9. "Goldfinger", the movie that really got 007 going, only won one Oscar. It was nominated for two. What did it win for?
From Quiz Son of Gnat's Wazoo
Answer:
Sound effects
In 1964-65, it won one Academy Award. Norman Wanstall took home the little statuette for Foley effects. It was also nominated for general special effects, but lost.
During Connery's tenure as Bond, only two of the stories were seriously altered from print to screen. "You Only Live Twice" was one, "Goldfinger" was the other, though "Goldfinger"'s plot was pretty much kept intact. In the book, Pussy Galore was only in about two percent of the story and Tilly Masterson perhaps 55-60 percent of the story. In the movie, this was reversed. Felix Leiter also wasn't as prominent a character in the book. Oddjob was the one sucked out into space, not Goldfinger. The embroglio in Fort Knox between him and Bond didn't go _quite_ the way it did in the movie! The Aston Martin wasn't as tripped up, either. It also might be pointed out that 007 pretty much worked for Goldfinger for a good portion of the story, after having his cover blown, actually recruiting the mobsters brought together to help bring about "Operation Grandslam", with Tilly Masterson, Jill's sister, helping him.
The entire Bond series, which actually lit up with this third installment, was voted by BBC subscribers as 5th on the list of most influential movies of all time. Trust me, "Dr. No" and "From Russia With Love" and everything after would have been just footnotes in film history on their own. "Goldfinger" was the masterpiece that set the tone for all to follow!
Well known touchstones and scenes included things such as the tricked-out Aston Martin; Shirley Eaton's golden "suntan", the laser and the wizard dubbing that helped hide the fact that Gert Frobe's true voice was never heard in the movie. Who could forget that knock down, drag-out fight in the bowels of Fort Knox with Oddjob? These and other aspects of the film warranted at least five or six Oscars for 1) Music, 2) Special effects, 3) Cinematography, 4) Screenplay, 5) an acting Oscar for either Connery or Frobe (and maybe one for Blackman). It's not unusual for truly landmark movies to be underappreciated by AMPAS.