Skyfall

Skyfall Movie Details:

Based on	James Bond by Ian Fleming
Countries	United Kingdom United States
Language	English
Genre	Action, Adventure, Thriller
Release dates	October 23, 2012 (London) October 26, 2012 (United Kingdom) November 9, 2012 (United States)
Running time	2hr 23min
Age rating	PG-13
Starring	Daniel Craig Javier Bardem Ralph Fiennes Naomie Harris Bérénice Marlohe Albert Finney Judi Dench
Directed by	Sam Mendes
Written by	Neal Purvis Robert Wade John Logan
Produced by	Michael G. Wilson Barbara Broccoli
Cinematography by	Roger Deakins
Edited by	Stuart Baird Kate Baird
Music by	Thomas Newman
Production Companies	Eon Productions Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Columbia Pictures B23
Distributor	Sony Pictures Releasing

Skyfall Movie Cast & Characters:

• Daniel Craig as James Bond, agent 007
• Judi Dench as M, the head of MI6 and Bond’s superior
• Javier Bardem as Raoul Silva a cyberterrorist
• Ralph Fiennes as Gareth Mallory, chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and a former SAS Lieutenant Colonel
• Naomie Harris as Eve Moneypenny, an MI6 field agent
• Bérénice Marlohe as Sévérine, Raoul Silva’s associate and mistress
• Albert Finney as Kincade, the gamekeeper of the Skyfall estate
• Ben Whishaw as Q, the MI6 quartermaster
• Rory Kinnear as Bill Tanner, M’s chief of staff
• Ola Rapace as Patrice, a mercenary under Silva’s command
• Helen McCrory as Clair Dowar MP

Storyline:

James Bond’s loyalty to M is tested when her past comes back to haunt her. When MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.

About Skyfall Movie:

Skyfall is an action-adventure thriller film directed by Sam Mendes and written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, and John Logan. It is the twenty-third film in the James Bond series and the third to star Daniel Craig as fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film features Javier Bardem as the villain Raoul Silva, with Judi Dench returning as M. The supporting cast includes Ralph Fiennes, Bérénice Marlohe, and Albert Finney.

Mendes was approached to direct after the release of Quantum of Solace in 2008. Development of Skyfall was suspended throughout 2010 after Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, causing screenwriter Peter Morgan to leave the project. Production resumed in December 2010 after Purvis, Wade, and Logan were hired.

Principal photography of the film began on November 7, 2011 in London. The film was shot in various London locations, including London Underground stations, Smithfield car park, the National Gallery, Southwark, Whitehall, Parliament Square, Charing Cross station, the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, Cadogan Square, and Tower Hill. It was also shot in Shanghai, Istanbul, and Scotland.

Adele was pregnant when she recorded the theme song. In an interview with the BBC, she said her pregnancy hormones caused her voice to go deeper, hence why her singing tone in this song is so low. She also said she is not able to re-create this low tone now.

The train fight scene was supposed to shoot in India, with a lot of people travelling on the roof of the train. However, the Indian government would not give permission, saying that it would give a bad impression about India and its culture.

The first James Bond movie to be shot entirely digitally. Previously, only part of one scene in Quantum of Solace (2008) was shot digitally. It is also the first movie to use the Arri Alexa Studio camera, which cinematographer Sir Roger Deakins selected because, unlike the other Alexa models, it has an optical viewfinder. Deakins shot with Arri’s sole Studio prototype, as the camera was not yet in production.

Skyfall premiered at the Royal Albert Hall on October 23, 2012, and was released theatrically in conventional and IMAX formats in the United Kingdom three days later. It was released in the United States on November 9, 2012, to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the first James Bond film Dr. No (1962).

The film received positive reviews, with praise for Mendes’s direction, cast performances, action sequences, cinematography, and musical score. The film was nominated for five awards at the 85th Academy Awards, winning two, and received numerous other accolades.

Skyfall grossed $1 billion worldwide, becoming the fourteenth film to achieve this milestone. It was the then-seventh-highest-grossing film of all time, the highest-grossing James Bond film, the second-highest-grossing film of 2012, the then-highest-grossing film released by Sony, and the highest-grossing film released by MGM.

One of only two Bond films to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Music, Original Score; the other being The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).

The second James Bond movie to have the gun barrel sequence at the beginning of the end credits. This is Daniel Craig’s third different gun barrel sequence, making him the first James Bond actor to do more than two different ones, like Sir Sean Connery and Sir Roger Moore.

The next film in the series, Spectre, was released in 2015.

Skyfall Movie Budget & Box Office Collection:

Budget	$150–200 million
Opening weekend	$80.6 million
Domestic Collection	$304 million
International Collection	$804 million
Worldwide Collection	$1.109 billion$1.109 billion