What's the Difference between (uncredited) the Book and Goldfinger the Movie?
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James Bond meets Goldfinger before M. instructs him to spy on him. |
James Bond is ordered to spy on Goldfinger before he meets him. |
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Bond spies on Goldfinger in Miami because DuPont, a wealthy American from Casino Royale, asks him to. |
Bond spies on Goldfinger in Miami because M. orders him to.
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Goldfinger tortures Bond by strapping him to a table while a circular saw threatens to slice him in half. |
Goldfinger tortures Bond by strapping him to a table while a laser threatens to slice him in half. |
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While being tortured, Goldfinger interrogates Bond about what he knows of Operation Grand Slam. |
Goldfinger has no intention of interrogating Bond during his torture scene--Bond has to convince him he's worth more alive.
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Bond faints after the torture scene. |
Bond is shot with a tranquilizer dart after the torture scene. |
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Tilly Masterson is killed by Oddjob's hat by the end of the book. |
Tilly Masterson is shot to death in a forest halfway through the movie.
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Bond disables Tilly's car by backing into it. |
Bond disables Tilly's car using a saw hidden in his car tires. |
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Goldfinger plans to steal the gold from Fort Knox. |
Goldfinger plans to destroy the gold in Fort Knox, thus raising the price of gold he already owns.
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Bond and Jill Masterson elope in a train. |
Bond and Jill Masterson elope in a hotel room. |
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Jill Masterson leaves Bond's company alive and with $10,000 he gave her. He finds out through Tilly she was killed and painted gold. |
Jill Masterson is killed in the hotel room with Bond while he is knocked out.
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Bond has no gadgets except for a tracking device he implants in Goldfinger's car. |
Bond has a tracking device and a gadget-filled car. |
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The soldiers at Fort Knox "awaken" right as Goldfinger gets there. |
The soldiers at Fort Knox "awaken" after Goldfinger enters the depository.
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Bond meets the President of the United States. |
Bond is told he's going to meet the President of the United States, and he is ambushed by Goldfinger en route. |
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Bond is invited to join Goldfinger's briefing of Operation Grand Slam as a secretary. |
Bond spies on Goldfinger's briefing of Operation Grand Slam.
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Bond kills Goldfinger by choking him to death. |
Bond kills Goldfinger by shooting the plane's fuselage. Goldfinger is sucked out the window. |
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Oddjob dies when he is sucked through the plane's window after the fuselage is cut. |
Oddjob dies when Bond electrocutes him inside the gold depository.
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Goldfinger plans to blast open the vault with a small nuclear bomb. |
Goldfinger plans to blast open the vault with a laser. |
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Goldfinger is Latvian. |
Goldfinger is German.
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Pussy Galore leads a group of cat burglars. |
Pussy Galore leads a group of pilots. |
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Goldfinger plans to steal the gold from the gold depository. |
Goldfinger plans to destroy the gold in the depository, thus decreasing the world's supply and in turn raising the price of gold he already owns.
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