Goldeneye (1989 film)
| Goldeneye | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Don Boyd |
| Written by | Reg Gadney[1] |
| Based on | Biography by John Pearson about life of Ian Fleming |
| Produced by | Graeme MacDonald |
| Starring | Charles Dance |
| Cinematography | Richard Greatrex[2] |
| Edited by | David Spiers |
| Music by | Michael Berkeley |
Production company | Anglia Films[2] |
Release date | 27 August 1989 |
Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Goldeneye, also sometimes called Goldeneye: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming, is a British television film of 1989 about the life of the author Ian Fleming, directed by Don Boyd.
The film is based on The Life of Ian Fleming (1966), a biography by John Pearson, who was Fleming's assistant in the 1950s and has access to his private papers.[3][4]
The film's screenwriter, Reg Gadney, also has a small part as James Bond, the American ornithologist who lent his name to Fleming's eponymous spy.
Cast
- Charles Dance as Ian Fleming
- Phyllis Logan as Ann Fleming
- Patrick Ryecart as Ivar Bryce
- Marsha Fitzalan as Loelia
- Ed Devereaux as Sir William Stephenson
- Julian Fellowes as Noël Coward
- Lynsey Baxter as Wren Lieutenant
- Donald Hewlett as Admiral Godfrey
- Richard Griffiths as Second Admiral
- Joseph Long as Lucky Luciano
- Donald Douglas as Lord Kemsley
- David Quilter as Lord Rothermere
- Freda Dowie as Harley Street doctor
- Christoph Waltz as German spy
- Lisa Daniely as Wren Captain
- Reg Gadney as James Bond
- Steve Plytas as Dragoumis
- Kim Kindersley as Royal Navy Lieutenant
- Deborah Moore as Secretary
- Philip O'Brien as CBS Interviewer
Notes
- ^ Film Writers (Ifilm Publishing, 2001), p. 161
- ^ a b Kate Bales, Cinematographers, Production Designers, Costume Designers & Film Editors Guide (Lone Eagle, 1999), p. 114
- ^ The Life of Ian Fleming at goodreads.com, accessed 16 December 2018
- ^ John Pearson, Introduction to The Life of Ian Fleming (new edition, 2011)