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Skyfall is a 2012 spy film based on the Ian Fleming character James Bond, produced by Eon Productions and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. It is the twenty-third Eon-produced James Bond film. Directed by Sam Mendes and written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, and John Logan, it stars Daniel Craig as Bond, alongside Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Bérénice Marlohe, Albert Finney, and Judi Dench. [1] In the film, Bond investigates a series of targeted data leaks and co-ordinated attacks on MI6 led by cyberterrorist Raoul Silva (Bardem). [2]
Skyfall debuted at the Royal Albert Hall on 23 October 2012, [3] and was released on 26 October in the United Kingdom and on 9 November in the United States. [4] [5] Produced on a budget of $150–200 million, Skyfall grossed $1.109 billion worldwide, [6] [7] finishing its theatrical run as the second-highest-grossing film of 2012 and the seventh-highest-grossing film of all time; [8] [9] it ranked as Sony Pictures' highest-grossing film from December 2012 to August 2019. [10] [11] On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 92% based on 391 reviews. [12]
Skyfall garnered awards and nominations in various categories with particular recognition for Craig, Bardem, and Dench's performances as well as its cinematography, sound effects, and musical score. It received five nominations at the 85th Academy Awards, including Best Cinematography. The film won Best Sound Editing and Best Original Song ("Skyfall"). At the 66th British Academy Film Awards, Skyfall was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Bardem), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Dench), Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Production Design, and Best Sound; and won Best British Film and Best Film Music. It received seven nominations at the 18th Critics' Choice Awards and won Best Supporting Actress (Dench), Best Song ("Skyfall"), Best Action Movie, and Best Actor in an Action Movie (Craig). Adele and Paul Epworth won Best Original Song at the 70th Golden Globe Awards for the title song.
The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer (Actor/Actress) is one of the awards given to people working in the film industry by the Critics Choice Association at the annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards.
The Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Score is one of several categories presented by the Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA), an association of professional film critics, who work in print, broadcast and online media, based in Chicago. Since the 6th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (1993), the award has been presented annually. The nominations from 1993, 1994 and 2004 are not available. The first Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Score went to composer Michael Nyman for his score to The Piano. The most recent recipient of this award is Robbie Robertson for the Western crime drama film Killers of the Flower Moon. It was awarded posthumously.
The Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female was an award presented annually by Film Independent. It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered an absolutely outstanding performance in a supporting role while working in an independent film. It was first presented in 1985 with Anjelica Huston being the first recipient of the award for her role as Gretta Conroy in The Dead. It was last presented in 2022 with Ruth Negga being the final recipient of the award for her role in Passing.
Rise of the Guardians is a 2012 American animated fantasy action-adventure film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by Peter Ramsey from a screenplay by David Lindsay-Abaire, based on the book series The Guardians of Childhood and the short film The Man in the Moon by William Joyce. It stars the voices of Chris Pine, Alec Baldwin, Jude Law, Isla Fisher, and Hugh Jackman. The film tells a story about Guardians Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, and the Sandman, who enlist Jack Frost to stop the evil Pitch Black from engulfing the world in darkness in a fight of dreams.
Quvenzhané Wallis is an American actress and author. In 2012, she starred as Hushpuppy in the drama film Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the youngest actress to be nominated in the category, as well as the first person born in the 21st century nominated for an Oscar. She went on to appear in the Steve McQueen film 12 Years a Slave (2013). Wallis starred as Annie Bennett in the 2014 adaptation of Annie, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical.
The Gotham Independent Film Audience Award was one of the annual Gotham Independent Film Awards awarded between 2010 and 2020. The winner was determined via an online vote, in earlier years by the independent film community and film fans (2010–2013), and later by members of the Independent Filmmaker Project (2014–2020).