Betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. Pursuing his determination to uncover the truth, Bond (Daniel Craig) and M (Judi Dench) interrogate Mr White (Jesper Christensen) who reveals the organization which blackmailed Vesper is far more complex and dangerous than anyone had imagined.
Forensic intelligence links an Mi6 traitor to a bank account in Haiti where a case of mistaken identity introduces Bond to the beautiful but feisty Camille (Olga Kurylenko), a woman who has her own vendetta. Camille leads Bond straight to Dominic Greene (Mathieu Almaric), a ruthless business man and major force within the mysterious organization.
On a mission that leads him to Austria, Italy and South America, Bond discovers that Greene, conspiring to take total control of one of the world’s most important natural resources, is forging a deal with the exiled General Medrano (Joaquin Cosio). Using his associates in the organization, and manipulating his powerful contacts within the CIA and the British government, Greene promises to overthrow the existing regime in a Latin American country, giving the General control of the country in exchange for a seemingly barren piece of land. In a minefield of treachery, murder and deceit, Bond allies with old friends in a battle to uncover the truth. As he gets closer to finding the man responsible for the betrayal of Vesper, 007 must keep one step ahead of the CIA, the terrorists and even M, to unravel Greene’s sinister plan and stop his organization.
Quantum of Solace (2008) is the twenty-second spy film in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, directed by Marc Forster and written by Paul Haggis, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade. It stars Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Gemma Arterton, Jeffrey Wright, and Judi Dench. In the film, Bond seeks revenge for the death of his lover, Vesper Lynd, and is assisted by Camille Montes, who is plotting revenge for the murder of her own family. The trail eventually leads them to wealthy businessman Dominic Greene, a member of the Quantum organisation, who intends to stage a coup d’état in Bolivia to seize control of their water supply.
Upon its opening in the UK, the film grossed £4.9 million ($8 million), breaking the record for the largest Friday opening (31 October 2008) in the UK. The film then broke the UK opening-weekend record, taking £15.5 million ($25 million) in its first weekend, surpassing the previous record of £14.9 million held by Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. It earned a further £14 million in France and Sweden—where it opened on the same day. The weekend gross of the equivalent of $10.6 million in France was a record for the series, surpassing what Casino Royale made in five days by 16%. The $2.7 million gross in Sweden was the fourth-highest opening for a film there.
The following week, the film was playing in sixty countries. It grossed the equivalent of $39.3 million in the UK, $16.5 million in France and $7.7 million in Germany on 7 November 2008.[130] The film broke records in Switzerland, Finland, United Arab Emirates, Nigeria, Romania and Slovenia. Its Chinese and Indian openings were the second-largest ever for foreign-language films.
The film grossed $27 million on its opening day in 3,451 cinemas in Canada and the United States, where it was the number one film for the weekend, with $67.5 million and $19,568 average per cinema. It was the highest-grossing opening weekend Bond film in the US, and tied with The Incredibles for the biggest November opening outside of the Harry Potter series. The film earned a B- from CinemaScore’s audience surveys. From the British opening on 31 October, through to the US opening weekend on 14 November, the film had grossed a total $319,128,882 worldwide. As of 10 February 2010, it had grossed the equivalent of $417,722,300 in countries other than Canada and the US, where it grossed $168,368,427, to give a total of $586,090,727.
The film was nominated for Best Original Score, Best Original Song, Visual Effects, Film and Sound Editing at the 2008 Satellite Awards, winning Best Song. It was nominated for Best Action Movie at the 2009 Critics’ Choice Awards, and at the Empire Awards, which is voted for by the public, it was shortlisted for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Newcomer, Best Thriller and Best Soundtrack. It was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film, while Kurylenko and Dench were both nominated for the Best Supporting Actress award. An editorial by The Times also listed the film’s pre-titles sequence as the tenth-greatest car chase in film history.
About the Production
The Quantum of Solace production filmed in more overseas locations than any other movie in the 46 year running James Bond franchise. The crew started filming at Pinewood Studios in the UK before travelling to Panama City and Colon in Panama, the Atacama Desert in Chile, Sienna, Carrara, Lake Garda and Fonteblanda in Italy and Bregenz in Austria, with an additional unit filming an aerial sequence in San Felipe, Mexico.
British actor Daniel Craig reprises his role as James Bond after receiving commercial and critical acclaim for his debut performance as the world’s favourite secret agent in Casino Royale. Starring alongside Craig is Olga Kurylenko as Camille. Mathieu Amalric plays the sinister Dominic Greene with `Elvis’ at his side, played by Anatole Taubman, and Gemma Arterton is MI6 Agent Fields. Camille’s nemesis, the power hungry General Medrano is played by Joaquín Cosio. Mexican actor Jesús Ochoa is Lt. Orso, Medrano’s right hand man and Fernando Guillén Cuervo is the corrupt Bolivian Colonel of Police.
Judi Dench makes a welcome return as M, the head of the British Secret Service, and Jeffrey Wright once again takes the role of Felix Leiter, Bond’s ally within the American CIA. Jesper Christensen is back as the mysterious Mr White and Giancarlo Giannini plays Mathis, the Italian MI6 contact whose loyalty is questioned by Bond in Casino Royale.
Quantum of Solace is a presentation of Albert R. Broccoli’s EON Productions, produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, directed by Marc Forster from a screenplay written by Paul Haggis and Neal Purvis & Robert Wade. James Bond is based on the character created by Ian Fleming, from Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures and Columbia Pictures through Sony Pictures Releasing.
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Quantum of Solace (2008)
Directed by: Marc Forster
Starring: Daniel Craig, Gemma Arterton, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Giancarlo Giannini, Anatole Taubmann, Jeffrey Wright, David Harbour, Judi Dench, Jesper Christensen
Screenplay by: Robert Wade, Neal Purvis
Production Design by: Dennis Gassner
Cinematography by: Roberto Schaefer
Film Editing by: Matt Cheese, Richard Pearson
Costume Design by: Louise Frogley
Art Direction by: James Foster, Mark Harris, Paul Inglis
Music by: David Arnold
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, and some sexual content.
Distributed by: Columbia Pictures
Release Date: November 14, 2008
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