query: who was the bond girl in casino royale

pos: Casino Royale (2006 film) the film in protest. Craig, unlike previous actors, was not considered by the protesters to fit the tall, dark, handsome and charismatic image of Bond to which viewers had been accustomed. The "Daily Mirror" ran a front-page news story critical of Craig, with the headline, "The Name's Bland – James Bland". The next important casting was that of the lead Bond girl, Vesper Lynd. Casting director Debbie McWilliams acknowledged Hollywood actresses Angelina Jolie and Charlize Theron were "strongly considered" for the role and Belgian actress Cécile de France had also auditioned, but her English accent "wasn't up to scratch." French

pos: Eva Green Vesper Lynd in the "James Bond" film "Casino Royale" (2006). Casino Royale (2006 film) Green was approached in mid-2005 but turned it down. Principal photography was already underway, and director Martin Campbell said casting the role was difficult because "we didn't have the final script and a Bond girl always had the connotation of tits 'n' ass." Campbell saw Green's performance in the director's cut of "Kingdom of Heaven", and approached Green again. She read the script, and found the character of Vesper far deeper than most Bond girls. Green's performance was well received: "Entertainment Weekly" called her the fourth-best

pos: Casino Royale (novel) Eon Productions making the 2006 film "Casino Royale". The film stars Daniel Craig as Bond, supported by Eva Green as Vesper Lynd and Mads Mikkelsen as Le Chiffre; Judi Dench returned for her fifth Bond film as Bond's superior, M. "Casino Royale" is a reboot, showing Bond at the beginning of his career as a 00-agent and overall stays true to the original novel. Casino Royale (novel) Casino Royale is the first novel by the British author Ian Fleming. Published in 1953, it is the first "James Bond" book, and it paved the way for a further eleven novels and

pos: Bond girl as Solitaire because she excludes men from her life; Gala Brand, as noted above, is named for her father's cruiser, HMS "Galatea"; and Tiffany Case received her name from her father, who was so angry that she was not a boy that he gave her mother a thousand dollars and a compact from Tiffany's and then walked out on her. Fleming's penchant for double-entendre names began with the first Bond novel "Casino Royale". Conjecture is widespread that the name of the Bond girl in that novel, "Vesper Lynd," was intended to be a pun on "West Berlin," signifying Vesper's divided

pos: Casino Royale (novel) Casino Royale (novel) Casino Royale is the first novel by the British author Ian Fleming. Published in 1953, it is the first "James Bond" book, and it paved the way for a further eleven novels and two short story collections by Fleming, followed by numerous continuation Bond novels by other authors. The story concerns the British secret agent James Bond, gambling at the casino in Royale-les-Eaux to bankrupt Le Chiffre, the treasurer of a French union and a member of the Russian secret service. Bond is supported in his endeavours by Vesper Lynd, a member of his own service, as

pos: Bond girl James Bond falls in love with the Bond girl. The first was "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969), in which Countess Tracy di Vicenzo (Diana Rigg) marries Bond but is shot dead by Irma Bunt and Ernst Stavro Blofeld at the story's end. The second was Vesper Lynd (Eva Green) in "Casino Royale" (2006). Bond confesses his love to her and resigns from MI6 so that they can have a normal life together. He later learns that she had been a double agent working for his enemies. The enemy organisation Quantum had kidnapped her former lover and had been blackmailing

pos: Casino Royale (2006 film) fifth best of the series, and chose Vesper Lynd as the fourth best Bond girl in the series. Some newspaper columnists and critics were impressed enough by Craig's performance to consider him a viable candidate for an Academy Award nomination. Roger Ebert gave the film a four out of four star rating, and wrote that "Craig makes a superb Bond ... who gives the sense of a hard man, wounded by life and his job, who nevertheless cares about people and right and wrong," and that the film "has the answers to all my complaints about the 45-year-old James Bond

pos: Ursula Andress Ursula Andress Ursula Andress (; born 19 March 1936) is a Swiss film and television actress, former model and sex symbol, who has appeared in American, British and Italian films. She is best known for her breakthrough role as Bond girl Honey Ryder in the first James Bond film, "Dr. No". She later starred as Vesper Lynd in the James Bond film "Casino Royale". Her other films include "The Southern Star, Fun in Acapulco", "She", "The 10th Victim", "The Blue Max", "Perfect Friday", "The Sensuous Nurse", "The Mountain of the Cannibal God", "The Fifth Musketeer" and "Clash of the Titans".

pos: Bond girl the female lead in "Casino Royale" (2006) was hindered by potential actresses' concerns about the effect that playing the role might have on their careers. At that point, some thought that the Bond series had become stale and would therefore be a less desirable vehicle for young actresses. Nevertheless, the up-and-coming actress Eva Green agreed to play the role of Vesper Lynd, and showed those fears to be unfounded when she won BAFTA's Rising Star Award for her performance. Rosamund Pike, who made her feature film debut as Miranda Frost in "Die Another Day" (2002), went on to earn an

pos: Casino Royale (novel) a 1954 episode of the CBS television series "Climax!" with Barry Nelson as an American Bond, a 1967 film version with David Niven playing "Sir James Bond", and a 2006 film in the Eon Productions film series starring Daniel Craig as James Bond. M, the Head of the British Secret Service, assigns James Bond, 007, to play against and bankrupt Le Chiffre, the paymaster for a SMERSH-controlled trade union, in a high-stakes baccarat game at the Royale-les-Eaux casino in northern France. As part of Bond's cover as a rich Jamaican playboy, M also assigns as his companion Vesper Lynd, personal

pos: Daniel Craig "Renaissance". The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences extended a membership invitation to Craig in 2006. Craig starred opposite Nicole Kidman in the science fiction horror film "The Invasion" in 2007, the fourth film adaptation of the novel "The Body Snatchers" by Jack Finney. The film was met with a negative reception from critics, with Roger Ebert believing it to be the worst adaptation of Finney's novel. He portrayed Lord Asriel in "The Golden Compass", the 2007 film adaptation of Philip Pullman's novel. Eva Green, who played Bond girl Vesper Lynd in "Casino Royale", also starred in the film,

pos: Eva Green Eva Green Eva Gaëlle Green (; ; born 6 July 1980) is a French actress and model. The daughter of actress Marlène Jobert, she started her career in theatre before making her film debut in Bernardo Bertolucci's "The Dreamers" (2003). She achieved international recognition for her portrayal of Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem in Ridley Scott's historical epic "Kingdom of Heaven" (2005). The following year, she played Bond girl Vesper Lynd in the James Bond film "Casino Royale" (2006) and was awarded the BAFTA Rising Star Award. Green has since starred in numerous independent films, including "Cracks" (2009), "Womb" (2010), and

pos: Casino Royale (2006 film) the series, allowing them to show a less experienced and more vulnerable Bond. "Casino Royale" takes place at the beginning of Bond's career as Agent 007, as he is earning his licence to kill. The plot sees Bond on an assignment to bankrupt terrorist financier Le Chiffre in a high-stakes poker game; Bond falls in love with Vesper Lynd, a treasury employee assigned to provide the money he needs for the game. The film begins a story arc that continues in "Quantum of Solace" (2008). Casting involved a widespread search for a new actor to succeed Pierce Brosnan as James

pos: Casino Royale (Climax!) was given to the leading lady, who is named Valérie Mathis, instead of Vesper Lynd. Reports that toward the end of the broadcast "the coast-to-coast audience saw Peter Lorre, the actor playing Le Chiffre, get up off the floor after his 'death' and begin to walk to his dressing room", do not appear to be accurate. Four years after the production of "Casino Royale", CBS invited Fleming to write 32 episodes over a two-year period for a television show based on the James Bond character. Fleming agreed and began to write outlines for this series. When nothing ever came of

pos: Omega Seamaster "Casino Royale", "Quantum of Solace", "Skyfall" and "Spectre", also wears the Omega Seamaster: the Seamaster Planet Ocean and Seamaster Diver 300 M in "Casino Royale", and even goes so far as to mention Omega by name in the film when questioned by Vesper Lynd. In connection with the launch of the film, Omega released a 007-special of the Professional 300M, featuring the 007-gun logo on the second hand and the rifle pattern on the watch face, this being a stylized representation of the gunbarrel sequence of Bond movies. Omega released a second James Bond limited edition watch in 2006. This

neg: Bond girl the title character in "Octopussy" (1983). If the "unofficial" James Bond films, "Casino Royale" and "Never Say Never Again", are included, several actresses have also been a Bond girl more than once: Ursula Andress in "Dr. No" (1962) and "Casino Royale"; Angela Scoular in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969) and "Casino Royale"; Valerie Leon in "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977) and "Never Say Never Again". Mary Goodnight was a supporting character in several Bond novels before graduating to full Bond girl in "The Man with the Golden Gun". Several short stories, such as "Quantum of Solace", "The Hildebrand

neg: Casino Royale (2006 film) from Bond. As he asks for the caller's identity, Bond shoots him in the leg, then introduces himself: "The name's Bond... James Bond." "Casino Royale" includes a cameo by British entrepreneur Richard Branson (seen being frisked at Miami International Airport). The cameo was cut out of the in-flight versions shown on British Airways' in-flight entertainment systems, and the Virgin Atlantic aircraft Branson supplied had its tail fin (bearing the company logo) obscured. "Casino Royale" had been produced as a 1954 television episode and a 1967 satirical film. Eon Productions gained the rights to "Casino Royale" in 1999 after Sony Pictures

neg: Casino Royale (1967 film) Casino Royale (1967 film) Casino Royale is a 1967 spy comedy film originally produced by Columbia Pictures featuring an ensemble cast. It is loosely based on Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel. The film stars David Niven as the "original" Bond, Sir James Bond 007. Forced out of retirement to investigate the deaths and disappearances of international spies, he soon battles the mysterious Dr. Noah and SMERSH. The film's tagline: "Casino Royale is too much... for one James Bond!" refers to Bond's ruse to mislead SMERSH in which six other agents are pretending to be "James Bond", namely, baccarat master

neg: Casino Royale (2006 soundtrack) Casino Royale (2006 soundtrack) Casino Royale: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. The soundtrack to the 2006 film Casino Royale was released by Sony Classical on November 14, 2006. The music was composed by David Arnold and is Arnold's fourth soundtrack for the popular James Bond movie series. Frequent collaborator Nicholas Dodd orchestrated and conducted the score. Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli announced on July 26, 2006 that Chris Cornell, the former Audioslave and Soundgarden lead singer, composed and would sing "You Know My Name", the "Casino Royale" title song. Cornell collaborated with David Arnold who composed the film's score.

neg: Bond girl portrayed by Ursula Andress). "Entertainment Weekly" put "Bond bathing suits" on its end-of-the-decade, "best-of" list, saying, "And you thought spies were supposed to be inconspicuous! Halle Berry's orange bikini in Die Another Day (2002) and Daniel Craig's supersnug powder blue trunks in "Casino Royale" (2006) suggest that neither 007 star can keep a secret." Monica Bellucci in Spectre became the oldest Bond girl at the age of 50, although she stated that she does not consider herself to be a "Bond girl", but a "Bond woman". Roald Dahl said that when writing "You Only Live Twice", he was advised to

neg: Casino Royale (Climax!) the ending (including credits) found afterward. Both copies are black and white kinescopes, but the original live broadcast was in color. The rights to the program were acquired by MGM at the same time as the rights for the 1967 film version of "Casino Royale", clearing the legal pathway and enabling it to make the 2006 film of the same name. Act I "Combined Intelligence" agent James Bond comes under fire from an assassin: he manages to dodge the bullets, and enters Casino Royale. There he meets his British contact, Clarence Leiter, who remembers "Card Sense Jimmy Bond" from when

neg: Casino Royale (2006 film) was given out to the first 500,000 PAL PlayStation 3 owners who signed up to the PlayStation Network. The DVD release includes the official music video for the film, and three documentaries detailing how Daniel Craig was chosen for the role of Bond, the filming, and an expanded version of the "Bond Girls Are Forever" documentary incorporating new interviews with "Casino Royale" cast members. A three-disc edition of "Casino Royale" on DVD was released in the United Kingdom on 31 October 2008, coinciding with the cinema release of the sequel, "Quantum of Solace" (the following week in the United States).

neg: Casino Royale (Climax!) very few elements in common with the Eon series, Nelson's portrayal of "Bond suggests a realistically human vulnerability that wouldn't resurface until Eon finally remade "Casino Royale" more than half a century later." Casino Royale (Climax!) "Casino Royale" is a live 1954 television adaptation of the novel of the same name by Ian Fleming. An episode of the American dramatic anthology series "Climax!", the show is the first screen adaptation of a James Bond novel and stars Barry Nelson, Peter Lorre, and Linda Christian. Though this marks the first onscreen appearance of the secret agent, Nelson's Bond is played as

neg: Vesper (cocktail) in the film "Casino Royale" – and by later books Bond is ordering regular vodka martinis, though he also drinks regular gin martinis. Felix Leiter ordered a Vesper for Bond in the novel "Diamonds Are Forever", albeit with Cresta Blanca in place of Kina Lillet, which Bond politely remarks is the "Best Vermouth I ever tasted." It may be that Fleming decided not to have Bond order a Vesper again due to the way in which "Casino Royale" ends. In actuality, the book version of the "Vesper" was created by Fleming's friend Ivar Bryce. In Bryce's copy of "Casino Royale"

neg: SMERSH (James Bond) KGB, says it has been inoperative for 20 years. SMERSH is also an element in the 1967 spoofed film adaptation of "Casino Royale" that centres upon Le Chiffre's attempted recovery of SMERSH monies via baccarat at the Royale casino. In the 2006 film adaptation of "Casino Royale", SMERSH's role in the plot is filled by a terrorist organisation called Quantum. Notable villains in the Bond novels who were SMERSH agents or associates, included: A number of other fictional spy organisations appear to be loosely based on SMERSH, some of them parodies, e.g., THRUSH in "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.", Schlecht in

neg: Bond girl a DVD exclusive documentary featuring d'Abo and other Bond girls, including Ursula Andress. In some locations, the documentary was released as a gift with the purchase of "Die Another Day" on DVD. The featurette was included on the DVD release of "Casino Royale" (2006). Robert A. Caplen's 2001 work, "Shaken and Stirred: The Feminism of James Bond, 1962–1979", discussed the cultural impact of the Bond girl within the context of the feminist and Women's Liberation movements. In 2003, scholarly critiques of Pussy Galore and Miss Moneypenny, authored by Professors Elizabeth Ladenson and Tara Brabazon, respectively, were published in "The James

neg: Motifs in the James Bond film series a final attack on Bond and his lover in the final scene. In the first twenty two films of the Eon Bond series, only "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" and "Casino Royale", have ended with the central Bond girl deceased. In all other films, except "Quantum of Solace" and "Skyfall", Bond is kissing her, making love, or implying that he will do so. Sometimes an embarrassed M catches Bond during his embraces. Most endings feature a double entendre and, in many of the films, the Bond girl purrs, "Oh, James." Until "A View to a Kill", the title of the

neg: James Bond in film the Eon series, there have been three additional productions with the character of James Bond: an American television adaptation, "Casino Royale" (1954), produced by CBS; a spoof, "Casino Royale" (1967), produced by Charles K. Feldman; and a remake of "Thunderball" entitled "Never Say Never Again" (1983), produced by Jack Schwartzman, who had obtained the rights to the film from McClory. In 1954 the American CBS television network paid Ian Fleming $1,000 ($ in dollars) for the rights to turn his first novel, "Casino Royale", into a one-hour television adventure as part of the dramatic anthology series "Climax Mystery Theater", which

neg: Bond girl (but not always) the case in the films. Most of the novels focus on one particular romance, as some of them do not begin until well into the novel ("Casino Royale" is a good example). However, several exceptions have been made: In "Goldfinger", the Masterton sisters are considered Bond girls (although Tilly is supposedly a lesbian), and after their deaths, Pussy Galore (also supposedly a lesbian) becomes the primary Bond girl. In "Thunderball", Bond romances first Patricia Fearing, then later Domino Vitali. In "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", Bond enters into a relationship and an eventual marriage with Teresa 'Tracy'

neg: Casino Royale (2006 soundtrack) e.g. the tracks "I'm the Money" and "Aston Montenegro", feature two different instrumental renditions of its chorus. The "You Know My Name" CD single was released on December 11, 2006. Some cues for the movie that did not make the final selection of tracks for the soundtrack album are available as bonus track downloads in iTunes from the iTunes Store. The traditional James Bond Theme builds throughout the film before appearing in its full form over the end credits as track 25, "The Name's Bond . . . James Bond", on the "official album". Casino Royale (2006 soundtrack) Casino Royale:

neg: Vesper Lynd preparing to enter heaven, he worries about how to introduce Tilly Masterton, who he believes has died along with him, to Vesper. In the 1967 version of "Casino Royale", Lynd was portrayed by Ursula Andress, who had portrayed another Bond girl, Honey Ryder, in the 1962 film version of "Dr. No". In this version, which bore little resemblance to the novel, Vesper is depicted as a former secret agent who has since become a multi-millionaire with a penchant for wearing ridiculously extravagant outfits at her office ("because if I wore it in the street people might stare"). Bond (played by

neg: Casino Royale (1967 film) Ratoff for $6,000 ($ in dollars). In 1956 Ratoff set up a production company with Michael Garrison to produce a film adaptation, but wound up not finding financial backers before his death in December 1960. After Ratoff's death, the producer Charles K. Feldman represented Ratoff's widow and obtained the "Casino Royale" rights. Albert R. Broccoli, who had a long time interest in adapting James Bond, offered to purchase the "Casino Royale" rights from Feldman, but he declined. Feldman and his friend, the director Howard Hawks, had an interest in adapting "Casino Royale", considering Leigh Brackett as a writer and Cary

neg: Casino Royale (2006 film) Casino Royale (2006 film) Casino Royale is a 2006 spy film, the twenty-first in the Eon Productions "James Bond" film series, and the third screen adaptation of Ian Fleming's 1953 novel of the same name. Directed by Martin Campbell and written by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and Paul Haggis, it is the first film to star Daniel Craig as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond, and was produced by Eon Productions for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Columbia Pictures, making it the first Eon-produced "Bond" film to be co-produced by the latter studio. Following "Die Another Day", Eon Productions decided to reboot

neg: White bikini of Ursula Andress from "". It has also been emulated by Halle Berry, who wore an orange bikini with a toolbelt in the 2002 James Bond film "Die Another Day". When Daniel Craig took over the role of James Bond in the 2006 film "Casino Royale", he appeared in a similar scene, emerging from the ocean wearing only a pale blue pair of swim trunks. This thirteen-second shot, focused on Bond's body rather than that of a Bond Girl, was widely interpreted as a callback to Andress in "Dr. No" and featured heavily in the film's promotion, although Craig claims the resemblance did

neg: Casino Royale (1967 film) for the co-distribution of this film as well as the entire Eon Bond series, including the 2006 adaptation of "Casino Royale". However, MGM Home Entertainment changed its distributor to 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment in May 2006. Fox has since been responsible for the debut of the 1967 "Casino Royale" on Blu-ray disc in 2011. Danjaq LLC, Eon's holding company, is shown as one of its present copyright owners. Alongside six other MGM-owned films, the studio posted "Casino Royale" on YouTube. Explanatory notes Citations Bibliography Casino Royale (1967 film) Casino Royale is a 1967 spy comedy film originally produced by

neg: Linda Christian Linda Christian Linda Christian (November 13, 1923 – July 22, 2011) was a Mexican film actress, who appeared in Mexican and Hollywood films. Her career reached its peak in the 1940s and 1950s. She played Mara in the last Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan film, "Tarzan and the Mermaids" (1948). She is also noted for being the first Bond girl, appearing in a 1954 television adaptation of the James Bond novel "Casino Royale". In 1963 she starred in an episode of "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour", "An Out for Oscar". Christian was born as Blanca Rosa Welter in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico, a daughter

neg: Linda Christian and rejected the offer. The roles went to Donna Reed and Montgomery Clift. Linda Christian died on July 22, 2011, at the age of 87. Linda Christian Linda Christian (November 13, 1923 – July 22, 2011) was a Mexican film actress, who appeared in Mexican and Hollywood films. Her career reached its peak in the 1940s and 1950s. She played Mara in the last Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan film, "Tarzan and the Mermaids" (1948). She is also noted for being the first Bond girl, appearing in a 1954 television adaptation of the James Bond novel "Casino Royale". In 1963 she starred

neg: Greg Williams (photographer) 2002 James Bond film "Die Another Day", "Bond On Set: Filming of Casino Royale" follows the production of 2006 James Bond film "Casino Royale", "Bond On Set: Filming of Quantum of Solace" follows the production of the 2008 James Bond film "Quantum of Solace" and "Bond On Set: Filming Skyfall" follows the production of the 2012 James Bond film "Skyfall". Williams use of a Red One digital camera to shoot Megan Fox for the cover of "Esquire" was the first use of a video camera still for portrait photography on a major magazine. His short film "Tell Tale" was the

neg: Casino Royale (Climax!) Casino Royale (Climax!) "Casino Royale" is a live 1954 television adaptation of the novel of the same name by Ian Fleming. An episode of the American dramatic anthology series "Climax!", the show is the first screen adaptation of a James Bond novel and stars Barry Nelson, Peter Lorre, and Linda Christian. Though this marks the first onscreen appearance of the secret agent, Nelson's Bond is played as an American spy with "Combined Intelligence Agency" and is referred to as "Jimmy" by several characters. Most of the largely forgotten show was located in the 1980s by film historian Jim Schoenberger, with

neg: Royale-les-Eaux Royale-les-Eaux Royale-les-Eaux is a fictional town in Northern France. It features in the James Bond novels of Ian Fleming and others, particularly "Casino Royale" and "On Her Majesty's Secret Service". Royale-les-Eaux is a seaside resort, described in "Casino Royale" as being "just north of Dieppe" and lying "near the mouth of the Somme before the flat coastline soars up from the beaches of southern Picardy to the Brittany cliffs which run on to Le Havre". This would seem to place the town in the "département" of Somme, which takes its name from the river, but a telegram addressed to Bond

neg: Casino Royale (2006 film) close to Fleming's because he is "humourless," but is also different because "Fleming's Bond did not enjoy killing; Craig's Bond seems almost to relish it." Andrew Sarris of "The New York Observer" wrote that this particular Bond film is "the very first that I would seriously consider placing on my own yearly 10-best list. Furthermore, I consider Daniel Craig to be the most effective and appealing of the six actors who have played 007, and that includes even Sean Connery." Roger Moore wrote, "Daniel Craig impressed me so greatly in his debut outing, "Casino Royale", by introducing a more gritty,

neg: Casino Royale (1967 film) as 2011, the film was still making money for the estate of Peter Sellers, who negotiated an extraordinary 3% of the gross profits (an estimated £120 million), with the proceeds currently going to Cassie Unger, the daughter and sole heir of Sellers' beneficiary, fourth wife Lynne Frederick. When domestic box-office receipts are adjusted for inflation, "Casino Royale" is twentieth-largest grossing of all the Bond films. No advance press screenings of "Casino Royale" were held, leading reviews to only appear after the premiere. The chaotic nature of the production features heavily in contemporary and later reviews. Roger Ebert said "This is

neg: Felix Leiter The first screen interpretation of the Leiter character was in the 1954 CBS one-hour television adventure "Casino Royale", broadcast as part of the dramatic anthology series "Climax Mystery Theater", which ran between October 1954 and June 1958. For the American audience the Bond character from "Casino Royale" was re-cast as an American agent—"Card Sense" Jimmy Bond, played by Barry Nelson—described as working for "Combined Intelligence", supported by the British agent, Clarence Leiter; "thus was the Anglo-American relationship depicted in the book reversed for American consumption", according to Jeremy Black. Leiter, who was an agent for Station S, was a combination

neg: James Bond in film the villains into the house. I don't know why but I thought that Vesper [Lynd] had to be in the sinking house and Bond has to want to kill her and then try and save her". In February 2005 Martin Campbell was announced as the film's director and the next Bond film was revealed to be "Casino Royale", although the identity of the new Bond was still unknown; the producers had chosen not to renew Pierce Brosnan's contract, and in October Eon announced that the part of Bond would be taken by Daniel Craig. Principal photography for "Casino Royale" commenced

neg: Skyfall: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack time the label had released a Bond soundtrack, with the first being the "Casino Royale" soundtrack album. Unlike most other Bond soundtracks, the soundtrack album to "Skyfall" does not contain the title song performed by Adele. This marks only the second time that this has happened, the first being the "Casino Royale" soundtrack album. Despite this, at the producer's insistence Newman added an interpolation of "Skyfall" in the track "Komodo Dragon", used in a scene where Bond enters a casino in Macau. The CD booklet mentions that the score contains interpolations of the "James Bond Theme", written by Monty Norman.

neg: Eon Productions co-distributed with Columbia Pictures (which appeared along with Danjaq and United Artists in their copyright disclaimers). The video rights for all of Eon's films are owned by MGM Home Entertainment, and are controlled by MGM's distributor 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment initially assumed the video rights to "Casino Royale", but the 2012 home video editions of this film were issued by MGM and 20th Century Fox. The "Bond" films produced by Eon Productions are: Other production companies were responsible for the "Bond" productions "Casino Royale" (1954), "Casino Royale" (1967) and "Never Say Never Again" (1983); the

neg: Casino Royale (1967 film) was punched by the actor when he complained about Sellers' behavior on the set. Some biographies of Sellers suggest that he took the role of Bond to heart, and was annoyed at the decision to make "Casino Royale" a comedy, as he wanted to play Bond straight. This is illustrated in somewhat fictionalised form in the film "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers", based on the biography by Roger Lewis, who has claimed that Sellers kept re-writing and improvising scenes to make them play seriously. This story is in agreement with the observation that the only parts of the

neg: Casino Royale (2006 film) Year. "Casino Royale" was also nominated for, and has won, many other international awards for its screenplay, film editing, visual effects, and production design. At the 2007 Saturn Awards, the film was declared to be the Best Action/Adventure/Thriller film of 2006. Several members of the crew were also recipients of 2007 Taurus World Stunt Awards, including Gary Powell for Best Stunt Coordination and Ben Cooke, Kai Martin, Marvin Stewart-Campbell and Adam Kirley for Best High Work. Casino Royale (2006 film) Casino Royale is a 2006 spy film, the twenty-first in the Eon Productions "James Bond" film series, and the third

neg: Casino Royale (1967 film) nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design. Columbia Pictures released "Casino Royale" on VHS in 1989, and on Laserdisc in 1994. In 1997, following the Columbia/MGM/Kevin McClory lawsuit on ownership of the Bond film series, the rights to the film were transferred to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (whose sister company United Artists co-owns the Bond film franchise) as a condition of the settlement. MGM then issued the first DVD release of "Casino Royale" in 2002, followed by a 40th anniversary special edition in 2007. Years later, as a result of the Sony/Comcast acquisition of MGM, Columbia would once again become responsible

neg: James Bond Theme concluding bars. An electronic rhythm was added to the gunbarrel of "The World Is Not Enough". The typical Bond guitar line can be heard during some action scenes. The "Die Another Day" gunbarrel recalls the version of "From Russia with Love" but with a more techno-influenced rhythm. It also contains the guitar riff of the "James Bond Theme". Craig's first James Bond film, "Casino Royale", does not feature the "James Bond Theme" in its entirety until the very end of the movie during a climactic scene. In "Casino Royale", the main notes of the song "You Know My Name" are

neg: Royale-les-Eaux Egyptians, the Mahomet Ali Syndicate. This is the context in which "Casino Royale" opens. Royale-les-Eaux Royale-les-Eaux is a fictional town in Northern France. It features in the James Bond novels of Ian Fleming and others, particularly "Casino Royale" and "On Her Majesty's Secret Service". Royale-les-Eaux is a seaside resort, described in "Casino Royale" as being "just north of Dieppe" and lying "near the mouth of the Somme before the flat coastline soars up from the beaches of southern Picardy to the Brittany cliffs which run on to Le Havre". This would seem to place the town in the "département" of

neg: James Bond (literary character) left to marry an American. Bond was married only once, in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", to Teresa "Tracy" di Vicenzo, but their marriage ends tragically when she is killed on their wedding day by Ernst Stavro Blofeld. In the penultimate novel of the series, "You Only Live Twice", Bond suffers from amnesia and has a relationship with an Ama diving girl, Kissy Suzuki. As a result of the relationship, Kissy becomes pregnant, although she does not reveal this to Bond before he leaves the island. From "Casino Royale" to "From Russia, with Love" Bond's preferred weapon is a .25

neg: Climax! series finished at #22 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1955-1956 season and #26 for 1956-1957. In 1954, an episode of "Climax!" featured Ian Fleming's secret agent James Bond in a television adaptation of "Casino Royale". It starred Barry Nelson as American secret agent "Jimmy Bond" and Peter Lorre as the villain Le Chiffre. This was the first screen adaptation of a James Bond novel, made before Eon Productions acquired the Bond film rights. Eon would later obtain the rights to "Casino Royale" in the late 1990s. This adaptation is available on DVD as a bonus feature on the MGM

neg: Casino Royale (1967 film) Grant as James Bond. They eventually gave up once they saw the 1962 film "Dr. No", the first Bond adaptation made by Broccoli and his partner Harry Saltzman through their company Eon Productions. By 1964, with Feldman having invested nearly $550,000 of his own money into pre-production of "Casino Royale", he decided to try a deal with Eon Productions and its distributor United Artists. The attempt at a co-production eventually fell through as Feldman frequently argued with Broccoli and Saltzman, specially regarding the profit divisions and when the "Casino Royale" adaptation would start production. Feldman approached Sean Connery to play

neg: Nobody Does It Better "Casino Royale", commercials used the song's title, "Nobody Does It Better", as a catch phrase. Included in the March 2007 DVD release of "Casino Royale" was the documentary featurette "Bond Girls Are Forever"; a version of "Nobody Does it Better" performed by Faith Rivera is heard over the closing credits. Teaser posters for the 1983 Bond film, "Octopussy", featured the tagline: "Nobody does it better... thirteen times" (this was the 13th official James Bond film). The song was featured over a montage of James Bond film clips featuring the character Q; this was included on the VHS release (as well

neg: Casino Royale (2006 film) So impressed was Moore that he chose to buy the DVD. Raymond Benson, the author of nine "Bond" novels, called "Casino Royale" "a perfect "Bond" film." The James Bond Dossier proclaimed it the best since "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", highlighting its importance in the series.. However, the film met with mixed reactions from other critics. Rob Gonsalves of eFilmCritic.com gave the film a positive review, but commented, "When you strip the 007 films down for action and 'realism,' you lose the soul of those old beloved "Bond" movies – they might as well be Jason Bourne movies." John Beifuss

neg: James Bond (literary character) have played Bond in these films. The central figure in Ian Fleming's work is the fictional character of James Bond, an intelligence officer in the "Secret Service". Bond is also known by his code number, 007, and was a Royal Naval Reserve Commander. During World War II, Ian Fleming had mentioned to friends that he wanted to write a spy novel. It was not until 1952, however, shortly before his wedding to his pregnant girlfriend, Ann Charteris, that Fleming began to write "Casino Royale", to distract himself from his forthcoming nuptials. Fleming started writing his first book, "Casino Royale", at

neg: SMERSH (James Bond) operatives abroad in subversion of the West, with the additional goal of killing Western spies, particularly James Bond of SIS. SMERSH's headquarters are variously stated to be in Leningrad or in Moscow, Soviet Union. In the Bond film series, SMERSH is usually replaced with SPECTRE – a global terrorist organisation. The novel "Casino Royale" breaks SMERSH down into five departments or отделы (оtdyels): Within the world of James Bond, SMERSH is a Soviet counterintelligence agency that is a recurring threat to him and the British Secret Service. In "Casino Royale", the first Bond novel, SMERSH is described as the most

neg: Terry Southern get "Casino Royale" made as an Eon Productions James Bond film, but Broccoli and Saltzman turned him down. Believing he could not compete with the Eon series, Feldman then decided to shoot the film as a parody, not only of James Bond but of the entire spy fiction genre. The casino segment featuring Peter Sellers and Orson Welles is the only portion based upon the novel. Southern and Gail Gerber moved to London in early 1966, when Southern was hired to work on the screenplay of "Casino Royale". The episodic "quasi-psychedelic burlesque" proved to be a chaotic production, stitched together

neg: David Niven of justice. This was his only recurring role on television. "The Rogues" ran for only one season, but won a Golden Globe award. In 1965, he made two films for MGM: "Lady L", supporting Paul Newman and Sophia Loren, and "Where the Spies Are", as a doctor turned secret agent - MGM hoped it would lead to a series but this did not happen. After a horror film "Eye of the Devil" (1966) Niven appeared as James Bond 007 in "Casino Royale" (1967). Niven had been Bond creator Ian Fleming's first choice to play Bond in "Dr. No". "Casino Royale"

neg: James Bond filmography earlier portrayed him. The "Daily Mirror" ran a front-page news story critical of Craig, with the headline, "The Name's Bland – James Bland". Craig first played Bond in the 2006 film "Casino Royale", an adaptation of Fleming's novel of the same name and a reboot of the Eon series, which saw Bond earn his 00 status. Despite the negative press on his appointment, Craig was widely praised by critics and former Bonds after the release of "Casino Royale", believing him to have been the first actor to truly nail Fleming's character in the book: Todd McCarthy, reviewing the film for

neg: Casino Royale (novel) Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, Orson Welles and Woody Allen. The 1967 version is described by the British Film Institute as "an incoherent all-star comedy". "Casino Royale" was the first James Bond novel to be adapted as a daily comic strip; it was published in "The Daily Express" and syndicated worldwide. The strip ran from 7 July 1958 to 13 December 1958, and was written by Anthony Hern and illustrated by John McLusky. To aid "The Daily Express" in illustrating Bond, Fleming commissioned an artist to create a sketch of what he believed James Bond to look like. McLusky felt that

neg: Casino Royale (2006 film) Bond; the choice of Craig, announced in October 2005, drew controversy. Location filming took place in the Czech Republic, The Bahamas, Italy and the United Kingdom with interior sets built at Barrandov Studios and Pinewood Studios. "Casino Royale" premiered at the Odeon Leicester Square on 14 November 2006. It received an overwhelmingly positive critical response, with reviewers highlighting Craig's reinvention of the character and the film's departure from the tropes of previous Bond films. It earned almost $ worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing "James Bond" film until the release of "Skyfall" in 2012. MI6 agent James Bond gains his licence to

neg: Casino Royale (novel) for It", but this marketing ploy failed to raise the interest. The Popular Library version also changed Bond's name, calling him "Jimmy Bond". Hugh I'Anson Fausset, writing in "The Manchester Guardian", thought that "Casino Royale" was "a first-rate thriller ... with a breathtaking plot". Although he considered the book to be "schoolboy stuff", he felt the novel was "galvanised into life by the hard brilliance of the telling". Alan Ross, writing in "The Times Literary Supplement" wrote that "Casino Royale" was "an extremely engaging affair", and that "the especial charm ... is the high poetry with which he invests the

neg: Miss Moneypenny be a Bond girl, having never had anything more than a professional relationship with Bond. Although not given a first name by Fleming, the character was given the name Jane in the spin-off book series, "The Moneypenny Diaries"; in the films, she received the first name of Eve in "Skyfall" (2012), where the character spent time as a field agent before becoming secretary to M. According to the film "You Only Live Twice" (1967), she holds the rank of second officer in the Women's Royal Naval Service. In Ian Fleming's first draft of "Casino Royale" (1953), Moneypenny's name was originally

neg: Casino Royale (Climax!) this, however, Fleming grouped and adapted three of the outlines into short stories and released the 1960 anthology "For Your Eyes Only" along with an additional two new short stories. This was the first screen adaptation of a James Bond novel and was made before the formation of Eon Productions. When MGM eventually obtained the rights to the 1967 film version of "Casino Royale", it also received the rights to this television episode. The "Casino Royale" episode was lost for decades after its 1954 broadcast until a black and white kinescope of the live broadcast was located by film historian

neg: Felix Leiter former U.S. Marine who was working with the Joint Intelligence Staff of NATO. Fleming named the character after two of his American friends: "Felix" was Ivar Bryce's middle name, whilst Tommy Leiter was a mutual friend. Academic Kerstin Jütting describes Leiter as "a cool and quiet no-nonsense character who knows 007's strengths and weaknesses well". Physically, Fleming describes Leiter in "Casino Royale": "a mop of straw-coloured hair lent his face a boyish look which closer examination contradicted". Leiter is Bond's saviour in "Casino Royale", providing him with 32 million francs when Bond has been cleaned out by SMERSH paymaster Le

neg: Shaken, not stirred Connery) until "Goldfinger" (1964). It is used in numerous Bond films thereafter with the notable exceptions of "You Only Live Twice" (1967), in which the drink is wrongly offered as "stirred, not shaken", to Bond's response "that's right", and "Casino Royale" (2006) in which Bond, after losing millions of dollars in a game of poker, is asked if he wants his martini shaken or stirred and snaps, "Do I look like I give a damn?" The earliest form of the "shaken, not stirred" motif appears in the first Bond novel, "Casino Royale" (1953). After meeting his CIA contact Felix Leiter

neg: Austin Powers is a self confessed fan (his favorite films being the Bond spoof "Casino Royale" and "The Party"). Influences from Sellers' films are apparent throughout the series; the character of Austin Powers reflects the inspiration of Sellers' portrayal of the character Robert Danvers in the 1970 film "There's a Girl in My Soup". Powers' dandyish appearance can also be shown to have been inspired by that of the fictional Jason King – the adventurous character from the ITV Spy fi series "Department S" who was featured in the eponymous spin off series. Other obviously apparent influences are the BBC's "Adam Adamant

neg: James Bond had planned to become an author and had told a friend, "I am going to write the spy story to end all spy stories." On 17 February 1952, he began writing his first James Bond novel, "Casino Royale", at his Goldeneye estate in Jamaica, where he wrote all his Bond novels during the months of January and February each year. He started the story shortly before his wedding to his pregnant girlfriend, Ann Charteris, in order to distract himself from his forthcoming nuptials. After completing the manuscript for "Casino Royale", Fleming showed the manuscript to his friend (and later editor)

neg: Casino Royale (1967 film) satire. The budget escalated as various directors and writers got involved in the production, and actors expressed dissatisfaction with the project. "Casino Royale" was released on 13 April 1967, two months prior to Eon's fifth Bond movie, "You Only Live Twice". The film was a financial success, grossing over $41.7 million worldwide, and Burt Bacharach's musical score was praised, earning him an Academy Award nomination for the song "The Look of Love". Critical reception to "Casino Royale", however, was generally negative; some critics regarded it as a baffling, disorganised affair. Since 1999, the film's rights have been held by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,

neg: Casino Royale (1967 film) is also kidnapped while pursuing her. Le Chiffre, desperate for the winning cheque, hallucinogenically tortures Tremble. Lynd rescues Tremble, only to subsequently kill him. Meanwhile, SMERSH agents raid Le Chiffre's base and kill him. In London, Mata is kidnapped by SMERSH in a giant flying saucer, and Sir James and Moneypenny travel to Casino Royale to rescue her. They discover that the casino is located atop a giant underground headquarters run by the evil Dr. Noah, secretly Sir James' nephew Jimmy Bond, a former MI6 agent who defected to SMERSH to spite his famous uncle. Jimmy reveals that he plans

neg: Quantum of Solace November. Returning product placement partners from "Casino Royale" included Ford, Heineken, Smirnoff, Omega SA, Virgin Atlantic and Sony Ericsson. A reported £50 million was earned in product placement, which tops the Bond films' record of £44 million for "Die Another Day". The 2009 Ford Ka is driven by Camille in the film. Avon created a fragrance called Bond Girl 007 with Gemma Arterton as the "face" of the product. Coca-Cola became a promotional partner, rebranding Coke Zero as "Coke Zero Zero 7." A tie-in advert featured the orchestral element of "Another Way to Die." In the film, Coca-Cola was briefly

neg: James Bond Theme in a tuxedo (accompanied by a few bars of the bridge), after he has survived the poisoned martini, when he wins the final match at Casino Royale, when Bond is following Vesper and one last time when Bond speaks with M on the phone. Then at the end of "Quantum of Solace", the theme appears with Craig's new official gun-barrel sequence, unusually shown at the end of the film. The theme here is very similar to the classic style in "Casino Royale". It appears sparingly throughout the score itself, never in an immediately recognizable variation. David Arnold said in an

neg: You Know My Name You Know My Name "You Know My Name", performed by Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell, is the theme song to the 2006 James Bond film, "Casino Royale." Cornell wrote it jointly with David Arnold, the soundtrack's composer. The film producers chose Cornell because they wanted a strong male singer. Cornell and Arnold tried to make the song a replacement theme for the character instead of the "James Bond theme" reflecting the agent's inexperience in "Casino Royale", as well as an introduction to Daniel Craig's grittier and more emotional portrayal of Bond. The single sold 148,000 copies in 2006 in the UK,

neg: Casino Royale (2006 film) an African embassy, shooting him dead and blowing up the building. In London, MI6 chief M admonishes Bond for having violated international law, and advises him to rethink his future as an agent. Clues from Mollaka point to corrupt Greek official Alex Dimitrios. Bond finds Dimitrios in the Bahamas and, after seducing his wife, Solange, pursues him to Miami. Bond kills Dimitrios and follows his henchman to the airport. He thwarts the destruction of Skyfleet's airliner, costing Le Chiffre his investment. To recoup the money, Le Chiffre sets up a high-stakes Texas hold 'em tournament at the Casino Royale in

neg: Casino Royale (2006 film) Bond" series until "Skyfall" surpassed it in November 2012. Upon its release in the United Kingdom "Casino Royale" broke series records on both opening day—£1.7 million—and opening weekend—£13,370,969. At the end of its box office run, the film had grossed £55.4 million, making it the most successful film of the year in the UK, and as of 2011, the tenth highest-grossing film of all time in the country. On its US opening day "Casino Royale" was on top with $14,741,135, and throughout the weekend grossed a total of $40,833,156, placing it second in the ranking behind "Happy Feet" ($41.5 million).

neg: Casino Royale (novel) refers to the episode of the attempted assassination of Bond by Bulgarian assassins which results in their own deaths. "Casino Royale" was first released on 13 April 1953 in the UK as a hardback edition by publishers Jonathan Cape, with a cover devised by Fleming. Cape printed 4,728 copies of "Casino Royale", which sold out in less than a month; a second print run the same month also sold out, as did a third run of more than 8,000 books published in May 1954. The sales figures were strong enough for Cape to offer Fleming a three-book deal. In April

neg: 007: Quantum of Solace Camille about the death of his former love, recounting the events of "Casino Royale". The player follows through the plot of "Casino Royale", from Bond chasing Mollaka through Madagascar, Bond infiltrating the Science Center to kill Dimitrios, saving Skyfleet from Carlos, killing Bliss en route to Montenegro, meeting Vesper, saving Le Chiffre from Steven Obanno and his men, saving Vesper from Le Chiffre, and finally confronting Vesper and Gettler in Venice where Vesper dies, at which point it flashes back to the present. Bond and Camille soon arrive at a hotel in the middle of the Bolivian desert. There, Greene

neg: James Bond in film not have accepted the project had he not seen "Casino Royale" prior to making his decision: he felt Bond had been humanised in that film, arguing that because travelling the world had become less exotic since the series' advent, it made sense to focus more on Bond as a character. Forster found "Casino Royale"s 144-minute running time too long, and wanted his follow-up to be "tight and fast ... like a bullet". Neal Purvis and Robert Wade returned as screenwriters and completed a draft of the script by April 2007; Paul Haggis also worked on the script, completing it two

neg: Casino Royale (2006 film) thought that Vesper had to be in the sinking house and Bond has to want to kill her and then try and save her." Brocolli and Wilson were mindful that "Die Another Day had become too fantastical",feeling the next film should be more realistic. Director Quentin Tarantino expressed interest in directing an adaptation of "Casino Royale", but Eon were not interested. He claims to have worked behind the scenes with the Fleming family, and believed this was the reason why filmmakers finally went ahead with "Casino Royale". Tarantino also said he would have set it in the 1960s and would

neg: Casino Royale (2006 film) receive a BAFTA nomination for a performance as James Bond. He also received the Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor. "Casino Royale" won the Excellence in Production Design Award from the Art Directors Guild, and singer Chris Cornell's "You Know My Name" won the International Press Academy Satellite Award for Best Original Song. The film was nominated for five Saturn Awards— Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film, Best Actor (Daniel Craig), Best Supporting Actress (Eva Green), Best Writing (Purvis, Wade and Haggis) and Best Music (David Arnold). The 2006 Golden Tomato Awards named "Casino Royale" the Wide Release Film of the

neg: SMERSH (James Bond) and by the time of "Casino Royale" was believed "to consist of only a few hundred operatives of very high quality", only one of whom had ever been captured by British agents. By the time of "From Russia, with Love", however, Fleming describes SMERSH as having 40,000 agents and being based in Moscow rather than in Leningrad. SMERSH makes its first impact on Bond in "Casino Royale": A SMERSH agent sent to kill the Communist agent Le Chiffre carves a Sha (ш), the initial Cyrillic letter of "Špion" (Russian for "spy") into the back of Bond's left hand. (Despite skin

neg: Casino Royale (Climax!) episode aired on October 21, 1954 as a live production and starred Barry Nelson as secret agent James Bond, with Peter Lorre in the role of Le Chiffre and was hosted by William Lundigan. The Bond character from "Casino Royale" was re-cast as an American agent, described as working for "Combined Intelligence", supported by the British agent, Clarence Leiter; "thus was the Anglo-American relationship depicted in the book reversed for American consumption". Clarence Leiter was an agent for Station S, while being a combination of Felix Leiter and René Mathis. The name "Mathis", and his association with the Deuxième Bureau,

neg: Tsai Chin (actress) Tsai Chin (actress) Tsai Chin () (born 30 November 1933) is a Chinese-born British actress, singer, director, teacher and author best known in America for her role as Auntie Lindo in the film "The Joy Luck Club". Her career spans more than six decades and three continents. She starred onstage in London's West End in "The World of Suzie Wong", and on Broadway in "Golden Child". Tsai Chin appeared in two James Bond films: as a Bond girl in "You Only Live Twice"; and "Casino Royale". Her single, "The Ding Dong Song," recorded for Decca, hit the top of the

neg: Cinema Retro York and Hugh Hefner. It also features "lost" interviews with Steve McQueen and Lee Marvin, a day with Roger Moore, and an interview with composer Lalo Schifrin. Cover stories include the 1966 film "Batman", "Our Man Flint", "100 Rifles" "Witchfinder General", the 1967 version of the James Bond film "Casino Royale", "Deadlier Than the Male", "Dirty Harry", "Get Carter", "The Vampire Lovers", "Bullitt", "The Getaway", "Girl on a Motorcycle", "Prime Cut" and "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.". In 2005, "Cinema Retro", "celebrating films of the 1960s & 1980s" MI6, BondStars.com organised the screening of the Bond film "Thunderball", for the film's

neg: Live and Let Die (novel) are protected from the explosion by the reef and Bond watches as Mr Big, who survived the explosion, is killed by the sharks and barracuda. Quarrel then rescues the couple. Between January and March 1952 the journalist Ian Fleming wrote "Casino Royale", his first novel, at his Goldeneye estate in Jamaica. Fleming conducted research for "Live and Let Die", and completed the novel before "Casino Royale" was published in January 1953, four months before his second book was published. Fleming and his wife Ann flew to New York before taking the Silver Meteor train to St. Petersburg in Florida and

neg: M (James Bond) relying on statistics and analysis rather than impulse and initiative. Following Pierce Brosnan’s departure from the role, Dench continued playing M for the 2006 film "Casino Royale", which rebooted the series with Daniel Craig playing Bond at the beginning of his career. In this new continuity, M has worked for MI6 for some time, at one point muttering, "Christ, I miss the Cold War". According to "Skyfall", M was previously in charge of MI6's operations in Hong Kong during the 1990s. Her ability to run MI6 has been questioned several times; in "Casino Royale", she is the subject of a

neg: Ian Fleming Publications Ian Fleming Publications Ian Fleming Publications is the production company formerly known as both Glidrose Productions Limited and Glidrose Publications Limited, named after its founders John Gliddon and Norman Rose. In 1952, author Ian Fleming bought it after completing his first James Bond novel, "Casino Royale"; he assigned most of his rights in "Casino Royale", and the works which followed it to Glidrose. In 1956 Ian Fleming hired literary agent Peter Janson-Smith to handle the foreign translation rights in the James Bond novels. He was the literary consultant and chairman of Ian Fleming Publications until 2001. Today, the Fleming family-owed

neg: Martin Campbell Martin Campbell Martin Campbell (born 24 October 1943) is a New Zealand TV and film director, best known for directing Bond movies "GoldenEye" (1995) and "Casino Royale" (2006). He also directed "The Mask of Zorro" (1998), "The Legend of Zorro" (2005), "Green Lantern" (2011), and "The Foreigner" (2017). Born in Hastings, New Zealand, Campbell moved to London, where he began his career as a cameraman in the late 1970s. He went on to direct two James Bond films, 1995's "GoldenEye", starring Pierce Brosnan, and 2006's "Casino Royale", starring Daniel Craig, and was the oldest director in the series' history, at

neg: James Bond in film as producer with Eon on "Thunderball" and had licensed his rights for the production of "Never Say Never Again" in 1983. In 2004, following severe financial troubles, MGM was itself acquired by a consortium backed by Sony for $5 billion. "Casino Royale" reboots the series, establishing a new timeline and narrative framework not meant to precede or succeed any previous "Bond" film. Barbara Broccoli stated that "For years, my father wanted to make "Casino Royale"—it's the Holy Grail ... We wanted to make a tougher film, the way it should have been made years ago". Fellow producer Michael G. Wilson

neg: Casino Royale (1967 film) by secret agents and a battle ensues. American and French support arrive, but just add to the chaos. Eventually, Jimmy counts down his atomic explosion. When it reaches the last hiccup, Jimmy/Dr Noah's atomic pill explodes, destroying Casino Royale with everyone inside. Sir James and all of his agents then appear in heaven, and Jimmy Bond is shown descending to Hell. Major stars, such as George Raft and Jean-Paul Belmondo, were given top billing in the film's promotion and screen trailers despite the fact that they only appeared for a few minutes in the final scene. Supporting cast: "Casino Royale"

neg: Casino Royale (2006 soundtrack) morning on October 11, 2006. The soundtrack was released on November 14, 2006. Various names were reported in the media prior to the announcement, some reports going so far as to have the performers apparently claim they were working on the theme. This list includes Tina Turner who previously sang "GoldenEye" for the 1995 Bond film of the same name, and Tony Christie. The "Casino Royale" title song "You Know My Name" by Chris Cornell is not featured on the soundtrack album, but released separately as a single. However, motifs from the song serve as Bond's theme throughout the film,

neg: Casino Royale (1967 film) possibly the most indulgent film ever made", "Time" described "Casino Royale" as "an incoherent and vulgar vaudeville", and "Variety" declared the film to be "a conglomeration of frenzied situations, ‘in’ gags and special effects, lacking discipline and cohesion." Bosley Crowther of "The New York Times" had some positive statements about the film, considering "Casino Royale" had "more of the talent agent than the secret agent" and praising the "fast start" and the scenes up to the baccarat game between Bond and Le Chiffre. Afterward, Crowther felt, the script became tiresome, repetitive and filled with clichés due to "wild and haphazard

neg: Casino Royale (novel) miss this". The critic for "Time" magazine examined Raymond Chandler's "The Long Goodbye" alongside "Casino Royale"; he praised "Casino Royale", saying that "Fleming keeps his incidents and characters spinning through their paces like juggling balls." The "Time" reviewer went on to say that "As for Bond, he might be [Philip] Marlowe's younger brother except that he never takes coffee for a bracer, just one large Martini laced with vodka." Writing for "The New York Times", Anthony Boucher wrote that the book belongs "pretty much to the private-eye school" of fiction. He praised the first part, saying that Fleming "manages to

neg: James Bond (literary character) Benson, who wrote six novels, three novelizations and three short stories. There have also been other authors who wrote one book each, Kingsley Amis (writing as Robert Markham), Sebastian Faulks, Jeffery Deaver, William Boyd, and Anthony Horowitz. Additionally, a series of novels based on Bond's youth – "Young Bond" – was written by Charlie Higson. As spin-offs from the literary works, there was a television adaptation of the first novel, "Casino Royale", in which Bond was played as an American agent. A comic strip series also ran in the "Daily Express" newspaper. There have been 26 Bond films; seven actors

neg: Casino Royale (1967 film) Royale" led to comparisons with a troubled production from 1963, and it was referred to as "a runaway mini-"Cleopatra"". Columbia at first announced the film was due to be released in time for Christmas 1966. The problems postponed the launch until April 1967. "Casino Royale" had its world premiere in London's Odeon Leicester Square on 13 April 1967, breaking many opening records in the theatre's history. Its American premiere was held in New York on 28 April, at the Capitol and Cinema I theatres. It opened two months prior to the fifth Bond film by Eon Productions, "You Only Live

neg: Embassy Records Embassy label using the pseudonyms Bobby Stevens, the Typhoons, the Jaybirds, and the Starlings. Mike Redway, who had been a singer with the Oscar Rabin Band, recorded for Embassy under the pseudonym Redd Wayne, in addition to appearing on many of the Typhoons, Jaybirds and Starlings recordings for the label between 1962 and 1965. Redway later sang the vocal version of the "Casino Royale Theme" over the closing credits of the 1967 "Casino Royale" film. Ken Barrie, who later became the voice of Postman Pat, recorded for Embassy under the name of Les Carle. The girl singers who made the

neg: Casino Royale (1967 film) distributors of the official Bond movies by Eon Productions. Sir James Bond 007, a legendary British spy who retired from the secret service 20 years previously, is visited by the head of British MI6, M, CIA representative Ransome, KGB representative Smernov, and Deuxième Bureau representative Le Grand. All implore Bond to come out of retirement to deal with SMERSH who have been eliminating agents: Bond spurns all their pleas. When Bond continues to stand firm, his mansion is destroyed by a mortar attack at the orders of M, who is, however, killed in the explosion. Bond travels to Scotland to

neg: Casino Royale (2006 film) omitting some of Le Chiffre's sadism and James Bond's reactions in the torture scene, the film received the desired BBFC 12A rating. In the United States, two fight scenes were censored to achieve a PG-13 rating: the fight between Bond and the traitorous MI6 agent's contact Fisher, and the fight between Bond and Obanno in the stairway at the Casino Royale. The German edit of the film cuts a sequence where the bomb-planter at the airport breaks a man's neck, instead replacing it with an alternative take. The mainland Chinese cut of the film also trims the torture scene and