9 December 1997 (London, premiere)
12 December 1997 (United Kingdom)
19 December 1997 (United States)
Tomorrow Never Dies is a 1997 spy film and the eighteenth in the James Bond series to be produced by Eon Productions, and the second to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Directed by Roger Spottiswoode, with the screenplay written by Bruce Feirstein, the film follows Bond as he attempts to stop Elliot Carver, a power-mad media mogul, from engineering world events to initiate 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, to whom the film pays tribute in the end credits, as well as the last one to be officially released under the United Artists label. Filming locations included France, Thailand, Germany, Mexico and the United Kingdom. Tomorrow Never Dies performed well at the box office, grossing over $333 million worldwide, becoming the fourth-highest-grossing film of 1997 and earned a Golden Globe nomination despite mixed reviews. While its performance at the domestic box office surpassed that of its predecessor, GoldenEye, it was the only one of Pierce Brosnan's Bond films not to open at number one at the box office, as it opened the same day as Titanic, and finished at number two that week.
Storyline
Media mogul Elliot Carver (Jonathan Pryce) wants his news empire to reach every country on the globe, but the Chinese government will not allow him to broadcast there. Carver doesn't take no for an answer and plans to use his media empire to fuel flames of war between the Western world and China. Thankfully, James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) is on to the insane news tycoon and travels to China to stop him with the help of Chinese secret agent Wai Lin (Michelle Yeoh).
Sound Effects Used
- Hollywoodedge, Alarm 4 Contemporary TE012301
- Hollywoodedge, Bullet Ricochet OffD PE096901
- Hollywoodedge, Bullet Ricochet OffH PE097101
- Hollywoodedge, Crash Metal Glass PE110801
- Hollywoodedge, Crash Metal Shatter PE110501
- Hollywoodedge, Crash Train Car Mix PE111601
- Hollywoodedge, Crunchy Fist Impact PE247301/Kick Body Hit 4 Thud Cr PE101601
- Hollywoodedge, Doppler Car Horn By Ap PE077401/Doppler Horn By HighP CT053001
- Hollywoodedge, Doppler Car Horn By Ap PE077501/Doppler Horn By Mediu CT052801
- Hollywoodedge, Explosion Large Shar PE097801
- Hollywoodedge, Gnat By Low Fast Whist PE212201
- Hollywoodedge, Harrier Takeoff Vert PE211301
- Hollywoodedge, Kick Body Hit 1 SharpT PE101301
- Hollywoodedge, Large Ceramic Pot Bre TE023001/Pottery Drop Break PE112401
- Hollywoodedge, Medium Impact With Debri PE281001
- Hollywoodedge, Medium Impact With Debri PE281002
- Hollywoodedge, Punch Body Hit 2 Thud PE100901
- Hollywoodedge, Punch Body Hit 3 Sharp PE101001
- Hollywoodedge, Single Bullet Impact PE236401
- Hollywoodedge, Swish Small Glass Cra PE112801
- Hollywoodedge, Wood Glass Crash PE113001
- Machine Gun Sound 2
- Magic School Bus Horn
- Sony Fireball Roaring Sound
- Sound Ideas, BIRD, ROOSTER - MORNING CALL, ANIMAL 01
- Sound Ideas, DOOR, WOOD - OPEN 04
- Sound Ideas, ELECTRICITY, SPARK - HIGH VOLTAGE SPARK, ELECTRICAL 02
- Sound Ideas, ELECTRICITY, SPARK - HIGH VOLTAGE SPARK, ELECTRICAL 03
- Sound Ideas, ELECTRICITY, SPARK - HIGH VOLTAGE SPARK, ELECTRICAL 05
- Sound Ideas, ELECTRICITY, SPARK - HIGH VOLTAGE SPARK, ELECTRICAL 11
- Sound Ideas, GUN, HAND, FOLEY - GLOCK 10MM: PULL AND RELEASE SLIDE
- Sound Ideas, GUN, RICOCHET - RICOCHET: SINGLE SHOT, BULLET 04
- Sound Ideas, GUN, RIFLE - SEVERAL SHOTS, WITH RICOCHET
- Sound Ideas, HELICOPTER - BELL 206: EXTERNAL: APPROACH, PASS BY, FAST
- Sound Ideas, HYDRAULIC, LIFT - LARGE HYDRAULIC HOIST: RAISE UP, INDUSTRY 02
- Sound Ideas, INDUSTRY, HYDRAULIC - ELECTRIC HYDRAULIC MACHINE: UP FULL, FACTORY
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - SHOT AND WHINE
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - SLICK RICCO 02
- Sound Ideas, SPACE, DOOR - SPACE SHIP DOOR 1, SCI FI
- Sound Ideas, TELEPHONE, ELECTRONIC - OFFICE OR HOME ELECTRONIC PHONE: RING 1: SINGLE RING
- WB BULLET RICOCHETS
- Werner's Motorcycle Engine Revving