Auric Goldfinger is initially led to believe Goldfinger is going to steal the gold, the real plot is revealed to be to render the gold contained in the Depository radioactive and useless, crippling the gold standard-based economy and thereby dramatically driving up the price of the gold Goldfinger already owns. A scene in the film even uses a confrontation between Goldfinger and Bond to point out logistical flaws in the plan as set out in the original novel. In the film, Goldfinger is a successful businessman, owning many properties throughout the world including "Auric Enterprises, AG" in Switzerland, and a stud-farm in
Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey song) "Goldfinger" for her 2014 album "Hello Like Before". In doing so she addressed two notes that she thought "sounded wrong" in the original. Parodies of the song include "Dr. Evil", written by They Might Be Giants for "", and "Max Power", from "The Simpsons" episode "Homer to the Max". In 1989, after the release of the James Bond theme song "Licence to Kill", from the film of the same title, it was felt to significantly reuse important elements of "Goldfinger", and so the songwriting credits for the former were adapted for all subsequent releases. Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey song) "Goldfinger" is