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Film Dossier: Casino Royale

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Production:

  • Released:Ā 2006
  • Director:Ā Martin Campbell
  • Screenplay:Ā Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and Paul Haggis
  • Music:Ā David Arnold

Theme Song:

  • ā€œYou Know My Nameā€ performed byĀ Chris Cornell

Villain:

  • LeChiffreĀ (Mads Mikkelsen)

Evil Plot:

To earn back over $100 million lost on the stock market, by winning a high-stakes poker tournament in Montenegro.

Locations:

  • Prague
  • Bahamas
  • Miami
  • Montenegro
  • Venice

Bond Girls:

  • SolangeĀ (Caterina Murino)
  • Vesper LyndĀ (Eva Green)

Supporting Cast:

  • M (Judi Dench)
  • Felix Leiter (Jeffrey Wright)
  • Rene Mathis (Giancarlo Giannini)
  • Alex Dimitrios (Simon Abkarian)
  • Steven Obanno (Isaach de Bankole)
  • Valenka (Ivan Milicevic)
  • Mr. White (Jesper Christensen)

Notable Moments:

  • Bond accomplishes his first kill in a men’s restroom.
  • After chasing a ā€œbomb makerā€ into an embassy, Bond nearly destroys the entire building, escaping with the bomb maker’s cell phone.
  • Bond defeats Dimitrios in a game of poker and wins his Aston Martin DB5 in the process.
  • After getting information from Dimitrios’s mistress, Solance, Bond thwarts a terrorist attempt at Miami International Airport.
  • On the train to Montenegro, Bond meets Vesper Lynd, who correctly guesses that he is an orphan.
  • After Bond and Vesper stumble upon Obanno’s threats to LeChiffre, Bond kills Obanno following a tense fight in the hotel stairwell.
  • Bond is poisoned by LeChiffre’s mistress, Valenka, and narrowly escapes death: Vesper arrives in time to administer shock treatment to his heart.
  • Bond defeats LeChiffre on the final hand, with a straight flush.
  • In an attempt to recover his lost money, LeChiffre kidnaps Bond and tortures him, only to by killed By Mr. White. .
  • In Venice, Bond learns that Vesper had stolen the winnings. He follows her, and her handlers, into a condemned building. After a shootout, Vesper commits suicide by drowning.

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