After earning 00 status and a licence to kill, secret agent James Bond sets out on his first mission as 007. Bond must defeat a private banker funding terrorists in a high-stakes game of pok... Read allAfter earning 00 status and a licence to kill, secret agent James Bond sets out on his first mission as 007. Bond must defeat a private banker funding terrorists in a high-stakes game of poker at Casino Royale, Montenegro.After earning 00 status and a licence to kill, secret agent James Bond sets out on his first mission as 007. Bond must defeat a private banker funding terrorists in a high-stakes game of poker at Casino Royale, Montenegro.
- Director
- Writers
- Neal Purvis(screenplay)
- Robert Wade(screenplay)
- Paul Haggis(screenplay)
- Stars
- Director
- Writers
- Neal Purvis(screenplay)
- Robert Wade(screenplay)
- Paul Haggis(screenplay)
- Stars
- Won 1 BAFTA Award
- 28 wins & 44 nominations total
Isaach De Bankolé
- Steven Obanno
- (as Isaach De Bankole)
Sebastien Foucan
- Mollaka
- (as Sébastien Foucan)
- Director
- Writers
- Neal Purvis(screenplay)
- Robert Wade(screenplay)
- Paul Haggis(screenplay)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDaniel Craig initially rejected the part of James Bond, as he felt that the series had settled into a standard formula. He changed his mind when he read the finished script.
- GoofsWhen Bond enters his password in the casino, he enters 836547. He later gives the password as VESPER, which on an alpha-numeric keypad would be 837737.
- Quotes
James Bond: [to Vesper] Why is it that people who can't take advice always insist on giving it?
- Crazy creditsThe opening titles is a stylish montage of Bond fights alongside gambling symbols: playing cards, playing card symbols (diamonds, hearts, spades and clubs), kings and queens, and roulette wheels.
- Alternate versionsUS version is cut in the opening bathroom fight, the shooting of the bomb-maker, and the stairwell fight scene to secure a PG-13 rating. The opening bathroom fight has more punches, a closeup of the hitman's pained face as Bond grabs him by the neck, and a more prolonged scene of Bond holding the hitman's head in the sink. The shooting of the bomb maker is cut differently, going to a closeup when Bond shoots him. The stairwell fight features Obanno's henchmen hitting the ground onscreen, Obanno crashing into one of the glass windows, additional punches, and a much longer struggle at the bottom of the stairwell with Bond strangling Obanno. The PG-13 version was on all US DVD and Blu-Ray releases, but the 4K UHD release does have the full uncut version.
- ConnectionsEdited into Omega 'Casino Royale' Television Commercial (2006)
Featured review
My fav Bond in one of my fav Bond movie and that too with an amazing parkour chase sequence.
I first saw this in 2006 with my family in a theatre.
Revisited it recently on a dvd which I own.
This is the twenty-first in the Bond series and the first film to star Daniel Craig as James Bond and my first Bond film seen in a theatre.
Basically it is a reboot and here we get to see an MI6 operative promoted to 00 agent status by assassinating two targets.
So to achieve a licence to kill, he has to kill minimum two targets.
In this one Bond pursues a bomb-maker which leads him to a corrupt official Alex Dimitrios in the Bahamas.
Bond later uncovers the plot of the destruction of Skyfleet's prototype airliner by a private banker to terrorists known as Le Chiffre.
This film has one of the best parkour chase sequence.
It has old skool action n thankfully there is no reliance on gadgets n cgi.
One of the best part is that we get to see a Bond who is inexperienced, vulnerable n his transition to a cold blooded killer is very well done. Thank God, ther is no cheeky humor.
Daniel Craig in this movie is in very good shape n at times his character is believable, which can run, sprint, endure both torture n poison and sometimes who gives a damn whether its shaken or stirred, unlike his predecessors.
This time Bond faces Le Chiffre n his henchmen Valenka, Alex Dimitrios, Kratt, Carlos Nikolic and one of the world's best free runner Mollaka Danso, a freelance terrorist working for Chiffre n Dimitrios.
Bond also faces the machete yielding terrorist Steven Obanno n his bodyguard.
Bond pursues Mr. White n faces his henchmen, the most famous being Adolph Gettler, the man with a unique glasses who gets shot in the eye.
I miss those olden Bond villain's powerful henchmen.
This time Bond gets to cool off with Caterina Murino n Eva Green.
The film ends at a breathtaking beautiful location of Lake Como, the most beautiful lake in the world for its microclimate and environment with prestigious villas and villages.
It also ends with the iconic dialogue.
Revisited it recently on a dvd which I own.
This is the twenty-first in the Bond series and the first film to star Daniel Craig as James Bond and my first Bond film seen in a theatre.
Basically it is a reboot and here we get to see an MI6 operative promoted to 00 agent status by assassinating two targets.
So to achieve a licence to kill, he has to kill minimum two targets.
In this one Bond pursues a bomb-maker which leads him to a corrupt official Alex Dimitrios in the Bahamas.
Bond later uncovers the plot of the destruction of Skyfleet's prototype airliner by a private banker to terrorists known as Le Chiffre.
This film has one of the best parkour chase sequence.
It has old skool action n thankfully there is no reliance on gadgets n cgi.
One of the best part is that we get to see a Bond who is inexperienced, vulnerable n his transition to a cold blooded killer is very well done. Thank God, ther is no cheeky humor.
Daniel Craig in this movie is in very good shape n at times his character is believable, which can run, sprint, endure both torture n poison and sometimes who gives a damn whether its shaken or stirred, unlike his predecessors.
This time Bond faces Le Chiffre n his henchmen Valenka, Alex Dimitrios, Kratt, Carlos Nikolic and one of the world's best free runner Mollaka Danso, a freelance terrorist working for Chiffre n Dimitrios.
Bond also faces the machete yielding terrorist Steven Obanno n his bodyguard.
Bond pursues Mr. White n faces his henchmen, the most famous being Adolph Gettler, the man with a unique glasses who gets shot in the eye.
I miss those olden Bond villain's powerful henchmen.
This time Bond gets to cool off with Caterina Murino n Eva Green.
The film ends at a breathtaking beautiful location of Lake Como, the most beautiful lake in the world for its microclimate and environment with prestigious villas and villages.
It also ends with the iconic dialogue.
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- May 16, 2021
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Bond Begins
- Filming locations
- Villa La Gaeta, Lake Como, Lombardia, Italy(Villa of Mr. White)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $150,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $167,445,960
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $40,833,156
- Nov 19, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $616,505,162
- Runtime2 hours 24 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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