British secret agent James Bond is a true modern icon: who isn't

familiar with the OO7 films? But many people don't know that the real
James Bond was created by Ian Fleming as a result of his own
intelligence work in World War II. The first James Bond book, Casino
Royale, was published in 1958 and tells the story of British Secret
Service agent Bond who is sent to neutralize a Russian agent known
only as "le Chiffre". Le Chiffre loves to gamble and Bond heads to
France to ruin him at the Baccarat table, which should finish him with
his Russian superiors. Naturally, things are never so simple, and what
was supposed to be a simple assignment nearly goes terribly wrong.
And Bond falls for the wrong girl -- a mistake that could get him killed.
The original James Bond of the first five books written by Ian Fleming
himself is quite a bit different than the film character. For one thing,
Bond actually feels things quite intensely. He falls in love, he gets his
heart broken. He's tough and cold, but he also questions the morality
of killing as required in his profession. The beautiful woman that he
falls in love with turns out to be a double agent, shaking Bond to very
foundation, thus setting him up for a lifetime of troubled romantic
relationships. The action is unsurpassed, and the elegance and style of
the surroundings is marvelous. Fleming drew from real-life experiences
and the books make a fascinating glimpse into the Cold War spy game
Author

Ian Fleming

Country

United Kingdom

Series

James Bond

Genre

Spy fiction

Publisher

Jonathan Cape

Publication date

13 April 1953 (hardback)

Pages

213

Casino Royale

Martin Campbell

Directed by
Produced by

Screenplay by

Michael G. Wilson

Barbara Broccoli

Neal Purvis
Robert Wade

Paul Haggis
Casino Royale

Based on

by Ian Fleming
Starring

Daniel Craig

Eva Green Vesper lynd

Mads Mikkelsen Le Chiffre

Giancarlo Giannini

Jeffrey Wright

Judi Dench

Music by

David Arnold

Cinematography

Phil Meheux

Edited by

Stuart Baird

Production

Eon Productions

company
Release dates

14 November 2006(London,
premiere)

Running time

144 minutes

Country

United Kingdom
United States
Czech Republic
Germany[1]

Language

English

Budget

$150 million

Box office

$599 million[2]