In his first mission, James Bond must stop Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorist organizations, from winning a high-stakes poker tournament at Casino Royale in Montenegro.
James Bond goes on his first ever mission as a 00. Le Chiffre is a banker to the world's terrorists. He is participating in a poker game at Montenegro, where he must win back his money, in order to stay safe among the terrorist market. The boss of MI6, known simply as M sends Bond, along with Vesper Lynd to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. Bond, using help from Felix Leiter, Mathis and having Vesper pose as his wife, enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career. But if Bond defeats Le Chiffre, will he and Vesper Lynd remain safe?
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The 2007 Ford Mondeo sport model used in the beginning of the film is a special, one-off hand-built prototype vehicle, constructed by hand at Ford of Europe's Design Studio in Cologne, Germany, in January, 2006 and shipped to the Bahamas in secrecy for shooting. Actual production is not due to start until the second quarter of 2007.
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Goofs
Audio/visual unsynchronized:
P99s are striker-fired, double-action only pistols and does not make the sound that of a hammer mechanism, which Bond's does every time he aims it.
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Quotes
[first lines]
James Bond:
M really doesn't mind you earning a little money on the side, Dryden. She'd just prefer it if it wasn't selling secrets. See more »
Crazy Credits
The opening credits include the words "Ian Fleming's James Bond."
All other Bond movies only have this if it's an original screenplay. When they're based on the novels, regardless of how loosely, they're "Ian Fleming's (name of movie/novel)."
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"You Know My Name"
Written and Produced by Chris Cornell and David Arnold Performed by Chris Cornell Chris Cornell appears courtesy of Interscope Records Single on Interscope Records
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