At the beginning of Casino Royale we meet James Bond as we’ve never seen him before, involved in the assignment that earns him his double-O status. Gone are the gadgets and gone is the juvenile humour and in its place the film is serious and violent.
After international terrorist financier Le Chiffre loses a client’s money he is forced to hold a high stakes poker tournament in Montenegro in order to win back the amount owed. James Bond is sent to Montenegro where he is to gamble against Le Chiffre with the aim of bankrupting him. Assisting him are Vesper Lynd, who is there to make sure the treasury’s money used wisely, Rene Mathis, and the CIA’s Felix Leiter.
However, all is not as it first seems and 007, having just gained his licence to kill, is set for a fall.
What we say
After years of producing second rate Bond films, Casino Royale showed that Eon Productions had what it takes to up the ante and produce a truly great 007 film without relying on gadgets and silly gags.
Original release
UK Premiere: 14th November 2006 at the Odeon Leicester Square, the Odeon West End and the Empire
UK: 16th November 2006
USA: 17th November 2006
Principal crew
| Director | Martin Campbell |
| Screenplay | Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and Paul Haggis |
| Producer | Barbara Broccoli, Michael G Wilson |
| Music | David Arnold |
| Editing | Stuart Baird |
| Production design | Peter Lamont |
| Cinematography | Phil Meheux |
Cast
| Daniel Craig | James Bond |
| Eva Green | Vesper Lynd |
| Mads Mikkelsen | Le Chiffre |
| Judi Dench | M |
| Jeffrey Wright | Felix Leiter |
| Giancarlo Giannini | Rene Mathis |
| Caterina Murino | Solange |
| Simon Abkarian | Alex Dimitrios |
| Isaach De Bankolé | Steven Obanno |
| Jesper Christensen | Mr. White |
| Ivana Milicevic | Valenka |
| Tobias Menzies | Villiers |
| Claudio Santamaria | Carlos |
| Sebastien Foucan | Mollaka |
| Malcolm Sinclair | Dryden |
| Richard Sammel | Adolph Gettler |
| Ludger Pistor | Mendel |
| Joseph Millson | Carter |
| Darwin Shaw | Fisher |
| Clemens Schick | Kratt |
| Emmanuel Avena | Leo |
| Tom Chadbon | Stockbroker |
| Ade | Infante |
| Urbano Barberini | Tomelli |
| Tsai Chin | Madame Wu |
| Charlie Levi Leroy | Gallardo |
| Lazar Ristovski | Kaminofsky |
| Tom So | Fukutu |
| Veruschka von Lehndorff | Gräfin von Wallenstein |
| Andreas Daniel | Dealer |
| Carlos Leal | Tournament Director |
| Christina Cole | Ocean Club Receptionist |
| Jürgen Tarrach | Schultz |
| John Gold | Card Players |
| Jerry Inzerillo | Card Players |
| Diane Hartford | Card Players |
| Jessica Miller | Dealer |
| Leo Stransky | Tall Man |
| Paul Bhattacharjee | Hot Room Doctors |
| Crispin Bonham-Carter | Hot Room Doctors |
| Simon Cox | Hot Room Technicians |
| Rebecca Gethings | Hot Room Technicians |
| Peter Notley | MI6 Technician |
| John Chancer | Police Commander |
| Peter Brooke | Airport Policemen |
| Jason Durran | Airport Policemen |
| Robert Jezek | Arresting Officer |
| Robert G. Slade | Pilot |
| Félicité Du Jeu | French News Reporter |
| Michaela Ochotská | Shop Assistant |
| Michael Offei | Obanno’s Lieutenant |
| Makhoudia Diaw | Obanno’s Liaison |
| Michael G. Wilson | Chief of Police |
| Martina Duravolá | Police Chief’s Girlfriends |
| Marcela Martincáková | Police Chief’s Girlfriends |
| Vladimír Kulhavý | Croatian General |
| Valentine Nonyela | Nambutu Embassy Official |
| Dusan Pelech | Bartender |
| Phil Meheux | Treasury Bureaucrat |
| Alessandra Ambrosio | Tennis Girls |
| Veronika Hladikova | Tennis Girls |
| Regina Gabajová | Hotel Splendide Clerk |
| Olutunji Ebun-Cole | Cola Kid |
| Martin Ucík | Barman |
| Vlastina Svátková | Waitress |
| Miroslav Simunek | Disapproving Man |
| Ivan G’Vera | Venice Hotel Concierge |
| Jirí Lenc | Hotel Splendide Limo Driver |
| Jaroslav Jankovsky | Hermitage Waiter |
Drinks
- Mount Gay rum and soda
- Bollinger
- Whisky
- Château Angélus
- Champagne
- Vesper
- Vodka martini
Cars
Aston Martin DBS (2006) at Leicester Square before the premiere
Quotes
- “How did he die?”
“Not well.” - “Do you want a clean kill or do you want to send a message?”
- “How was your lamb?”
“Skewered. One sympathizes.” - “I thought that one less bombmaker in the world would be a good thing!”
- “I never knew M stood for…”
“Utter another syllable and I’ll have you killed!” - “Well, I understand double-Os have a very short life expectancy… so your mistake will be short-lived.”
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