Die Another Day (2002)

Country of Origin: UK / USA
Year of Production: 2002
Running Times: 123 mins
Format: colour     35mm     Panavision (anamorphic)
Ratio: 2.40:1
Sound: DTS     Dolby Digital     SDDS

(Full Credits)

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Eon Productions / MGM
Production Executive: David Pope
Executive Producer: Anthony Waye
Producers: Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson
Co-Producer: Callum McDougall

SCRIPT
Script: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade

DIRECTION
Director: Lee Tamahori
2nd Unit Director: Vic Armstrong

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: David Tattersall
2nd Unit Photography: Jonathan Taylor

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Christian Wagner, Andrew McRitchie

MUSIC
Music: David Arnold
Song: Madonna, Mirwais Ahmadzai (Die Another Day)
Song Performed By: Madonna (Die Another Day); The Clash (London Calling)

SOUND
Sound Mixer: Chris Munro
2nd Unit Sound Mixer: Ian Munro

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up Supervisor: Paul Engelen
Make Up: Melissa Lackersteen, Rebecca Lafford, Lynda Armstrong, Sinden
Pierce Brosnan's Make Up: Bron Roylance
Halle Berry's Make Up: Mary Burton
Hair Supervisor: Colin Jamison
Hair: Han Jamison, Hilary Haines, Tracey Smith, Ben Skervin
Pierce Brosnan's Hair: Rick Provenzano
Halle Berry's Hair: Sterfon Demings
Costume Designer: Lindy Hemming

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Supervisor: Chris Corbould

Model Unit
Model Effects Supervisor: John Richardson

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Supervisors: Mara Bryan, Pedro Sabrosa, Tom Debenham
Executive Producer: Drew Jones
Visual Effects Producers: Sharon Larke, Alex Bicknell, Karl Rumpf, Matthew Plummer, Stefan Drury, Tim Keene
Line Producer: Ken Dailey

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Peter Lamont
Supervising Art Director: Simon Lamont
Art Directors: James Hambidge, Mark Harris, Fred Hole, Jim Morahan, Stephen Scott, Alan Tomkins

LOCATIONS
Locations: Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK; Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England, UK; The Reform Club, Pall Mall, London, UK; Cádiz, Andalucía, Spain; Heathrow Airport, London, England, UK; Holywell Bay Beach, near Newquay, Cornwall; London, England, UK; The Eden Project, St Austell, Cornwall, England, UK; Jökulsárlón, Iceland; Vatnajökull ice cap, Iceland; Maui, Hawaii, USA
Studio: Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Location Managers: Simon Marsden, Joel Cockrill, Felix Rosell

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Vic Armstrong
Co-Stunt Coordinator: George Aguilar
Stunt Supervisor: Mark (Franklin) Henson
Stunts: Mark Mottram, Amanda Foster, Nicky Berwick, Ben Bellman, Dave Cronnelly, Maurice Lee, Vincent Wong, Richard Wu, Ray De Haan, Jordi Casares, George Cottle, Jim Dowdall, Jamie Blake, James Grogan, Tony Smart, Paul Heasman, Derek Lea, Peter Miles, Seon Rogers, Roy Alon, Stuart Clark, David Forman, Nrinder Dhudwar

CASTING
Casting: Debbie McWilliams

CAST
Pierce Brosnan (James Bond)
Halle Berry (Jinx)
Toby Stephens (Gustav Graves)
Rosamund Pike (Miranda Frost)
Rick Yune (Zao)
Judi Dench (M)
John Cleese (R)
Michael Madsen (Falco)
Will Yun Lee (Colonel Moon)
Kenneth Tsang (General Moon)
Emilio Echevarria (Raoul)
Michael Gorevoy (Vlad)
Lawrence Makoare (Mr Kil)
Colin Salmon (Robinson)
Samantha Bond (Moneypenny)
Ben Wee (snooty desk clerk)
Ho Yi (hotel manager)
Rachel Grant (Peaceful)
Ian Pirie (Creep)
Simon Andreu (Dr Alvarez)
Mark Dymond (Van Biork)
Deborah Moore (air hostess)
Oliver Skeete (concierge)
Joaquin Martinez (old man cigar factory)
Michael G. Wilson (General Chandler)
Daryl Kwan (General Han)
Vincent Wong (General Li)
Stuart Ong (General Dong)
Manolo Caro (Cuban waiter)
Tymarah (Korean scorpion guard)
Paul Darrow (doctor)
Lucas Hare (medic)
Cristina Contes (nurse)
Stewart Scudamore, Bill Nash, James Wallace, Ami Chorlton (Buckingham Palace reporters)

Pursuing the North Korean agent that led to his capture and tourture for 14 months, James Bond discovers a plot by renegade North Koreans to invade the south and destroy Japan. He teams up with NSA agent Jinx to investigate - but what does diamond billionaire Gustav Graves and his weather altering Icarus device have to do with the plot?

Die Another Day is still a long way from Bond at his 60s best but its definitely a step in the right direction from The World Is Not Enough. It's Bond, it does exactly what it says on the tin and it does it with one steady eye very firmly on the past. It has something for everyone, except perhaps the most die-hard of Bond sceptics and those fans who are, perhaps, a little too over-critical. It won't change the face of modern film-making and it's a long way from being art, but it's huge fun and has just about everything you could want from a Bond film - fast cars, sexy women, tons of gadgets and a knowing sense of its own ridiculousness. Very loud, very silly and loads of fun. (Full Review - contains spoilers!)

Russia
Theatrical Distributor: Gemini Film

UK
Theatrical Distributor: MGM

USA
Theatrical Distributor: MGM

Sweden
Rating: 11

USA
Rating: PG-13 (for action violence and sexuality)

2002
Total Film Magazine, UK
Films of 2002 - Number 16

2002
January
11: UK - press conference held at Pinewood Studios
14: UK - shooting begins
21: UK - second unit shooting begins

February
25: Iceland - 2nd Unit arrive to begin shooting

March
16: UK - 2nd Unit return from Iceland

May
26: UK - filming takes place in The Reform Club in London

July
27: UK - filming ends

November
8: UK - press screening in London
10: UK - preview screenings in London
16: UK - Pierce Brosnan and Halle Berry are interviewed on the BBC's Parkinson.
18: UK - theatrical premiere in London; Halle Berry is interviewed on BBC Breakfast Time
20: France, Switzerland, (French speaking region) - theatrical release
22: Canada, Poland, Spain, UK, USA - theatrical release
27: Belgium, Phillippines - theatrical release
28: Austria, Croatia, Germany, Israel, Sweden, Switzerland (German speaking region) - theatrical release
29: Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania - theatrical release

December
1: Venezuela - theatrical release
5: Malaysia, Singapore - theatrical release
6: South Africa - theatrical release
12: Australia, Dominican Republic, Lebanon, Mexico, Russia - theatrical release
13: Colombia, Ecuador, Thailand, Uruguay - theatrical release
18: Indonesia, United Arab Emirates - theatrical release
19: Chile, Hungary, Peru, Slovenia - theatrical release
20: India - theatrical release
25: Bolivia, Jamaica - theatrical release

2003
January
1: Panama, Trinidad - theatrical release
2: Czech Republic, New Zealand, Slovakia - theatrical release
3: Argentina, Greece - theatrical release
9: Netherlands - theatrical release
10: Brazil, Korea, Portugal - theatrical release
16: Argentina - theatrical release
17: Turkey - theatrical release
24: Bulgaria, Denmark, Romania - theatrical release
30: Hong Kong - theatrical release
31: Italy, Norway, Switzerland (Italian speaking region) - theatrical release

February
1: Taiwan - theatrical release

March
5: Egypt - theatrical release
15: Japan - theatrical release

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007 - Morre Noutro Dia - Portugese title
007 - Um Novo Dia Para Morrer - Brazilian title
007: Surra veel üks päev - Estonian title
Beyond the Ice - rumoured title
Bond 20 - working title
James Bond 007 - Stirb an einem anderen Tag - Austrian / German title
James Bond XX - shooting title
Juggernaut - early title
Kuolema saa odottaa - Finnish title
Meurs un autre jour - French / French Canadian title
Mor un altre dia - Catalan / Spanish title
La morte può attendere - Italian title
Muere otro día - Spanish title
Nobody Lives Forever - early title
Um Novo Dia Para Morrer - Portugese / Brazilian title
Otro día para morir - Argentinean / Peruvian / Venezuelan title
Prapancha Veerudu 007 - Telegu Indian title
Smierc Nadejdzie Jutro - Polish title

SEQUEL TO
Dr No (1962)
From Russia with Love (1963)
Goldfinger (1964)
Thunderball (1965)
You Only Live Twice (1967)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Live and Let Die (1973)
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Moonraker (1979)
For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Never Say Never Again (1983)
Octopussy (1983)
A View to a Kill (1985)
The Living Daylights (1987)
Licence to Kill (1989)
Goldeneye (1995)
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
The World Is Not Enough (1999)

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Die Another Day: From Script To Screen (2002)
MTV Movie Special: Die Another Day (2002)
Premiere Bond: Die Another Day (2002)

MAGAZINES

American Cinematographer vol.83 no.11 (November 2002) pp.34-38, 40, 43, 44-45, 46-47, 48-49; 42 (USA)
illustrated interview with David Tattersall (No holds barred by John Pavlus); article (007 takes the CGI plunge by Ron Magid)

Cinefantastique vol.34 no.3/4 (June 2002) pp.6-7 (USA)
illustrated article (by Alan Jones)

Empire no.160 (October 2002) p.14 (UK)
illustrated note

Hollywood Reporter vol.371 no.36 (15 January 2002) p.31 (USA)
credits, production details

Hollywood Reporter vol.372 no.47 (9 April 2002) p.25 (USA)
credits, production details

Screen International no.1340 (18 January 2002) p.26 (UK)
credits, production details

Screen International no.1352 (12 April 2002) p.16 (UK)
credits, production details

Screen International no.1367 (9 August 2002) pp.1, 3 (UK)
illustrated article (MGM banks on Fox for Bond mission by Mike Goodridge and Adam Minns)

Sight and Sound vol.12 no.9 (September 2002) p.8 (UK)
article (by "Mr Busy")

Sight and Sound vol.12 no.11 (November 2002) pp.16-19 (UK)
illustrated article, interview with Lee Tamahori (Bond for beginners by Ed Lawrenson)

Sight and Sound vol.13 no.1 (January 2003) pp.41-42 (UK)
illustrated credits, synopsis, review (by Kim Newman)

Starburst no.290 (October 2002) pp.24-29 (UK)
location report (Bond Ambition by David Richardson)

Total Film no.72 (January 2003) pp.78; 98-99 (UK)
short review; illustrated credits, review (by Ceri Thomas)

Vanity Fair no.505 (September 2002) pp.168-171 (USA)
illustrated article, interview with Lee Tamahori (Shaken, not stirred by Bruce Handy)

NEWSPAPERS

The Times: The Eye 19 - 25 February 2005 p.27 (UK)
review

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CONTRIBUTORS

Thanks To: Jennifer Allen at Aerial Film Services

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008