- Nεα ταινια James Bond 007 (Quantum of solace) - - Κινηματογράφος -

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Ακριβώς αυτό!
Κι ας νικήσει και κάποιος "κακός"!
Αμάν πια!

In anticipation of my resurrection...

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Αν εχεις παρατηρησει, κυριως στις παλιοτερες ταινιες (αλλα και στο DIE ANOTHER DAY) εφτασε στο "νημα" για τον "τελος" αλλα παντα την γλιτωνε στο τσακ... (ο πιο "κ*λ*φαρδος) ...

τουλαχιστο, τα εφφε ειναι αξια, οπως και τα gadget που χρησιμοποιει

"Say HELLO to My Little Friend"

Quantum of Solace is the 22nd James Bond film by EON Productions, due for release in the United Kingdom on 31 October 2008 and in the United States on 7 November. The sequel to Casino Royale (2006), it is directed by Marc Forster, and features Daniel Craig's second performance as James Bond. Casino Royale's Paul Haggis, Neal Purvis, and Robert Wade returned as writers, alongside newcomer Joshua Zetumer. In the film, Bond battles Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), a member of the Quantum organisation posing as an environmentalist, who intends to stage a coup d'état in Bolivia to take control of its water supply. Bond seeks revenge for the death of Vesper Lynd, and is assisted by Camille (Olga Kurylenko), who also wants to kill Greene. The title was chosen from an unrelated short story in Ian Fleming's For Your Eyes Only (1960).

Producer Michael G. Wilson created the film's story while Casino Royale was shooting. The film was originally scheduled for a 2 May 2008 release, but it was pushed back to allow more time when Roger Michell dropped out as director. Second unit filming began in August 2007 at Siena and Madrid, before principal photography began in January 2008 at Pinewood Studios. Production designer Dennis Gassner took over from Peter Lamont, who retired after working on eighteen Bond films. Gassner designed the five major Pinewood sets, which stand in for Siena, Bolivia, and the MI6 headquarters. His designs are close to the modernism of Ken Adam, the first Bond production designer. Location filming will take place at Panama, Chile, Italy and Austria, before moving back to Pinewood in June. There will be more gadgets than in Casino Royale, though they will still aim to be realistic.

Premise

Michael G. Wilson confirmed the film continues "an hour after" Casino Royale's conclusion, when Mr. White is shot and captured by Bond at Lake Como. Bond is then involved in a car chase in Siena, Italy. The official synopsis shows that White reveals to Bond and M that his organisation (called Quantum) has agents in Her Majesty's Government and the Central Intelligence Agency. Forensic evidence of an MI6 traitor leads Bond to Haiti, where he meets Camille, who then helps him find Dominic Greene, a ruthless businessman and chairman of Green Planet, the legitimate cover for Quantum.

Greene intends to use his government contacts to help overthrow the current regime in Bolivia, and place the exiled General Medrano as the head of state. Medrano will in exchange give him a barren piece of land, which will actually give them total control of the nation's water supply. Bond travels to Austria and South America to unravel Greene's plan, staying one step ahead of the CIA, terrorists, and M whilst trying to keep his desire for retribution over Vesper Lynd's death in check.

Cast

Daniel Craig as James Bond: Craig said Bond is "still too headstrong and doesn't always make the right decisions". Writer Paul Haggis added Bond will be "a very human and flawed assassin, a man who has to navigate a morally complex and often cynical world while attempting to hold onto his deep beliefs of what is right and wrong". The actor gave advice to Haggis on the script and also helped choose Marc Forster as director, being a fan of his films. Craig's physical training for his reprise of the role placed extra effort into running and boxing, to spare him the injuries he sustained on his stunts in the first film. He also practised speedboating and stunt driving. Craig felt Casino Royale was "[physically] a walk in the park" compared to Quantum of Solace. While filming in Pinewood, he suffered a gash to his face, which required eight stitches, and a tip of one of his fingers was cut off.

Mathieu Amalric as Dominic Greene, a leading member of Quantum posing a businessman working in reforestation and charity funding for environmental science. Craig confirmed "there is a connection" between Greene and Vesper Lynd. Amalric acknowledged taking the role was an easy decision because, "It's impossible to say to your kids that 'I could have been in a Bond film but I refused.'"Amalric wanted to wear make-up for the role, but Forster explained that he wanted Greene to not look grotesque, to symbolise the hidden evils in society. Amalric revealed Greene "doesn't know how to fight, [so] James Bond would be more surprised. Sometimes anger can be much more dangerous. I'm going to fight like in school." Amalric modelled his performance on "the smile of Tony Blair [and] the craziness of Sarkozy," the latter of whom he called "the worst villain we [the French] have ever had [...] he walks around thinking he's in a Bond film." He later claimed this was not criticism of either politicians, but instead an example of how politicians rely on performance rather than genuine policies to win power. "Sarkozy, is just a better actor than [his presidential opponent] Ségolène Royal – that's all," he explained. Bruno Ganz was also considered for the part.

Olga Kurylenko as Camille, a Russian-Bolivian agent and the lead Bond girl. She has her own vendetta regarding Greene and Quantum. The producers said Camille is someone "who challenges Bond and helps him come to terms with the emotional consequences of Vesper's betrayal". "At the beginning she is an opponent [of Bond], but they are going to have to collaborate," the actress further said. "We'll see if she's a villain." Kurylenko spent three weeks training with weapons and learnt how to fight and body fly, a form of indoor skydiving. Kurylenko dislikes stunts, but overcame her fears because of Craig's friendliness. She was given a DVD box set of the films since the Bond franchise was not known in her homeland, Ukraine. The producers had intended to cast a South American actress in the role. Kurylenko trained with a dialect coach to perform with a Spanish accent, which was easy as "I have a good ear, so I can imitate people", and because her accent was not made heavy.

Gemma Arterton as MI6 Agent Fields , who works at the British consulate in Bolivia. Arterton was chosen from around 1500 candidates. One of the casting directors asked her to audition for the role, having seen her portray Rosaline in Love's Labour's Lost at the Globe Theatre. Arterton said Fields was "not so frolicsome" as other Bond girls, but is instead "fresh and young, not [...] a femme fatale". Her character is a homage to the '60s Bond girls. Her hair in the film is modelled after Diana Rigg, who played Tracy Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, who is one of her favourite Bond girls along with Honor Blackman.

Judi Dench as M. She said M's relationship with Bond becomes "pretty prickly". M's husband, who was briefly seen sleeping next to her in Casino Royale, will also be heard off-screen in the film.

Anatole Taubman as Elvis, Dominic's cousin and second-in-command. He has a bowl cut. His name was chosen by Paul Haggis, which Taubman found cool, but he avoided making Elvis Presley jokes to avoid losing the role. Taubman imagined Elvis once lived on the streets before being inducted into Quantum by Dominic, and he constantly discussed his backstory with Amalric. He called Elvis "a bit of a goofball. He thinks he's all that but he's not really. ... He's not a comic guy. He definitely takes himself very serious, but maybe by his taking himself too serious he may become friendly.

Joaquin Cosío as General Medrano, who is Bond's enemy in Latin America. Greene is helping the exiled general get back into power, in return for support of his organisation.

Jeffrey Wright as Felix Leiter, Bond's CIA ally who aided him at Casino Royale in Montenegro. This will mark only the second time the same actor has appeared as Leiter twice since David Hedison played the character in Live and Let Die (1973) and Licence to Kill (1989). Early script drafts gave Leiter a larger role, but his screentime has been restricted by on-set rewrites.

Giancarlo Giannini as René Mathis, a French double agent who helps Bond discover who Le Chiffre and Mr. White worked for.
Neil Jackson as Mr. Slate, a henchman who has a fight with Bond.

Jesper Christensen as Mr. White, whom Bond captured after he stole the money won at Casino Royale in Montenegro.

Rory Kinnear as Bill Tanner, a recurring member of the MI6 staff, later destined to be Chief of Staff.

Tim Pigott-Smith as the British Foreign Secretary.

Simon Kassianides as Yusef, who has a confrontation with Bond in Moscow towards the end of the film.

Stana Katic as Corinne Veneau, an associate of Yusef.

David Harbour as Gregg Beam, a contact of Felix Leiter who is known to speak directly to 'M' in the film.

Glenn Foster as Henry Mitchell, rumored to be an MI6 double agent.

Fernando Guillén Cuervo and Jesús Ochoa have minor roles as the

Bolivian Chief of Police and Medrano's Lieutenant Orso respectively.

Kiera Chaplin, granddaughter of Charlie Chaplin, appears as a receptionist.

Eva Green will not film new footage as Vesper Lynd although imagery of her character may be featured. Barbara Broccoli said "[Vesper is] certainly on Bond's mind."Miss Moneypenny and "Q" are not in the film, as with Casino Royale, because Michael G. Wilson felt when writing the other films they had to find a moment for both characters, which was not necessarily organic.

Production
Development

In July 2006, as Casino Royale entered post-production, EON Productions announced Bond 22 would be based on an original idea by producer Michael G. Wilson. A backstory had been written for Casino Royale and its potential sequel, regarding Vesper Lynd and her Algerian boyfriend, who was intended to be one of the antagonists. It was decided beforehand the film would be a direct sequel, to exploit Bond's emotions following Vesper's death in the previous film. Just as Casino Royale's theme was terrorism, the sequel focuses on environmentalism. The film was confirmed for a 2 May 2008 release date, with Craig reprising the lead role. Roger Michell, who directed Craig in Enduring Love and The Mother, was in negotiations to direct, but decided not to direct the film. "I was very nervous that there was a start date but really no script at all," he said. "And I like to be very well prepared as a director." Sony Entertainment vice-chairman Jeff Blake admitted a production schedule of eighteen months was a very short window, and the release date was pushed back to late 2008.

In June 2007, Marc Forster was confirmed as the director of the untitled Bond 22. He was surprised that he been approached for the job, stating he was not a big Bond fan as a child and that he would not have accepted the job before he saw Casino Royale. He felt Bond had been humanised in that film, explaining, "People travel a lot more now, and with the Internet they’re more aware of what the rest of the world is like. In a way the most interesting place for a James Bond movie to go is inward — deeper into Bond himself." Born in Germany and raised in Switzerland, Forster is the first Bond director not to come from the Commonwealth of Nations, although he slyly noted that Bond's mother is Swiss, making him somewhat appropriate to handle the British icon. The director collaborated strongly with Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, but they had to block two very expensive ideas he had. "Financially, there are limits — even on a Bond film," the director said, "otherwise, I have been able to realise my vision." He had wanted to shoot in the Swiss Alps, but the location was written out of the final draft. Forster had the actors rehearse their scenes, as he liked to film scenes continually.

Neal Purvis and Robert Wade completed their draft of the script by April 2007. Wade said the film would continue Bond's arc from Casino Royale: "It can't just be he's tough and he's tempered steel and totally impervious. There are things he still has to resolve." The following month, Paul Haggis, who polished the Casino Royale script, began his rewrite. Haggis turned down directing the film because, "if you do that on top of writing, it's almost a three year commitment". Haggis, Forster and Wilson rewrote the story from scratch. Haggis completed his script two hours before the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike officially began. During filming, after the strike ended, Forster hired Joshua Zetumer after reading a spec script by him they liked, to reshape scenes for the later parts of the shoot, which the director was still unsatisfied with. Zetumer rewrote dialogue depending on the actors' ideas each day.

Michael G. Wilson chose Quantum of Solace only "a few days" before its announcement on January 24, 2008. It was the name of a short story in Ian Fleming's anthology For Your Eyes Only (1960), although the film is otherwise unrelated. Daniel Craig admitted, "I was unsure at first. Bond is looking for his quantum of solace and that's what he wants, he wants his closure. Ian Fleming says that if you don't have a quantum of solace in your relationship then the relationship is over. It's that spark of niceness in a relationship that if you don't have you might as well give up." He said that "Bond doesn't have that because his girlfriend has been killed", and therefore, "[Bond is] looking for revenge [...] to make himself happy with the world again." Afterwards, Quantum was made the name of the organisation introduced in Casino Royale.

Ένας Έλληνας, ο Σάιμον Κασσιανίδης, είναι ο Γιούσεφ, ο «κακός» που καλείται να αντιμετωπίσει ο Ντάνιελ Κρεγκ ως Τζέιμς Μποντ στο Quantum of Solace, που θα κάνει πρεμιέρα στη Βρετανία στις 31 Οκτωβρίου.

Οι συντελεστές της ταινίας κρατούν ως επτασφράγιστο μυστικό τις λεπτομέρειες της σύγκρουσης. Τα μόνα στοιχεία που έχουν γίνει γνωστά θέλουν τον Τζέιμς Μποντ να ζητά εκδίκηση για το θάνατο της Βέσπερ, της γυναίκας που ερωτεύτηκε στο Casino Royal, στο πρόσωπο του πρώην εραστή της, του Γαλλοαλγερινού Γιούσεφ.

Όπως αναφέρουν τα Νέα, ο 28χρονος Κασσιανίδης έχει υπογράψει ήδη συμβόλαιο για τη συμμετοχή του και στην επόμενη ταινία του Μποντ.

«Η μοναδική στιγμή που καταλαβαίνεις το μέγεθος του πράγματος είναι όταν βρίσκεσαι απέναντι στον Ντάνιελ Κρεγκ και ακούς τον σκηνοθέτη να δίνει εντολή για γύρισμα» δηλώνει, περιγράφοντας τη συνομιλία με τον ατζέντη του, ένα χρόνο πριν:

«Οι παραγωγοί του Μποντ θέλουν να σε δουν. Να είσαι εκεί σε 1 ώρα» του είπε και έτσι ο Σάιμον Κασσιανίδης είχε δέκα λεπτά για να πείσει τον Μαρκ Φόρστερ ότι ήταν κατάλληλος για τον ρόλο.

Όπως λέει, είχε αποκτήσει μια φήμη στους καλλιτεχνικούς κύκλους, υποδυόμενος στην τηλεοπτική σειρά Τhe Fixer έναν Αλβανό που κάνει εμπόριο λευκής σάρκας. Μάλιστα, για να μπει στο πετσί του ρόλου, πέρασε έναν μήνα με Κοσοβάρους γκάνγκστερ στο Λονδίνο.

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Να βγει αξιος οπως ο Teli Σαββαλας (ισως ο καλυτερος Μπλοφελντ και κακος αντιπαλος του Μποντ)!

Ειναι "καπως" διαφορετικη απο τις υπολοιπες τις σειρας (στο θεμα οτι εχει λιγο παραπανω βια, και καποια στοιχεια "κωμικα" λιγοτερα απο το συνηθισμενο) ΑΛΛΑ, ειναι "πιο κοντα" στην πραγματικοτητα (δεν εχει την συνηθισμενη υπερβολη)!

Πολυ καλη ταινια! Και παλι πολυ καλος ο Ντανιελ. Μαλλον θα ξεπερασει και τον Πιρς

O 23ος Τζέιμς Μποντ με πρωταγωνιστή και πάλι τον Ντάνιελ Κρεγκ ετοιμάζεται να προβληθεί στη μεγάλη οθόνη τον Νοέμβριο του 2012, με αφορμή την 50ή επέτειο από την πρώτη κινηματογραφική εμφάνιση του πράκτορα 007 και έχοντας ξεπεράσει ένα μεγάλο πρόβλημα: τη χρεοκοπία της MGM.

Με την εταιρεία να αντιμετωπίζει έντονα οικονομικά προβλήματα, η παραγωγή της 23ης ταινίας με ήρωα τον Μποντ είχε ανασταλεί.

Οι νέοι ιδιοκτήτες της MGM, Μάικλ Γουίλσον και Μπάρμπαρα Μπρόκολι, επιβεβαίωσαν το βράδυ της Τρίτης ότι ο 007 θα επιστρέψει στη μεγάλη οθόνη στις 9 Νοεμβρίου του 2012.

Τη νέα περιπέτεια του Τζέιμς Μποντ θα σκηνοθετήσει ο Σαμ Μέντες του American Beauty.

Παρά τις φήμες που έλεγαν ότι ο Ντάνιελ Κρεγκ θα αποχωρούσε από το ρόλο, λόγω της αβεβαιότητας που επικρατούσε, ωστόσο ο ίδιος -παρά το φορτωμένο πρόγραμμά του- έλεγε ότι διατηρεί την πίστη του στο πρότζεκτ και ότι επιθυμεί να ξεκινήσει δουλειά «το γρηγορότερο δυνατόν».

Ο Ντάνιελ Κρεγκ έχει πρωταγωνιστήσει στις ταινίες Casino Royale και Quantum of Solace.

Η πρώτη ταινία με ήρωα τον πράκτορα 007 (Τζέιμς Μποντ εναντίον Δόκτορος Νο) προβλήθηκε στις αίθουσες τον Οκτώβριο του 1962. Το 2012 συμπληρώνονται 50 χρόνια από την πρώτη αυτή κινηματογραφική εμφάνιση.

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