Casino Royale

Ulkar Alakbarova

5 years ago

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Le Chiffre, a banker to the world’s terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond—on his maiden mission as a 00 Agent—to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. With the help of Vesper Lynd and Felix Leiter, Bond enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career.
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Credits: TheMovieDb.

Film Cast:

James Bond: Daniel Craig
Vesper Lynd: Eva Green
Le Chiffre: Mads Mikkelsen
M: Judi Dench
Felix Leiter: Jeffrey Wright
René Mathis: Giancarlo Giannini
Solange Dimitrios: Caterina Murino
Alex Dimitrios: Simon Abkarian
Steven Obanno: Isaach De Bankolé
Mr. White: Jesper Christensen
Valenka: Ivana Miličević
Villiers: Tobias Menzies
Carlos: Claudio Santamaria
Mollaka: Sébastien Foucan
Dryden: Malcolm Sinclair
Adolph Gettler: Richard Sammel
Mendel: Ludger Pistor
Carter: Joseph Millson
Fisher: Darwin Shaw
Kratt: Clemens Schick
Leo: Emmanuel Avena
Stockbroker: Tom Chadbon
Infante: Ade
Tomelli: Urbano Barberini
Madame Wu: Tsai Chin
Kaminofsky: Lazar Ristovski
Gräfin von Wallenstein: Veruschka von Lehndorff
Gallardo: Charlie Levi Leroy
Fukutu: Tom So
Dealer: Andreas Daniel
Tournament Director: Carlos Leal
Ocean Club Receptionist: Christina Cole
Schultz: Jürgen Tarrach
Card Players: John Gold
Card Players: Diane Hartford
Tall Man: Leo Stransky
Hot Room Doctors: Paul Bhattacharjee
Hot Room Doctors: Crispin Bonham-Carter
Hot Room Technicians: Rebecca Gethings
Airport Policemen: Peter Brooke
Pilot: Robert G. Slade
French News Reporter: Félicité Du Jeu
Shop Assistant: Michaela Ochotská
Chief of Police: Michael G. Wilson
Nambutu Embassy Official: Valentine Nonyela
Treasury Bureaucrat: Phil Meheux
Tennis Girls: Alessandra Ambrosio
Waitress: Vlastina Svátková
Venice Hotel Concierge: Ivan G’Vera
Man at Airport Security (uncredited): Richard Branson
Airport Worker (uncredited): Martin Campbell
Woman in Casino (uncredited): Tara Cardinal
MI6 Agent (uncredited): Ben Cooke
Dossier Girl (uncredited): Simona Roman
Airport Driver, Miami (uncredited): Greg Bennett
British Ambassador: Alexander Hathaway

Film Crew:

Art Direction: Michael Lamont
Screenplay: Paul Haggis
Editor: Stuart Baird
Novel: Ian Fleming
Production Design: Peter Lamont
Music: David Arnold
Makeup Supervisor: Paul Engelen
Sound Designer: Martin Cantwell
Art Direction: Peter Francis
Costume Design: Lindy Hemming
Art Direction: Steven Lawrence
Sound Effects Editor: James Boyle
Casting: Debbie McWilliams
Producer: Barbara Broccoli
Director: Martin Campbell
Director of Photography: Phil Meheux
Co-Producer: Charlie Woebcken
Script Supervisor: Jean Bourne
Assistant Sound Editor: David Mackie
Foley Artist: Peter Burgis
ADR Recordist: Kevin Tayler
Foley Mixer: Nigel Heath
Set Decoration: Simon Wakefield
Supervising Sound Editor: Eddy Joseph
First Assistant Director: Bruce Moriarty
Sound Effects Editor: James Harrison
Second Unit Director: Alexander Witt
Screenplay: Robert Wade
Screenplay: Neal Purvis
Makeup & Hair: Linda DeVetta
ADR Voice Casting: Brendan Donnison
Extras Casting: Alessandro Bressanello
Casting: Stéphane Foenkinos
ADR Mixer: Peter Gleaves
Assistant Editor: Gregg Wilson
Producer: Michael G. Wilson
Visual Effects Producer: Stephen Elson
Special Effects: Gino De Rossi
Sound Mixer: Chris Munro
Sound Editor: Stuart Morton
Casting: Béatrice Kruger
Digital Intermediate: Jan Hogevold
Stand In: David Decio
Main Title Designer: Daniel Kleinman
Production Manager: Jasmin Torbati
Set Dresser: Stefan Mily
Cableman: Tomáš Červenka
Location Manager: Jo Beckett
VFX Director of Photography: Peter Field
Standby Art Director: Neal Callow
Theme Song Performance: Chris Cornell
Casting Associate: Reg Poerscout-Edgerton
First Assistant Camera: Robert Palmer
Visual Effects Editor: Billy A. Campbell
Art Direction: James Hambidge
Executive Producer: Wayne Anthony
Casting: Camilla-Valentine Isola
Props: Mike Peel
Costume Supervisor: Dan Grace
Costume Supervisor: Hana Kučerová
Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
Visual Effects: Martin Body
Supervising Art Director: Simon Lamont
Casting: Annette Borgmann
Art Direction: Dominic Masters
Makeup Artist: Laura McIntosh
Art Department Coordinator: Gabriela Dolenska
Prop Maker: Thomas Jones
Art Department Coordinator: Sarah Robinson
Construction Coordinator: Martina Ter-Akopowá
Prop Maker: Carl Wilson
Property Master: Ty Teiger
Construction Coordinator: Catherine Haugh
Casting: Heather Carey
Music Editor: Dominic Gibbs
Sound Mixer: Michal Holubec
Sound Mix Technician: Philip Jenkins
Art Department Assistant: Jordana Finkel
Digital Effects Producer: Diane Kingston
ADR Recordist: Sandy Buchanan
Visual Effects Supervisor: Angela Barson
Still Photographer: Jay Maidment
Assistant Art Director: Peter Dorme
Digital Effects Producer: Marianne Speight
Gaffer: Eddie Knight
Dialogue Coach: Sandra Frieze
Camera Operator: Clive Jackson
Transportation Coordinator: Jiří Husák
Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Chris Burdon
Sound Mix Technician: Doug Cooper
Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Mark Taylor
Still Photographer: Susie Allnutt
Assistant Art Director: Guy Bradley
Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Mike Prestwood Smith
Greensman: Ian Whiteford
Stunt Coordinator: Gary Powell
Steadicam Operator: Jaromír Šedina
Color Timer: Harry Muller
Underwater Camera: Mike Valentine
Visual Effects Producer: Paul Edwards
Foley Artist: Paul Hanks
Aerial Director of Photography: John Marzano
Stunt Coordinator: Pavel Cajzl
Visual Effects Supervisor: Val Wardlaw
ADR Editor: Colin Ritchie
Foley Artist: Ian Waggott
Sound Effects Editor: Oliver Tarney
Dialogue Editor: Simon Chase
Production Manager: Sabrina Allaria
Production Manager: Janine Modder
Production Manager: Chris Brock
Assistant Art Director: Molly Sole
Sound Effects Editor: Jack Whittaker
Special Effects Coordinator: Pavel Sagner
Visual Effects Supervisor: Mark Michaels
Visual Effects Editor: Aled Robinson
Visual Effects Producer: Julia Wigginton
Camera Operator: Roberto W. Contreras D.
Camera Operator: Roger Pearce
Camera Operator: Karl Morgan
Still Photographer: Larry D. Horricks
Additional Photography: Warwick Sloss
Rigging Gaffer: Ronnie Phillips
Set Costumer: Nicholas Roche-Gordon
Set Costumer: Patricie Šoptenková
Digital Intermediate Producer: Maria Stroka
First Assistant Editor: Kate Baird
Transportation Coordinator: Rajesh Rajilal
Picture Car Coordinator: Jiri Fleischer
Location Manager: Simona Serafini
Location Manager: Robin Higgs
Location Manager: Steve Harvey
Publicist: Flax Glor
Unit Publicist: Linda Gamble
Location Manager: Eddie Folcarelli
Location Manager: Nicola Catullo
Assistant Director: Consuelo Bidorini
Assistant Director: Lorenzo Marangoni
Assistant Director: Lisa Romano
Dolby Consultant: Chris Sturmer
Makeup & Hair: Lesa Warrener
Makeup & Hair: Laura Schiavo
Draughtsman: Toby Britton
Wardrobe Master: Brendan Handscombe
Costumer: Maria Hubackova
Makeup & Hair: Kevin Alexander
Foley Supervisor: Alex Joseph
Sound Recordist: Mark Verner
Makeup & Hair: Nuria Mbomio
Gaffer: Václav Čermák
Supervising Music Editor: Dina Eaton
Gaffer: Vince Madden
Dressing Prop: Roy Chapman
Assistant Editor: Mark Burton
Online Editor: Connan McStay
Storyboard Artist: Martin Asbury
Senior Animator: Marco Carpagnano
Second Assistant Director: Jakub Dvorak
Makeup & Hair: Melissa Lackersteen
Dialogue Coach: Roisin Carty
Props: Peter Lee
Assistant Costume Designer: Maria Tortu
Animatronics Designer: Chris ‘Flimsy’ Howes
Assistant Editor: Jo Dixon
Supervising Armorer: Richard Hooper
Construction Manager: Steve Bohan
Armorer: Charles Bodycomb
Music Editor: Robin Whittaker
Armorer: Sascha Robey
Foley Mixer: Phillip Barrett
Supervising Armorer: Dave Evans
Supervising Carpenter: Paul Duff
Armorer: Greg Corke
Armorer: Joss Skottowe
Clapper Loader: Giovanni Andreotta
Foley Editor: Iain Eyre
Sound Mixer: Ian Munro
Assistant Costume Designer: Gabriella Loria
Thanks: Matthew Binns
Boom Operator: Jan Skala
Second Assistant Camera: Charlie Herranz
Pilot: Marc Wolff
Second Assistant Camera: Sam Barnes
Second Assistant Camera: Barny Crocker
Digital Compositor: Warwick Campbell
Seamstress: Larisa Šrámková
First Assistant Director: Mirek Lux
Production Coordinator: Judy Britten
Digital Compositor: Jaume Arteman
Key Grip: David Appleby
Executive In Charge Of Production: Adam Moos
First Assistant Camera: František Novák
Focus Puller: Jan Carda
Casting: Vanessa Baker
Electrician: Lee Eldred
Boom Operator: Simon Firsht
Electrician: Eamonn Fitzgerald
Lighting Technician: Joe Knight
First Assistant Camera: Basil Smith
Assistant Camera: Paul Krumper
Pilot: David Paris
Publicist: Katherine McCormack
Assistant Camera: Tiziano Casanova
Second Unit First Assistant Director: Terry Madden
Painter: Jamie Shelley
3D Animator: Chas Cash
Digital Compositor: Tristan Porter
Title Designer: Pauline Hume
Assistant Set Decoration: Marketa Korinkova
Electrician: Martin Tichy
Compositing Supervisor: Keith Devlin
Second Assistant Director: Toby Hefferman
Production Coordinator: Kateřina Silná
Art Department Assistant: Catherine Whiting
Key Grip: Kevin Fraser
Digital Compositor: Murray Barber
Pilot: Luc Poullain
Second Assistant Director: Ben Dixon
Key Grip: David Maund
Assistant Camera: Sacha Jones
Ager/Dyer: Steven Porch
Boom Operator: Paul Munro
Production Coordinator: Lulu Morgan
Digital Compositor: Marc Jouveneau
Makeup & Hair: Chloe Meddings
Chief Lighting Technician: Shawn White
Grip: Phil Murray
Digital Compositor: Judy Barr
Grip: Pavel Proisl
Grip: Jim Crowther
VFX Artist: Thomas Müller
Grip: Ian Buckley
Epk Camera Operator: Oscar Deeks
Electrician: Martin Smith
Assistant Property Master: Martin Kingsley
Painter: Eddie Wolstencroft
Electrician: Paolo Sartori
Production Coordinator: Paige Chaytor
Production Coordinator: Siobhan Lyons
First Assistant Camera: Glyn Williams
Gaffer: Elvis Pasqual
Armorer: Massimo Cardajoli
Set Dresser: Martin Kotek
Carpenter: Pavel Lipert
First Assistant Sound Editor: Richard Fordham
Digital Compositor: Ben Hicks
Assistant Sound Editor: Ceri Thomas
Digital Compositor: John J. Galloway
Senior Colorist: Adam Glasman
Animatronics Designer: Jason Reed
Extras Casting: Solomon Artistes
Contact Lens Technician: Richard Glass
Costumer: Jiřina Eisenhamerová
Costume Coordinator: Dita Valentinova
Production Secretary: Tereza Mandic Listikova
ADR Mixer: Colin Cooper
First Assistant Camera: Leigh Gold
Costume Mistress: Jenny Hawkins
First Assistant Camera: Simon Heck
Grip: Paul Hatchman
Negative Cutter: Mark Wright
Second Assistant Camera: Ed Jones
Concept Artist: Lee Oliver
Animatronics Designer: Richard Gregory
Electrician: Gary Nagle
Grip: Jan Prokeš
Grip: Malcolm McGilchrist
Electrician: Darren Howton
Digital Compositor: Martin R. Davison
Supervising Carpenter: Danny O’Regan Jr.
Digital Compositor: Petra Schwane
Second Assistant Director: Terence Madden
Art Department Assistant: Maia Sautelet
Draughtsman: Patricia Johnson
Carpenter: Joe Cassar
Focus Puller: Keith McNamara
Clapper Loader: Ross McNamara
Dressing Prop: John Botton
Focus Puller: Dean Morris
Second Assistant Camera: Sarah Woodward
Libra Head Technician: Tim Dean
Costumer: Mark Sutherland
Animatronics Designer: Tim Jordan
Animatronics Designer: Andy Simm
Production Coordinator: Keleigh Slaight
Production Executive: David Pope
Art Department Assistant: Guy Bevitt
Second Assistant Director: Martina Götthansova
Assistant Editor: Martin Hubáček
Extras Casting: Jirí Hrstka
Digital Compositor: Michael Bell
Assistant Camera: Stephen Andrews
Creative Director: Andrew Booth
Payroll Accountant: Sarka Kindlova
Second Assistant Camera: Petr Zavřel
First Assistant Camera: Ciro Candia
Second Assistant Director: Martin Sebik
Painter: Ben Crosby
Painter: Craig Gleeson
First Assistant Director: Luca Lachin
VFX Artist: Steven Godfrey
Graphic Designer: Andrew Raygan
Dressing Prop: Keith Pitt
Second Assistant Camera: Jan Skriečka
Production Coordinator: Robyn Younie
Set Dresser: Karel Krejník
Electrician: Mark Packman
Marine Coordinator: Richard Carless
Assistant Sound Engineer: Sam Jones
Electrician: Greg Thomas
Hairdresser: Hana Chylova
Marine Coordinator: Stuart Cove
Marine Coordinator: Francesci Anfodillo
Production Accountant: Carla Zacchia
Production Coordinator: Ryan Patrick-Najibi
Art Department Assistant: Jan Soufek
Carpenter: Robert Jackson
Dressing Prop: Lloyd Vincent
Prop Maker: Anthony Platt
Props: Marcus Murray
Props: Neil Murrum
Electrician: Barry McCullagh
Grip: Julian Lord
Lighting Technician: Robin Brigham
Assistant Sound Editor: Michael Pertuso
Boom Operator: Steve Finn
Boom Operator: Cyril C. Griffin
Music Programmer: Rob Playford
Animatronics Designer: Jamie Jackson-Moore
Animatronics Designer: Ian Mitchell
Compositor: Izet Buco
Digital Compositor: Garrett Honn
Digital Compositor: Walter Gilbert
Digital Compositor: Sarah Marchant
Digital Compositor: John O’Lone
VFX Artist: Brad McGiveron
VFX Artist: Eoin Murphy
Visual Effects Technical Director: Paul Denhard
First Assistant Director: Giorgia Marangoni
Assistant Costume Designer: Gabriela Horská
Rigging Gaffer: Lee Knight

Movie Reviews:

Potential Kermode: **2006 – the year they turned Bond into a common soccer hooligan.**
In 2006, the film makers – no longer under the watchful eye of the late Cubby Broccoli decided to run away from making James Bond movies. They also cast a short blonde man as 007. They screwed with the gun barrel and the tone of the once lively, over the top and amusing series was now one of tedium.

It’s all over for Bond films now unless they decide to make real Bond films again and not this monotonous and bland rubbish.

It’s shame that Cubby was not still around to keep Eon Productions in line and stop them ruining 40 years of hard work.

– Potential Kermode
John Chard: Arrogance and self-awareness seldom go hand in hand.
Casino Royale is directed by Martin Campbell and adapted by Neil Purvis, Robert Wade & Paul Haggis from a story written by Ian Fleming. It stars Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright & Giancarlo Giannini. It’s the 21st film in the James Bond franchise.

Plot finds Craig as Bond, newly promoted to 00 status, he is thrust into the murky world of high financed terrorism.

One of the hardest series of films to get right, with some of the most committed of fans, is that of the James Bond series. To wit, there will never ever be a Bond film that will appease every fan across the board. The complaints will range from not enough gadgets, too far removed from Fleming’s essence, not serious enough and vice a versa: too darn serious. Then there is the usual round of arguments concerning the leading man stepping into the tuxedo, for every Bond fan ready to fight to the death in the name of Sean Connery, I’ll find you another prepared to back Timothy Dalton’s take on the Martini swigging legend. Once it became clear that Pierce Brosnan had run his course as Bond, bowing out with the super silly Die Another Day in 2002, the pressure for any new Bond, both the actor and the makers, was immense. 2006 and time had moved on, and we live in different cinema times, spy movies are a different breed to what went before, The Bourne Identity had raised the bar. The news filtered thru that Bond was to be rebooted and that Daniel Craig was the man to be Bond. The howls of derision could be heard from as far as the tropical locations so in keeping with a James Bond plot. Too Blonde, too craggy faced, not tall enough, and why reboot a much loved franchise anyway? It was war and the heat was turned up to full.

Casino Royale still has its critics, but as majorities go as regards a Bond film, this one has the biggest sway. Sure, the Daniel Craig haters will not be bowed, they can’t after all lose face after such a vitriolic campaign against his casting, but few, I suspect, can seriously deny Casino Royale is not a magnificent Bond movie. Just a peak at the Worldwide box office figures shows you how well received it was, making nearly $600 million, those are figures that do not lie. The truth is that Casino Royale has almost everything you could wish for from a Bond movie, and a little more. Gorgeous locations, beautiful women and reams of action; where, the stunt department reach new heights. It’s also refreshingly in keeping with Fleming’s original story, only major difference here is that the makers have upgraded it to a post 9/11 world. There’s nods to traditional franchise staples, whilst also neatly streamlining some of the previous film’s comedy scene fillers. Smart villain too, Mads Mikkelsen’s Le Chiffre, complete with creepy eye issue and loyal girlfriend, is a villain not trying to blow up the world because he’s mad, but trying to outwit Bond to stay alive! That’s great stuff that keeps a Bond thriller alive and well.

But for all the energy and pyrotechnics (there’s enough in this one film to have filled half a dozen of previous Bond entries), a Bond film can only succeed if the leading man is up to scratch. Thankfully, and joyously, Craig nails it, both in physicality, swagger and raw egotistical aggression. More telling is that Craig’s Bond is more human that what we are used too, at one time suave and appearing unruffled, the next, bruised battered and emotionally conflicted. This is a new and rounded Bond, given impetus by Craig’s powerful presence. He is helped by Eva Green putting brains and slinkiness into Vesper Lynd, a Bond girl to turn Bond’s head in a way not seen since Diana Rigg’s Tracy di Vicenzo in OHMSS. Though one of the film’s rare missteps is to under write the part. Felix Leiter also gets a quality tune up in the form of Jeffrey Wright, Judi Dench’s M kicks arse and Giancarlo Giannini adds a touch of continental class as Bond’s Montenegro contact René Mathis. Layered over the top is a nifty score by David Arnold, blending traditional Bond flavours with high energy bursts and Phil Meheux’s photography brings optical delights in the Bahamas, Czech Republic and Italy.

Opening with the best chase sequence in the whole franchise and closing with an ultimate Bond moment, this is reboot supreme. It’s high energy with intelligent humanistic smarts and Bond is back: blonder, brutal and most assuredly better. 9/10
krismdb: i liked Daniel Craig more as the right bond with action, charm, cunning all in one
JPV852: Great James Bond movie and perfect debut for Daniel Craig. He may, at least in the last couple outings, resent the role, he makes for a bruiser version of the character. Pierce Brosnan is still my favorite as his movies came out in the 90s (i.e. the years for watching Bond movies), but this was an all around great film, not to mention the lovely Eva Green coming on to the scene. **4.5/5**
Wuchak: _**Daniel Craig debuts as Bond**_
Based on Ian Fleming’s novel, “Casino Royale” (2006) goes back to the beginning with James Bond (Daniel Craig) earning his 00 status with MI6. ‘M’ (Judi Dench) then sends Bond after a private banker who funds terrorists (Mads Mikkelsen), which leads to action in Madagascar, a poker game & romance in the Bahamas, thwarting the destruction of a prototype airliner in Miami, a high-stakes tournament at the Casino Royale in Montenegro and a thrilling finale in Venice. Caterina Murino and Eva Green also appear on the feminine front.

Craig is more rough-hewn than Pierce Brosnan and more akin to Timothy Dalton, albeit without the smirk. Craig has the gravitas to pull-off the role and is utterly convincing.

Let’s face it, James Bond flicks aren’t that deep. They may have convoluted plots, but there’s little character depth and no heavy subtext commenting on the human condition. They’re spy thrillers with an ultra-cool protagonist, beautiful women, spectacular locations, amazing gadgets, global political intrigue, gambling matches, wild action and megalomaniac villains. That’s it. Yet they’re very entertaining, which is why the series has been such a hit since 1962 when “Dr. No” was released.

Yet, with the exception of “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” (1969), there’s very little character depth. Take James himself: Women to him are only meaningful as (1) a sexual dalliance or (2) a means to fulfill his mission. I mention this to point out how “Casino Royale” boldly changes this. The film has character depth and shows why Bond is the way he is. For instance, there are a couple amazing conversations between James and his potential woman in the story, Vesper (Eva Green), and they’re full of insights. The dialog is snappy & intriguing and the performances are right-on.

By the way, someone complained that all the women in Bond flicks are loose and willing to sleep with any man at the drop of a hat. No, they’re just willing to sleep with James Bond, lol. I’m not saying it’s right, but it does reflect the alluring charisma of the suave Mr. Bond.

There are some thrilling action sequences, like the long, unrelenting chase at a construction site after the title credits, but there are also some quality dramatic segments. For instance, the main poker match at the titular casino is well-staged and suspenseful.

“Casino Royale” strikes me as a mixture of the first half of “Goldfinger” with the serious tone of “The Living Daylights” & “Licence to Kill.” Don’t expect the comic booky approach of “You Only Live Twice,” the cartoonish-ness of “Diamonds are Forever” or the science-fiction (and sometimes goofiness) of “Moonraker.”

The film runs 2 hours, 24 minutes, and was shot in the Czech Republic, Venice, Bahamas and England.

GRADE: A-/B+
MSB: FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/casino-royale-spoiler-free-review
“Casino Royale is a near-perfect debut of Daniel Craig as the new James Bond. This brutal version of the famous protagonist is beautifully interpreted by Craig, who contradicted the naysayers at the time of release and delivers a phenomenal performance as the iconic 007. His witty humor, irresistible charm, and excellent line deliveries find a close match in Eva Green’s take of the “Bond girl”, whose intelligence and strong attitude puts aside any generic, formulaic traits. Mads Mikkelsen is outstanding as always as the vulnerable antagonist, but his impact on the overall picture is slightly underwhelming. The action set pieces are worthy of belonging to blockbusters of today, holding impressive stunt work and cinematography. Martin Campbell creates one of those films I can’t pinpoint any flaws. Bond fans will feel delighted.”

Rating: A-
AstroNoud: From the breathtaking stunts in the opening chase to the suspenseful high-stakes poker game, ‘Casino Royale’ gets everything right, introducing Craig as a tougher, grittier and more realistic Bond. James Bond.
10/10

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