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- The bungee jump in Goldeneye is the longest ever recorded, it was 750 feet.
- Production was halted on the tank chase scene for fears by the St. Petersburg government that the tank would damage the streets.
- Areibo the largest radio satelite station in the world was used for the control room scenes in the Cuban missile base.
- Goldeneye producer Michael G. Wilson is seen sitting at the conference table when Ouromov gives his report to Dimitri Mishkin.
- Bond producers would only be given a Ferrari for the chase scene if it won.
- The ICBM train was named the "Darth Train"by the Crew due to it's resemblance to Darth Vader.
- After Patriot Games, Sean Bean was a candidate to play James Bond.
- Pierce Brosnan's first appearance as James Bond. Other actors considered include Liam Neeson, Mel Gibson, Sam Neil and Hugh Grant. Brosnan was the preferred choice for Bond in The Living Daylights, but was ruled out because of his contractual obligations to "Remington Steele."
- Brosnan's contract to play James Bond specifies that while contracted as Bond he is not permitted to appear in any other film wearing a tuxedo.
- Actresses considered as Bond girls were Elizabeth Hurley and Elle Macpherson. Paulina Porizkova was offered the role as Bond's leading lady, but turned it down.
- The Rolling Stones were offered the chance to sing the title song, but declined.
- United Artists tried to get Anthony Hopkins to play the villain.
- Joe Don Baker (Jack Wade) played an extremely similar character (Darius Jedburgh) in _"Edge of Darkness" (1986) (mini)_ (qv). Baker appeared in a previous Bond movie The Living Daylights as Brad Whitaker.
- "Goldeneye" is the nickname of Bond creator Ian Fleming's beachfront house in Jamaica where (between 1952 and 1964) he wrote the Bond novels and short stories.
- Long-standing visual effects supervisor Derek Meddings died of natural causes during the production of the film, hence the dedication of the film to him.
- Near the end of the film a computer displays "Pevsner Communications GmBH", a reference to executive producer Tom Pevsner.
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