-First Daniel Craig Bond movie not to feature the character of American CIA agent Felix Leiter, as portrayed by Jeffrey Wright in Casino Royale (2006) and Quantum of Solace (2008).
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-This is the third Bond film with an Asian shooting location and an actress of Asian descent playing one of the main Bond Girls. The first two were On ne vit que deux fois (1967) and Demain ne meurt jamais (1997). 'Skyfall' Bond Girl Bérénice Marlohe was born to a Cambodian/Chinese father and a French mother. A few Bond films which shot in Asia did not feature a main Bond Girl who was from Asia, these were Meurs un autre jour (2002), Octopussy (1983) and L'homme au pistolet d'or (1974). However, these three films did have cast Asian women in minor Bond Girl roles.
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-First one-word Bond movie title in seventeen years, the last was GoldenEye (1995). 'Skyfall' is also the shortest ever one word James Bond movie title. It is the only ever one with two syllables, most of them in the past having three (_Goldfinger_, Moonraker (1979), GoldenEye (1995) and Opération Tonnerre (1965) (which rhymes with 'Skyfall') whilst Octopussy (1983) had four. James Bond 007 contre Dr. No (1962) remains the shortest ever Bond movie title with the least number of letters, having 5, whereas 'Skyfall' has 007. 'Skyfall' is the shortest Bond film title of all when 'Doctor No' is spelled in its unabbreviated form.
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-Ben Whishaw is the fourth actor to play Q in the official James Bond series. 'Skyfall' marks the first time that Q is younger than James Bond. The producers have said that "When it came to trying to reintroduce the character of Q, it made sense that he would now be a young technical genius and the character was written with that in mind." Whishaw's character of Q has been likened to that of computer-genius types like Jack Dorsey and Mark Zuckerberg. Coincidentally, Whishaw has said that he doesn't even own a computer. Peter Burton first played Q under the character's real name of Major Boothroyd and nick-named the Armourer in James Bond 007 contre Dr. No (1962) then Desmond Llewelyn played Q in 17 Bond films between 1963-1999 followed by John Cleese (as Q's assistant R) in Le monde ne suffit pas (1999) then as Q in Meurs un autre jour (2002), the latter being the last time the character appeared in the official series before 'Skyfall', a gap of around a decade. Whishaw is the sixth actor to play Q if one counts the unofficial Bond films Casino Royale (2006) and Jamais plus jamais (1983) where Q was played by Geoffrey Bayldon and Alec McCowen respectively. Q is an abbreviation for the word Quartermaster.
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-In the film, James Bond (Daniel Craig) is given a Walther PPK/S 9mm short firearm by Q. The Walther PPK is considered the most popular and widely known Bond gun, since it is the one he has used the most. Originally, Bond used a Beretta, but that was later replaced with the Walther PPK. The hand-gun he has in 'Skyfall' is uses hand recognition coded to his palm prints. Timothy Dalton's Bond used a weapon with the same feature in Permis de tuer (1989).
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-The film's theme song sung by Adele is the first Bond Song to share the same name as the film's title since Madonna's Meurs un autre jour (2002) a decade earlier and the first Daniel Craig Bond film to do so. The 'Skyfall' song was released at 0.07am on Friday October 5th 2012 at 0:07 am BST/LONDON time (7:07pm EST on 4th October), the exact 50th Anniversary of the launch of James Bond 007 contre Dr. No (1962). A 90-second version of the song was leaked online not long after Adele officially announced on Twitter that she was the artist singing the film's title song. The song was recorded at London's Abbey Road Studios with a full orchestra.
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-Second time in a James Bond movie that Rory Kinnear plays MI6 chief of staff Bill Tanner. His first time was in Quantum of Solace (2008). With this film, Rory Kinnear has played Tanner twice on film and three times in video games, meaning he has portrayed the character more than any other actor.
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-During principal photography, three Turkish youths bypassed tight security in Adana, Southern Turkey to infiltrate a closed film set where they filmed with their mobile phones footage of a train scene being shot. Fitting of the intrigue from the earlier Turkey set Bond movie Bons baisers de Russie (1963), the three sneaked through alleyways and jumped a wire fence into a train station where 'Skyfall' was being filmed. The trio slipped under train cars and rendezvoused at the repair depot where they went into spy disguise and put on off-duty worker's helmets and overalls. They were later caught by security, interrogated and removed from set.
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-Product placements, brand integrations and promotional tie-ins for 'Skyfall' include Heineken Lager Beer; Coca Cola's Coke Zero; Bollinger Champagne; Visit Britain Tourism's 'Live Like Bond' campaign; "The James Bond Archives" and "SKYFALL: Bond On Set" books; Procter & Gamble fragrance; Virgin Atlantic; 'Literary Review' magazine; Tom Ford clothing; Cartamundi playing cards; Omega Watches including a 50th Anniversary Seamaster Planet Ocean 600M "SKYFALL" Limited Edition watch; Swarovski Jewelery; Corgi die-cast James Bond Skyfall toy Aston Martin DB5 cars; the London 2012 Olympics; Honda Motorcycles; Hornby Scalextric car sets; Jaguar & Land Rover vehicles; Activision's 007 Legends (2012) video-game; RT Marketing James Bond 007 merchandising; Sky TV's Sky Movies 007 HD Bond channel and Sony Electronics products including Bravia TVs, Vaio laptops & computers, and Xperia tablets & smart-phones, the Sony Xperia TL phone and Heineken beer being two of the products making brand-cameos in the film. The London 'Mirror' newspaper has reported that about £29 million or about a third of the film's budget was raised from commercial deals.
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-The opening train action sequence was originally planned to be shot on in the Sabarmati railway yard of the Konkan Railway in India. However, delays in getting permission to film there with the many complex problems meant the sequence was not filmed there. South Africa was considered to film this sequence but in the end it shot in Turkey.
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-Tenth James Bond film produced by Michael G. Wilson as a fully-fledged producer (excluding executive producer credits). The next James Bond film ( Bond 24 (2015)) is expected to be released around 2014, that year will mark producer Wilson's 50th Golden Anniversary Year of his association with the James Bond official series, Wilson first appearing as an uncredited extra as a Soldier at Fort Knox in Goldfinger (1964). Similarly, 'Skyfall' is released in the Golden 50th Anniversary Year of the series in 2012. Wilson has also acted on the films as a screen-writer and as a legal/administrative/technical consultant and is also known for making regular cameo appearances in the franchise.
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-Released late 2012, 'Skyfall' will be playing in theaters in early 2013 which will mark the 30th Anniversary Year that producer Barbara Broccoli has officially been associated with the series, first officially credited as an executive assistant on Octopussy (1983). Broccoli's first start on the series however was as an uncredited second assistant director on Moonraker (1979), a 30th Anniversary milestone for this was in 2009 after the release of the previous Bond film Quantum of Solace (2008). Skyfall's release year of 2012 also marks the 25th Anniversary Year for Broccoli as a producer on the series as her first credit as a producer was as an associate producer on Tuer n'est pas jouer (1987) in 1987. 'Skyfall' is also the 25th Year for executive producer and production manager Callum McDougall who started as an assistant director on the same Bond film.
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-'Skyfall' marks the 10th Anniversary of Gregg Wilson on the James Bond film series. The movie marks the milestone of Gregg being the first 3rd generation member of the Broccoli/Wilson family to achieve a senior producer credit on the series, that of an associate producer. Gregg is the son of Michael G. Wilson who is the step-son of co-founding producer Albert R. Broccoli. Gregg's first credit on the series was a decade earlier as development executive on Meurs un autre jour (2002). Gregg was also an assistant producer on Quantum of Solace (2008).
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-Javier Bardem's casting marks the first time that a Spanish actor has played the lead villain in a James Bond movie, whilst Bardem is the third Spaniard to play any villain, after henchmen Simón Andreu in Meurs un autre jour (2002) and Fernando Guillén Cuervo in Quantum of Solace (2008). Bardem's villain name of Raoul Silva in the film is actually an alias, the character's real name being Tiago Rodriguez. The film's writers wrote the script with Bardem in mind whilst Bardem had the film's script translated into his native language of Spanish so as to achieve a better understanding of the story and his character. The first Bond movie Bardem ever saw was Moonraker (1979), its henchman Jaws being his favorite Bond villain.
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-According to the UK Sun newspaper (a tabloid known for its indiscretion and inaccuracy), leading Bond Girl Bérénice Marlohe, said that James Bond actor Daniel Craig was coy and hesitant before filming their love scene in the shower. Marlohe said: "He was very shy and when he saw me entering the shower, he was like, 'Oh my god'. He tried to keep his underpants on for the shower scenes but I said, 'No, come on, don't be shy. I will do anything to make you feel comfortable".