Золото

Золото (1974)

Gold

После гибели главного менеджера золотой шахты на его пост прочат молодого и рискового Рода Слейтера. Он сам рад повышению, но не знает, что махинаторы в руководстве задумали биржевую афёру. На карту поставлены тысячи жизней.

Дата выхода
1974-06-08
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (71)
Длительность
2 ч 0 мин
Жанры
боевик, приключения, триллер
Режиссёр
Peter R. Hunt

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Интересные факты

  • Места съёмок: Pinewood Studios

Gold is a 1974 British adventure thriller film directed by Peter R. Hunt and starring Roger Moore, Susannah York, Ray Milland, Bradford Dillman and John Gielgud. Based on the 1970 novel Gold Mine by Wilbur Smith, the film follows Rodney "Rod" Slater (Moore), general manager of a South African gold mine, who is instructed by his boss Steyner (Dillman) to break through an underground dike into what he is told is a rich seam of gold. Meanwhile, he falls in love with Steyner's wife Terry (York).

Production

Producer Michael Klinger bought the rights to it and Shout at the Devil as his follow up to Get Carter. "Actually they're both just as tough as Carter,” said Klinger of the projects. The South African government promised to co operate in filming at the mines.

The film Klinger most wanted to make was Shout at the Devil. However, because it was a period film it needed a large budget. Gold was cheaper because it told a contemporary story and he ended up filming that instead.

Klinger tried to set up the film with MGM, for whom he had made Get Carter. The studio bought out Klinger's option for Gold Mine for £25,000, but insisted that Klinger hire an experienced writer, Stanley Price, to work on the script along with Wilbur Smith. MGM later withdrew from the project – they were pulling out of all production in Britain – and Klinger bought back rights to the novel and script.

Roger Moore was cast in the lead. It was his first film since making his debut as James Bond in Live and Let Die (1973). He was paid $200,000 plus a percentage of the profits. Producer Michael Klinger used a number of other people associated with James Bond films, including editor John Glen, production designer Syd Cain, titles designer Maurice Binder and director Peter Hunt.

Tony Klinger, assistant to the producer, said he tried to get Steven Spielberg to direct the movie after having been impressed by Duel. However, Roger Moore vetoed the choice on the basis of Spielberg's youth. "Roger was, I think, a little insecure about his acting ability, and as a consequence was always protective of his image, like most movie stars that are less actor and more star.

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