Quantum of Solace - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of Quantum of Solace or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Quantum of Solace

[maureen]

Olga Kurylenko has the distinction of working with two actors who have played James Bond. Olga played opposite Pierce Brosnan in the non-Bond The November Man (2014), and Daniel Craig in this Bond movie.

[jamie]

Dennis Gassner wanted his sets to emphasize Daniel Craig's "great angular, textured face, and wonderful blue eyes", and redesigned the MI6 Headquarters, because he felt Dame Judi Dench "was a bit tired in the last film, so I thought, let's bring her into a new world."

[fred]

Robert Braithwaite: The managing director of Sunseeker International Powerboats (the boats are regularly seen in the James Bond movies of recent years) as a speedboat operator on a Sunseeker power boat carrying Bond.

[wallace]

This is the first James Bond movie where James Bond is seen inebriated. Bond has never actually been shown drunk (he may have appeared as this in Casino Royale (2006), but he had been poisoned). The scene in a bar on the plane in this movie clearly shows he has been affected by alcohol, and it is mentioned that he drank six Vesper martini cocktails.

[darrell]

Camille Montes is the second Bond Girl seeking to avenge her murdered family. In For Your Eyes Only (1981), Melina Havelock set out to avenge her murdered parents after they were assassinated by Cuban hitman Hector Gonzales.

[liam]

The literal translations of some of this film's foreign language titles include A Quantum Consolation (or A Quantity of Consolation) (Germany); Quantum of Mercy (Russia); 007 Quantum (Mexico and Canada); A Grain of Comfort (Croatia); 007 Quantum of Solace (Argentina and Brazil); and 007: Reward of Comfort (Japan).

[amber]

Craig Mitchell's (Glenn Foster's) name was based on the last names of Daniel Craig and his girlfriend Satsuki Mitchell.

[kenneth]

This movie marks the return of the "traditional" gun barrel sequence, albeit at the end, as opposed to the beginning. Similarly, Casino Royale (2006) incorporated the gun barrel sequence as part of the opening fight scene. Skyfall (2012) also used the sequence at the end. These three movies are the first to break away from the "traditional" use of the gun barrel sequence at the beginning of a James Bond movie, which was used for the last time in Die Another Day (2002).

[bessie]

At one hour and forty-six minutes long, this is the shortest James Bond movie in the EON Productions official series. This movie is a direct sequel to Casino Royale (2006), which coincidentally was the longest movie in the official series until 'Spectre' (2015). 'Quantum of Solace' (2008) was also the first Bond movie to run under two hours since Tomorrow Never Dies (1997). The non-EON made-for-television season one episode three of 'Climax! (1954)', "Casino Royale", has the all time record for being the shortest Bond film, with a running time at only fifty-one minutes.

[harry]

Pre-production work began before Casino Royale (2006) started filming.

[francisco]

As a promotional book-tie in for the movie, all of the original Ian Fleming James Bond short stories have been housed in the one volume for the first time. The compendium is called "Quantum of Solace: The Complete James Bond Short Stories". It includes all nine short stories from the For Your Eyes Only (1981) and Octopussy (1983) and The Living Daylights (1987) anthologies. It was released on May 29, 2008, in the U.K. and on August 26, 2008, in North America.

[tom]

Matera, Italy, which is reportedly being used for the pre-credits action sequence for No Time to Die (2020), reportedly was the first location scouted for the pre-titles opening car chase for this movie.

[ivan]

Despite ultimately not getting the role of Camille Montes, Gal Gadot's audition for the character inspired her to pursue acting which ultimately ended up with her landing Wonder Woman.

[jim]

The title was selected only a few days before its announcement on January 24, 2008. For a long time, it had been considered unsuitable for a James Bond movie. Daniel Craig admitted he was unsure about it, but it seemed to fit in the context of the movie: "Bond is looking for his quantum of solace, that's what he wants. Ian Fleming says that if you don't have a quantum of solace in your relationship, you might as well give up. Bond doesn't have that because his girlfriend has been killed, therefore he's looking for revenge to make himself happy with the world again." Quantum is also the name of the organization in this movie, a kind of new-age S.M.E.R.S.H., or the fictitious S.P.E.C.T.R.E.

[nina]

It turned out to be cheaper to shoot the Siennese rooftop chase in the town, rather than try to re-create it at Pinewood Studios.

[kylie]

The Governor character alludes to the "Quantum of Solace" in the original short story as follows: "The Governor paused and looked reflectively over at Bond. He said: "You're not married, but I think it's the same with all relationships between a man and a woman. They can survive anything so long as some kind of basic humanity exists between the two people. When all kindness has gone, when one person obviously and sincerely doesn't care if the other is alive or dead, then it's just no good. That particular insult to the ego, worse, to the instinct of self-preservation, can never be forgiven. I've noticed this in hundreds of marriages."

[kyle]

Gemma Arterton (Agent Strawberry Fields) had to film her character's death scene first day on the set, where she was completely covered head to toe in non-toxic black paint. She found the experience quite unpleasant.

[liam]

In Spectre (2015), it's revealed that Dominic Greene and Mr. White are members of the terrorist organization S.P.E.C.T.R.E., which its leader Franz Oberhauser, a.k.a. Ernest Stavro Blofeld, is revealed as James Bond's foster brother, as his father was Bond's legal guardian following the tragic accident in which Bond's parents were killed.

[aaron]

In trailers for the movie, the "007" part of the title logo shifted to form the "November 7" release date. While this was a great visual gimmick in the trailer, the release date was pushed back to November 14 in the U.S.