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Mission
When 007 is assigned to protect an oil heiress, he is catapulted into a
passionate, adrenaline-charged adventure that pits him against one of his
most deadly adversaries: Renard, a ruthless anarchist whose total
imperviousness to pain makes him a virtually unstoppable enemy.
Release Data
UK: 26th November 1999 (12)
USA: 19th November 1999 (PG-13)
World Premiere: 8th November 1999 (Bruin & Fox Theatre, Los Angeles,
USA)
UK TV Premiere: 14th November 2001, ITV
US TV Premiere: 3rd November 2002, CBS
Running Time: 128 minutes
Classification: 12 (UK), PG-13 (US)
Budget: $135m
Worldwide Box Office: $352m
US Box Office: $126.93m
US Admissions: N/A
UK Box Office: £28.57
Production
Producers: Barbara Broccoli & Michael G. Wilson
Director: Michael Apted
Screenplay: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Bruce Feirstein
Composer: David Arnold
Locations
Bilbao, Spain; London Pinewood studios, UK; Scotland, UK; Baku, Azerbaijan;
Istanbul, Turkey.
Pre-Credits Sequence
Bond is in Bilbao investigating to a Swiss banker in order to retrieve £3m
that Sir Robert King used to buy a stolen top-secret report and to get a
lead on a dead MI6 agent.
When Bond doesn't get his demands, he ups the ante by
roughing up the goons. Upon questioning the banker at gunpoint, a
mysterious assassin later to be known as "Cigar Girl" thwarts
his attempts. It soon becomes time to leave and Bond opts for the window,
keeping one step ahead of the authorities.
Later back at the MI6 building Sir Robert has arrived to collect his money
and is speaking to M when Bond enters her office. When offered a drink he
notices that the ice in his finger is making a chemical reaction. The
money Bond collected is a bomb and 007 is too late in warning King as an
explosion rips throught the MI6 building.
Bond spots Cigar Girl in a powerboat on the Thames and
steals Q's retirement project: a boat loaded with armaments for "fishing".
After a spectacular chase, Bond catches up with the girl who is trying to
escape in a hot air balloon. Bond is hanging on by a rope as Cigar Girl
opts to blow herself up rather than face the consequences, leaving 007
dropping onto the Millennium Dome.
Title
Uttered by James Bond when Elektra King offers him the world, the title of
the film is taken from Bond's family motto that adorned his coat of arms
in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service". It is translated from the
original Latin phrase "orbis non sufficit".
Cut Scenes & Alternate Versions
The trailer shows Christmas Jones telling Bond, "Someone is going to
be after my butt." In the film, she says "Someone is going to
have my ass."
Early press screenings ran for 160 minutes. The film
was cut back to 128 minutes for release.
Scenes that were trimmed back include:
- Right after Bond jumps out of the Bankers office in Bilbao, the Cigar
Girl comes into the Hotel Room from which Renard shot the guard. He says
to her, he hopes that Bond will bring the money back.
- The boat chase sequence was originally 18 minutes long.
- The sequence in which King dies and Bond looks for the Cigar Girl was
originally longer.
- Also shortened was the scene where Bond drives through the oil fields in
Azerbaijan.
- While Bond is talking to Elektra her office was flown in by helicopter.
It then expands to the size as it is seen in the film
Best Line
Zukovsky: "I'm looking for a submarine. It's big, and black and the
driver is a very good friend of mine.
Best Mistake
When Elektra removes her earring to show Bond her mutilated lobe,
it magically replaces itself in the next shot.
Distinguishing feature
007 shooting a 'Bond girl' for the first time, and Brosnan giving
007 a deeper persona.
Vital Statistics
Conquests: 3
Martinis: 1
Kills: 19
"Bond, James Bond": 2
Release Date: November 19, 1999 trailer
MPAA rating: 'PG-13' for
MGM
intense sequences of action violence, some sexuality and innuendo
Running Time: 128 minutes
The World Is Not Enough Script
THE ORGINAL SOUNDTRACK
The World Is Not Enough: Music From The MGM Motion
Picture [SOUNDTRACK] 1999
1. The world is not enough (performed by Garbage)
2. Show me the money
3. Come in 007, your time is up
4. Access denied
5. M's confession
6. Welcome to Baku
7. Casino
8. Ice bandits
9. Elektra's theme
10. Body double
11. Going down - the bunker
12. Pipeline
13. Remember pleasure
14. Caviar factory
15. Torture queen
16. I never miss
17. Submarine
18. Christmas in Turkey
19. Only myself to blame (performed by Scott Walker)
DENISE RICHARDS stars as Dr. Christmas Jones 
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