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Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Anatole Taubman, Marc
Forster and Barbara Broccoli kicked off the "Quantum
of Solace" marketing campaign today in Moscow... |
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Moscow Press Conference
13th October 2008
As first
reported by MI6 over the weekend, the
global press tour for the 22nd James Bond film "Quantum
of Solace"
kicked off today in Moscow. Cast members Daniel
Craig (007),
Olga
Kurylenko (Camille) and Anatole
Taubman (Elvis) were joined
by director Marc
Forster and producer Barbara
Broccoli for a
press conference and photo call in the Russian capital on Monday
13th October 2008.
Above: Daniel Craig and Olga Kurylenko on the roof of the
Ritz-Carlton hotel in Moscow, Russia. |
Broccoli explained the significance of starting
the worldwide marketing campaign in Russia. "This is a
key, emerging market for us and it is very exciting to be here.
We shot in St Petersburg and had a wonderful experience. Russia
is a country with a very strong film tradition and we
are very much looking forward to the Russian reaction to the
film."
The five lead a packed
press conference at 10:30am at Moscow’s luxury Ritz Carlton,
that had been preceded by a press screening of 20 minutes worth
of
footage from the film the night before (screened at 8:15 in the
nearby 'October' cinema). A full screening of the film will take
place in Russia on 23rd October for accredited members of the
press.
Above: Pictured in the background is
The Moscow Kremlin, which includes four palaces, four cathedrals,
and the enclosing Kremlin
Wall with Kremlin towers. The complex serves as the official
residence of the President of Russia. |
Broccoli said that Bond's character
would display a newly found confidence after the traumatic events
of the last film. “At the end of ‘Casino
Royale’ Bond
is devastated when the woman he loves is killed by an evil organization",
she said. "The title of the new film reflects his journey to
put things right and find a quantum of solace.”
When asked which stunts were the most challenging
to perform, Craig said
that a free fall sequence where he and Kurylenko leap out of
a plane was among the most difficult. "We did this in a wind
tunnel with winds of 200 mph ripping around us and 20 cameras shooting
from all around. That was one
of the toughest days."
Michael Schlicht, the film’s Russian distributor,
told Variety that he anticipated box office gross in the territory
of “around $20 million” following its release on
800-plus prints.
Briefing
Produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli (Eon
Productions), QUANTUM OF SOLACE was released in the
UK on October 31st 2008 and is directed by
Marc Forster. Principal photography started on January
3rd
2008 at
Pinewood Studios and around the UK, and foreign locations
including Italy, Panama, Chile, Peru and Austria.
Paul Haggis completed the script based on a first draft
screenplay developed by regular scribes Neal Purvis & Robert
Wade, with later polish by Joshua Zetumer. The story
is a direct continuation of the events of Casino
Royale. 007 faces off against
villains Mathieu Amalric (Dominic Greene), Anatole
Taubman (Elvis) and Joaquin Cosío (General Medrano).
Olga Kurylenko (Camille) and Gemma Arterton (MI6 Agent
Fields) play the Bond Girls. Dame Judi Dench (M), Jeffrey
Wright (Felix Leiter) and Giancarlo Giannini (Mathis)
reprise their roles as Bond's allies. It is British
actor Daniel Craig’s second outing as James Bond,
following his debut film Casino Royale released November
16th 2006.
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