Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

"Tha Man. The Number. The License...are all back."

Directed by Roger Spottiswoode
Produced by Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli
Written by Bruce Feirstein
Based on "James Bond" by Ian Fleming
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh, Teri Hatcher, Joe Don Baker, Judi Dench
Music by David Arnold
Cinematography: Robert Elswit
Edited by Michel Arcand, Dominique Fortin
Production company: Eon Productions
Distributed by United Artists
Release date: 12 December 1997 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 119 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: $110 million
Box office: $333,011,068

"Tomorrow Never Dies" is an action adventure thriller film directed by Roger Spottiswoode and written by Bruce Feirstein, based on "James Bond" by Ian Fleming. It's the eighteenth installment of the "James Bond" film series which follows Secret Agent James Bond who heads to stop a media mogul's plan to induce war between China and the UK in order to obtain exclusive global media coverage.

Cast

• Pierce Brosnan as James Bond
• Jonathan Pryce as Elliot Carver
• Michelle Yeoh as Colonel Wai Lin
• Teri Hatcher as Paris Carver
• Götz Otto as Richard Stamper
• Ricky Jay as Henry Gupta
• Joe Don Baker as Jack Wade
• Vincent Schiavelli as Dr. Kaufman
• Judi Dench as M
• Samantha Bond as Miss Moneypenny
• Geoffrey Palmer as Admiral Roebuck
• Colin Salmon as Charles Robinson
• Julian Fellowes as the British Minister of Defence
• Cecilie Thomsen as Professor Inga Bergstrom

It's a real pleasure to see Pierce Brosnan as James Bond - he's perfect for this role, in my opinion.

Advantages

• Pierce Brosnan as James Bond
• Jonathan Pryce as Elliot Carver
• Judi Dench as M

Disadvantages

• Too pretentious
• Opening credits

"Strangenesses"

• Seems like James Bond is absolutely immortal

Clue Moments

• The American "techno-terrorist" Henry Gupta
• CMGN
• The People's Liberation Army Air Force

Soundtracks

1. David Arnold - United Artists Fanfare
2. David Arnold - 007 Logo / White Knight
3. David Arnold - Back Seat Driver I
4. Sheryl Crow feat. Mitchell Froom - Tomorrow Never Dies (Main Title) (Performed By Sheryl Crow)
5. David Arnold - The Sinking Of The Devonshire
6. David Arnold - Crew Killing
7. David Arnold - Danish Lesson
8. David Arnold - Secret Service Headquarters
9. David Arnold - Tomorrow's Headlines
10. David Arnold - Company Car
11. David Arnold - The Party I
12. David Arnold - Slap In The Face
13. David Arnold - The Party II
14. David Arnold - Phone Call For Bond
15. David Arnold - Station Break
16. David Arnold - Elliot And Paris
17. David Arnold - The Seduction
18. David Arnold - The Last Goodbye
19. David Arnold - Hamburg Break In
20. David Arnold - Hamburg Break Out
21. David Arnold - Driving To Paris
22. David Arnold - Doctor Kaufman
23. David Arnold - Recall-Three-Send
24. David Arnold feat. Alex Gifford - Back Seat Driver II
25. David Arnold - Bond Meets Wade
26. David Arnold - Freefall Preparations
27. David Arnold - Underwater Discovery
28. David Arnold - Chopper To Saigon
29. David Arnold - Escape From CMGN Tower
30. David Arnold - Saigon Motorcycle Chase / Back Seat Driver III
31. David Arnold - Bike Shop Fight

Quotations

* * *

Elliot Carver: The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.

* * *

Mr. Stamper: I owe you an unpleasant death, Mr. Bond.

* * *

Paris Carver: I used to look in the papers every day for your obituary.
James Bond: Sorry to disappoint.

* * *

[to Carver before he is kiled by the sea-vac]
James Bond: You forgot the first rule of mass media, Elliot! GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT!

* * *

Paris Carver: Tell me, James: do you still sleep with a gun under your pillow?

* * *

Tamara Steel: Mr. Carver here is the banker Mr.
[pause]
James Bond: Bond, James Bond.

* * *

Elliot Carver: When I was sixteen, I went to work for a newspaper in Hong Kong. It was a rag, but the editor taught me one important lesson. The key to a great story is not who, or what, or when, but why.

* * *

M: Then pump her for information.
Moneypenny: You'll just have to decide how much pumping is needed, James.
James Bond: If only that were true of you and I, Moneypenny.

* * *

You may see the trailer here.

Plot: 7/10

Entertainment: 8/10

Acting: 7/10

Originality: 6/10

Music and Sound: 6/10

7/10

previous GoldenEye (1995)

next The World Is Not Enough (1999)