Date of Release Royal Premiere, November 14th 2006 Leicester Square, London
Casino Royale
The rights to Fleming’s first 007 novel “Casino Royale”, sold by him separately very early on, now reside with Eon Productions. The book was filmed for television and later as a big-screen spoof
Running Time 2 hours 24 minutes
Daniel Craig as Ian Fleming’s James Bond
‘So you want me to be half-monk, half-hitman’…
Plot
Monsieur Le Chiffre, “the cipher”, is a Money Launderer for terrorists, running a poker game at a Madagascan casino to raise needed operational funds-namely, to recover the terrorists money that he lost in a failed attempt to establish a chain of brothels.
Bond’s Women
- Vesper Lynd (Eva Green)
Bond’s Enemies
- Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen)
Bond’s Allies
- ‘M’ (Judi Dench)
- ‘Q’ (John Cleese)
- Felix Leiter (Jeffrey Wright)
Bond’s Car Aston Martin DBS
Main Title Music “You Know My Name” – Chris Cornell
Music Score David Arnold
Production Design Peter Lamont
Main Titles Designer Daniel Kleinman
Screenplay
- Neal Purvis & Robert Wade
- Paul Haggis
Cinematography Phil Meheux
Film Editing Stuart Baird
Casting
- Stéphane Foenkinos
- Debbie McWilliams
Art Direction
- Peter Francis
- James Hambidge
- Steven Lawrence
- Dominic Masters
Costume Design Lindy Hemming
Director Martin Campbell
Producers Barbara Broccoli & Michael G. Wilson
Filming Locations
- Bahamas
- Barrandov Studios, Prague, Czech Republic
- England, UK
- Nassau, Bahamas
- Paradise Island, Bahamas
- Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK (studio)
- Prague, Czech Republic
- South Africa
- Venice, Veneto, Italy
- Villa Balbianello, Lake Como, Lombardia, Italy (hospital)
- Villa Gaeta, Lake Como, Lombardia, Italy
Budget $72,000,000 (estimated)
Worldwide Box Office $595 Million