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Fort Knox Interior
- Goldfinger (1964)
Art Director:
- Ken Adam
Purpose:
- Fort Knox, Kentucky is the site for the United States Treasury Gold Depository.
- Here's a link to some facts about the real Ft. Knox
- The Ft. Knox Gold Depository is the target for Auric Goldfinger's "Operation: Grand Slam"
- The operation, a collaboration between Auric Enterprises and Red China, was to plant and explode a cobalt and iodine "dirty" atomic bomb (or "device," if you prefer) that would render the entire gold supply of the United States (which gives value to its currency) radioactive, and thus useless for trading, for approximately sixty years, creating economic chaos in the West (while also increasing the value of Goldfinger's private holdings).
- In Ian Fleming's novel "Goldfinger," Operation Grand Slam entailed the actual stealing of gold using a specially diverted train--a considerably less practical plan.
Description:
- Ken Adam was not allowed to see the interior of the actual Ft. Knox (though he did see pictures of it that left him unimpressed). He, instead, decided to create a "cathedral of gold," a structure impressive enough in scope that it would match Auric Goldfinger's dreams of avarice. It also provides lots of space for Oddjob to throw James Bond around in. The wittiest aspect of the structure may be the entrance, shaped like a bank vault's door.
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