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Skyfall(2012) is the twenty-third spy film in the James Bond filmseries produced by Eon Productions. It features Daniel Craig in histhird performance as James Bond, and Javier Bardem as Raoul Silva,the film\'s villain. It was directed by Sam Mendes and written by NealPurvis, Robert Wade, and John Logan, and features the theme song\"Skyfall\", co-written and performed by British singerAdele. It was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and ColumbiaPictures.

Thestory centres on Bond investigating an attack on MI6; the attack ispart of a plot by former MI6 agent Raoul Silva to humiliate,discredit and kill M as revenge against her for betraying him. Thefilm sees the return of two recurring characters to the series afteran absence of two films: Q, played by Ben Whishaw, and Moneypenny,played by Naomie Harris. Skyfallis the last film of the series for Judi Dench, who played M, a rolethat she had played in the previous six films. The position issubsequently filled by Ralph Fiennes\' character, Gareth Mallory,though Dench would make a brief appearance in the next Bondfilm, Spectre.

Mendeswas approached to direct the film after the release of Quantumof Solace in 2008. Development wassuspended when MGM encountered financial troubles and did not resumeuntil December 2010; during this time, Mendes remained attached tothe project as a consultant. The original screenwriter, Peter Morgan,left the project during the suspension. When production resumed,Logan, Purvis, and Wade continued writing what became the finalversion of the script. Filming began in November 2011 and primarilytook place in the United Kingdom, with smaller portions shot in Chinaand Turkey.

Skyfallpremiered in London at the Royal Albert Hall on 23 October 2012 andwas released in the United Kingdom on 26 October 2012, fifty yearsafter release of Dr. No(1962), and ten years after release of DieAnother Day (2002), and the UnitedStates on 9 November 2012. It was the first JamesBond film to be screened in IMAXvenues, although it was not filmed with IMAX cameras. The film\'srelease coincided with the 50th anniversary of the series, whichbegan with Dr. Noin 1962. Skyfallreceived widespread acclaim by critics, with itsperformances—particularly those of Craig, Bardem and Dench—writingand script, cinematography, Mendes\' direction, Thomas Newman\'s score,and the action scenes receiving noteworthy praise. Earning over $1.1billion in box office takings worldwide, Skyfallbecame the 14th film to gross over $1 billion worldwide, and thefirst Bond film to do so. It became the highest-grossing entry in theJames Bondseries, the seventh-highest-grossing film at the time, thehighest-grossing film in the UK, the highest-grossing film worldwidefor both Sony Pictures and MGM, and the second-highest-grossing filmof 2012. The film won several accolades, with Adele\'s \"Skyfall\"becoming the first Bond theme song to win an Academy Award and GoldenGlobe Award for Best Original Song, and a Grammy Award for Best SongWritten for Visual Media.

MI6agents James Bond and Eve Moneypenny pursue mercenary Patrice, whohas stolen a hard drive containing details of undercover agents. AsBond and Patrice fight atop a train, M orders Moneypenny to shootPatrice from long range. Moneypenny misses and inadvertently hitsBond, who falls into a river. Bond is presumed dead and Patriceescapes.

In theaftermath of the operation M comes under pressure from GarethMallory, the chairman of the British parliament\'s Intelligence andSecurity Committee, to retire. MI6\'s servers are hacked and Mreceives a taunting computer message moments before the MI6headquarters explodes. Bond, who used his presumed death to retire,learns of the attack and returns to London. Although he fails aseries of physical and psychological examinations, M approves hisreturn to the field. Bond is ordered to identify Patrice\'s employer,recover the stolen hard drive, and kill Patrice. He meets Q, MI6\'snew quartermaster, who gives him a radio beacon and a Walther PPKpistol.

InShanghai, Bond follows Patrice into a skyscraper but is unable toprevent him from killing a target. The two fight, but Patrice fallsto his death before Bond can learn his employer\'s identity. Bondfinds a Casino token in Patrice\'s rifle case, which leads him to acasino in Macau. Bond is approached by Sévérine, Patrice\'saccomplice, and asks to meet her employer. She warns him that he isabout to be killed by her bodyguards, but promises to help Bond if hewill kill her employer. Bond thwarts the attack and joins Séverineon her yacht, where they have sex. They travel to an abandoned islandoff the coast of Macau where they are taken prisoner by the crew anddelivered to Séverine\'s employer, Raoul Silva. Silva, once an MI6agent, has now turned to cyberterrorism and orchestrated the attackon MI6. Silva kills Séverine, but Bond captures Silva for renditionto Britain.

At MI6\'snew underground headquarters, Q attempts to decrypt Silva\'s laptop. Qinadvertently gives the laptop access to the MI6 servers, whichallows Silva to escape. Bond deduces that Silva wanted to be capturedas part of a plan to kill M, whom he resents for disavowing him. Bondgives chase through the London Underground but loses Silva after atrain crash. Silva attacks M during a public inquiry into herhandling of the stolen hard drive but Bond arrives in time to repelthe attack. M is saved from a bullet by Mallory and ends up in a carwith Bond.

Bond andM travel to Skyfall, the Bond family estate in the ScottishHighlands. Bond instructs Q and Bill Tanner to leave an electronictrail for Silva to follow. Bond and M meet up with Skyfall\'sgamekeeper Kincade, and together the trio set up a series of boobytraps throughout the house. When Silva\'s men arrive, Bond, M, andKincade manage to kill most of them. Silva himself arrives byhelicopter with a more men and heavy weapons, so Bond sends M andKincade off through a priest hole to a chapel on the grounds. As thehouse is destroyed Bond escapes down the same tunnel and heads towardthe chapel.

Silvasurvives the destruction of the house and follows Kincade and M tothe chapel. He forces his gun into M\'s hand and presses his temple tohers, begging her to kill them both. Bond arrives and kills Silva bythrowing a knife into his back, but M succumbs to her wounds and diesin Bond\'s arms. Following M\'s funeral, Moneypenny formally introducesherself to Bond and tells him she is retiring from field work tobecome secretary for the newly appointed M. Bond is summoned to M\'soffice and finds that Mallory is his new boss.

• Daniel Craig as James Bond, agent 007.

• Judi Dench as M, the head of MI6 and Bond\'s superior.

• Javier Bardem as Raoul Silva (born Tiago Rodriguez), an ex-MI6 operative-turned-cyberterrorist.

• Ralph Fiennes as Gareth Mallory, chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee.

• Naomie Harris as Eve Moneypenny, an MI6 field agent.

• Bérénice Lim 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, the MI6 Chief of Staff.

• Ola Rapace as Patrice, a mercenary under Silva\'s command.

• Helen McCrory as Clair Dowar Skyfallwas suspended throughout 2010 because of MGM\'s financial troubles.Preproduction resumed following MGM\'s exit from bankruptcy on 21December 2010; in January 2011, the film was officially given arelease date of 9 November 2012 by MGM and the Broccoli family, withproduction scheduled to start in late 2011. Subsequently, MGM andSony Pictures announced that the UK release date would be broughtforward to 26 October 2012, two weeks ahead of the US release date,which remained scheduled for 9 November 2012. The film\'s budget isestimated to have been between US$150million and $200million,compared to the $200million spent on Quantumof Solace. Skyfallwas part of year-long celebrations of the 50th anniversary of Dr.No and the Bond film series. Accordingto producer Michael G. Wilson, a documentary crew was scheduled tofollow production of the film to celebrate the release of Quantum of Solacein 2008, producer Barbara Broccoli commented that Skyfall,untitled at the time, may continue the plot of the Quantumorganisation, introduced in CasinoRoyale and continued in Quantumof Solace. Ultimately, Skyfallwas a stand-alone film.

  InAugust 2011 the Serbian newspaper Blicstated that Bond 23would be entitled Carte Blancheand would be an adaptation of the recent continuation novel byJeffery Deaver. On 30 August Eon Productions officially denied anylink between Bond 23and Carte Blanche,stating that \"the new film is not going to be called CarteBlanche and will have nothing to dowith the Jeffery Deaver book\". On 3 October 2011 15 domain namesincluding \'jamesbond-skyfall.com\' and \'skyfallthefilm.com\' werereported to have been registered on behalf of MGM and Sony Picturesby Internet brand-protection service MarkMonitor. This led tosupposition in the media that the film had been given the name\"Skyfall\". These reports were not confirmed at the time byEon Productions, Sony or MGM. Skyfallwas later confirmed as the title at a press conference on 3 November2011, during which co-producer Barbara Broccoli said that the title\"has some emotional context which will be revealed in the film\".The title refers to the name of Bond\'s childhood home \"Skyfall\",and the setting for the film\'s finale.

  Casting

  The maincast of Skyfallwas officially announced at a press conference held at the CorinthiaHotel in London on 3 November 2011, 50 years to the day after SeanConnery was announced to play James Bond in the film Dr.No Daniel Craig returned as James Bondfor the third time, saying he felt lucky to have the chance to appearas 007. Director Sam Mendes described Bond as experiencing a\"combination of lassitude, boredom, depression [and] difficultywith what he\'s chosen to do for a living\". Judi Dench returnedas M for her seventh and final appearance in the role. Over thecourse of the film, M\'s ability to run MI6 is repeatedly called intoquestion, culminating in a public inquiry into her running of theservice.

  JavierBardem was cast as the film\'s principal villain, Raoul Silva, acyberterrorist who is seeking revenge against those he holdsresponsible for betraying him. Bardem described Silva as \"morethan a villain\", while Craig stated that Bond has a \"veryimportant relationship\" to Silva. In casting the role, directorSam Mendes admitted that he lobbied hard for Bardem to accept thepart. Mendes saw the potential for the character to be recognised asone of the most memorable characters in the series and wanted tocreate \"something [the audience] may consider to have beenabsent from the Bond movies for a long time\". He felt thatBardem was one of the few actors up to the task of becoming\"colourless\" and existing within the world of the film assomething more than a function of the plot. In preparing for therole, Bardem had the script translated into his native Spanish tobetter understand his character, which Mendes cited as being a signof the actor\'s commitment to the film. Bardem dyed his hair blond forthe role after brainstorming ideas with Mendes to come up with adistinct visual look for the character, which led some commentatorsto observe a similarity between the character and WikiLeaks founderJulian Assange. Bérénice Marlohe was cast as Séverine, a characterwho had been saved from the Macau sex trade by Silva and now works ashis representative. Marlohe described her character as being\"glamorous and enigmatic\", and that she drew inspirationfrom GoldenEyevillain Xenia Onatopp (played by Famke Janssen) in playing Séverine.

  RalphFiennes was cast as Gareth Mallory, a former lieutenant colonel inthe British Army and now the chairman of the Intelligence andSecurity Committee, which gives him the authority to regulate MI6. Atthe end of the film, Mallory becomes the head of MI6, assuming thetitle of M. During production, Fiennes stated that he could not sayanything specific about the role other than that it was a \"reallyinteresting part which is really quite fun\". To play thereturning character of Miss Moneypenny, Naomie Harris was cast.Harris\' role was initially presented as that of Eve, an MI6 fieldagent who works closely with Bond. Despite ongoing speculation in themedia that Harris had been cast as Miss Moneypenny, this was notconfirmed by anyone involved in production of the film, with Harrisherself even going so far as to dismiss claims that Eve was in factMoneypenny, stating that \"Eve is not remotely office-bound\".According to Harris, Eve \"believes she is Bond\'s equal, but sheis really his junior\". Another character returning to the serieswas Q, played by Ben Whishaw. Mendes had initially declined toconfirm which part Whishaw would play, and later said the idea of there-introduction was his, saying \"I offered ideas aboutMoneypenny, Q and a flamboyant villain and they said yes\". Toplay the part of Kincade, Mendes cast Albert Finney. The producersbriefly considered approaching Sean Connery to play the role in a nodto the 50th anniversary of the film series, but elected not to asthey felt Connery\'s presence would be seen as stunt casting anddisengage audiences from the film.

  
  

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