The World Is Not Enough [1999]

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1999
Running Times: 127 mins [USA - theatrical; New Zealand - theatrical]     128 mins [Sweden - theatrical; UK - theatrical]     129 mins [Finland - theatrical]
Format: colour     Panavision [anamorphic]     35mm
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: Dolby EX 6.1     DTS     SDDS

[Full Credits]

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Eon Productions
Producers: Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli

SCRIPT
Script: Neil Purvis, Robert Wade, Dana Stevens, Bruce Feirstein
Characters: Ian Fleming

DIRECTION
Director: Michael Apted
2nd Unit Director: Vic Armstrong

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Adrian Biddle
2nd Unit Director of Photography: Jonathan Taylor

EDITING
Editor: Jim Clark

MUSIC
Music: David Arnold
Lyrics: Don Black
Song Performed By: Garbage

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up Supervisor: Linda De Vetta
Hair Supervisor: Colin Jamison
Costume Designer: Lindy Hemming

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Supervisor: Chris Corbould
Supervisor [France]: Gregorie Delage

COMPUTER AND VIDEO TEAM [USEFUL COMPANIES]
Supervisor: Justin Owen

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Peter Lamont
Art Directors: Fred Hole, Simon Lamont, Steve Lawrence, Jim Morahan

LOCATIONS
Locations: Bideak Corporation Building, Bilbao, Spain; Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain; Chamonix, France; River Thames, London; Eilean Donan Castle, Highland Region, Scotland, UK; Baku, Azerbaidzhan [city scenes]; Bardenas Reales, Navarra, Spain; Hankley Common, Elstead, Surrey, England, UK [pipeline explosion scene]; Istanbul, Turkey; Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland, UK; London, England, UK; Motorola Plant, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK [oil refinary scenes]
Studio: Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

STUNTS
Stunt Co-Ordinator: Simon Crane

CAST
Pierce Brosnan [James Bond]
Sophie Marceau [Elektra King]
Robert Carlyle [Victor 'Renard' Zokas]
Denise Richards [Dr Christmas Jones]
Robbie Coltrane [Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky]
Judi Dench [M]
Desmond Llewelyn [Q]
John Cleese [R]
Maria Grazia Cucinotta [Julietta the Cigar Girl]
Samantha Bond [Miss Moneypenny]
Michael Kitchen [Chief of Staff Bill Tanner]
Colin Salmon [Intelligence Officer Charles Robinson]
Goldie [Bull]
David Calder [Sir Robert King]
Serena Scott Thomas [Dr Molly Warmflash]
Ulrich Thomsen [Chief of Security Sasha Davidov]
John Seru [Gabor]
Claude-Oliver Rudolph [Colonel Akakievich]
Patrick Malahide [Mr Lachaise]
Omid Djalili [foreman]
Jeff Nuttall [Dr Mikhail Arkov]
Diran Meghreblian [Coptic priest]
John Albasiny [helicopter pilot]
Patrick Romer [pilot]
Jimmy Roussounis [pipeline technician]
Justus von Dohnanyi [Captain Nikoli]
Hassani Shapi [Elektra's 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]
Ray Brown [wheel-clamping policeman - uncredited]
Jamie Edgell, Paul Heasman, Mark Henson [Renard's men - uncredited]
Marc Cass, Gary Powell, Lee Sheward, Tom Struthers [submarine crew - all uncredited]
Michael G. Wilson [man in casino - uncredited]

James Bond is assigned to protect oil-heiress Elektra King from the crazed anarchist Renard, who has already killed her father inside MI5's London headquarters. Renard, unable to feel pain thanks to an injury to his brain, had already abducted and tortured Elektra once before and now seems to be looking for revenge against everyone involved in freeing her - including Elektra herself.

Brosnan's third outing as Bond sees the star in fine form and much is done to flesh out the character and to add some depth and complexity to the storyline. It may drag a little in the middle, and the villains, particularly Renard, are horribly wasted, but overall the experiment worked and, while no Goldfinger [1964], it's certainly a worthy addition to the canon and will very nicely until the next one comes along.

France
Theatrical Distributor: United International Pictures

Japan
Theatrical Distributor: United International Pictures

Portugal
Theatrical Distributor: Lusomundo

UK
DVD Distributor: MGM DVD [15767DVD]

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation / United Artists

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Australia
Rating: M

Finland
Rating: K-14

France
Rating: U

Germany
Rating: 12 (w)

Hong Kong
Rating: IIB

Iceland
Rating: 12

Netherlands
Rating: 12

New Zealand
Rating: M

Norway
Rating: 15

Portugal
Rating: M/12

Singapore
Rating: PG

Sweden
Rating: 11

UK
Rating: 12

USA
Rating: PG-13 [for intense sequences of action violence, some sexuality and innuendo]

1999
January
11: Principle photography begins

February
15: Shooting begins in Bilbao
18: Shooting ends in Bilbao

March
Saturday 27: The BBC's Teletext service, Ceefax, carries a story, apparently from Empire magazine, that Mel C (real name: Melanie Chisholm), aka Sporty Spice from The Spice Girls has been approached to record the theme song. Her fee for the job is said to be £250,000. What no-one seemed to notice at first was that Empire was due to be issued on... April 1st. By early evening, the report had mysteriously vanished from the Ceefax service.

Monday 29: Filming begins on the River Thames sequence.

Wednesday 31: London's BBC regional news program, Newsroom South East, carries a piece on the shooting of the River Thames sequence.

April
Thursday 1: The Big Breakfast carries an item on the new Bond villains.

Sunday 4: More clips of the shooting of the Thames sequence appear on the London Weekend movie show Big Screen.

November
19: Canada - theatrical release
22: UK Royal Charity Premiere, Odeon, Leiecster Square, London
25: UK special preview screenings at selected cinemas
25: Germany - theatrical release
25: Israel - theatrical release
25: Singapore - theatrical release
25: New Zealand - theatrical release
26: UK nationwide opening
26: Austria - theatrical release
26: Slovenia - theatrical release
26: Switzerland [German speaking regions] - theatrical release
26: Denmark - theatrical release
26: South Africa: - theatrical release
26: Turkey - theatrical release
26: Australia - theatrical release
Day Unknown: Hungary - theatrical release
Day Unknown: Korea - theatrical release

December
1: France - theatrical release
1: Switzerland - [French speaking regions] - theatrical release
1: Belgium - theatrical release
2: Lebanon - theatrical release
2: Netherlands - theatrical release
2: Malaysia - theatrical release
3: Finland - theatrical release
3: Portugal - theatrical release
3: Sweden - theatrical release
3: Norway - theatrical release
3: Spain - theatrical release
10: Venezuela - theatrical release
16: Chile - theatrical release
16: Croatia - theatrical release
17: Mexico - theatrical release
17: Ecuador - theatrical release
17: Yugoslavia - theatrical release
17: Columbia - theatrical release
17: Panama - theatrical release
17: Brazil - theatrical release
17: Argentine - theatrical release
24: Cyprus - theatrical release
25: Trinidad - theatrical release
25: Bulgaria - theatrical release
27: Peru - theatrical release
30: Slovakia - theatrical release

2000
January
7: Greece - theatrical release
14: Italy - theatrical release
28: Romania - theatrical release
29: Poland - theatrical release

February
5: Japan - theatrical release

Danger Suspense Excitement There must be when he's around

Some men want to rule the world... Some women ask for the world... Some believe the world is theirs for the taking... But for one man, The World Is Not Enough!!!

As the countdown begins for the new millienum there is still one number you can always count on.

Bond is Back

Bond 19 - working title
Bond 2000 - working title
Death Waits for No Man - working title
Fire and Ice - working title
Il Mondo non basta - Italian title
Pressure Point - early title
T.W.I.N.E. - abbreviated title
Die Welt ist nicht genug - German title
James Bond 007 - Die Welt ist nicht genug - German title
007, el mundo no basta - Argentinian title
El mundo no basta - Uruguayan title
El mundo nunca es suficiente - Spanish title
Kun maailma ei riitä - Finnish title
Le monde ne suffit pas - French title
Il mondo non basta - Italian title
007: O Mundo Nao é o Bastante - Brazilian title
Världen räcker inte till - Swedish 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]
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]

SEQUEL
Die Another Day [2002]

SEE ALSO
The World Is Not Enough [2000]

FOOTAGE FEATURED IN
The James Bond Story [1999]
Premiere Bond: Die Another Day [2002]

MAGAZINES

The A List in The Mirror 26 November - 2 December 1999 p.6 [UK]
illustrated review [by Jonathan Ross]

Apollo 1st on Video no.100 [May 2000] [UK]
illustrated production notes

Broadcast 12 November 1999 p.S17 [UK]
review

Broadcast 8 October 1999 p.S18 [UK]
review

Cinefantastique December 1999 [v31 n9] pp.32-55 [USA]
illustrated production notes

Diário de Notícias 3 December 1999
review [by Eurico De Barros]

Dreamwatch 56 p.15 [UK]
illustrated review

Empire April 1999 p.46 [UK]

Empire February 1999 p.113 [UK]

Empire July 1999 pp.102-103 [UK]

Empire June 1999 pp.50-51 [UK]

Empire November 1999 p.58 [UK]

Empire January 2000 p.13 [UK]
illustrated review [by Kim Newman]

Entertainment Weekly vol 1 no 497 [6 August 1999] pp.34-35
article [New World Order by Benjamin Svetkey]

Entertainment Weekly vol 1 no 514 [26 November 1999] p.67
review [Agent Gracelessly by Lisa Schwarzbaum]

Entertainment Weekly vol 1 no 516 [10 December 1999] pp.21-24
article [Kill Bond Now by Benjamin Svetkey]

Eyepiece April / May 1999 p.13
article

Eyepiece June / July 1999 p.9
article

Fade In v.5 n.3 p.15
article

Film Francais 3 September 1999
review

Film Review December 1999 pp.52-57
review

Film Review January 2000 pp.23, 49
review [by Clayton Hickman]

Film Review March 1999 p.38
article

Film Review Special 28 pp.88-91
review

Go! 3 December 1999 p.12
illustrated review [by Darryl Webber]

Göteborgs-Posten 8 December 1999 p.45
review [Manusidéerna räcker inte till by Mats Johnson]

Heat 13 March 1999 pp.6-7
illustrated article

Premiere September 1999
article

Premiere November 1999 p.24
review

Screen International 15 January 1999 p.33
credits

Screen International 15 October 1999 p.10
note

Screen International 19 November 1999 p.13
note

Screen International 22 October 1999 p.19
review

Screen International 26 March 1999 p.1
note

Screen International 8 January 1999 p.26
note

SFX 50 pp.16, 26
illustrated article

Sight and Sound vol.10 no.1 [January 2000] p.6 [UK]
illustrated note [Bond is not enough]

Starburst 254 [October 1999] pp.52-55
illustrated interview

Starburst Special 38 Yearbook 1998 / 1999 p.94
review

Sydsvenska Dagbladet 8 December 1999 p.B12
review [Bond förtjänar en värdigare inramning by Jan Aghed]

Total Film May 1999
illustrated article

Total Film September 1999 [UK]
illustrated review

Total Film no.2 [March 1997] p.44 [UK]
short note

Total Film no.35 December 1999 pp.36; 72-81 [UK]
illustrated note [Gwahhh Mr Bond! by Simon Crook (about stuntwoman Sarah Dononue's accident during the European Powerboat Championships)]; illustrated article [by Julian Chance]

Variety vol. 377 no.1 [15 November 1999] pp.88, 94 [USA]
review [19th Bond plot is not enough by Todd McCarthy]

KEYWORDS

spies, james bond, revenge, stockholm syndrome, boats, london, rivers, river thames, assassinations, hot air balloons, millennium dome, oil refineries, pipelines, turkey, submarines, underwater, cars, helicopters, casinos, avalanches, skiing, parahawks, x-rays, nuclear weapons, underground, scientists, anarchists

Last Updated: 6 March, 2007