20 November 2002 (United Kingdom)
22 November 2002 (United States)
Die Another Day is a 2002 spy film and the twentieth film in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions. It was produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, and directed by Lee Tamahori. The fourth and final film starring Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond, it was also the only film to feature John Cleese as Q, and the last with Samantha Bond as Miss Moneypenny. It is also the first film since Live and Let Die (1973) not to feature Desmond Llewelyn as Q as he died three years earlier. Halle Berry co-stars as NSA agent Giacinta "Jinx" Johnson, the Bond girl. It follows Bond as he attempts to locate a mole in British intelligence who betrayed him and a British billionaire who is later revealed to be connected to a North Korean operative whom Bond seemingly killed. It is an original story, although it takes influence from Bond creator Ian Fleming's novels Moonraker (1955) and The Man with the Golden Gun (1965), as well as Kingsley Amis's novel, Colonel Sun.
Die Another Day marked the James Bond franchise's 40th anniversary. The film includes references to each of the preceding films. It received mixed reviews; some critics praised Tamahori's direction, but others criticized its reliance on CGI, product placement and its unoriginal plot, as well as the villain. Nevertheless, it was the highest-grossing James Bond film up to that time.
Storyline
James Bond is sent to investigate the connection between a North Korean terrorist and a diamond mogul, who is funding the development of an international space weapon.
Sound Effects Used
- Cinesound Electronic Sound
- Hollywoodedge, Animal Stinger Fast SDT035901
- Hollywoodedge, Bullet Bounces Off Fr PE114801
- Hollywoodedge, Bullet Bounces Off Fr PE114901
- Hollywoodedge, Bullet Bounces Off Fr PE115001
- Hollywoodedge, Bullet Impact Sweete PE115201
- Hollywoodedge, Crash Wood Glass Met PE111401
- Hollywoodedge, Explosion Glass Deb EXP024201
- Hollywoodedge, Explosion No Debris EXP020201
- Hollywoodedge, Explosion Wood Debr EXP025701
- Hollywoodedge, Large Multiple Crash PE282501 (The 1st half is heard once when Bond sideswipes one of the hovercrafts into a tank.)
- Hollywoodedge, Large Splash Or DiveW PE127201 (1st half only.)
- Hollywoodedge, Load Cock M16 Rifle Gu PE091301
- Hollywoodedge, Metal Hits Metal Pipe FS010605
- Hollywoodedge, Ricochets Various TE029902
- Hollywoodedge, Stinger Koto Drum SDT010801
- Hollywoodedge, Sword Twang 1 Sword Pl PE103701
- Hollywoodedge, Thin Metallic Pot Or CRT031202
- Pro Sound Effects, Seagulls and Crows, Birdcalls, Squawks, Screeches, Cries, CU
- SKYWALKER LIGHTSABER SOUND (The 1st half of the sith activation variant is heard once when one of the hovercrafts crashes into the gate wall.)
- Sony Fireball Roaring Sound
- SoundDogs, Metal, Rip, Crush, Drop, Flex/Sound Ideas, METAL, HIT - SHARP RIPPING CRUNCH 07
- Sound Ideas, BIG BEN - CHIMING AND STRIKING 1 O'CLOCK
- Sound Ideas, FENCING - MATCH: NO FOOT MOVEMENT, SWORD
- Sound Ideas, FENCING - SABRE SWIPE: SINGLE, SWORD 02
- Sound Ideas, METAL, SCRAPE - SHORT, METAL SCRAPE SPRAYING SPARKS 01/02 (Used twice for the flamethrower Colonel Moon uses during the hovercraft chase.)
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 07
- Sound Ideas, STEAM - HEAVY STEAM RELEASE
- Unknown Ricochet Sound
- Werner's Motorcycle Engine Revving