Movies - Tomorrow Never Dies

Home > Listing Index > Movies > Tomorrow Never Dies

	Movies - Tomorrow Never Dies

Tomorrow Never Dies is the eighteenth James Bond film made by EON Productions, and the second to star Pierce Brosnan as Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond. It was released in 1997, by producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, and was also the first Bond film made after the death of veteran producer Albert R. Broccoli. The film is dedicated to his memory, and beginning with this production and in each subsequent Bond film, the first credit reads: "Albert R. Broccoli's EON Productions presents..."

Plot summary

The film begins at a terrorist arms bazaar somewhere on the Russian border. MI6 has sent 007 into the field to survey trades and purchases by the terrorists. One terrorist identified, Henry Gupta, has purchased an American GPS encoder. Upon viewing the evidence of these transactions taking place Admiral Roebuck overrules M's insistance of further examination of the situation and orders a missile strike upon the position, however, it is later discovered that the terrorists have a Soviet nuclear torpedo setup on a plane which threatens a disasterous radioactive contamination of the area. Bond, using diversionary tactics, steals the plane with the torpedo and escapes before the missiles hit as does Gupta with the GPS encoder.

The encoder is later used by evil media mogul Elliot Carver, as an attempt to start a war between the People's Republic of China and the United Kingdom as an exclusive marketing device to launch his new worldwide television network. The encoder is used to send a British frigate, the HMS Devonshire, off course in the South China sea where Carver's own stealth ship, based on a Navy concept ship, the USS Sea Shadow, sinks it while also shooting down a Chinese fighter plane sent out to investigate the stray warship. When the survivors of the sunken frigate are found to have been killed using Chinese ammunition, a Royal Navy taskforce is sent to the region.

As tensions between the two countries mount, Bond is sent by M to investigate Carver after MI6 identifies a spurious signal sent from one of Carver's communications satellites at the time the warship was sunk. During the investigation, Bond seduces Carver's wife, his old flame Paris Carver, as a result of which her husband orders her death. Meanwhile, Bond is both rivaled and assisted in his mission by the Chinese secret agent Wai Lin.

Cast & characters

James Bond - Pierce Brosnan
Miss Moneypenny - Samantha Bond
M - Judi Dench
Q - Desmond Llewelyn
Jack Wade - Joe Don Baker
Wai Lin - Michelle Yeoh
Elliot Carver - Jonathan Pryce
Paris Carver - Teri Hatcher
Henry Gupta - Ricky Jay
Dr. Kaufman - Vincent Schiavelli
Mr. Stamper - Götz Otto
Admiral Roebuck - Geoffrey Palmer
Charles Robinson - Colin Salmon
Dr. Dave Greenwalt - Colin Stanton
General Bukharin - Terence Rigby
Minister Of Defence - Julian Fellowes
Tom Wallace - Michael G. Wilson
Carver's Thug - Rocky Taylor

Crew

Directed by: Roger Spottiswoode
Produced by: Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli
Written by: Bruce Feirstein
Cinematography by: Robert Elswit
Composed by: David Arnold

Soundtrack

David Arnold composed the score of Tomorrow Never Dies, his first full Bond soundtrack. Arnold came to the producer's attention due to his successful cover interpretations in Shaken and Stirred: The David Arnold James Bond Project—which featured major artists performing classic James Bond title songs. Sheryl Crow sings the main theme, "Tomorrow Never Dies", and the end titles feature k.d. lang singing "Surrender," a bold, classic-style James Bond theme song. Both songs have the phrase "tomorrow never dies", making this the only film with two, legitimate theme songs. Arnold originally proposed "Surrender" as the main theme to be played during the title credits, but this was changed at the last minute in favor of Crow's theme.

[ Visit the complete Wikipedia entry for Tomorrow Never Dies ]

This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article Tomorrow Never Dies; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.

Movies - Tomorrow Never Dies

Plot summary

Cast & characters

Crew

Soundtrack

Searches on eBay

Related searches on eBay