Skyfall

Skyfall
British theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sam Mendes
Produced by	Michael G. Wilson Barbara Broccoli
Screenplay by	Neal Purvis Robert Wade John Logan
Based on	James Bond by Ian Fleming
Starring	Daniel Craig Javier Bardem Ralph Fiennes Naomie Harris Ben Whishaw Bérénice Lim Marlohe Albert Finney Judi Dench
Music by	Thomas Newman
Cinematography	Roger Deakins
Edited by	Stuart Baird Kate Baird
Production company	Eon Productions
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Columbia Pictures
Release date	23 October 2012 (2012-10-23) (London) 26 October 2012 (2012-10-26) (United Kingdom) 9 November 2012 (2012-11-09) (United States)
Running time	143 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	$150–200 million
Box office	$1.109 billion

Skyfall is a 2012 action thriller film produced by Eon Productions for Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It is the 23rd James Bond film produced by Eon Productions and it features Daniel Craig in his third performance as James Bond, and Javier Bardem as Raoul Silva, the film's villain. It was directed by Sam Mendes and written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and John Logan, and features an Academy Award-winning theme song by Adele.

The story centres on Bond investigating an attack on MI6; the attack is part of a plot by former MI6 agent Raoul Silva to humiliate, discredit and kill M as revenge against her for betraying him. The film sees the return of two recurring characters to the series after an absence of two films: Q, played by Ben Whishaw, and Moneypenny, played by Naomie Harris. Skyfall is the last film of the series for Judi Dench, who played M, a role that she had played in the previous six films. The position is subsequently filled by Ralph Fiennes' character, Gareth Mallory, though Dench would make a brief appearance in the next Bond film, Spectre.