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Auric Goldfinger is a Fictional Character in the James Bond film and novel '' Goldfinger ''. His first name, Auric , is an adjective meaning ''of Gold ''. Ian Fleming chose the name to commemorate the architect Ernő Goldfinger who had built his home in Hampstead next door to Fleming's; Fleming disliked Goldfinger's style of architecture and destruction of Victorian terraces and decided to name a memorable villain after him. In 2003 , the American Film Institute declared Auric Goldfinger the 49th Greatest Villain In The Past 100 Years Of Film . Auric Goldfinger was played by Gert Fröbe . Consequently, ''Goldfinger'' was banned in Israel after it was revealed that Fröbe had been a member of the Nazi Party during the Second World War . The ban, however, was lifted many years later when a Jewish family publicly thanked Fröbe for protecting them from persecution during World War II . Gert Fröbe, who did not speak English , was dubbed by Michael Collins , an English actor. Of his role as Goldfinger, Fröbe later remarked: "I am a big man, and I have a laugh to match my size. The ridiculous thing is that since I played Goldfinger in the James Bond film there are some people who still insist on seeing me as a cold, ruthless villain - a man without laughs." FILM BIOGRAPHY Arguably the most famous James Bond Villain in any film, Goldfinger's obsession was gold. In fact, Goldfinger was a gold smuggler accomplishing this feat by having a workable car built out of gold and transporting it via airplane. Once the car arrived at its destination, Goldfinger would have it melted down. Goldfinger is also an avid Golf er who plays with a Slazenger 1 Golf Ball . He is defeated by Bond, however, when he is tricked by Bond after attempting to cheat. Auric Goldfinger owned many properties throughout the world including "Auric Enterprises, AG", which was the headquarters for most of his smuggling operations. Located in Switzerland , it is where Bond nearly gets cut in half by an industrial Laser when Goldfinger has him strapped to a table. :Bond: Do you expect me to talk? :Goldfinger: No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to ''die''. Goldfinger also owned a farm in Kentucky that was used for horse breeding called "Auric Stud". Goldfinger was killed when he was blown out of a depressurising airplane, midflight, while attempting to assassinate Bond. Scheme Goldfinger's scheme, codenamed "Operation Grand Slam", involved breaking into the U.S. Bullion Depository at Fort Knox , and detonating a nuclear weapon thus contaminating the United States gold reserve and thereby dramatically increasing the value of his gold holdings. Henchmen
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NOVEL BIOGRAPHY In the novel, Auric Goldfinger is the richest man in England and the treasurer of SMERSH , Bond's nemesis. Goldfinger's passion is gold. He is also a jeweller, a Metallurgist , and a smuggler. When Goldfinger first meets Bond in Miami , he claims that he is Agoraphobic ; a ploy to allow him to cheat a previous acquaintance of Bond's at a game of two-handed Canasta . Bond figures out how Goldfinger is managing this cheating and Blackmail s him by forcing him to admit his deception. Goldfinger is also an avid golfer, but is known at his club for being a smooth cheater. When Bond contrives to play a match with Goldfinger, he again cheats the cheater by switching Goldfinger's Dunlop One with a Dunlop Seven he had found while playing. Goldfinger is the owner of "Enterprises Auric A.G." in Switzerland , maker of metal furniture, which is bought by many airlines including Air India. A few times during the year, Goldfinger drives his Rolls Royce "Silver Ghost" car from England to Enterprises Auric. Bond learns that Goldfinger makes repeated Dead Drop s of gold bars along the way and that his car's bodywork is 18 carat (75%), solid white gold under the ploy that the added weight is armor plating. Once at Enterprises Auric, his car is stripped down, melted and made into furniture (seating) for an airline company that Enterprises Auric is heavily invested in. The plane(s) are then flown to India where the seats are melted down again into gold bars and sold for a much higher premium rate; 100 to 200% profit. Operation Grand Slam Operation Grand Slam is Goldfinger's codename for his scheme that involves "knocking off" the U.S. bullion depository at Fort Knox , Kentucky . Through the use of a chemical created by the Germans during World War II , Goldfinger plans to poison the Water supply at Fort Knox, thus rendering everyone on the base (60,000) dead. From there Goldfinger would use an atomic bomb he had purchased for one million USD to blow open Fort Knox's impregnable vault. With the help of American gangsters, Goldfinger would then remove roughly 15 billion dollars in gold bullion and escape. The details of Operation Grand Slam were criticised, noting it would have taken hours if not days to remove 15 billion dollars from Fort Knox without a reprisal from the U.S. Army. Also the issue of getting every soldier on the base to drink the poisoned water without an alarm being raised in addition to the atomic bomb in all likelihood would not have only annihilated the door vault, but would also have taken all the gold behind with it. Consequently, the film uses a different plan, and at one point even going so far as to point out a couple of these flaws from the novel in a confrontation between Goldfinger and Bond. James Bond foils Goldfinger's plan by getting word to Felix Leiter of the impending operation. With the help of The Pentagon Leiter was able to stop Goldfinger, and foil the operation. But Goldfinger escapes. Goldfinger met his end while trying to escape to the Soviet Union . He was choked to death by James Bond after attempting to get his Revenge . Henchmen Associates In addition to Henchmen, Goldfinger enlisted the help of several American gangsters:
:Mr. Springer backed out of the deal and did not participate in Goldfinger's Operation Grand Slam. Moments later, Mr. Springer had an "accident", falling down the staircase as he was leaving. In fact, he was killed by Oddjob.
:All of the gangsters that participated in Operation Grand Slam were subsequently shot when the operation failed, but Goldfinger enlisted Pussy Galore's help in exacting his revenge on Bond, which ultimately failed. ''GOLDENEYE: ROGUE AGENT'' Auric Goldfinger was brought back to life in the , and plans to use it against Dr. No 's forces. He is eventually killed when Goldeneye and Scaramanga understand his betrayal and use the O.M.E.N against him. SEE ALSO |
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