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MI6 reports from Oslo where the Norwegian premiere
of Quantum of
Solace was held on Friday night...
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Quantum of Solace Oslo Premiere
4th November 2008
The Norwegian premiere of the 22nd James Bond film "Quantum
of Solace" was held Oslo, the capital city, on Saturday
1st November 2008 at the Colosseum Cinema. The event in Norway
followed hot on the heels of the Paris
premiere held on Thursday
and the World
Premiere in London on Wednesday.
The new Bond girl Olga
Kurylenko (Camille)
was the star of the night, along with director Marc
Forster and producer
Barbara Broccoli.
The headline guests were also joined by 200 VIPs for the red
carpet event. A champagne reception was held at the residence
of the British
Ambassador to Norway.
Earlier in the day, Forster and Kurylenko
attended a photocall at the Grand Hotel in Oslo shortly
after noon.
"Quantum of Solace" opens nationwide
in Norway on Friday 7th November 2008. Many cinemas are hosting
special midnight screenings with queues expected to form late
Thursday evening.
Additional events are expected to
be held in Berlin, Amsterdam, Rome, Valencia, Sydney
and Tokyo.
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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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