Posing as a banker, James Bond is sent to Bilbao to retrieve money for Sir Robert King, a friend of M. Bond escapes with the money after being attacked by the banker, who is killed by an unseen assassin.
When Bond returns to the money to London, Sir Robert is killed when the case containing the money turns out to be booby-trapped. 007 gives chase to the assassin by using the “Q-boat”, in a chase that takes him along the Thames, including scenes filmed at the millennium down.
Bond then tracks down the money to a terrorist named Renard, a former KGB agent, and is assigned by M to protect Sir Robert’s daughter, Elektra. Travelling out to Azerbaijan, where Elektra is overseeing the oil pipeline, and soon finds that they are under attack.
What we say
The best of the Brosnan Bonds. The pre-title sequence starts off well and should have finished in Bilbao as originally planned, and there is a little too much comedy, but the film does include some nods to Ian Fleming.
Locations
Original release
US Premiere: 8th November 1999 at Bruin & Fox’s Theatre and Mann’s Village Chinese Theater in Los Angeles
US: 19 November 1999
UK: 26 November 1999
Principal crew
| Director | Michael Apted |
| Screenplay | Neal Purvis & Robert Wade, Bruce Feirstein |
| Producer | Barbara Broccoli, Michael G Wilson |
| Music | David Arnold |
| Editing | Jim Clark |
| Production design | Peter Lamont |
| Cinematography | Adrian Biddle |
Cast
| Pierce Brosnan | James Bond |
| Sophie Marceau | Elektra King |
| Robert Carlyle | Renard |
| Denise Richards | Dr. Christmas Jones |
| Robbie Coltrane | Valentin Zukovsky |
| Judi Dench | M |
| Desmond Llewelyn | Q |
| John Cleese | R |
| Maria Grazia Cucinotta | Cigar Girl |
| Samantha Bond | Miss Moneypenny |
| Michael Kitchen | Bill Tanner |
| Colin Salmon | Charles Robinson |
| Goldie | Bullion |
| David Calder | Sir Robert King |
| Serena Scott Thomas | Dr. Molly Warmflash |
| Ulrich Thomsen | Davidov |
| John Seru | Gabor |
| Claude-Oliver Rudolph | Colonel Akakievich |
| Patrick Malahide | Lachaise |
| Omid Djalili | Foreman |
| Jeff Nuttall | Dr. Arkov |
| Diran Meghreblian | Coptic Priest |
| John Albasiny | Helicopter Pilot |
| Patrick Romer | Pilot |
| Jimmy Roussounis | Pipeline Technician |
| Justus von Dohnányi | Captain Nikoli |
| Hassani Shapi | Doctor |
| Carl McCrystal | Trukhin |
| Martyn Lewis | Newscaster |
| Kourosh Asad | Russian Radio Operator |
| Daisy Beaumont | Nina |
| Nina Muschallik | Verushka |
| Daz Crawford | Casino Thug |
| Peter Mehtab | Casino Dealer |
Drinks
- Whisky
- Vodka martini, shaken, not stirred
- Smirnoff Black Label vodka
- Bollinger champagne
Cars
BMW Z8 Roadster (1999)
Quotes
- “I thought Christmas only comes once a year.”
- “Always have an escape plan…”
- “The insurance company is never going to believe this”
- “So you’re a British spy; do you have a name?”
“Bond… James Bond” - “Remember: shadows stay in front or behind. Never on top.”
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