Skyfall 2012

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When James Bond's (Daniel Craig) latest assignment goes terribly wrong, it leads to a calamitous turn of events: Undercover agents around the world are exposed, and MI6 is attacked, forcing M (Judi Dench) to relocate the agency. With MI6 now compromised inside and out, M turns to the one man she can trust: Bond. Aided only by a field agent (Naomie Harris), Bond takes to the shadows and follows a trail to Silva (Javier Bardem), a man from M's past who wants to settle an old score.

Initial release: October 23, 2012 (London)

Director: Sam Mendes

Budget: $150–200 million

Box office: 1.109 billion USD

Featured song: Skyfall

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Skyfall is a 2012 spy film, the twenty-third in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions. The film is the third to star Daniel Craig as the fictional MI6agent James Bond and features Javier Bardem as Raoul Silva, the villain. It was directed by Sam Mendes and written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, and John Logan, and features the theme song "Skyfall", written and performed by Adele. It was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and Columbia Pictures.^[5]

Skyfall
UK theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sam Mendes
Produced by	Michael G. Wilson Barbara Broccoli
Screenplay by	Neal Purvis Robert Wade John Logan
Based on	James Bond by Ian Fleming
Starring	Daniel Craig Judi Dench Javier Bardem Ralph Fiennes Naomie Harris Ben Whishaw Bérénice Lim Marlohe Albert Finney
Music by	Thomas Newman
Cinematography	Roger Deakins
Edited by	Stuart Baird Kate Baird
Production company	Columbia Pictures Eon Productions B23 Ltd.[1] Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing[2]
Release date	23 October 2012(London) 26 October 2012(United Kingdom) 9 November 2012(United States)
Running time	143 minutes[3]
Country	United Kingdom United States
Language	English
Budget	$150–200 million
Box office	$1.109 billion[4]

The story centres on Bond investigating an attack on MI6; the attack is part of a plot by former agent Raoul Silva to discredit and kill M as revenge for having abandoned him. The film sees the return of two recurring characters after an absence of two films: Q, played by Ben Whishaw, and Moneypenny, played by Naomie Harris.

Mendes was approached to direct after the release of Quantum of Solace in 2008. Development was suspended when MGM ran into financial trouble, and did not resume until December 2010. The original screenwriter, Peter Morgan, left the project during the suspension. When production resumed, Logan, Purvis, and Wade continued writing what became the final version. Filming began in November 2011, primarily in the United Kingdom, with smaller portions shot in China and Turkey.

Skyfall premiered in London at the Royal Albert Hall on 23 October 2012 and was then released in the United Kingdom on 26 October and the United States on 9 November. It was the first James Bond film to be screened in IMAX venues, although it was not filmed with IMAX cameras. The release coincided with the 50th anniversary of the series, which began with Dr. No in 1962. Skyfall was very well-received by critics, who praised its screenplay, acting (particularly by Craig, Bardem, and Dench), Mendes' direction, cinematography, musical score, and action sequences. It was the 14th film to gross over $1 billion worldwide, and the first James Bond film to do so. It became the seventh-highest-grossing film at the time, the highest-grossing film in the UK, the highest-grossing film in the series, the highest-grossing film worldwide for both Sony Pictures and MGM, and the second highest-grossing film of 2012. The film won several accolades, including two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awardsand two Grammy Awards.