Casino Royale ( Aston Martin DBS V12 ) 2006
Casino Royal
Casino Royale is the twenty-first film in the Eon Productions James Bond film series and the first to star Daniel Craig as fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Directed by Martin Campbell and written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Paul Haggis, the film marks the third screen adaptation of Ian Fleming’s 1953 novel of the same name. Casino Royale is set at the beginning of Bond’s career as Agent 007, just as he is earning his licence to kill.
Theme Tune
You Know My Name – Chris Cornell
If you take a life do you know what you’ll give?
Odds are you won’t like what it is
When the storm arrives would you be seen with me
By the merciless eyes of deceit?
I’ve seen angels fall from blinding heights
But you yourself are nothing so divine
Just next in line
Arm yourself because no-one else here will save you
The odds will betray you
And I will replace you
You can’t deny the prize it may never fulfill you
It longs to kill you
Are you willing to die?
The coldest blood runs through my veins
You know my name
If you come inside things will not be the same
When you return to the night
And if you think you’ve won you never saw me change
The game that we’ve all been playing
Cast
Daniel Craig … James Bond
Eva Green … Vesper Lynd
Mads Mikkelsen … Le Chiffre
Judi Dench … M
Jeffrey Wright … Felix Leiter
Giancarlo Giannini … Rene Mathis
Caterina Murino … Solange
Simon Abkarian … Alex Dimitrios
Trivia
Solange Dimitrios was the wife of Alex Dimitrios, a villain working for Le Chiffre. She joined Alex at a poker table, but was dismissed for being several hours late, and instead sat bored at the bar. At the end of the evening, her husband’s Aston Martin DB5 was brought round by the valet, and she went to get in. However, Bond had won the car in their poker game, and he used his charm to tempt her back to his place for a drink.
Trivia
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 $606 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing James Bond film until the release of Skyfall in 2012.
The Aston Martin DBS V12 is a high performance GT sports car from the UK manufacturer Aston Martin. Aston has used the DBS name once before on their 1967-72 grand tourer coupe.
The modern car replaces the 2004 Aston Martin Vanquish S as the flagship of the marque. It was officially unveiled at the 2007 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance on 2007-08-16 and delivery began on 2008 Q1.
The DBS was first seen in the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale, the first film in which Bond was played by Daniel Craig, as a result of a product placement deal with Aston Martin’s parent company at the time, Ford.
Casino Royale reboots the series, establishing a new timeline and narrative framework not meant to precede or succeed any previous Bond film,which allows the film to show a less experienced and more vulnerable Bond.
Quote
James Bond: Why is it that people who can\’t take advice always insist on giving it?
James Bond: Dry Martini.
Bartender: Oui, monsieur.
James Bond: Wait… three measures of Gordon’s; one of vodka; half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it over ice, and add a thin slice of lemon peel.
Bartender: Yes, sir.
Tomelli: You know, I\’ll have one of those.
Infante: So will I.
Bartender: Certainly.
Felix Leiter: My friend, bring me one as well, keep the fruit.
Le Chiffre: [annoyed] That’s it? Hm? Anyone want to play poker now?
Felix Leiter: Someone’s in a hurry.
James Bond: I’m sorry. That last hand… nearly killed me.
James Bond: I have a dinner jacket.
Vesper Lynd: There are dinner jackets and dinner jackets; this is the latter. And I need you looking like a man who belongs at that table.
James Bond: How?… It’s tailored.
Vesper Lynd: I sized you up the moment we met.
Gadgets/Weapons/Technology
- Walther PPK 7.65mm
- Walther P99
- Mobile phone tracker
- Key fob detonator
- Medipack located in the glove compartment of Bond’s Aston Martin DBS
- Tracking device implant
- Heckler & Koch UMP45 submachine guns
- Heckler & Koch UMP9 9mm submachine gun
- Le Chiffre’s knotted rope
- Obanno’s machete
- Backpack bomb
- Nail gun
Trivia
The three-piece suit worn by James Bond at the end of the film is a navy version of the gray suit worn by Sean Connery in Goldfinger (1964).
In both Casino Royale and Skyfall (2012), Bond tells his partners Carter and Eva respectively, to ‘stop touching your ear’ when working undercover and using an earpiece.
Daniel Craig is the first actor to play James Bond who is younger than the series itself.
Info
| Cinematography | Phil Méheux |
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| Edited by | Stuart Baird |
| Music by | David Arnold |
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Production
companies |
Eon Productions Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Columbia Pictures |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
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Release date
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14 November 2006 (London) 16 November 2006 (United Kingdom) 17 November 2006 (United States) |
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Running time
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144 minutes |
| Countries |
United Kingdom United States Czech Republic Germany |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $150 million |
| Box office | $616.5 million |
Trivia
In the shower scene, Vesper (Eva Green) was originally scripted to be wearing nothing but her underwear. Daniel Craig argued that Vesper would not have stopped to take her clothes off, and the scene was changed.
Trivia
For Daniel Craig’s now iconic scene where he rises out of the sea in a pair of Speedos, many of the crew were out of camera range in boats fending off the paparazzi.
OPENING SCENE
Casino Royale crew shot the opening fight sequence in black and white. The intro sequence is extremely basic. Gone are the massive action set-pieces, the mind-boggling stunts, the beautiful women, the cars, the gadgets. Instead, we watch, in flashback, the story of how Bond first earned his “00” status — his license to kill.
M doesn’t mind you earning
a little money on the side, Dryden.
She’d just prefer it
if it wasn’t selling secrets.
JAMES BOND ( Daniel Craig )
OPENING CREDITS
In designing the credit sequence for the film, graphic designer Daniel Kleinman was inspired by the cover of the 1953 British first edition of Casino Royale, which featured Ian Fleming’s original design of a playing card bordered by eight red hearts dripping with blood. Kleinman said, “The hearts not only represent cards but the tribulations of Bond’s love story. So I took that as inspiration to use playing card graphics in different ways in the titles,
If you take a life do you know what you’ll give?
Odds are you won’t like what it is
When the storm arrives would you be seen with me
By the merciless eyes of deceit?
BOND VILLAINS
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- Le Chiffre
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- Mr. White
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- Mollaka
BOND GIRLS
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- Vesper Lynd
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- Solange
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- Valenka
007 GADGETS
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- Sony Ericsson K800i
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- Portable Defibrillator
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- Microchip Implant
STUNTS
Casino Royale marked Daniel Craig’s debut as 007 and the actor took part in the Crane stunt himself. He said of the scene: “I wanted to be seen jumping from crane to crane, physically exerting myself. …
Although the jumpers were sporting safety harnesses connected to an even higher crane and a small landing platform was digitally erased from the shot, the leap was performed for real. For Daniel Craig, shooting the sequence proved to be a daunting but ultimately cathartic experience
QUIZ 1
What do the opening credits of Casino Royale not include?
A. Dancing Females
B. Playing Cards
C. The Gun Barrel Shot
D. Silhouette of Bond
Press for Answer
C. The Gun Barrel Shot
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QUIZ 2
When filming the Aston Martin crash scene . How many times did the car rotate in the stunt ?
A. 12 Times
B. 7 Times
C. 5 Times
D. 9 Times
Press for Answer
B. 7 Times
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QUIZ 1
What do the opening credits of Casino Royale not include?
A. Dancing Females
B. Playing Cards
C. The Gun Barrel Shot
D. Silhouette of Bond
’Casino Royale’ is the first Bond film not to open with the signature gun barrel motif – it is instead placed after the pre-titles sequence.
QUIZ 2
When filming the Aston Martin crash scene . How many times did the car rotate in the stunt ?
A. 12 Times
B. 7 Times
C. 5 Times
D. 9 Times
Three former development DB9’s for use as DBS look-a-like stunt cars for the scene involving the car crash. Also a white prototype DB9 manual was supplied to the film crew so that the stunt drivers had something to practice with. Owing to the low centre of gravity of the vehicle, an 18-inch (450 mm) ramp had to be implemented on the road tarmac at Millbrook Proving Grounds and Adam Kirley, the stunt driver who performed the stunt, had to use an air cannon located behind the driver’s seat to propel the car into a roll at the precise moment of impact. At a speed exceeding 70 mph (113 km/h), the car rotated seven times while being filmed, and was confirmed by the Guinness Book of Records on 5 November 2006 as a new world record.
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