The story features James Bond's first encounter with the global criminal organisation Spectre, marking the group's first appearance in an Eon Productions film since 1971's Diamonds Are Forever,[N 2] and tying Craig's series of films together with an overarching storyline. Several recurring James Bond characters, including M, Q and Eve Moneypenny return, with the new additions of Léa Seydoux as Dr. Madeleine Swann, Dave Bautista as Mr. Hinx, Andrew Scott as Max Denbigh and Monica Bellucci as Lucia Sciarra. Spectre was released on 26 October 2015 in the United Kingdom on the same night as the world premiere at the Royal Albert Hall in London, followed by a worldwide release.
Publication Information
- Title : Spectre (2015 Film)
- Directed by Sam Mendes
- Produced by : Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli
- Screenplay by : John Logan, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Jez Butterworth
- Story by : John Logan, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade
- Based on : James Bond
- Starring : Daniel Craig, Léa Seydoux, Christoph Waltz, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Dave Bautista, Monica Bellucci, Ralph Fiennes
- Music by : Thomas Newman
- Cinematography : Hoyte van Hoytema
- Edited by : Lee Smith
- Production company : Eon Productions
- Distributed by : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer PicturesLéa Seydoux, Columbia Pictures
- Release dates : 26 October 2015 (United Kingdom)Léa Seydoux, 6 November 2015 (United States)
- Running time : 148 minutes
- Country : United KingdomLéa Seydoux, United States
- Language : English
- Budget : $245–250 million[N 1]
- Box office : $677.8 million
Plot
On a mission in Mexico City, unofficially ordered by the previous M by way of a posthumous message, James Bond kills two men arranging to blow up a stadium and gives chase to Marco Sciarra, an assassin who survived the attack. In the ensuing struggle, Bond kills Sciarra and steals his ring, which is emblazoned with a stylised octopus. On his return to London Bond is indefinitely suspended from field duty by the current M, who is in the midst of a power struggle with C, the head of the privately-backed Joint Intelligence Service, which consists of the recently merged MI5 and MI6. C also campaigns for Britain to join "Nine Eyes", a global surveillance and intelligence co-operation initiative between nine member states. C uses his influence to close down the '00' section, believing it to be outdated.
Bond disobeys M's order and travels to Rome to attend Sciarra's funeral. That evening he visits Sciarra's widow Lucia, who tells him about Spectre, a criminal organisation to which her husband belonged. Bond enters a Spectre meeting by showing Sciarra's ring, where he identifies Spectre's leader, Franz Oberhauser. Oberhauser mentions the events in Mexico and addresses Bond by name, prompting Bond to escape. A car chase through Rome ensues, with Bond pursued by Mr. Hinx, a Spectre assassin. Moneypenny informs Bond that a reference he heard in both Mexico and the meeting will lead to Mr. White, a former member of Quantum, a subsidiary of the Spectre organisation. Bond also asks her to investigate Franz Oberhauser, whom the world believes to be dead.
Cast
- Daniel Craig : James Bond / Agent 007
- Christoph Waltz : Ernst Stavro Blofeld
- Léa Seydoux : Dr. Madeleine Swann
- Ben Whishaw : Q
- Naomie Harris : Eve Moneypenny
- Dave Bautista : Mr. Hinx
- Andrew Scott : Max Denbigh
- Ralph Fiennes : Gareth Mallory
- Rory Kinnear : Bill Tanner
- Jesper Christensen : Mr. White
- Alessandro Cremona : Marco Sciarra
- Judi Dench : Mallory's predecessor / M
