Goldeneye (1989 film)

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| name = Goldeneye

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| director = Don Boyd

| producer = Graeme MacDonald

| writer = Reg GadneyFilm Writers (Ifilm Publishing, 2001), p. 161

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| based_on = Biography by John Pearson about life of Ian Fleming

| starring = Charles Dance

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| music = Michael Berkeley

| cinematography = Richard GreatrexKate Bales, Cinematographers, Production Designers, Costume Designers & Film Editors Guide (Lone Eagle, 1999), p. 114

| editing = David Spiers

| studio = Anglia Films

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| released = {{Film date|1989|08|27|df=yes}}

| runtime = 105 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

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Goldeneye, also sometimes called Goldeneye: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming, is a 1989 British television film loosely based on the life of the author Ian Fleming, portrayed by Charles Dance, focusing on Fleming's life during the Second World War, his love life and the writing of James Bond,{{cite news|last=McEntee|first=John|title=Diary: Charles Dance|newspaper=Daily Express|date=2 April 2001|location=London|page=29}} and 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.[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/540081.The_Life_of_Ian_Fleming The Life of Ian Fleming] at goodreads.com, accessed 16 December 2018John Pearson, Introduction to The Life of Ian Fleming (new edition, 2011) The film's screenwriter, Reg Gadney, also has a small part as James Bond, the American ornithologist who lent his name to Fleming's famous spy.{{cite web |url=http://www.charlesdance.co.uk/goldeneye.html |title=Dance as the man who created James Bond |access-date=4 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093500/http://www.charlesdance.co.uk/goldeneye.html |archive-date=4 March 2016}}

The Anglia Television's dramatised biography takes its name from Fleming's estate in Jamaica (the title was later used for the James Bond film). The film received mixed reviews, with praise for Dance's portrayal of Fleming.{{cite web |url=https://www.bondsuits.com/goldeneye-ian-fleming-in-black-tie/ |title=Goldeneye: Ian Fleming in Black Tie |date=28 February 2014 |access-date=7 April 2024 }}