The third James Bond film, “Goldfinger” represented the gold standard of the 007 formula. Opening 25th March 1965 at the Regent, it ran for eleven weeks, before transferring to the Palace Theatre on 10th June 1965. It continued its city season there for a further nine weeks.
“Goldfinger” had its Sydney Hoyts Regent run from 25th March 1965 as I specified. It had opened a week earlier in Melbourne at Hoyts Regent 18th March 1965. These dates can be confirmed by checking the archives of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
The February date James mentions may possibly be of a trade/press showing, which does not qualify as an official ‘release date’.
It is also remotely possible that the film was released in another Australian city first - but I doubt it. Perhaps James could enlighten us with some further research into the matter.
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The third James Bond film, “Goldfinger” represented the gold standard of the 007 formula. Opening 25th March 1965 at the Regent, it ran for eleven weeks, before transferring to the Palace Theatre on 10th June 1965. It continued its city season there for a further nine weeks.
From my research Goldfinger was released in Aus on Feb 26th 1965
“Goldfinger” had its Sydney Hoyts Regent run from 25th March 1965 as I specified. It had opened a week earlier in Melbourne at Hoyts Regent 18th March 1965. These dates can be confirmed by checking the archives of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. The February date James mentions may possibly be of a trade/press showing, which does not qualify as an official ‘release date’. It is also remotely possible that the film was released in another Australian city first - but I doubt it. Perhaps James could enlighten us with some further research into the matter.