Tomorrow Never Dies
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) is the eighteenth spy film in the James Bond series, and the second to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Bruce Feirstein wrote the screenplay, and it was directed by Roger Spottiswoode. It follows Bond as he tries to stop a media mogul from engineering world events and starting World War III.
The film was produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, and was the first James Bond film made after the death of producer Albert R. Broccoli. The movie paid tribute to him in the end credits. Tomorrow Never Dies performed well at the box office despite mixed reviews. While its domestic box office surpassed GoldenEye,[1] it was the only Pierce Brosnan Bond film not to open at number one at the box office since it opened the same day as Titanic.
Cast
Pierce Brosnan as James Bond (007): British Secret Agent and protagonist- Jonathan Pryce as Elliot Carver: A media mogul modelled on Robert Maxwell, but analyzed as a satire on Rupert Murdoch.[3] He is completely insane and possibly even psychopathic, with scant regard for any of the lives destroyed or simply taken as a result of his media ambition.
- Michelle Yeoh as Colonel Wai Lin: A skilled Chinese spy and Bond's ally.
- Teri Hatcher as Paris Carver: A former girlfriend of Bond who is now Carver's trophy wife.
- Ricky Jay as Henry Gupta: An American "Techno-terrorist" in the employ of Carver. Bruce Feirstein said he named this character after a Gupta Bakery, which he went past on the way to the studios.[4]
- Götz Otto as Mr. Stamper: Carver's henchman, skilled in the art of Chakra torture.
- Joe Don Baker as Jack Wade: Baker reprised his role of CIA liaison Wade from GoldenEye, helping Bond with the GPS encoder and providing a plane to get to the Devonshire.
- Vincent Schiavelli as Dr. Kaufman: Kaufman is a professional assassin used by Elliot Carver to kill Paris Carver and Bond, with the intention of making it look like Bond did it.
- Judi Dench as M: Dench reprised her role of M from GoldenEye. M often acts as Bond's advocate, justifying his actions to the military.
- Desmond Llewelyn as Q: Llewelyn returned for his penultimate Bond film, supplying Bond with gadgets.
- Samantha Bond as Miss Moneypenny : M's secretary.
- Geoffrey Palmer as Admiral Roebuck : M's contentious military contact.
- Julian Fellowes as Defence Secretary : The Defence Minister of the British Government that orders the Admiral to send the British fleet to the China sea, previously played by Sir Frederick Gray
- Daphne Deckers as PR Lady
- John Cho as Aide #3
Also, Gerard Butler and Julian Rhind-Tutt appeared as crew of the HMS Devonshire
