Title Sequences: GoldenEye
13th March 2013
MI6 examines the anatomy, style and contents of the 'GoldenEye' title and credit sequence
By MI6 Staff
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"GoldenEye" marked the arrival of Daniel Kleinman as 007's latest title designer. Taking over from the legendary but aloof Maurice Binder would be no easy task. Kleinman had been called upon to produce the music video for "Licence To Kill", which accompanied 007's 16th adventure of the same name. Producers of the upcoming Bond film were impressed with his work and hired him for "GoldenEye".
Kleinman set about harnessing the motifs of a fallen Soviet Union, which had collapsed in the late 1980s but formally dissolved in 1991. After fading out on the explosion at a Soviet chemical weapons factory and rolling into a gun barrel that announces this is an Albert R. Broccoli presentation, the titles start to show off the obligatory silhouetted dancing girls as the principal cast are named.
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The iconic Communist hammer and sickle soon takes precedence, oversized with more glamorous ladies walking on the sickle blade. A sequence that foreshadows the location at which Alec Trevelyan and James Bond are reunited shows degradated statues of once-great men, Lenin included. A janus-faced lady smokes a cigar in one mouth and a handgun grotesquely emerges from the other mouth. Girls stand poised on the barrels of guns and others, armed with hammers, beat at the rock formations, sickles and fallen statues to complete the sequence.
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GoldenEye - Title Credits PIERCE BROSNAN as GoldenEye starring TCHEKY KARYO ALAN CUMMING DESMOND LLEWELYN and Associate Producer Financial Controller Assistant Director GERRY GAVIGAN Production Manager PHILIP KOHLER Location Production Managers Makeup Supervisor LINDA DEVETTA Supervising Art Director Set Decorator Construction Coordinator Property Master Model Unit Art Director Modeller Head of Department Main Title Designed by Visual Effects Photography PAUL WILSON Stunt Coordinator Casting Special Effects Supervisor Miniature Effects Supervisor Second Unit Director Second Unit Cameraman Additional Unit Directed and Photographed by Costume Designer Editor Director of Photography Production Designer Music by 'GOLDENEYE' Executive Producer Screenplay by Story by Produced by Directed by
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MI6 Commentary .... .... The film's logo starts to be incorporated into the title sequence. Previously the font of the title simply matched the rest of the credits. .... .... .... .... "GoldenEye" marked the first appearance of Michael Kitchen as Tanner, although curiously he is not billed with his MI6 colleagues, Moneypenny and Q. .... Robert Brown, who previously played "M" was not credited as such in the titles of the Timothy Dalton adventures, although this treatment did extend to the original "M", Bernard Lee. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... Remy Julienne previously drove for and coordinated "Licence To Kill", "The Living Daylights", "A View To A Kill", "Octopussy", and "For Your Eyes Only". The Bond films were among his only English language productions and the driver spoke little to no English. .... .... Production design and art direction on the Bond films has regularly included several generations of Lamonts. Peter, arguably the most well-known, designed for 007 between "For Your Eyes Only" and "Casino Royale", but had been in the art department much longer. His brother Michael and son Neil also worked on "GoldenEye". .... .... .... .... Having served as a stunt double for Timothy Dalton in "Licence To Kill", Simon Crane returned to the 007 franchise for his first Bond as Coordinator. .... .... Shortly after completing his work on "GoldenEye" the legendary special effects and miniature effects supervisor, Derek Meddings, passed away after suffering from cancer. This would be his last ever film credit. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... Before signing David Arnold, and with John Barry focusing non-soundtrack projects, the Bond franchise turned to French composer Eric Serra. He had credits on a dozen or so films with "Léon: The Professional" bringing him to the attention of the English-speaking film industry. .... .... .... .... Michael France was initially given the task of penning Bond's latest adventure, then it was handed on to Jeffery Caine, who Barbara Broccoli had worked with beyond Bond. The original France draft captured the basic story but lacked the classic Bond elements. .... .... |
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