Skyfall (2012 film)
Sam Mendes' 50th-anniversary Bond film and the highest-grossing of them all.
Skyfall is the 23rd Eon Bond film and Daniel Craig's third, directed by Sam Mendes and written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and John Logan. Bond investigates leaks and attacks on MI6 led by Raoul Silva (Javier Bardem), with Judi Dench returning as M. Naomie Harris and Ben Whishaw bring back Moneypenny and Q after two films without them.
Quick Facts
- Director
- Sam Mendes
- Writer
- Neal Purvis
- Robert Wade
- John Logan
- Based on
- James Bond, Ian Fleming
- Producer
- Michael G. Wilson; Barbara Broccoli
- Starring
- Daniel Craig
- Javier Bardem
- Ralph Fiennes
- Naomie Harris
- Bérénice Marlohe
- Albert Finney
- Judi Dench
- Cinematography
- Roger Deakins
- Editing
- Stuart Baird
- Music
- Thomas Newman
Lore & Background
Work stalled through 2010 while MGM went through Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and writer Peter Morgan left. Shooting ran from November 2011 to March 2012 in London, Shanghai, Istanbul and Scotland. It premiered at the Royal Albert Hall on 23 October 2012, timed to the 50th anniversary of Dr. No, won two of its five Academy Award nominations and passed $1.1 billion worldwide, the most of any Bond film.
Did You Know?
- It was the 14th film to gross a billion dollars and is the highest-grossing Bond film.
- Its US release on 9 November 2012 marked 50 years since Dr. No.
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