Quantum of Solace

This article is about the film. For other uses, see Quantum of Solace (disambiguation).

Quantum of Solace
Empire Design's poster for Quantum of Solace
UK theatrical release poster
Directed byMarc Forster
Written by
Based onJames Bond
by Ian Fleming
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRoberto Schaefer
Edited by
Music byDavid Arnold
Production
companies
Distributed bySony Pictures Releasing[1]
Release dates
  • 29 October 2008 (2008-10-29) (London)
  • 31 October 2008 (2008-10-31) (United Kingdom)
  • 14 November 2008 (2008-11-14) (United States)
Running time
106 minutes
Countries
  • United Kingdom[2]
  • United States[3]
LanguagesEnglish
Spanish
Budget$200–230 million[4][5]
Box office$589.6 million[4]

Quantum of Solace is a 2008 spy film and the twenty-second in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions. It is the sequel to Casino Royale (2006). It is directed by Marc Forster and written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, and Paul Haggis. The film stars Daniel Craig as Bond, alongside Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Giancarlo Giannini, Jeffrey Wright, and Judi Dench. In the film, Bond teams with Camille Montes (Kurylenko) to stop Dominic Greene (Amalric) from monopolizing the Bolivian freshwater supply.

A second Bond film starring Craig was planned before production began on Casino Royale in October 2005. In July 2006, Roger Michell was announced to direct with a planned release for May 2008, but left the project that October after delays with the screenplay. Purvis, Wade, and Haggis completed the screenplay by June 2007, after which Forster was announced as Michell's replacement. Craig and Forster also contributed uncredited rewrites to the film's screenplay. Principal photography began in August 2007 and lasted until May 2008, with filming locations including Mexico, Panama, Chile, Italy, Austria, and Wales, while interior sets were built and filmed at Pinewood Studios. The film's title is borrowed from a 1959 short story by Ian Fleming. In contrast to its predecessor, Quantum of Solace is notable for citing inspiration from early Bond film sets designed by Ken Adam, while it features a departure from tropes associated with Bond villains.

Quantum of Solace premiered at the Odeon Leicester Square on 29 October 2008 and was theatrically released first in the United Kingdom two days later and in the United States on 14 November. The film received mixed reviews, with praise for Craig's performance and the action sequences but was deemed inferior to its predecessor. It grossed $589 million worldwide, becoming the seventh highest-grossing film of 2008 and the fourth highest-grossing James Bond film, unadjusted for inflation. The next film in the series, Skyfall, was released in 2012.

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