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The meaning and relevance of the title, is that it refers to "Skyfall Lodge" ("Skyfall Glencoe", or "Skyfall House*), the name of James Bond's Scottish childhood ancestral home. In the books, Ian Fleming gave James Bond a real-life lineage to the Bonds of Peckham. The real-life Bond family motto "Orbis non sufficit" ("The World is not enough") was used in the novel of On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), and as a title for The World Is Not Enough (1999). The Bond Family Arms were once displayed prominently in St. Giles Church in Camberwell, but were destroyed in a fire in the 1800s. Similarly, an explosion of fire is the fate of "Skyfall" in this movie. This movie forms the third part of an unofficial trilogy in the James Bond franchise, dealing with Bond's ancestry, the first and second parts being On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) and The World Is Not Enough (1999). Producer Barbara Broccoli has said that the title "has some emotional context which will be revealed in the film." This was also the case with Quantum of Solace (2008).
In fifty years of James Bond movies, this is only the second one in which Bond suffers a gunshot wound. He was also shot in Thunderball (1965) during the Junkanoo chase.
The porcelain bulldog on M's desk (which she later gives to Bond) is draped in the Union Jack. These bulldog figurines were created by Royal Doulton during World War II to represent patriotism. In Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Control (Sir John Hurt), the head of MI6, has two Royal Doulton bulldogs sitting on his desk.
Final of twenty-three James Bond movies for trumpet player Derek Watkins, who had worked in the music department as a trumpeter on every James Bond movie since he was 17 years old, when he worked on Dr. No (1962). Watkins died in 2013, four months after the release of this movie.
The role of Kincade (Albert Finney) was originally written with Sir Sean Connery in mind. Producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson originally wanted Connery to come out of retirement and make a surprise cameo. Director Sir Sam Mendes told "The Huffington Post", "There was a definite discussion about (Connery playing Kincade), way, way early on. But I think that's problematic. Because, to me, it becomes too... it would take you out of the movie. Connery is Bond, and he's not going to come back as another character. It's like, he's been there. So, it was a very brief flirtation with that thought, but it was never going to happen, because I thought it would distract."
Michael G. Wilson: Producer Michael G. Wilson has been doing regular cameos in the official James Bond franchise since The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), with his first being in Goldfinger (1964). Wilson's cameo appearance in this movie was mostly cut out, but there is one shot of him still in the movie. The sequence that got cut, was a funeral procession of hearses, Wilson's cameo was as a pall bearer. Wilson is still seen in the movie at a distance through a doorway, during the sequence where Dame Judi Dench is standing next to the MI6 coffins covered with Union Jack flags.
Nicky Hayden: Uncredited, the professional motorcycle racer as a motorcycle rider during the opening chase sequence.
Gregg Wilson: The associate producer appears next to Bond wearing a black shirt at the drinking game early in the film.