Wilson turned to music video director Daniel Kleinman to carry the Bond title design standard forward. Realizing the need to bring the suave superspy into the digital era, she and co-producer Michael G. Director Martin Campbell was enlisted to helm the picture (he'd later return to direct 2006's Casino Royale), Pierce Brosnan became the face of Bond for this and the next three entries, and Barbara Broccoli set about breathing new life into the franchise.ĭirector Martin Campbell with actors Izabella Scorupco and Pierce Brosnan on the set of GoldenEye Some critics speculated that it was time to throw in the towel, suggesting as The Sunday Times’ Tom Shone did in 1992 that it was “time to junk Bond.”īut GoldenEye, the 17th film in the series, saw James Bond return a new man. 'Cubby' Broccoli, co-founder of Eon Productions and producer on the Bond films for 40 years, stepped down from his duties due to health problems and tapped his daughter Barbara Broccoli to succeed him. After a slew of legal difficulties between distributor MGM and production company Eon, the departures of actor Timothy Dalton and director John Glen, and the death of title designer Maurice Binder in 1991, the franchise was on shaky ground. When GoldenEye was released in 1995, it had been six years since audiences had looked down this barrel at James Bond. Its target as always is James Bond, but this is 007 as we’d never seen him before. The barrel sequence is familiar and yet different.

From the first notes of the synthesizer in the opening gun barrel sequence, a sense of smooth suspense takes hold.

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