, I haven't been found out yet' |access-date=11 December 2006 |author=Richard Jobson |date=18 March 2003 |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |archive-date=23 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223012302/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/mar/18/features |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Casting===
To replace Dalton, the producers chose Pierce Brosnan, who, after Dalton had initially turned down the role, had been prevented from succeeding [[Roger Moore]] in 1986 because of his contract to continue starring in the television series ''[[Remington Steele]]''. He was introduced to the public at a press conference at the [[Regent Palace Hotel]] on 8 June 1994.{{sfn|Field|Chowdhury|2015|p=481}} Before negotiating with Brosnan, [[Mel Gibson]], [[Hugh Grant]], and [[Liam Neeson]] passed on the role.<ref name="ew" /> Neeson said that his then fiancée [[Natasha Richardson]] wouldn't marry him if he accepted the role.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/liam-neeson-turned-down-james-bond-role-to-marry-natasha-richardson-9176657.html | title=Liam Neeson turned down 007 role to marry Natasha Richardson | website=[[The Independent]] | date=8 March 2014 | access-date=1 January 2023 | archive-date=1 January 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101040252/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/liam-neeson-turned-down-james-bond-role-to-marry-natasha-richardson-9176657.html | url-status=live }}</ref> Broccoli and Campbell met with [[Ralph Fiennes]] to discuss his taking the part.{{sfn|Field|Chowdhury|2015|p=480}} Fiennes later played [[M (James Bond)#Ralph Fiennes: 2012–present|Gareth Mallory / M]] in ''[[Skyfall]]'' (2012), ''[[Spectre (2015 film)|Spectre]]'' (2015), and ''[[No Time to Die]]'' (2021). [[Paul McGann]] auditioned the role and was the studio's second choice if Brosnan turned it down.<ref>{{cite web |last=McAlpine |first=Fraser |url=https://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2012/10/the-brit-list-the-fifteen-greatest-actors-who-were-almost-james-bond |title=The Brit List: The Fifteen Greatest Actors Who Were Almost James Bond |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004225519/http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2012/10/the-brit-list-the-fifteen-greatest-actors-who-were-almost-james-bond/ |website=BBC America |date=1 October 2012 |archive-date=4 October 2012 |access-date=25 October 2023 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Brosnan was paid $1.2&nbsp;million for the film, out of a total budget of $60&nbsp;million.<ref name="ew">{{cite magazine |last=Svetkey |first=Benjamin |date=17 November 1995 |title=The Spy Who Came Back From The Cold |url=https://ew.com/article/1995/11/17/james-bond-still-big-gun/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813023952/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20431259_299545,00.html |archive-date=13 August 2014 |url-status=live |access-date=12 August 2014}}</ref> The English actress [[Judi Dench]] was cast as M, replacing [[Robert Brown (British actor)|Robert Brown]], making this the first film of the series to feature a female M. The decision is widely believed to have been inspired by [[Stella Rimington]], who had become head of [[MI5]] in 1992.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bookpage.com/0502bp/stella_rimington.html |publisher=BookPage |title=Her majesty's not-so-secret service |access-date=14 November 2006 |author=Jay MacDonald |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060826194750/http://www.bookpage.com/0502bp/stella_rimington.html |archive-date=26 August 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20020430/ai_n12622913 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013210329/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20020430/ai_n12622913 |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 October 2007 |title=Woman tipped to head MI5 in footsteps of Stella Rimington |work=The Independent |access-date=14 November 2006 |author=Nigel Morris |date=30 April 2002}}</ref>

The character of Alec Trevelyan was originally scripted as "Augustus Trevelyan" and envisaged as an older character and a mentor to Bond. [[Anthony Hopkins]] and [[Alan Rickman]] were reportedly sought for the role, but both turned it down. [[Sean Bean]] was subsequently cast and the character was rewritten as Bond's peer.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/15-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-goldeneye |title=15 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About Goldeneye |date=9 January 2015 |work=Shortlist |access-date=10 March 2020 |archive-date=23 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023091718/https://www.shortlist.com/news/15-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-goldeneye}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://thedigitalbits.com/columns/history-legacy-showmanship/remembering-goldeneye-20th?showall=1 |title=A Post Cold War Era Bond: Remembering "GoldenEye" on its 20th Anniversary |website=The Digital Bits |access-date=10 March 2020 |archive-date=21 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200121204358/http://thedigitalbits.com/columns/history-legacy-showmanship/remembering-goldeneye-20th?showall=1}}</ref> The character of Natalya Simionova, originally scripted as "Marina Varoskaya", was supposed to be [[Paulina Porizkova]], but [[Izabella Scorupco]] was subsequently cast. The character of Boris Griscenko was originally scripted as "Alexei Makvenio", but [[Alan Cumming]] was still in the early cast. The character of Valentin Zukovsky was originally scripted as Valentin Kosgyn, aka Romaly. The character of General Ourumov was originally named "Illya Borchenko". The character General Pushkin from ''The Living Daylights'' appeared in France's initial script, but the character was rewritten as Defense Minister Mishkin.{{sfn|Field|Chowdhury|2015|p=442}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 March 2021 |title=James Bond: Every Way GoldenEye's Original Plan Changed |url=https://screenrant.com/james-bond-goldeneye-original-movie-plans-changes/ |access-date=9 September 2021 |website=ScreenRant |archive-date=9 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909015107/https://screenrant.com/james-bond-goldeneye-original-movie-plans-changes/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Filming===
[[Principal photography]] for the film began on 16 January 1995 and continued until 2 June.<ref name="make">{{cite book | author= Garth Pearce | title = The Making of GoldenEye | date = 31 October 1995| publisher = Boxtree | isbn = 978-1-85283-484-5}}</ref> Eon was unable to film at [[Pinewood Studios]], the usual studio for Bond films, because it had been reserved for ''[[First Knight]]''.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H8DShVS-3cIC&pg=PA144|title=The Film Studio: Film Production in the Global Economy|first1=Ben|last1=Goldsmith|first2=Tom|last2=O'Regan|date=18 June 2017|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|access-date=18 June 2017 |via=Google Books|isbn=9780742536814 |archive-date=7 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207032215/https://books.google.com/books?id=H8DShVS-3cIC&pg=PA144|url-status=live}}</ref> Instead, with little time to find a space which could hold the number of large scale sets needed for production, Eon found an old [[Rolls-Royce Holdings|Rolls-Royce]] factory at [[Leavesden Aerodrome]] in [[Hertfordshire]], which had wide, tall, and open aircraft hangars that were uniquely suited to be converted into stages for a new studio. Eon leased the site for the duration of their shoot, gutted the factory and turned it into stages, workshops and offices, and dubbed it [[Leavesden Studios]].<ref name="secret">{{Cite AV media |people=Peter Aston; Pierce Brosnan; Martin Campbell |date=26 December 1995 |title=GoldenEye: The Secret Files |medium=TV Documentary |publisher=[[Carlton Television]]}}</ref> This process is shown on the 2006 DVD's special features.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}
[[File:Arecibo radio telescope SJU 06 2019 7497.jpg|thumb|The [[Arecibo Observatory]] was the site of the film's climactic scene]]
The [[Bungee jumping|bungee jump]] was filmed at the [[Contra Dam]] (also known as the Verzasca or Locarno Dam)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30077136.html |title=007's bungee jump tops best movie stunt poll |work=Irish Examiner |date=17 November 2002 |access-date=5 June 2022 |archive-date=5 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220605075653/https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30077136.html |url-status=live }}</ref> in [[Ticino]], [[Switzerland]]. General Ourumov shooting his nervously-firing soldier in the opening sequence was inspired by the 1969 western film ''[[The Wild Bunch]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/goldeneye-oral-history/ | title=The complete history of GoldenEye's opening sequence | date=17 November 2015 }}</ref>  The casino scenes and the Tiger helicopter's demonstration were shot in Monte Carlo. Reference footage for the tank chase was shot on location in Saint Petersburg and matched to the studio at Leavesden. The climactic scenes on the satellite dish were shot at [[Arecibo Observatory]] in [[Puerto Rico]].<ref>{{Cite AV media |people=Michael G. Wilson; Andrew Ackland-Snow; Peter Lamont; Chris Corbould |date=17 July 2006 |title=Location Scouting with Peter Lamont: GoldenEye |medium=TV Documentary |publisher=Cloverland Productions}}</ref> The actual [[SIS Building|MI6 headquarters]] were used for external views of M's office.<ref>{{cite book|author=Lee Pfeiffer |author2=Worrall, Dave |title=The Essential Bond: The Authorized Guide to the World of 007 |orig-year=1998 |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers|Boxtree]] |isbn=0-7522-1562-0 |page=171 |chapter=''GoldenEye'' |year=2003}}</ref> Some of the scenes in St. Petersburg were shot in London, such as the Royal Box at [[Epsom Downs Racecourse]] which was used as the airport front. This reduced expenses and security concerns, as the second unit sent to Russia required bodyguards.<ref name="comm">{{cite video|people=[[Martin Campbell]], [[Michael G Wilson]]|title=GoldenEye [[audio commentary]]|publisher=MGM Home Entertainment}}</ref>

The [[French Navy]] provided full use of the frigate [[French frigate La Fayette|''La Fayette'']] and their newest helicopter, the [[Eurocopter Tiger]], to the film's production team. The French government also allowed the use of Navy logos as part of the promotional campaign for it. However, the producers had a dispute with the French [[Minister of Defence (France)|Ministry of Defence]] over Brosnan's opposition to French nuclear weapons testing and his involvement with [[Greenpeace]]; as a result, the French premiere of the film was cancelled.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bond drops a bomb |work=[[The Sunday Times]] |date=3 December 1995 |author=Lang, Kirsty}}</ref>

The sequences involving the armoured train were filmed on the [[Nene Valley Railway]], near [[Peterborough]]. The train was composed of a [[British Rail Class 20]] diesel-electric locomotive and a pair of [[British Railways Mark 1|Mark 1]] coaches, all three heavily disguised to resemble a Soviet [[armoured train]].<ref>Sinister Class 20 is new James Bond movie star ''[[Rail (magazine)|Rail]]'' issue 250 12 April 1995 page 6</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Lee Pfeiffer |author2=Worrall, Dave |title=The Essential Bond: The Authorized Guide to the World of 007 |orig-year=1998 |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers|Boxtree]] |isbn=0-7522-1562-0 |page=176 |chapter=''GoldenEye'' |year=2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Andrew Wright |title=Licensed to Thrill |work=Historic James Bond Diesel Locomotive to star in evocative branch line weekend |publisher=[[Swanage Railway]] |date=4 May 2006 |url=http://www.swanagerailway.co.uk/news298.htm |access-date=23 June 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928142632/http://www.swanagerailway.co.uk/news298.htm |archive-date=28 September 2007}}</ref>

===Effects===
[[File:Kleinman titlecredits.jpg|right|290px|thumb|''GoldenEye's'' opening title sequence featured a woman destroying the [[hammer and sickle]].]]

The film was the last one of special effects supervisor [[Derek Meddings]], to whom it was dedicated. Meddings' major contribution was miniatures.<ref>{{cite video|title=Making It Small in Pictures: Derek Meddings|publisher=MGM Home Entertainment}}</ref> It was also the first Bond film to use [[computer-generated imagery]] with effects provided by [[Cinesite]] and [[Moving Picture Company]] (MPC). Among the model effects are most external shots of Severnaya, the scene where Janus' train crashes into the tank, and the lake which hides the satellite dish, since the producers could not find a round lake in Puerto Rico. The climax in the satellite dish used scenes in Arecibo, a model built by Meddings' team and scenes shot with stuntmen in Britain.<ref name="comm"/>

Stunt car coordinator [[Rémy Julienne]] described the car chase between the [[Aston Martin DB5]] and the [[Ferrari F355]] as between "a perfectly shaped, old and vulnerable vehicle and a racecar." The stunt had to be meticulously planned as the cars are vastly different. Nails had to be attached to the F355 tyres to make it skid, and during one take of the sliding vehicles, the two cars collided.<ref>{{cite video|title=Driven to Bond: Remy Julienne|publisher=MGM Home Entertainment}}</ref>

The largest stunt sequence in the film was the tank chase, which took around six weeks to film, partly on location in St. Petersburg and partly on the old de Havilland runway at Leavesden.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/interview_steve_street1.php3 |title=Interview – Steve Street (Part 1) |publisher=[[MI6-HQ.com]] |access-date=11 December 2006 |date=26 August 2003 |archive-date=20 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120042921/https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/interview_steve_street1.php3 |url-status=live }}</ref> According to second-unit director [[Ian Sharp]] it was thought up by special effects supervisor [[Chris Corbould]], during a pre-production meeting that lasted only ten minutes. Parts of the tank chase were filmed at the backlot of [[Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden|Leavesden]], parts on location in St. Petersburg. The whole chase was storyboarded very carefully, said Sharp.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ian Sharp interview|url=https://www.flashbackfiles.com/ian-sharp-interview|access-date=2021-10-16|website=THE FLASHBACK FILES|archive-date=16 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016105635/https://www.flashbackfiles.com/ian-sharp-interview|url-status=live}}</ref> A Russian [[T-54/T-55]] tank, on loan from the East England Military Museum, was modified with the addition of fake explosive [[reactive armour]] panels.<ref name="make" /> To avoid destroying the pavement on the city streets of St. Petersburg, the steel off-road tracks of the T-54/55 were replaced with the rubber-shoed tracks from a British [[Chieftain (tank)|Chieftain tank]].<ref name="comm" /> The T-55 tank used in the film is now on permanent display at [[Old Buckenham Airfield]], where the East England Military Museum is based.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dissexpress.co.uk/news/latest-news/old-buckenham-airfield-expands-its-offerings-1-5597813|title=Old Buckenham Airfield expands its offerings |website=www.dissexpress.co.uk |date=20 October 2013 |access-date=18 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104000805/http://www.dissexpress.co.uk/news/latest-news/old-buckenham-airfield-expands-its-offerings-1-5597813 |archive-date=4 November 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

For the confrontation between Bond and Trevelyan inside the antenna cradle, director Campbell decided to take inspiration from Bond's fight with Red Grant in ''[[From Russia with Love (film)|From Russia with Love]]''. Brosnan and Bean did all the stunts themselves, except for one take where one is thrown against the wall. Brosnan injured his hand while filming the extending ladder sequence, making producers delay his scenes and film the ones in Severnaya earlier.<ref name="comm" />

The opening {{convert|220|m|abbr=on}} bungee jump at Arkhangelsk, shot at the Contra Dam in Switzerland and performed by [[Wayne Michaels]], was voted the best movie stunt of all time in a 2002 Sky Movies poll, and set a record for the highest bungee jump off a fixed structure.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_2486000/2486357.stm |title=Amazing Bond stunt wins top award |publisher=CBBC Newsround |date=17 November 2002 |access-date=15 November 2008 |archive-date=13 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113073854/http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_2486000/2486357.stm |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=007's bungee jump tops best movie stunt poll |publisher=Breaking News |date=17 November 2002}}</ref> The ending of the pre-credits sequence with Bond jumping after the aeroplane features Jacques Malnuit riding the motorcycle to the edge and jumping, and B.J. Worth diving after the plane – which was a working aircraft, with Worth adding that part of the difficulty of the stunt was the [[kerosene]] striking his face.<ref>{{cite video|section=Double-O Stuntmen|title=The Man with the Golden Gun Ultimate Edition |at=Disk 2|publisher=MGM Home Entertainment}}</ref>

The [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]] is the main focus of the opening titles, designed by [[Daniel Kleinman]] (who took over from [[Maurice Binder]] after his death in 1991). They show the collapse and destruction of several structures associated with the Soviet Union, such as the [[red star]], statues of Communist leaders—notably [[Joseph Stalin]]—and the [[hammer and sickle]]. In an interview, Kleinman said they were meant to be "a kind of story telling sequence" showing that "what was happening in Communist countries was Communism was falling down".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jamesbond.com/bond20/newsflash/newsflash_27.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060204162919/http://www.jamesbond.com/bond20/newsflash/newsflash_27.php |archive-date=4 February 2006 |title=Opening Sequence W/ Daniel Kleinman |publisher=Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc |access-date =18 January 2007}}</ref> According to producer Michael G. Wilson, some [[Communist party|Communist parties]] protested against "Socialist symbols being destroyed not by governments, but by bikini-clad women", especially certain Indian Communist parties,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/sitemap/free/1996/1/article/from-russia-with-scorn-of-past-idols/329595.html |title=From Russia with Scorn of Past Idols |work=The Moscow Times|access-date=7 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304230404/http://www.themoscowtimes.com/sitemap/free/1996/1/article/from-russia-with-scorn-of-past-idols/329595.html |archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CG03Df02.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010727194045/http://atimes.com/ind-pak/CG03Df02.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=27 July 2001|title=Asia Times: Indian movie stirs passions of intolerance|website=www.atimes.com|access-date=18 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=25 January 2013|title=THE LOST ART OF INTERROGATION - Daniel Kleinman Interview|url=https://goldeneyedossier.wixsite.com/bond/daniel-kleinman-interview|access-date=18 June 2017|website=goldeneyedossier.blogspot.com|archive-date=30 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630024053/https://goldeneyedossier.wixsite.com/bond/daniel-kleinman-interview|url-status=live}}</ref> which threatened to boycott the film.<ref name="comm"/>

===Product placement===
{{Further|List of James Bond vehicles|List of James Bond gadgets}}
The film was the first one bound by [[BMW]]'s three-picture deal,<ref>{{Cite AV media |people=Michael G. Wilson; Barbara Broccoli; Martin Campbell; Chris Corbould; Pierce Brosnan; Famke Janssen; Izabella Scorupco; Peter Lamont |year=1994 |title=GoldenEye: Building a Better Bond |medium=Cinema Teaser |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]}}</ref> so the producers were offered BMW's latest [[Roadster (automobile)|roadster]], the [[BMW Z3]]. It was featured in the film months before its release, and a limited edition "007 model" sold out within a day of being available to order. As part of the car's marketing strategy, several Z3's were used to drive journalists from a complimentary meal at the [[Rainbow Room]] restaurant to its premiere at the Radio City Music Hall.<ref>{{cite book|author=Lee Pfeiffer |author2=Worrall, Dave |title=The Essential Bond: The Authorized Guide to the World of 007 |orig-year=1998 |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers|Boxtree]] |isbn=0-7522-1562-0 |page=177 |chapter=''GoldenEye'' |year=2003}}</ref>

For the film, a [[convertible]] Z3 is equipped with the usual Q refinements, including a self-destruct feature and [[FIM-92 Stinger|Stinger missiles]] behind the headlights. The Z3 does not have much screen time and none of the gadgets is used, which Martin Campbell attributed to the deal with BMW coming in the last stages of production.<ref name="comm"/> The Z3's appearance in the film is thought to be the most successful promotion through [[product placement]] in 1995.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Kinney |first1=Lance |last2=Sapolsky |first2=Barry |editor-last1=McDonough |editor-first1=John |editor-last2=Egol |editor-first2=Karen |chapter=Product Placement |title=The Advertising Age Encyclopedia of Advertising |year=2002 |pages=1285–1287 |publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn |isbn=978-1-579-58172-5}}</ref> Ten years later, ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' listed it as one of the most successful product placements in recent years. The article quoted Mary Lou Galician, head of media analysis and criticism at [[Arizona State University]]'s [[Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication]], as saying that the news coverage of Bond's switch from [[Aston Martin]] to BMW "generated hundreds of millions of dollars of media exposure for the movie and all of its marketing partners."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=A look at some of the biggest hits in film and TV product placement |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000901395 |magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=28 April 2005 |access-date=12 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060903172648/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000901395 |archive-date= 3 September 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In addition, all computers in the film were provided by [[IBM]], and in some scenes (such as the pen grenade scene towards the end), the [[OS/2#1994–1996: The "Warp" years|OS/2 Warp]] splash screen can be seen on computer monitors. During the Q Lab scene, James Bond can be seen using an IBM ThinkPad laptop ignoring Q's instructions on the use of a leather belt modified with a piton gun. This moment was not present in early drafts of the film, but it is understood that director Martin Campbell had 007 fiddling with the keyboard of this computer as a way to show Bond was visibly ignoring the Quartermaster, but also as a way increase IBM's product placement arrangement.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Suszczyk |first=Nicolás |title=The World of GoldenEye: A Comprehensive Study on the Seventeenth James Bond Film and its Legacy |publisher=Amazon KDP |year=2020 |isbn=978-1095078754 |pages=311 |edition=Updated}}</ref>

A modified [[Omega Seamaster#James Bond|Omega Seamaster Professional Diver 300M]] wristwatch features as a spy gadget device several times in the film, concealing a cutting laser and detonator remote. This was the first time Bond was shown to be wearing a watch by Omega, and he has since worn Omega watches in every subsequent production.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://seamasterreferencepage.com/srp/featured/review-of-the-bond-omega-seamaster-professional-model-2531-80-00/|title=Review of the "Bond" Omega Seamaster Professional Model 2531.80.00|date=28 July 2010|access-date=18 June 2017|archive-date=11 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611093756/http://seamasterreferencepage.com/srp/featured/review-of-the-bond-omega-seamaster-professional-model-2531-80-00/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>"[http://www.omegawatches.com/ambassadors/james-bond Ambassadors: James Bond] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628181848/http://www.omegawatches.com/ambassadors/james-bond |date=28 June 2012 }}", [[Omega SA]], 29 March 2004 (Retrieved 21 February 2007).</ref> While the scene of the tank running through a truck full of drinks was storyboarded with a [[Pepsi]] truck, [[Perrier]] signed in a deal to be featured, providing around 90,000 cans for the scene.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.007.com/focus-week-goldeneye-tank-chase/|title=Focus Of The Week: GoldenEye Tank Chase|date=25 September 2017|publisher=007.com|accessdate=26 February 2021|archive-date=12 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412123250/https://www.007.com/focus-week-goldeneye-tank-chase/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Marketing===
As James Bond entered in the 1990s, hand-painted poster designs were eschewed in favor of cutting-edge photomontage tools, promoting the return of 007 portrayed by Pierce Brosnan. Under the direction of John Parkinson and Gordon Arnell from the marketing department of MGM, many posters were produced for the film designed by Randi Braun and Earl Klasky with photographs taken by John Stoddart, Terry O'Neill, Keith Hamshere and George Withear. In the United States, an advance poster featured a gold-hued close-up on Bond's eyes pointing his Walther PPK handgun towards the viewer. The logo of the film was not displayed, only a tagline: "There is no substitute" and the 007 gun logo, in red. For the international market, a different advance poster was issued on which Pierce Brosnan appeared in black dinner jacket holding his silenced PPK gun, next to a 007 logo and under a different tagline: "You know the name. You know the number". This time, the film's logo was introduced, using the MatrixWide typeface (earlier versions of this logo used a modified FrizQuadrata typography). The theatrical artwork had two variations: both retained the same black background and action scenes collage surrounding the three principals (Pierce Brosnan, Izabella Scorupco and Famke Janssen), but the International poster had James Bond in tuxedo while in the US version only had the secret agent's face emerging from the shadows. The US variant was used for the cover artwork of the film's [[GoldenEye (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] and the box of the [[GoldenEye 007 (1997 video game)|Nintendo 64 video game]] adaptation released in 1997.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MARKETING|url=https://goldeneyedossier.wixsite.com/bond/marketing|access-date=2021-06-26|website=GoldenEye Dossier|archive-date=26 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626205040/https://goldeneyedossier.wixsite.com/bond/marketing|url-status=live}}</ref> On a 2015 interview regarding his take on the ''GoldenEye'' poster campaign, photographer John Stoddart (who previously worked with Brosnan for a [[Brioni (brand)|Brioni]] photoshoot) said his only directive was "Bond, girls and guns"<ref>{{Cite web|title=John Stoddart Interview|url=https://goldeneyedossier.wixsite.com/bond/john-stoddart-interview|access-date=2021-06-26|website=GoldenEye Dossier|archive-date=26 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626205039/https://goldeneyedossier.wixsite.com/bond/john-stoddart-interview|url-status=live}}</ref>

In July 1995, a teaser trailer for ''GoldenEye'' was attached to prints of [[Roger Donaldson]]'s film ''[[Species (film)|Species]]'' after its debut on the syndicated US television program ''Extra'',<ref name=":0"/> followed by a more generic theatrical trailer which revealed Bond's confrontation with agent 006. Asked about the inclusion of this spoiler in a 2019 interview, former MGM/UA Vice-president Jeff Kleeman pointed out that he felt "the idea of 006 vs 007 was a selling point".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Suszczyk |first=Nicolas |date=28 March 2019 |title=The Secret Agent Lair: INTERVIEW: Jeff Kleeman, former United Artists VP, on GoldenEye's success and Bond 25 |url=http://secretagentlair.blogspot.com/2019/03/interview-jeff-kleeman-former-united.html |access-date=26 June 2021 |website=The Secret Agent Lair |archive-date=26 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626205040/http://secretagentlair.blogspot.com/2019/03/interview-jeff-kleeman-former-united.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Both trailers were directed by Joe Nimziki.<ref name=":0"/>

===Music===
{{Main|GoldenEye (soundtrack)}}
The theme song, "[[GoldenEye (song)|GoldenEye]]", was written by [[Bono]] and [[the Edge]], and was performed by [[Tina Turner]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Tina Turner performs theme song to new James Bond movie, 'GoldenEye' |url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_n2_v89/ai_17755938 |magazine=[[Jet (magazine)|Jet]] |date=20 November 1995 |access-date=20 November 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013210314/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_n2_v89/ai_17755938 |archive-date=13 October 2007 }}</ref> As the producers did not collaborate with Bono or the Edge, the film score did not incorporate any of the theme song's melodies, as was the case in previous James Bond films.<ref>{{cite book|author=Lee Pfeiffer |author2=Worrall, Dave |title=The Essential Bond: The Authorized Guide to the World of 007 |orig-year=1998 |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers|Boxtree]] |isbn=0-7522-1562-0 |page=175 |chapter=''GoldenEye'' |year=2003}}</ref> Swedish group [[Ace of Base]] had also written a proposed theme song, but label [[Arista Records]] pulled the band out of the project, fearing the negative impact in case the film flopped. The song was then rewritten as their single "[[The Juvenile]]".<ref>{{cite book|pages=264–5|publisher=Oxford University Press|title=The Music of James Bond|first=Jon|last=Burlingame|year=2012|isbn=978-0-19-986330-3}}</ref>

The soundtrack was composed and performed by [[Éric Serra]]. Prolific Bond composer [[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]] said that, despite an offer by Barbara Broccoli, he turned it down.<ref>{{cite web |title=John Barry The Gstaad Memorandum |publisher=Film Score |url=http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/features/barry.asp |date=November 1996 |access-date=18 November 2006 |author=Robert Hoshowsky |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017192928/http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/features/barry.asp |archive-date=17 October 2006 }}</ref> Serra's score has been criticised: [[Richard von Busack]], in ''[[Metro Silicon Valley|Metro]]'', wrote that it was "more appropriate for a ride on an elevator than a ride on a roller coaster",<ref>{{cite web |last=von Busack |first=Richard |title=Bond for Glory |url=https://www.metrosiliconvalley.com/papers/metro/11.22.95/bond-9547.html |publisher=[[Metro, Silicon Valley's Weekly Newspaper|Metro]] |date=22 November 1995 |access-date=19 November 2006 |archive-date=18 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818142604/https://www.metrosiliconvalley.com/papers/metro/11.22.95/bond-9547.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Filmtracks.com|Filmtracks]] said Serra "failed completely in his attempt to tie ''GoldenEye'' to the franchise's past."<ref>{{cite web |title=Filmtracks Editorial Review |work=filmtracks.com |url=https://www.filmtracks.com/titles/goldeneye.html |access-date=5 June 2022 |archive-date=5 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220605090527/https://www.filmtracks.com/titles/goldeneye.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Martin Campbell would also later express his disappointment with the score, citing budget constraints and difficulty working with Serra, who became uncooperative when asked to re-score the St. Petersburg tank chase after Campbell rejected his submitted track.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 December 2020 |title=GoldenEye: How Director Martin Campbell Created an Iconic James Bond Opening Sequence |url=https://sea.ign.com/feature/167412/goldeneye-how-director-martin-campbell-created-an-iconic-james-bond-opening-sequence |access-date=8 August 2021 |website=IGN |archive-date=10 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110143816/https://sea.ign.com/feature/167412/goldeneye-how-director-martin-campbell-created-an-iconic-james-bond-opening-sequence |url-status=live}}</ref> [[John Altman (composer)|John Altman]] would later provide the music for the sequence,<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 December 2016 |title=Composer John Altman Explains What Went Wrong with GoldenEye's Score |url=http://jamesbondradio.com/composer-john-altman-explains-what-went-wrong-with-goldeneyes-score-exclusive-by-matthew-chernov/ |access-date=8 January 2021 |website=James Bond Radio |archive-date=10 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110001544/http://jamesbondradio.com/composer-john-altman-explains-what-went-wrong-with-goldeneyes-score-exclusive-by-matthew-chernov/ |url-status=live}}</ref> while Serra's original track can still be found on the soundtrack as "A Pleasant Drive in St. Petersburg".<ref>{{Cite AV media |year=1995 |title=GoldenEye |medium=Audio CD |time=26 minutes |publisher=Virgin Records |location=London}}</ref>

Serra composed and performed a number of synthesiser tracks, including the version of the "[[James Bond Theme]]" that plays during the [[gun barrel sequence]],<ref>{{Cite AV media |date=25 February 2003 |title=GoldenEye |medium=Audio CD |publisher=EMI Capitol |location=London}}</ref> while Altman and [[David Arch]] provided the more traditional symphonic music.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=EMI proudly presents: GoldenEye |year=2003 |publisher=EMI Capitol |id=72435-41423-2-1}}</ref> The end credits song, Serra's "The Experience of Love", was based on a short cue Serra had originally written for [[Luc Besson]]'s ''[[Léon (film)|Léon]]'' one year earlier.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}

==Release==
''GoldenEye'' premiered on 13 November 1995, at the [[Radio City Music Hall]], and went on general release in the United States on 17 November 1995.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/world-premiere-of-goldeneye-at-radio-city-music-hall-156050305.html |title=World Premiere of ''GoldenEye'' at Radio City Music Hall |publisher=Prnewswire.co.uk |date=24 October 1995 |access-date=18 June 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902225112/http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/world-premiere-of-goldeneye-at-radio-city-music-hall-156050305.html |archive-date=2 September 2017}}</ref> The UK premiere followed on 21 November at the [[Odeon Leicester Square]], with general release three days later.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.itnsource.com/shotlist/RTV/1995/11/21/605250849/?v=0&a=1 |title=UK: Prince Charles and Pierce Brosnan attend Royal Premiere of 'Goldeneye' |date=21 November 1995 |agency=[[Reuters]] |access-date=18 June 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924102600/http://www.itnsource.com/shotlist/RTV/1995/11/21/605250849/?v=0&a=1 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |via=[[ITN|ITN Source]]}}</ref> The film also had the German premiere on 5 December, at which Brosnan was present, at Mathäser-Filmpalast ([[:de:Mathäser|de]]) in [[Munich]], with general release on December 28;<ref>{{cite web |date=5 December 1995 |title=JAMES BOND 007 Goldeneye - Premiere 1995 in Munich - exclusive homevideo |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEknY-U9_Pc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/eEknY-U9_Pc| archive-date=28 October 2021|access-date=23 May 2020 |publisher=Siegel, Mike |via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and the Swedish premiere on 8 December, attended by Brosnan and Scorupco, at Rigoletto ([[:sv:Rigoletto (biograf)|sv]]) in [[Stockholm]], with general release on the same day.<ref name="Stockholm">{{cite web |date=8 December 1995 |title=Goldeneye Red Carpet Premiere : Stockholm, Sweden (Translated) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQXCVM0CLcw | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/GQXCVM0CLcw| archive-date=2021-10-28|access-date=25 May 2020 |location=Stockholm |publisher=TV City |via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/item/?type=film&itemid=22052#release-dates |title=GoldenEye (1995) |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=[[Swedish Film Database]] |publisher=[[Swedish Film Institute]] |location=Stockholm |language=sv |access-date=25 May 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314002209/http://www.sfi.se/sv/svensk-filmdatabas/Item/?type=MOVIE&itemid=22052#release-dates |archive-date=14 March 2016}}</ref> The after-party took place at Stockholm's [[Grand Hôtel (Stockholm)|Grand Hôtel]].<ref name="Stockholm"/> Brosnan boycotted the French premiere to support [[Greenpeace]]'s protest against the French nuclear testing program.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pierce Brosnan boycotts French premiere of GoldenEye to support Greenpeace protests |url=http://www.klast.net/bond/ge_news3.html#boycott |date=12 January 1995 |publisher=PRNewswire |access-date=16 November 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061009210428/http://www.klast.net/bond/ge_news3.html |archive-date=9 October 2006}}</ref>

The film earned over $26&nbsp;million during its opening across 2,667 cinemas in the United States and Canada.<ref>{{cite web|title=Weekend Box Office: James Bond Shoots to the Top|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=21 November 1995|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-11-21-ca-5791-story.html|access-date=31 March 2023|archive-date=31 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331233925/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-11-21-ca-5791-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In the United Kingdom, it grossed a record $5.5&nbsp;million for a non-holiday week from 448 theatres and was the third biggest in history, behind ''[[Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park]]'' and ''[[Batman Forever]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Daily Variety]]|date=November 28, 1995|page=26|title=O'seas B.O. spy high|last=Groves|first=Don}}</ref> It had the fourth-highest worldwide gross of all films in 1995,<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=1995&p=.htm | title = 1995 Worldwide Grosses | access-date = 24 November 2006 | publisher = [[Box Office Mojo]] | archive-date = 15 November 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061115010552/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=1995&p=.htm | url-status = live }}</ref> and was the most successful Bond film since ''[[Moonraker (film)|Moonraker]]'', taking inflation into account.<ref name="nos"/>

The film was edited to be guaranteed a [[MPAA film rating system|PG-13]] rating from the [[Motion Picture Association of America]] (MPAA) and a 12 rating from the [[British Board of Film Classification]] (BBFC). The cuts included the visible bullet impact to Trevelyan's head when he is shot in the prologue, several additional deaths during the sequence in which Onatopp guns down the workers at the Severnaya station, more explicit footage and violent behaviour in the Admiral's death, extra footage of Onatopp's death, and Bond knocking her out with a [[rabbit punch]] in the car.<ref name="secret"/> In 2006, the film was remastered for the James Bond Ultimate Edition [[DVD]] in which the BBFC cuts were restored, causing the rating to be changed to 15. However, the original MPAA edits still remain.<ref>{{Cite AV media |date=17 July 2006 |title=GoldenEye: James Bond Ultimate Edition Region 2 |medium=DVD |publisher=MGM Home Entertainment |asin=B000FIF5KC}}</ref>

==Reception==
===Initial critical response===
The critical reception of the film was mostly positive. Film review aggregator website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] holds it at an 80% approval rating with an approval rating of 7.1/10, based on 85 reviews. The website's critics consensus states: "The first and best Pierce Brosnan Bond film, ''GoldenEye'' brings the series into a more modern context, and the result is a 007 entry that's high-tech, action-packed, and urbane."<ref name="rt">{{cite web | website=Rotten Tomatoes | title=GoldenEye (1995) | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/goldeneye/ | access-date=16 November 2006 | archive-date=5 July 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705052302/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/goldeneye | url-status=live }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average score of 65 out of 100, based on 19 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.<ref name="mc">{{cite web | website=Metacritic | title=GoldenEye | url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/goldeneye/ | access-date=24 November 2006 | archive-date=20 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020213816/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/goldeneye/ | url-status=live }}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |url=https://m.cinemascore.com |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20170916153548/https://m.cinemascore.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 September 2017 |title=CinemaScore |website=Cinemascore}}</ref>

In the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'', [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film 3 stars out of 4, and said Brosnan's Bond was "somehow more sensitive, more vulnerable, more psychologically complete" than the previous ones, also commenting on Bond's "loss of innocence" since previous films.<ref>{{cite news |title=GoldenEye |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/goldeneye-1995 |date=17 November 1995 |author=Roger Ebert |work=Chicago Sun-Times |access-date=26 July 2021 |archive-date=5 January 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070105090622/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19951117%2FREVIEWS%2F511170303%2F1023 }}</ref> [[James Berardinelli]] described Brosnan as "a decided improvement over his immediate predecessor" with a "flair for wit to go along with his natural charm", but added that "fully one-quarter of ''GoldenEye'' is momentum-killing padding."<ref>{{cite web |title=GoldenEye |work=reelviews.net |url=http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/g/goldeneye.html |year=1995 |access-date=16 November 2006 |author=James Berardinelli |archive-date=18 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118181646/http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/g/goldeneye.html}}</ref>

Several reviewers lauded M's appraisal of Bond as a "sexist, [[misogyny|misogynist]] dinosaur",<ref name="variety"/><ref>{{cite news |title=14-Karat 'GoldenEye': A Polished New Bond |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |author=Hal Hinson |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/goldeneye.htm |date=17 November 1995 |access-date=5 June 2022 |archive-date=7 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107075918/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/goldeneye.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=New Bond More Action Than Style |publisher=[[SFGate]] |author=Peter Stack |url=https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/FILM-REVIEW-New-Bond-More-Action-Than-Style-3019862.php |date=17 November 1995 |access-date=18 November 2006 |archive-date=5 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105021554/http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/FILM-REVIEW-New-Bond-More-Action-Than-Style-3019862.php |url-status=live }}</ref> with Todd McCarthy in ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' saying the film "breathes fresh creative and commercial life" into the series.<ref name="variety"/> John Puccio of DVD Town said that it was "an eye- and ear-pleasing, action-packed entry in the Bond series" and that the film gave Bond "a bit of humanity, too".<ref>{{cite web |title=DVD review of GoldenEye |publisher=DVD Town |author=John J. Puccio |url=http://www.dvdtown.com/reviewspec.asp?reviewid=505 |access-date=20 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928051344/http://www.dvdtown.com/reviewspec.asp?reviewid=505 |archive-date=28 September 2007}}</ref> Ian Nathan of ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' said that it "revamps that indomitable British spirit" and that the [[Die Hard (film series)|''Die Hard'' movies]] "don't even come close to 007". Tom Sonne of ''The Sunday Times'' considered it the best Bond film since ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]''. Jose Arroyo of ''[[Sight & Sound]]'' considered the greatest success of it was in modernising the series.<ref name="Premiere & Press"/>

However, the film received several negative reviews. [[Richard Schickel]] of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' wrote that after "a third of a century's hard use", Bond's conventions survived on "wobbly knees",<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Shaky, Not Stirring |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |last=Shickel |first=Richard |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,983763,00.html |date=27 November 1995 |access-date=18 November 2006 |archive-date=5 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220605090527/https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,983763,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> while in ''Entertainment Weekly'', Owen Gleiberman thought the series had "entered a near-terminal state of exhaustion."<ref>{{cite magazine| title=GoldenEye| magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]| author=Owen Gleiberman| url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,299672,00.html| date=18 November 1995| access-date=18 November 2006| archive-date=18 January 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070118015959/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,299672,00.html| url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Kenneth Turan]] of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' said that it was "a middle-aged entity anxious to appear trendy at all costs".<ref>{{cite web |last=Turan |first=Kenneth |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-11-17-ca-4310-story.html |title=Name, and the Game, Remain the 007 Same : 'GoldenEye,' the 17th film in the James Bond series, stops at all the way stations that viewers expect to visit |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=17 November 1995 |access-date=5 June 2022 |archive-date=5 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220605090527/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-11-17-ca-4310-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> David Eimer of ''[[Premiere (magazine)|Premiere]]'' wrote that "the trademark humour is in short supply" and that "''Goldeneye'' isn't classic Bond by any stretch of the imagination."<ref name="Premiere & Press">{{cite web |title=GoldenEye – Premiere & Press |publisher=[[MI6-HQ.com]] |url=http://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/ge_premiere.php3?t=ge&s=ge |access-date=28 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071004222640/http://www.mi6.co.uk/sections/articles/ge_premiere.php3?t=ge&s=ge |archive-date=4 October 2007}}</ref>

===Retrospective reviews===
Often ranked as Brosnan's best Bond film and one of the best films in the entire series, ''GoldenEye''{{'}}s reputation has further improved since its release. It is ranked high on Bond-related lists; ''[[IGN]]'' chose it as the fifth-best movie,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/11/17/james-bonds-top-20 |title=James Bond's Top 20 |website=[[IGN]] |date=17 November 2006 |access-date=5 April 2008 |archive-date=26 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826014526/http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/11/17/james-bonds-top-20}}</ref> while ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' ranked it eighth,<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Svetkey |first1=Benjamin |last2=Rich |first2=Joshua |url=https://ew.com/article/2006/12/01/countdown-ranking-bond-films/ |title=Ranking the Bond Films |date=15 November 2006 |access-date=5 April 2008 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-date=19 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619010856/https://ew.com/article/2006/12/01/countdown-ranking-bond-films/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and Norman Wilner of [[MSN]] as ninth.<ref>{{cite web |last=Wilner |first=Norman |title=Rating the Spy Game |url=http://movies.sympatico.msn.ca/features/ArticleNormanWilner.aspx?cp-documentid=436189 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119210839/http://movies.sympatico.msn.ca/features/ArticleNormanWilner.aspx?cp-documentid=436189 |archive-date=19 January 2008 |publisher=[[MSN]] |access-date=4 March 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''EW'' also voted Xenia Onatopp as the sixth-most memorable [[Bond girl]],<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Rich |first=Joshua |url=https://ew.com/article/2007/03/30/countdown-10-best-bond-girls/ |title=The 10 Best Bond Girls |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=30 March 2007 |access-date=5 June 2022 |archive-date=16 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116105308/https://ew.com/article/2007/03/30/countdown-10-best-bond-girls/ |url-status=live }}</ref> while ''IGN'' ranked Natalya as seventh in a similar list.<ref>{{cite web |last=Dzyrko |first=Dave |url=http://stars.ign.com/articles/746/746292p1.html |title=Top 10 Bond Babes |website=IGN |date=15 November 2006 |access-date=5 April 2008 |archive-date=25 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725004519/http://stars.ign.com/articles/746/746292p1.html}}</ref> The film enjoys a large and enthusiastic following among Bond fans, especially those who grew up with the [[GoldenEye 007 (1997 video game)|''GoldenEye 007'']] video game.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lamont |first=Tom |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2012/sep/26/my-favourite-bond-film-goldeneye |title=My favourite Bond film: GoldenEye |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=26 September 2012 |access-date=13 June 2021 |archive-date=13 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613184854/https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2012/sep/26/my-favourite-bond-film-goldeneye}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Bland |first=Simon |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/games/goldeneye-007-video-game-james-bond-nintendo-b1723669.html |title=How GoldenEye inspired a video game classic |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=19 November 2020 |access-date=5 June 2022 |archive-date=5 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220605090527/https://www.independent.co.uk/games/goldeneye-007-video-game-james-bond-nintendo-b1723669.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In a 2021 [[Yahoo]] survey consisting of 2,200 scholars and Bond superfans, ''GoldenEye'' was voted as the best Bond film, followed by [[Daniel Craig]]'s ''[[Casino Royale (2006 film)|Casino Royale]]'' and [[George Lazenby]]'s ''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film)|On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=O'Connell |first=Mark |url=https://uk.style.yahoo.com/biggest-007-fans-choose-best-james-bond-movie-104936385.html |title=The best James Bond movies according to the experts and its biggest fans |date=5 February 2021 |publisher=[[Yahoo! Movies]] |access-date=3 May 2021 |archive-date=5 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505193655/https://uk.style.yahoo.com/biggest-007-fans-choose-best-james-bond-movie-104936385.html}}</ref>

===Awards===
The film was nominated for two [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA]]s—Best [[BAFTA Award for Best Sound|Sound]] and [[BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects|Special Visual Effects]]—in [[49th British Academy Film Awards|1996]], but lost to ''[[Braveheart]]'' and ''[[Apollo 13 (film)|Apollo 13]]'', respectively.<ref name="bafta" /> Éric Serra won a [[BMI Awards|BMI Film Award]] for the soundtrack, and it also earned nominations for Best [[Saturn Award for Best Action or Adventure Film|Action, Adventure or Thriller Film]] and [[Saturn Award for Best Actor|Actor]] at the [[22nd Saturn Awards]], and [[MTV Movie Award for Best Fight|Best Fight]] and Best Sandwich in a Movie at the [[1996 MTV Movie Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0785385/awards|title=Awards for Eric Serra|website=The Internet Movie Database|access-date=15 November 2008|archive-date=6 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206090921/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0785385/awards|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |publisher=Walt Disney Studios |location=Burbank, CA |title=MTV Movie Awards|date=13 June 1996}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Roth |first=Madeline |date=12 April 2015 |title=For One Year Only, This Insanely Random Movie Awards Category Was Real |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/y7wae7/movie-awards-best-sandwich-category |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105030035/https://www.mtv.com/news/y7wae7/movie-awards-best-sandwich-category |archive-date=5 November 2022 |publisher=[[MTV News]]}}</ref>

==Appearances in other media==<!-- This section is linked from [[James Bond]] -->
{{See also|GoldenEye 007 (1997 video game)|GoldenEye: Rogue Agent|GoldenEye 007 (2010 video game)|GoldenEye: Source}}

''GoldenEye'' was the second and final Bond film to be [[Novelization|adapted to a novel]] by novelist [[John Gardner (British writer)|John Gardner]]. The book closely follows its storyline, but Gardner added a violent sequence prior to the opening bungee jump in which Bond kills a group of Russian guards, a change that would be retained and expanded upon in the video game ''GoldenEye 007''.<ref>{{cite book|title = Goldeneye 007 Official Player's Guide|year = 1997| publisher = Nintendo Power|id = ASIN: B000B66WKA}}</ref>

In late 1995, [[Topps Comics]] began publishing a three-issue comic book adaptation of the film. The script was adapted by [[Don McGregor]] with art by Rick Magyar. The first issue carried a January 1996 cover date.<ref>{{cite book| first=Don |last=McGregor |author-link = Don McGregor| others = Artwork by Rick Magyar and Claude St. Aubin; Cover art by Brian Stelfreeze| title = James Bond 007: GoldenEye| orig-year = 1995|date=January 1996| publisher = [[Topps Comics]]| location = New York City| id = Direct Sales 61114 00257}}</ref> For unknown reasons, Topps cancelled the entire adaptation after the first issue had been published, and to date the adaptation has not been released in its entirety.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://commanderbond.net/cw.cgi?action=Story&SID=2744 | title = When Bond Battled Dinosaurs | publisher = commanderbond.net | access-date =10 November 2006| author= John Cox|date =19 May 2005|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071008130905/http://commanderbond.net/cw.cgi?action=Story&SID=2744 |archive-date = 8 October 2007}}</ref>

Also in 1995, [[Tiger Electronics]] released a [[third-person shooter]] [[handheld electronic game]] in [[GoldenEye (1995 video game)|two different variants]]: a [[gamepad]] variant, with a [[liquid-crystal display]] (LCD), a cross-shaped push button and two line-shaped ones and four settings buttons on the lower side of the screen, and a "Grip Games" line variant, shaped like a [[pistol]] grip, with a [[trigger (firearms)|trigger]] used to shoot and other buttons on the rear. The two editions were slightly different.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Before GoldenEye On N64, There Was This GoldenEye Game|url=https://kotaku.com/before-goldeneye-on-n64-there-was-this-goldeneye-game-1840375863|access-date=2021-01-24|website=Kotaku|date=14 December 2019 |archive-date=13 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813091717/https://kotaku.com/before-goldeneye-on-n64-there-was-this-goldeneye-game-1840375863|url-status=live}}</ref>

The film was the basis for ''[[GoldenEye 007 (1997 video game)|GoldenEye 007]]'', a video game for the [[Nintendo 64]] developed by [[Rare (company)|Rare]] and published by [[Nintendo]].<ref name="gamerankings">{{cite web|title=GoldenEye 007 Reviews|publisher=gamerankings.com|url=http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/197462.asp|access-date=29 November 2006|archive-date=29 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129201452/http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/197462.asp|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="8million">{{cite web|date=24 September 2002| url=https://news.microsoft.com/2002/09/24/microsoft-acquires-video-game-powerhouse-rare-ltd/ | title=Microsoft Acquires Video Game Powerhouse Rare Ltd. | publisher=Microsoft | access-date=13 May 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061029064616/http://www.rareware.com/company/press-microsoft1.html |archive-date=29 October 2006}}</ref> It was praised by critics and in January 2000, readers of the British video game magazine ''[[Computer and Video Games]]'' listed it in first place in a list of "the hundred greatest video games".<ref name="cvgpoll">{{Cite magazine |date=January 2000 |title=100 Greatest Games of All Time |magazine=Computer and Video Games |issue=218 |pages=53–67}}</ref> In 2003, ''[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]]''{{'}}s included it as one of their top ten [[shooter game]]s of all time.<ref name="edge10">{{Cite magazine |date=October 2003 |title=Ten Top Tens: Shooters |magazine=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]] |issue=128 |page=73}}</ref> It is based upon the film, but many of the missions were extended or modified.<ref name="hollis-speech">{{cite web|author=Martin Hollis |author-link=Martin Hollis (video game designer) |date=2 September 2004 |url=http://www.zoonami.com/briefing/2004-09-02.php |title=The Making of GoldenEye 007 |publisher=Zoonami |access-date=13 May 2006 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718160021/http://www.zoonami.com/briefing/2004-09-02.php |archive-date=18 July 2011}}</ref>

A version of ''Goldeneye'' was developed as a racing game intended to be released for the [[Virtual Boy]] console. However, it was cancelled before release.<ref>{{cite web |date=11 January 2007 |url=http://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/gaming_goldeneye_virtual_boy.php3?t=&s=articles |title=The Lost GoldenEye Videogame |publisher=[[MI6-HQ.com]] |access-date=27 April 2007 |archive-date=29 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329004056/http://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/gaming_goldeneye_virtual_boy.php3?t=&s=articles |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2004, [[Electronic Arts]] released ''[[GoldenEye: Rogue Agent]]'', the first game of the James Bond series in which the player does not take on the role of Bond. Instead, the protagonist is an aspiring Double-0 agent Jonathan Hunter, known by his codename "GoldenEye", recruited by a villain of the Bond universe, [[Auric Goldfinger]].<ref>{{cite book| author = Kaizen Media Group| title = Golden Eye: Rogue Agent (Prima Official Game Guide)| date = 23 November 2004| publisher = [[Prima Games]]| location = [[Roseville, California]]| isbn = 0-7615-4633-2}}</ref> Except for the appearance of Xenia Onatopp, it was unrelated to the film, and was released to mediocre reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/goldeneye-rogue-agent/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-2|title=Reviews of GoldenEye: Rogue Agent for PS2|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=5 April 2008|archive-date=23 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100823123813/http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-2/goldeneye-rogue-agent|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/goldeneye-rogue-agent/critic-reviews/?platform=gamecube|title=GoldenEye: Rogue Agent for GameCube|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=15 November 2008|archive-date=26 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126041124/http://www.metacritic.com/game/gamecube/goldeneye-rogue-agent|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/goldeneye-rogue-agent/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox|title=Reviews of GoldenEye: Rogue Agent for Xbox|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=15 November 2008|archive-date=28 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111228141911/http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox/goldeneye-rogue-agent|url-status=live}}</ref> It was excoriated by several critics including Eric Qualls for using the name "GoldenEye" as an attempt to ride on the success of Rare's game.<ref>{{cite web| author=Eric Qualls| url=http://xbox.about.com/od/reviews/fr/goldeneyerarev.htm| title=GoldenEye: Rogue Agent| publisher=[[Dotdash Meredith]]| access-date=21 January 2007| archive-date=17 November 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117224251/http://xbox.about.com/od/reviews/fr/goldeneyerarev.htm| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| author=Benjamin Turner| url=http://ps2.gamespy.com/playstation-2/james-bond-007-goldeneye-2/568337p1.html| title=GoldenEye: Rogue Agent (PS2)| publisher=[[GameSpy]]| access-date=21 January 2007| archive-date=1 January 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070101002435/http://ps2.gamespy.com/playstation-2/james-bond-007-goldeneye-2/568337p1.html| url-status=live}}</ref> In 2010, an independent development team released ''[[GoldenEye: Source]]'', a multiplayer only [[Mod (video games)#Total conversion|total conversion mod]] developed using [[Valve Corporation|Valve]]'s [[Source (game engine)|Source engine]].<ref name="pcga_Gold">{{cite web| title = GoldenEye: Source released| author = Senior, Tom| magazine = PC Gamer| date = 13 December 2010| access-date = 5 July 2015| url = http://www.pcgamer.com/goldeneye-source-released/| archive-date = 22 September 2015| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150922024504/http://www.pcgamer.com/goldeneye-source-released/| url-status = live}}</ref>

Nintendo announced a [[GoldenEye 007 (2010 video game)|remake of the original ''GoldenEye 007'']] at their [[E3]] press conference on [[E3 2010|15 June 2010]]. It is a modernised retelling of the original movie's story, with [[Daniel Craig]] playing the role of Bond. Bruce Feirstein returned to write a modernised version of the script, while [[Nicole Scherzinger]] covered the theme song. It was developed by [[Eurocom]] and published by [[Activision]] for the [[Wii]] and [[Nintendo DS]] and was released in November 2010. Both the DS and Wii versions bear little to no resemblance to the locations and weapons of the original N64 release. In 2011, the game was [[Porting|ported]] to [[PlayStation 3]] and [[Xbox 360]] under the name ''GoldenEye 007: Reloaded''.<ref>{{cite news|title=E3 2010: GoldenEye first look|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/gamesblog/2010/jun/17/e3-2010-goldeneye|access-date=24 June 2010|date=17 June 2010|author=Keith Stewart|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|archive-date=13 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813134842/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/gamesblog/2010/jun/17/e3-2010-goldeneye|url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[9K720 Iskander]]
* [[Counter-electronics High Power Microwave Advanced Missile Project]] (CHAMP)
* [[Outline of James Bond]]
* [[Repatriation of Cossacks after World War II]]
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
* {{Cite book|last1=Field|first1=Matthew|last2=Chowdhury|first2=Ajay|title=Some Kind of Hero: The Remarkable Story of the James Bond Films|year=2015|isbn=978-0-7509-6421-0|publisher=[[The History Press]]|oclc=930556527}}

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