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When a computer-drive containing a list of every undercover NATO agent embedded in terrorist organizations around the globe is stolen and M's (Judi Dench) authority within and outside of MI-6 is challenged by Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee Gareth Mallory (Ralph Fiennes), 007 agent James Bond (Daniel Craig) is charged with locating the list. His investigation leads him to a man within "the shadow"—ex-MI-6 agent Raoul Silva (Javier Bardem), whose intent is to kill M for betraying him.

In the film, Skyfall is the name of the Bond family estate located in Scotland. The title is not that of a Fleming work and the story does not appear to be taken from any of Fleming's books. The screenplay for Skyfall was written by English screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade (veterans of previous Bond films), joined by American screenwriter John Logan. Fleming gets credit only for creation of the characters.

Fellow MI-6 agent Eve (Naomie Harris) accompanies Bond on his mission and Sévérine (Bérénice Marlohe) is an unwilling member of Silva's organization.

In the precredits scenario, Bond is in Istanbul, Turkey where he first discovers that the hard-drive of an assassinated MI-6 agent is missing. After several months of R&R on some tropical island, he returns to London and is subsequently sent to Shanghai to find and terminate the assassin who stole the hard-drive. Following a tip, Bond heads down the Chinese coast to a gambling casino in Macau, where he meets Sévérine and is invited on her boat, the Chimera. After a run-in with Sévérine's boss Silva, Bond returns to London. To protect M, Bond takes her to his family estate in rural Scotland. At the end of the movie, Bond winds up back in London.

Yes. However, this is a standalone film. Daniel Craig stated, "We've finished this story as far as I'm concerned. We've got a great set of bad guys. There is an organization that we can use whenever we want to. The relationship between Bond and M is secure and Felix is secure." He then added on where he would like to see the film series moving on, stating, "Let's try and find where Moneypenny came from and where Q comes from. Let's do all that and have some fun with it". The 5 Craig Bond films are far more connected than all the previous series. Skyfall is the only one that doesn't directly acknowledge the previous films.

"Skyfall" is performed by British singer/songwriter Adele (Adkins).

No. Instead the traditional gun barrel appears at the end of the film—followed by the classic line "James Bond will return". On the Blu-ray/DVD commentary track, director Sam Mendes says that putting the gun barrel at the end was a deliberate decision since the opening shot of Bond approaching the room where he finds Agent Ronson evokes the imagery of the gun barrel from the series.

The bikes are modified Honda CRF 250 Rs.

It means he was in the Special Air Service (SAS) the famous British special forces unit whose headquarters is in the town of Hereford on the Welsh/English border.

It essentially stands for Grand Cross of St. Michael and St. George, originally given for military service, and now used to recognize extraordinary service to the country, especially in the field of foreign relations. Judi Dench, who plays M, is herself entitled to the title of Dame, as she had been awarded an inferior award, the DBE (Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in 1988.

Granborough Road is a fictitious name, but Bond goes on to describe it as "a station on the Metropolitan Line that closed down years ago", which would match a number of abandoned stations on the London Underground train network. The station that matches this description most closely would be Marlborough Road, which was on the Metropolitan Line between Baker Street and Finchley Road. It was closed in 1939 and was replaced by a new station named St John's Wood which is on the deeper level tube line now known as the Jubilee Line (formerly this section of line was part of the Bakerloo Line). Daniel Craig has a house a few miles from this station, in Primrose Hill. The real name "Marlborough" would probably be associated with tobacco products for most audiences, and although it might still stand out from the other random letter combinations on the screen there wouldn't be an obvious connection with the London Underground.

Production of Skyfall was at a standstill for over a year due to MGM's financial troubles and bankruptcy. MGM was close to $4 billion in debt and couldn't front any money for production. (MGM has a 50% stake in EON, meaning that EON couldn't make a move until MGM's affairs were settled.) In late 2010 MGM underwent bankruptcy proceedings, and in early 2011 deals were made for production and distribution of MGM's films. (While officially an MGM film, Skyfall was distributed by Sony.) The last film, Quantum of Solace, was released in 2008, making for a four-year gap between films, roughly the same length of time between Pierce Brosnan's last Bond film, Die Another Day and the first of the rebooted series, Casino Royale. The longest delay between films in the series was from 1989 to 1995, roughly 6 1/2 years, between Timothy Dalton's last appearance in Licence to Kill and Brosnan's 1st film in the series, GoldenEye.

Including Skyfall, Craig has made five movies in which he plays James Bond: Casino Royale (2006), Quantum of Solace (2008), Skyfall, Spectre (2015) and No Time to Die (2021) which Craig has stated will be his last appearance as Bond.

This James Bond movie with Daniel Craig needed to be cut to be broadcast on the British channel "itv" at 8 p.m. Taking a look at the mostly harmless scenes that were cut, it is rather odd that several kills or fights remained untouched.