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007 Vehicle: BMW Z8 / The World Is Not Enough (1999)

Bond vehicle: BMW Z8
Bond movie: The World Is Not Enough (1999)


Engine: V8, 4941 cm3
Top speed: 249 km/h, electronically limited
Acceleration 0-100 km/h: 4,7 seconds
Length: 4400 mm 
Width: 1830 mm
Weight: 1660 kg
Price 1997 / 2007: £ 80 000 / £ 70 000

Bond's new hardest class Z8-sportscar is his third BMW, successor of BMW 750iL and he can drive it by using remote control. Car is an impressive combination of beautiful design, precise technique and weapons.
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Bond villain: Renard (Victor Zokas)

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Bond villain: Renard (Victor Zokas)
007 Film: The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Actor: Robert Carlyle

Mission:
Destroy Istanbul by detonating a nuclear submarine in the Bosphorus, thus satisfying his lust for chaos and allowing Elektra to monopolize the oil market.

Fate of the Bond villain:
Impaled by a plutonium rod shot out of the sub's reactor core at high speed by Bond.

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007 Video game: The World Is Not Enough (2000)

007 VIDEO GAME TITLE: The World Is Not Enough
YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2000 (For Game Boy Color 2001)
DEVELOPER: Eurocom (N64), Black Ops Entertainment (PS)
PLATFORM(S): Nintendo 64, PlayStation
BOND LIKENESS: Pierce Brosnan

ABOUT

The World Is Not Enough marks the fifth appearance of Pierce Brosnan's James Bond, though like Tomorrow Never Dies, the game included his likeness but not his voice.

The game closely follows the storyline of the movie, with some minor differences. In addition, with a GameShark, N64 players can unlock two additional levels: one dubbed "Crate Yard" and the other "Subterranea." Crate Yard appears to be an early test level, and Subterranea is likely a mission once intended to appear between "Fallen Angel" and "A Sinking Feeling."

The PlayStation version has only 11 missions: "Thames Chase, "Underground Uprising, "Midnight Departure" and "A Sinking Feeling" were not present, and "City of Walkways" was only one mission. Between "Cold Reception" and "Night Watch" there was a mission called "Russian Roulette", in which the player must play a game of Blackjack to get information about Renard from Zukovsky. 

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007 Soundtrack: The World Is Not Enough (1999)

FILM: The World Is Not Enough(1999)
SOUNDTRACK RELEASED: 1999 (US), 2000 (Japan)
SCORE COMPOSER: David Arnold
TITLE SONG: "The World Is Not Enough"
COMPOSED BY: David Arnold, Don Black
PERFORMED BY: Garbage

The World Is Not Enough is the 1999 soundtrack of the 19th James Bond film of the same name and the second Bond soundtrack composed by David Arnold. The score features more instances of electronic music, which Arnold included to "make the thing a little more contemporary". To add an ethnic flavor to tracks that conveyed the film's Turkey and Central Asia setting, Arnold brought in percussionist Pete Lockett, qanun player Abdullah Chhadeh, and singer Natacha Atlas.

Arnold broke tradition by not ending the film with a new song or a reprise of the opening theme. Originally, Arnold intended to use the song Only Myself to Blame, written by David Arnold & Don Black and sung by Scott Walker and inspired by the failed romance between Bond and Elektra King, who turns out to be a villain. However, director Michael Apted "felt it was too much of a downer for the end of the movie" and Arnold replaced it with a techno remix of the James Bond Theme. Only Myself to Blame, is the nineteenth and final track on the album.

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TRACK LISTING
  1. "The World Is Not Enough" – 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" – Scott Walker (David Arnold/Don Black)
  20. "Sweetest Coma Again"* – Luna Sea featuring DJ Krush

* Track 20 is only included in the Japanese album release.


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007 Book: The World Is Not Enough (1999)

Bond book: The World Is Not Enough
Author: Raymond Benson
Publication year: 1999

The World Is Not Enough, published in 1999, is the fifth novel by Raymond Benson featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond based on the 1999 film of the same name. It was only the second James Bond novel copyrighted by Ian Fleming Publications (formerly Glidrose Publications). It was published in the United Kingdom by Hodder & Stoughton and in the United States by Putnam.

The World Is Not Enough was adapted by then-current Bond novelist Raymond Benson from the screenplay by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Bruce Feirstein. It was Benson's fourth James Bond novel and followed the story closely, except in some details. For example, Elektra does not die immediately after Bond shoots her; instead, she begins quietly to sing. The novel also gave the Cigar Girl a name: Giulietta da Vinci, and retained a scene between her and Renard that was cut from theatrical release. Also, Bond is still carrying his Walther PPK instead of the newer P99.

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007 Director: Michael Apted

Who; Michael David Apted
Born: 10 February 1941, Buckinghamshire, England 

Michael David Apted, CMG is an English director, producer, writer and actor. He is one of the most prolific British film directors of his generation, and directed the "Up Series" of documentaries and the James Bond film "The World Is Not Enough".
On 29 June 2003 he was elected president of the Directors Guild of America. He returned to television, directing the first three episodes of the TV series "Rome". Apted directed "Amazing Grace" which premiered at the closing of the Toronto Film Festival in 2006. His most recent feature film project was "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" which premiered 30 November 2010 at the Royal Film Performance. He was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2008 Birthday Honours.

Michael Apted´s 007 production:
"The World Is Not Enough" (1999)

James Bond: 1999
In 1999, Apted directed the James Bond film "The World Is Not Enough".

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007 Film: The World Is Not Enough (1999)

007 Film: The World Is Not Enough
Release year: 1999
Directed by: Michael Apted
Produced by: Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli

The film's plot revolves around the assassination of billionaire Sir Robert King by the terrorist Renard, and Bond's subsequent assignment to protect King's daughter Elektra, who had previously been held for ransom by Renard. During his assignment, Bond unravels a scheme to increase petroleum prices by triggering a nuclear meltdownin the waters of Istanbul.
 
CAST:

  • Pierce Brosnan as James Bond, 007.
  • Denise Richards as Christmas Jones, a nuclear physicist.
  • Robert Carlyle as Renard, a former KGB agent.
  • Sophie Marceau as Elektra King, an oil heiress who wants to make her mark on the world by sealing an oil trade route with a nuclear explosion. She is Renard's lover, and also briefly Bond's.
  • Robbie Coltrane as Valentin Zukovsky: A former Russian mafia boss and Baku casino owner. He aids Bond in order to rescue his nephew from Renard's captivity.
  • Judi Dench as M: The head of MI6.
  • Colin Salmon as Charles Robinson: The Chief of Staff of MI6
  • Desmond Llewelyn as Q: MI6's "quartermaster" who supplies Bond with multi-purpose vehicles and gadgets useful for the latter's mission. The film would be Llewelyn's final performance as Q. Although the actor was not officially retiring from the role, the Q character was training his eventual replacement in this film. Llewelyn was killed in a car accident shortly after the film's premiere.
  • John Cleese as R: Q's assistant and successor. The character is never formally introduced as "R" – This was simply an observation on Bond's part: "If you're Q....does that make him R?"
  • Samantha Bond as Miss Moneypenny: M's secretary
  • Serena Scott Thomas as Dr. Molly Warmflash: An MI6 physician who gives 007 "A clean bill of health."
  • John Seru as Gabor: Elektra King's bodyguard who is seen accompanying King wherever she travels.
  • Ulrich Thomsen as Sasha Davidov: Elektra King's head of security in Azerbaijan.
  • Goldie as Bullion: Valentin Zukovsky's gold-toothed bodyguard.
  • Maria Grazia Cucinotta as Giulietta da Vinci, credited in the film as "Cigar Girl": An experienced assassin working for Renard.
  • David Calder as Sir Robert King: Elektra's father and an oil tycoon who is later killed by his daughter.
 
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    007 James Bond actor: Pierce Brosnan

    Who: Pierce Brendan Brosnan
    Born: 16 May 1953, Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland
    Pierce Brendan Brosnan is an Irish actor, film producer and environmentalist. After leaving comprehensive school at 16, Brosnan began training in commercial illustration. He then went on to train at the Drama Centre in London for three years. Following a stage acting career he rose to popularity in the television series Remington Steele (1982–87).
    After Remington Steele, Brosnan appeared in films such as The Fourth Protocoland Mrs. Doubtfire. In 1995, he became the fifth actor to portray secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions film series, starring in four films between 1995 and 2002. He also provided his voice and likeness to Bond in the 2004 video game James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing.


    Pierce Brosnan trivia facts:
    • Had been worked as a taxi driver, a fire-eater, and a worker who cleaned people's houses for Domestics Unlimited before his acting career took off.

    • Has been both the lightest and heaviest actor who portrayed James Bond as he weighed 164 pounds during the filming of GoldenEye (1995), then increased to 211 pounds while making Die Another Day (2002). 

    • His favorite Bond movies are From Russia with Love (1963) and For Your Eyes Only (1981) while his least favorite one is On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969). 


    Pierce Brosnan´s 007 production:
    GoldenEye (1995)
    Tomorrow Never Dies(1997)
    The World Is Not Enough(1999)
    Die Another Day (2002)

    Other:
    James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing James Bond (voice and likeness) video game (2004)

    James Bond: 1995–2005

    Brosnan first met James Bond films producer Albert R. Broccoli on the sets of For Your Eyes Only because his first wife, Cassandra Harris, was in the film. Broccoli said, "if he can act ... he's my guy" to inherit the role of Bond from Roger Moore. It was reported by both Entertainment Tonight and the National Enquirer, that Brosnan was going to inherit another role of Moore's, that of Simon Templar in The Saint. Brosnan denied the rumours in July 1993 but added, "it's still languishing there on someone's desk in Hollywood."

    In 1986, NBC cancelled Remington Steele and Brosnan was offered the role as James Bond, but the publicity revived Remington Steele. His contract with the Remington Steele producers required him to resume his role and he regretfully declined the Bond role. The producers instead hired Timothy Dalton for The Living Daylights(1987), and Licence to Kill (1989). Legal squabbles between the Bond producers and the studio over distribution rights resulted in the cancellation of a proposed third Dalton film in 1991 and put the Bond series on a hiatus for several years. After the legal issues had been resolved, Dalton decided not to return for a third film. On 7 June 1994, Brosnan was announced as the fifth actor to play Bond.

    Brosnan was signed for a three-film Bond deal with the option of a fourth. The first, 1995's GoldenEye, grossed US $350 million worldwide, the fourth highest worldwide gross of any film in 1995, making it the most successful Bond film since Moonraker, adjusted for inflation. It holds an 80% Rotten tomato rating, while Metacriticholds it at 65%. In the Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert gave the film 3 stars out of 4, saying that Brosnan's Bond was "somehow more sensitive, more vulnerable, more psychologically complete" than the previous ones, also commenting on Bond's "loss of innocence" since previous films. James Berardinelli described Brosnan as "a decided improvement over his immediate predecessor" with a "flair for wit to go along with his natural charm", but added that "fully one-quarter of Goldeneye is momentum-killing padding."

    In 1996, Brosnan formed a film production company entitled "Irish DreamTime" along with producing partner and long time friend Beau St. Clair. Three years later the company's first studio project, The Thomas Crown Affair, was released and met both critical and box office success.

    Brosnan returned in 1997's Tomorrow Never Dies and 1999's The World Is Not Enough, which were also successful. In 2002, Brosnan appeared for his fourth time as Bond in Die Another Day, receiving mixed reviews but was a success at the box office. Brosnan himself subsequently criticised many aspects of his fourth Bond movie. During the promotion, he mentioned that he would like to continue his role as James Bond: "I'd like to do another, sure. Connery did six. Six would be a number, then never come back." Brosnan asked Eon Productions, when accepting the role, to be allowed to work on other projects between Bond films. The request was granted, and for every Bond film, Brosnan appeared in at least two other mainstream films, including several he produced, playing a wide range of roles, ranging from a scientist in Tim Burton's Mars Attacks!, to the title role in Grey Owl which documents the life of Englishman Archibald Stansfeld Belaney, one of Canada's first conservationists.

    Shortly after the release of Die Another Day, the media began questioning whether or not Brosnan would reprise the role for a fifth time. At that time, Brosnan was approaching his 50th birthday. Brosnan kept in mind that both fans and critics were very unhappy with Roger Moore playing the role until he was 58, but he was receiving popular support from both critics and the franchise fanbase for a fifth instalment. For this reason, he remained enthusiastic about reprising his role. In October 2004, Brosnan said he considered himself dismissed from the role. Although Brosnan had been rumoured frequently as still in the running to play 007, he had denied it several times, and in February 2005 he posted on his website that he was finished with the role. Daniel Craig took over the role on 14 October 2005. In an interview with The Globe and Mail, Brosnan was asked what he thought of Daniel Craig as the new James Bond. He replied, "I'm looking forward to it like we're all looking forward to it. Daniel Craig is a great actor and he's going to do a fantastic job". He reaffirmed this support in an interview to the International Herald Tribune, stating that "[Craig's] on his way to becoming a memorable Bond."

    During his tenure on the James Bond films, Brosnan also took part in James Bond video games. In 2002, Brosnan's likeness was used as the face of Bond in the James Bond video game Nightfire (voiced by Maxwell Caulfield). In 2004, Brosnan starred in the Bond game Everything or Nothing, contracting for his likeness to be used as well as doing the voice-work for the character. He also starred along with Jamie Lee Curtis and Geoffrey Rush in The Tailor of Panama in 2001, and lent his voice to The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror XII", as a machine with Pierce Brosnan's voice.


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