Daily Dialogue — July 23, 2015

“The name’s Bond. James Bond.”

— Casino Royale (2006), screenplay by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Paul Haggis, novel by Ian Fleming

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Last Line. Today’s suggestion by Will King and James Schramm.

Trivia: Daniel Craig actually rejected the part of James Bond a year before as he had felt that the series had settled into a standard formula. He changed his mind when he read the finished script.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary by Will: “Bond’s iconic self-introduction, but this is the only time it’s used as a film’s final line. Why introduce himself at the end of a film? Because it serves as a point of continuity into the next film (Quantum of Solace), which begins just after Bond takes Mr. White captive.”

Commentary by James: “Was there anyone who didn’t get goosebumps watching the ending of this exciting reboot?”