Bond 18
Released December 19, 1997
Plotline: The H.M.S Devonshire has been sunken in
the South China sea. Admiral Hargreaves and the minister of defence are
convinced that Chinese are the ones to blaim. But M, the head of the British
Secret Service belives that media mogul Elliot Carver has something to
do with it and sends agent 007 James Bond to investigate. 007 has 48 hours
to find evidence against Carver, otherwise the British will attack the
Chinese and start World War III. James Bond teams up with Wai Lin to stop
Eliot Caver from firing a British cruise missile at China.
Cast:
Bond - Pierce Brosnan
Wai Lin - Michelle Yeoh
Paris Carver - Teri Hatcher
Jack Wade - Joe Don Baker
Elliot Carver - Jonathan Pryce
Stamper - Götz Otto
M - Judi Dench
Q - Desmond Llewelyn
Moneypenny - Samantha Bond
Director - Roger Spottiswode
Producer - Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson
Scriptwriters - Richard Maibaum
Score - David Arnold
Title Song - Sheryl Crow
Running Time - 125 min
Other Facts:
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The original title was Tomorrow Never Lies.
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The script was not finished at the beginning of filming.
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Teri Hatcher was three months pregnant when she filmed her
scenes.
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Brosnan encorporated a little bite into his kiss that was
frequentally talked about in interviews by Teri Hatcher.
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Teri Hatcher took the part to fulfill her husband's lifelong
dream of being married to a Bond girl.
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A part of the Q scene was cut in which Q says "Here's your
new car", openes a box with a live jaguar in it and says,
"oops, wrong crate". Although the scene was deleted you can still see the
crate with the jaguar in the background.
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Sony is developing "Tomorrow Never Dies: The Mission Continues"
for PlayStation, which will be released sometime in 1999. The game starts
out where TND ends.
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