The James Bond Films 21-30
21. Casino Royale
MGM/Columbia Pictures (2006 - 144 min.) ****
Plot: On his first mission as a "00" agent, James Bond confronts underworld banker Le Ciffre in a high stakes poker
game, with the objective of stopping Le Chiffre from financing terrorist activities around the world.
- Daniel Craig as "James Bond"
- Eva Green as "Vesper Lynd"
- Mads Mikkelsen as "Le Chiffre"
- Judi Dench as "M"
- Caterina Murino as "Solange"
- Simon Abkarian as "Dimitrios"
- Jeffrey Wright as "Felix Leiter"
- Giancarlo Giannini as "Mathis"
- Sebastian Foucan as "Mollaka"
- Ivana Milicevic as "Valenka"
- Jesper Christensen as "Mr. White"
- Screenplay: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Paul Haggis
- Director: Martin Campbell
- Producers: Michael Wilson & Barbara Broccoli
- Musical Score: David Arnold
- Title Song: "You
Know My Name" performed by Chris Cornell
22. Quantum of Solace
MGM/Columbia Pictures (2008 - 105 min.) ****
Plot: The organization that blackmailed Vesper is planning to overthrow the regime of a Latin American country and take control
of one of the world's most precious natural resources; but James Bond races to stop the plot and gain revenge for Vesper's death.
- Daniel Craig as "James Bond"
- Judi Dench as "M"
- Mathieu Amalric as "Dominic Greene"
- Olga Kurylenko as "Camille Mentos"
- Jeffrey Wright as "Felix Leiter"
- Giancarlo Giannini as "Rene Mathis"
- Gemma Arterton as "Agent Fields"
- Jesper Christensen as "Mr. White"
- Joaquin Cosio as "General Medrano"
- Neil Jackson as "Mr. Slate"
- Anatole Taubman as "Elvis"
- Fernando Guillen Cuervo as "Bolivian Chief of Police"
- Jesus Ochoa as "Lieutenant Orso"
- Stana Katic as "Corrine"
- Rory Kinnear as "Bill Tanner"
- Screenplay: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Paul Haggis
- Director: Marc Forster
- Producers: Michael Wilson & Barbara Broccoli
- Musical Score: David Arnold
- Title Song: "Another Way to Die" performed by Jack White & Alicia Keys
23. SkyFall
MGM/Sony Pictures (2012 - ___ min.)
Plot: Bond's loyalty to M is put to the test when her past comes to haunt her, and MI6 is under attack.
- Daniel Craig as "James Bond"
- Judi Dench as "M"
- Javier Bardem as "Villian"
- Berenice Marlohe as "Severin"
- Naomie Harris as "Agent Eve"
- Rory Kinnear as "Bill Tanner"
- Ralph Fiennes as ?
- Ben Wishaw as ?
- Albert Finney as ?
- Helen McCrory as ?
- Ola Rapoce as ?
- Screenplay: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, John Logan
- Director: Sam Mendes
- Producers: Michael Wilson & Barbara Broccoli
- Musical Score: Thomas Newman
- Title Song: ? performed by ?
For More Information
For more information on the James Bond films, look for the books:
The James Bond Films: A Behind the Scenes History
by Steven Jay Rubin
Arlington House: New York, 1983
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang!: The Unofficial James Bond Film Companion
by Alan Barnes and Marcus Hearn
The Overlook Press: Woodstock, NY, 1998
James Bond: The Secret World of 007
by Alastair Dougall, Illustrations by Roger Stewart
Dorling Kindersley Publishing: New York, NY, 2000 & 2006
The first book is now outdated, covering only the films through Octopussy;
but it's still a good reference on the early James Bond.
The "official" James Bond films are available on home video from most
video stores. Also check out the Official James Bond web site.
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