The James Bond film series is a British spy film series based on the fictional character of MI6 James Bond agent, "007", which originally appeared in a series of books by Ian Fleming. It is one of the longest continuous film series in history, which has been in ongoing production from 1962 to the present (with a period of six years between 1989 and 1995). At that time Eon Productions has produced 24 films, mostly at Pinewood Studios. With a combined gross of more than $ 7 billion to date, the films produced by Eon are the fourth best-selling series films. Six actors have played 007 in the Eon series, the most recent being Daniel Craig.
Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman co-produced most of Eon's films until 1975, when Broccoli became the only producer. The single exception during this period was Thunderball , in which Broccoli and Saltzman became executive producers while Kevin McClory was produced. From 1984 Broccoli joined his stepson Michael G. Wilson as a producer and in 1995 Broccoli resigned from Eon and was replaced by his daughter Barbara, who has been co-produced with Wilson since. Broccoli (and until 1975, Saltzman) the family company, Danjaq, has held ownership of the series through Eon, and retained joint ownership with United Artists since the mid-1970s. The Eon series has seen continuity in both the main actor and in the production crew, with directors, writers, composers, production designers, and others employed through films.
From the release of Dr. Nothing (1962) for For Your Eyes Only (1981), the films are distributed only by United Artists. When Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer absorbed United Artists in 1981, MGM/UA Entertainment Co. formed and distributed the film until 1995. MGM only distributed three films from 1997 to 2002 after United Artists retired as the main studio. From 2006 to 2015, MGM and Columbia Pictures have distributed alongside the film series, following the acquisition of MGM by a consortium led by Columbia's parent company, Sony Pictures. In November 2010, MGM filed for bankruptcy. After its emergence from bankruptcy, Columbia became a joint production partner of the series with Eon. Sony's distribution rights to the franchise expire at the end of 2015 with the release of Specters . In 2017, MGM and Eon offer a one-film contract to jointly fund and distribute the upcoming 25th film worldwide, reported on May 25, 2018 won by Universal Pictures.
Independently of the Eon series, there are three additional productions with the James Bond character: an adaptation of American television, Casino Royale (1954), produced by CBS; a spoof, Casino Royale (1967), produced by Charles K. Feldman; and a remake of Thunderball Never Say Never Again (1983), produced by Jack Schwartzman, who has obtained the rights to the film from McClory.
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Development
First screen adaptation
In 1954, the American CBS television network paid Ian Fleming $ 1,000 ($ 9,113 in 2017 dollars) for the right to change his first novel, Casino Royale, into an hour-long television adventure as part of a dramatic anthology series Climax Mystery Theater , which took place between October 1954 and June 1958. Adapted to the screen by Anthony Ellis and Charles Bennett; Bennett is renowned for his collaboration with Alfred Hitchcock, including The 39 Steps and Sabotage . Due to the one-hour game restriction, the adapted version lost much of the details found in the book, although it retained its violence, particularly in Round III. The "Casino Royale" episode, starring American actor Barry Nelson as Bond and Peter Lorre as villain Le Chiffre, premiered on October 21, 1954 as a live production.
Eon Productions
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In 1959 producer Albert R. "Cubby" Broccoli at Warwick Films expressed interest in adapting Bond novels, but his colleague Irving Allen was not enthusiastic. In June 1961 Fleming sold a six-month option on film rights for James Bond's published novels and short stories and his future to Harry Saltzman, with the exception of the Casino Royale , which he previously sold. Toward the end of the Saltzman option period, screenwriter Wolf Mankowitz introduced him to Broccoli, and Saltzman and Broccoli formed Eon Productions in order to make the first Bond film. A number of Hollywood studios do not want to fund the movie, finding them "too English" or "overtly sexual". Eventually they signed an agreement with United Artists for 100% financial support and distribution of seven films, with a $ 1 million financing for the first feature. Saltzman and Broccoli also created the Danjaq company, which holds the rights to the films produced by Eon Productions.
Eon originally intended to film Fleming's first Thunderball novel, but Kevin McClory brought Fleming to the High Court in London for infringing copyright on the book, and therefore Eon decided to film Dr. Nothing just yet.
Nothing (1962)
Eon asked several directors - Bryan Forbes, Guy Green, Val Guest and Guy Hamilton - to become film directors, but all were rejected, before Terence Young agreed. Eon originally hired Wolf Mankowitz and Richard Maibaum to write Dr. There are no scenarios ', in part because of Mankowitz's help in brokering a deal between Broccoli and Saltzman. The initial draft of the scenario was rejected because the scriptwriter had made a criminal, Dr. No, monkeys, and Mankowitz left the film. Maibaum then performs a second version, closer to the novel; Johanna Harwood and Berkely Mather then worked on Maibaum script, with Harwood specifically portrayed as a script doctor who was credited with improving the English character.
To play Bond's lead role, Sean Connery was not the first choice of Broccoli or Fleming, but he was elected after Patrick McGoohan rejected the role, and Eon rejected Richard Johnson. After Connery was elected, Terence Young brought the actor to his tailor and hairdresser and introduced him to high-end restaurants, restaurants, casinos and women in London. In the words of Bond writer Raymond Benson, Young educates actors "in a way to become necis, smart, and above all, cool".
Filming took place at a location in Jamaica between 16 January and 21 February 1962; five days later filming began at Pinewood Studios in England with a set designed by Ken Adam, who previously worked with Broccoli in the 1960 movie The Trials of Oscar Wilde. Maurice Binder creates the title sequence and introduces the gun barrel motif that appears in all Eon Bond films. Monty Norman wrote the accompanying soundtrack, which included "James Bond Theme", sounded in the barrel of a rifle and in a medley calypso on title credits; This theme is described by another Bond film composer, David Arnold, as a "bebop-swing vibe coupled with a ferocious, dark, distorted electric guitar, which must have been a rock 'n' roll... it represents everything about the character you want : It's arrogant, arrogant, confident, dark, dangerous, suggestive, sexy, unstoppable And he did it in two minutes ". This theme was composed by John Barry, who did not get the funds for the arrangement but was credited for his performance. From Russia with Love (1963)
After the financial success of Dr. No , United Artists doubled the budget offered to Eon Productions to $ 2 million for the next corporate film, From Russia with Love . The film was taken in Europe, which turned out to be a more profitable market for Drs. There is no. Most of the crew from the first movie return, with the exception of being Ken Ken's production designer - who works at Dr. Strangelove and replaced by Dr. No art director Syd Cain - and title designer Maurice Binder, who was replaced by Robert Brownjohn.
The original screenwriter for the film is Len Deighton, but he was replaced for his slow progress. Two of the authors of Dr. Nothing , Richard Maibaum and Johanna Harwood, were brought in, with Maibaum being given sole credit writing and Harwood credited for "adaptation". From Russia with Love is the first Bond film in the series with John Barry as the main soundtrack compos, although Lionel Bart wrote the title "From Russia with Love", sung by Matt Monro. The subject of photography began on April 1, 1963 and ended on August 23. Filming takes place in Turkey, Pinewood Studios and Venice, with Scotland and Switzerland doubling for Orient Express travel through Eastern Europe.
Goldfinger_ (1964) "> Goldfinger (1964)
While the two previous films have concentrated on the Caribbean and Europe, Goldfinger was selected by Eon for the third film, with the American cinema market in mind. Since Terence Young rejected part of the profits, he refused to direct Goldfinger and worked on the Moorish Adventure of Moll Flanders instead, even though he had done some pre-production work before he left. Instead, Eon turned to Guy Hamilton to direct; he wants to incorporate the element of humor into the series, have more gadgets and build a larger and more elegant set.
Eon again turned to Richard Maibaum for the script, though Paul Dehn was later introduced for rewrites. After missing From Russia with Love , Ken Adam returned as a production designer. Adam's imagination gave the idea of ​​gold stacked on gold behind bars for a scene on the US Bullion Depository. Saltzman disliked the design's resemblance to the prison, but Hamilton quite liked it because it was built.
Robert Brownjohn re-developed the opening credit sequence, which features clips from all three Bond films projected on the body of actress Margaret Nolan. The design is inspired by seeing the light projecting on people's bodies when they wake up and leave the cinema. The subject of photography on Goldfinger begins on January 20, 1964 in Miami, at the Fontainebleau Hotel; the crew is small, consisting only of Hamilton, Broccoli, Adam and cinematographer Ted Moore. After five days in Florida, production was transferred to England. The main location is Pinewood Studios, home to the set including recreation from Fontainebleau, South American city of pre-titled sequence, and both Goldfinger plantation and factory. Ian Fleming visited the set of Goldfinger in April 1964; he died in August, shortly before the film was released. The second unit was filmed in Kentucky, and these pictures were edited into scenes that were filmed on Pinewood. The subject of photography then moved to Switzerland to pursue cars and additional recordings for the Goldfinger factory order. The film is wrapped on July 11 in Andermatt, after nineteen weeks of filming.
Kevin McClory (1965)
While writing his novel, Ian Fleming always assumed that they could be adapted for cinema, and he approached producer Sir Alexander Korda to make a film adaptation of Live and Let Die Moonraker . Though Korda was initially interested, he later resigned. On October 1, 1959, it was announced that Fleming would be writing the original movie script featuring Bond for producer Kevin McClory. Jack Whittingham also worked on the script, culminating in a scenario entitled James Bond, Secret Agent . However, Alfred Hitchcock and Richard Burton rejected their respective roles as directors and stars. McClory could not secure the financing for the film, and the deal failed. Fleming then used his story for his novel Thunderball (1961), and McClory failed to stop his publication. On 19 November 1963 he brought the matter to the High Court Chancery Division in the case of McClory v Fleming, but was resolved on December 9, 1963, after nine days in court. McClory acquired literary and film rights for the screenplay, while Fleming was granted the rights to the novel, although it must be recognized as "based on screen care by Kevin McClory, Jack Whittingham and Author".
Thunderball (1965)
After From Russia with Love , Eon has considered adaptation either On Your Majesty's Secret Service or Casino Royale . They held negotiations with Charles K. Feldman, who held the rights to the latter, but the deal proved too difficult to achieve. Instead, Eon switched to the Thunderball novel. Although Eon wanted to adapt the book in 1962, it was not possible until the legal barrier was removed. As a result of the settlement of a copyright infringement suit brought by Kevin McClory, Eon negotiated with McClory to create Thunderball. McClory received a sole manufacturers credit in the film, while Broccoli and Saltzman took the Executive Producer title, although "in fact the three men will essentially act as producers". Broccoli then says about the three-way partnership that "We do not want anyone to make Thunderball ... We have the feeling that if other people come and make their own Bond movie, it will be bad for our series".
Guy Hamilton was asked to point again, but refused to feel that he was "running out of ideas... I had no contribution until I filled the battery"; Terence Young returns right after the hiatus Goldfinger . The original manuscript of Richard Maibaum from 1961 is used as the basis of the manuscript, which is then rearranged, with further revisions by John Hopkins. The main filming began in Paris on February 16, 1965, and moved to Nassau on March 22, before ending at Pinewood Studios in May.
With worldwide box office revenue of $ 141.2 million, Thunderball became the best-selling installment and kept records until it was exceeded by The Spy Who Loved Me twelve years later; adjusted for inflation it remains the most successful entry until Skyfall released in 2012. As part of a contract with Eon, McClory receives 20% of the movie profits and does not produce any other films based on Acts of Thunderball for 10 years after the release of the Eon-produced version in 1965. Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman (1967-> Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman (1967-1975) "> Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman (1967-) Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman (1967- 1975)
The cinema poster for the film states "Sean Connery IS James Bond", to keep the image produced by Eon from an independent party of Casino Royale, which was released two months earlier. However, during the production, Connery announces that it will be his last film as Bond, leaving Broccoli to tell Alan Whicker, "it will not be the last Bond under any circumstances - with all respect to Sean, who I think has definitely been the best man to play this part.We will, in our own way, try to continue the Bond series for the audience because it's too important ".
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
George Lazenby signed to play Bonds for OHMSS. Between Sean Connery gave notice early on filming You Only Live Twice and his release, Saltzman had planned to adapt The Man with the Golden Gun in Cambodia and use Roger Moore. as the next Bond, but political instability means the location was ruled out and Moore signed up for another series of The Saint's television program. After You Only Live Twice was released in 1967, the producers once again chose the pending At Her Majesty's Secret Service , which was previously considered to follow both Goldfinger > and then Thunderball .
Peter Hunt, who has worked on five previous films, has made Broccoli and Saltzman quite impressed to get his directorial debut because they believe his quick cut has set the style for the series; it was also the result of the old promises of Broccoli and Saltzman over the opportunity to direct. Hunt also requested positions during the production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and he brought along many crew members, including cinematographer Michael Reed. Hunt focuses on putting his mark, saying, "I want it to be different from any other Bond movie It's my movie, not someone else's movie". In Her Majesty's Secret Service is the last movie Hunt used in this series.
Screenwriter Richard Maibaum, who worked on the first four Bond films, returned as a screenwriter. Saltzman and Broccoli decided to drop the science-fiction gadgets from previous films and focus more on plots like in From Russia With Love . Peter Hunt asked Simon Raven to write some dialogue between Contessa Teresa "Tracy" at Vicenzo and Blofeld in Piz Gloria, who must be "sharper, better and more intellectual"; The addition of Raven includes rewriting the proposal scenes and has a Tracy James Elroy Flecker quote. Syd Cain took over from Ken Adam as a production designer when Eon decided not to have a larger Adam device to reduce the film budget to $ 7 million, from the $ 10.3 million needed to make You Only Live Twice.
The main photography started at Canton of Bern, Switzerland, on October 21, 1968, with the first scene to be a breathtaking view of the Bond that climbs the ladder of Blofeld mountain retreat. The scenes were fired over rolling now famous restaurant, Piz Gloria, which is located on top of the Schilthorn near the village MÃÆ'rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. The location was discovered by the production manager Hubert FrÃÆ'¶hlich after three weeks of location guides in France and Switzerland. The making of the Swiss film finally goes 56 days ahead of schedule. In March 1969 the production moved to England, with Pinewood Studios London used for interior shooting, and M's home shot in Marlow, Buckinghamshire. In April the filmmakers went to Portugal, where the main photography was wrapped up in May. The filming was completed on June 23, two months longer than planned, largely due to the warm Swiss winter, which has hampered the shooting.
In the midst of production, acting on the advice of his agent Ronan O'Rahilly, George Lazenby announced that he would not continue as a Bond in future films, and he left the role before the December 1969 release of On Her Majesty Secret Service
(1971)
Although Eon guaranteed John Gavin's services to play the role of Bond, United Artists' head David Picker was unhappy with this decision and instructed association producer Stanley Sopel to broker a deal with Connery who saw the actor was paid $ 1.25 million ($ 10 million in 2017 dollars ) and 12.5% ​​of gross. Connery's salary takes a significant share of the $ 7.2 million budget.
The producers initially intend to own Diamonds Are Forever that recreates successful commercial aspects of Goldfinger, so they hired Guy Hamilton director as a result. Richard Maibaum also re-wrote the script; the first draft pictured the return of Auric Goldfinger portrayer Gert FrÃÆ'¶be, this time in the role of the twin brother Goldfinger. Maibaum also wrote a climax to a film consisting of a new Goldfinger chased across Lake Mead by the people of Las Vegas, all coordinated by Bond. In the fall of 1970 Tom Mankiewicz was hired to do the rewrites, including removing Goldfinger's brother and the final of Lake Mead.
The filming began on 5 April 1971 with a desert near Las Vegas doubling for the South African scene, followed by filming in the Great Basin Desert, Nevada in May for scenes in which Bond moved the buggy of the moon. On June 7 the production was transferred to Pinewood Studios for filming on the returning Ken Adams set; the device is spreading through four stages of Pinewood. Filming also took place in London, Dover, Southampton, Amsterdam and southern France; main photography finished August 13, 1971.
Live and Let Die (1973)
While filming Diamonds Are Forever, Live and Let Die were selected as the next novel of Ian Fleming to be adapted because screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz thought he would dare to use black villains, such as the Black Panthers and racial movements others were active at the time. The new Bond actor chosen by Eon is Roger Moore, and he tries not to imitate either his predecessor Sean Connery or his own appearance as Simon Templar at The Saint ; Mankiewicz adapted the scenario to emphasize Moore's personality by giving him more comedic scenes and creating a mild feel for Bond. Guy Hamilton was again selected for the directed, and Mankiewicz suggested they make a movie in New Orleans, because he knows Hamilton is a jazz fan. Hamilton did not want to use Mardi Gras, like Thunderball featuring Junkanoo, a similar festival, so after more discussions with writers and scouts further, he decided to use two well-known features of the city, jazz funerals and canals. While searching for locations in Jamaica, the crew found a crocodile farm owned by Ross Kananga, after passing a warning sign that "the intruder will be eaten". The garden was inserted into the script and also inspired Mankiewicz to name the movie villain after Kananga. With the growing popularity of Blaxploitation films in the early 1970s, it was decided to borrow elements of the genre for Live and Let Die .
Syd Cain returned as an art director and was involved in a location search with Guy Hamilton in March 1972. The main photography started on October 13, 1972 at Bayou Ireland in Louisiana for a shuffle chase scene. On 29 November the production moved to Jamaica, which doubled for the fictional island of San Monique, the home of the Kananga antagonist. In December, production was split between interiors at Pinewood Studios, while a separate unit was also shot in Harlem.
John Barry, who has worked on five previous films, was not available during production. Broccoli and Saltzman even asked Paul McCartney to write the theme song. Because McCartney's salary of $ 15,000 (plus royalty) is high and other composers of Barry's status can not be hired with the rest of the music budget, George Martin, who has little experience in film judgment, is hired.
The Man with the Gold Pistol (1974)
The Man with the Golden Gun sees a change of location from a novel of the same name to place Bond in the Far East for the second time. After considering Beirut, where part of the film is arranged; Iran, where location surveillance was carried out but was eventually disposed of by the Yom Kippur War; and H? Long Bay in Vietnam, the production team chose Thailand as the main location, following the advice of production designer Peter Murton after he saw pictures of the bay of Phuket in a magazine. Saltzman is pleased with the Far Eastern option for setting up as he always wants to go to locations in Thailand and Hong Kong. During the location surveillance in Hong Kong, Broccoli saw the ruins of some of the ruins of the former RMS Queen Elizabeth and came up with the idea of ​​using it as a base for MI6's Far East operations.
Tom Mankiewicz wrote the first draft for the manuscript in 1973, sending a script that was a testament between Bond and the main criminal Francisco Scaramanga, whom he saw as Bond alter ego, "super villain of Bond himself". The tension between Mankiewicz and Guy Hamilton caused Richard Maibaum to take over the scripting task. Maibaum, who had worked on six previous Bond films, submitted his own design based on Mankiewicz's work. Broccoli's stepchild, Michael G. Wilson, researched solar power to make MacGuffin from "Solex Agitator". While Live and Let Die have borrowed heavily from the blaxploitation genre, The Man with the Golden Gun was borrowed from the popular martial art genre of the 1970s.
On November 6, 1973 the filming began in RMS Queen Elizabeth , which acted as a secretive MI6 base in Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong. The main part of main photography began in April 1974 in Thailand. Thai locations include Bangkok, Thonburi, Phuket and nearby Phang Nga Province, on the island of Ko Khao Phing Kan (Thai: ???????????? ) and Ko Tapu (Thai: ???????? ). At the end of April production back to Hong Kong and also shot in Macau. Production had to move to studio work at Pinewood Studios - which included sets such as solar energy generation and the interior of Scaramanga Island.
John Barry came back to score, but only had three weeks to finish the job, and the theme song and score were generally considered by critics to be one of the weakest of Barry's contributions to the series - an opinion shared by Barry himself: "That's the most I hate... it never happened to me ".
Albert R. Broccoli (1975-1984)
Following The Man with the Golden Gun , producer Harry Saltzman sold his 50% stake in Eon Productions' parent Danjaq to United Artists to ease his financial problems, caused by financial constraints following a downturn in Technicolor fate, at where he has invested heavily. The resulting legality of the Bond property delayed the production of the next Bond film, The Spy Who Loved Me .
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Guy Hamilton was originally scheduled to follow from The Man with the Golden Gun with The Spy Who Loved Me but instead turned down Eon Productions during pre-production after being offered the opportunity to direct the 1978 film Superman , though he was eventually passed to Richard Donner. Eon then switched to Lewis Gilbert, who has directed the previous Bond movie You Only Live Twice . Brokoli commissioned a number of authors to work on the script, including Stirling Silliphant, John Landis, Ronald Hardy, Anthony Burgess and Derek Marlowe, but Richard Maibaum composed the first draft script, with several inclusions from previous authors. When Lewis Gilbert was hired to direct, he brought with him Christopher Wood to revise the Maibaum design. Wood's design was challenged in court by Kevin McClory, who allegedly broke under the use of what he claimed to be his right in SPECTER and the character of Blofeld. Eon questioned McClory's claim but asked Wood to remove the organization and characters from the script.
Ken Adam returned as a production designer. Since there was no large studio stage for the supersanker interior of the villain Karl Stromberg, in March 1976 construction began with a new sound stage at Pinewood, the 007 Stage, which cost $ 1.8 million and became the largest stage in the world. In contrast to the volcanic crater that Adam had built for You Only Live Twice in 1966 - the so-called Adam as "a workable but ultimately wasteful sequence" - The 007 stage will be a permanent structure that can be rented out for other production. The secondary film began in July 1976 on Baffin Island, where a ski jump for opening credits was filmed. The main filming started in Sardinia in August 1976, moved to Egypt shortly afterwards. Further filmmaking took place in Sardinia, Malta, Japan, Switzerland and Faslane submarine base. On December 5, 1976, with major photography completed, the 007 Stage was officially opened by former Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
John Barry could not work in England due to tax issues and advised Marvin Hamlisch to print the film. Hamlisch composed "Nobody Does It Better" as the theme song; scores and songs are both nominated for Academy and Golden Globe Awards.
Moonraker (1979)
Eon Productions was originally planned to follow The Spy Who Loved Me with Adaptation For Your Eyes Only , although this plan changed within weeks after the 1977 release, following the box office. the success of the 1977 space themed film Star Wars . With a budget of $ 34 million, Moonraker cost more than doubled from previous Bond films, though Broccoli and United Artists agree with the fees due to the benefits of The Spy Who Loved Me .
Lewis Gilbert was once again appointed director, and a number of crew from The Spy Who Loved Me also joined in the production. Gilbert and Tom Mankiewicz wrote the original story, but Christopher Wood turned it into a final scenario. Many of the script ideas emerged as a result of location search, with Iguazu Falls identified as the location of the filming while Broccoli was in Brazil for the release of The Spy Who Loved Me.
Unlike previous Bond films, Moonraker production was not based on Pinewood, since Broccoli moved it to Paris for financial reasons, although the scene for the cable car interior and the combat exterior room was filmed at Pinewood, with special effects team Derek Meddings active in the UK during the production period. The subject of photography began on August 11, 1978 in Paris. A device designed by a return production designer, Ken Adam is the largest ever made in France and requires more than 222,000 man-hours to build (about 1,000 hours by each average crew). Most of the films were taken in the cities of London, Paris, Venice, Palmdale, California, Port St. Lucie, Florida, and Rio de Janeiro. The main filming finished back in Paris on February 27, 1979, a 28-week schedule that has allowed Roger Moore only three days off. John Barry was asked again to print Eon's film.
Just For Your Eyes (1981)
For Your Eyes Only marks a change in the production crew: John Glen is promoted from his job as film editor for director, the position he will occupy for the next four films. Because Ken Adam is busy with Pennies from Heaven, Peter Lamont, who has worked in the art department since Goldfinger, was promoted to production designer. Following Glen's suggestion, Lamont created a realistic device, rather than the intricate scene that the series has known.
Richard Maibaum once again became the scriptwriter for the story, aided by Michael G. Wilson. According to Wilson, his ideas could come from anyone as a committee that could include Brokoli, Maibaum, Wilson, Glen and action coordinators working on the outline. Most of the inspiration for the story for the film comes from two short stories of Fleming from the collection For Your Eyes Only: Risico and For Your Eyes Only. Another set-piece of the Live and Let Die novel - keelhauling - which was not used in the novel's adaptation, was inserted into the plot.
Production
In the filming of October moved to other Greek locations, including Meteora and Achilleion. In November the main unit moved to England, which included interior work at Pinewood, while the second unit shot underwater scenes in the Bahamas. On January 1, 1981 the production moved to Cortina d'Ampezzo in Italy, where the filming was wrapped in February. Many underwater scenes, especially those involving close-ups of Bond and Melina, were shot on a dry sound stage. The combination of lighting effects, slow motion photography, wind and bubbles added in postproduction, illuminates that the actors are under water. The pre-credit order used the church at Stoke Poges as a grave, while a scene involving a helicopter was filmed at Beckton Gas Works abandoned in London.
The Score For Your Eyes Only was written by Bill Conti, who retained a number of brass elements influenced by John Barry in scores but also added elements of dance music and funk music.
Octopussy (1983)
In 1980 United Artists, who had provided a lot of funds for Bond films, fell into financial trouble after Heaven's Gate box office failure (1980), bringing uncertainty into the future of funding. This situation was resolved in May 1981, when Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquired United Artists.
Following For Your Eyes Only , Roger Moore has expressed a desire to quit playing James Bond. The original contract has been for three movies, the requirements are filled with The Spy Who Loved Me . Subsequent films have been negotiated on a movie-by-film basis. The producers are involved in a semi-public search for the next actor to play Bond, which will be for Octopussy . However, when Kevin McClory re-announced his work Thunderball as Never Say Never Again, the producers again contracted Moore with the conviction that the established actor in the role would pay better against McClory's choice Bond, Sean Connery. Before For Your Eyes Only has been released, Albert Broccoli has asked John Glen to go back and direct Octopussy . George MacDonald Fraser wrote a much-revised initial treatment by Michael G. Wilson and Richard Maibaum.
The first fetching unit started on August 10, 1982 at the crossing point of the Wall of Charlie Pos Position of Berlin, although the second unit had been working for several weeks, filming a scene for a sequence of battles in the air. The Monsoon palace serves as the outer part of the Kamal Khan villain's castle, while the scenes arranged in the Octopussy titular character's palace were filmed at the Lake Palace and Jag Mandir. Hotel Bond is Shiv Niwas Palace. In the UK RAF Northolt, RAF Upper Heyford and RAF Oakley are prime locations. The scene created on the Karl-Marx-Stadt railroad tracks was shot at the Nene Valley Railway, while studio work was done at Pinewood Studios and 007 Stage. The filming was completed on January 21, 1983. John Barry scored again, having forwarded For Your Eyes Only for tax reasons. While Barry wrote the title song, "All Time High", Tim Rice wrote the lyrics and the song was done by Rita Coolidge.
Octopussy held its inaugural show on June 6, 1983, four months before the October release Never Say Never Again . From its $ 27.5 million budget, Octopussy took $ 183.7 million in the box office, a figure that spans beyond its rival acquisition led by Connery, who took $ 160 million.
Albert R. Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson (1984-1989)
In 1984 Michael G. Wilson joined Albert R. Broccoli as co-producer at Eon. Wilson first worked on the Bonds production in February 1964 with the film making Goldfinger . He has worked on every production since The Spy Who Loved Me , and has been an executive producer at Moonraker , For Your Eyes Only < Octopussy .
View to Kill (1985)
A day before the British premiere of the non-Eon rival Bond film, Never Say Never Again Eon announced that Roger Moore would return as Bond for the seventh time. John Glen also returns as a director, while Peter Lamont and John Barry also register as they are for Octopussy . Michael G. Wilson co-wrote the scenario with Richard Maibaum.
On June 27, 1984, the stage 007 was almost completely destroyed by fire. It was rebuilt in time for production and reopened in January 1985, when it was named "Albert Broccoli 007 Stage". The second unit began filming in Iceland in July 1984, while main photography with Moore began on August 1st at Pinewood. Also in August, the second unit was filmed in Paris, including a scene involving a parachute jump from the Eiffel Tower.
Amberley Museum & amp; Heritage Center was duplicated as the outside of Max Zorin's criminal mine, while the scene in the complex under Zorin's horse statue was filmed at the Renault factory in Swindon, before the main shoot was moved to San Francisco. The filming was completed in January 1985 on the 007 Stage, with the Zorin mine interior filmmaking, designed by Peter Lamont. The Daylight Live (1987)
The Daylight Live With Roger Moore's retirement followed by A View to a Kill, the producers searched for a new Bond and eventually dumped Timothy Dalton in the lead role in August 1986. Most of the senior production crew from the previous film worked on The Living Daylights , with John Glen directing, John Barry scores and Peter Lamont acts as a production designer. Michael G. Wilson and Richard Maibaum again gave the script and originally proposed a prequel, which showed Bond's first mission, although this was rejected by Broccoli. The script work continues while the producers are looking for a replacement for Moore.
The film was taken at the 007 Stage at Pinewood Studios, with main photography beginning on September 29, 1986, before moving to Vienna on October 5, where the crew was filmed for two weeks. Meanwhile, the second unit began work on the pre-credit sequence in Gibraltar on September 17 before moving to Morocco. The filming was completed on 13 February 1987.
The Living Daylight is the twelfth and final Bond film composed by composer John Barry. The title song of the film, "The Living Daylights", co-written with Paul Waaktaar-Savoy from the Norwegian music group A-ha and recorded by them. Groups and Barry did not collaborate well, resulting in two versions of the theme song.
The Living Daylights' production cost was $ 40 million, and the movie posted a $ 191.2 million box office.
License to Kill (1989)
Shortly after the release of The Living Daylights, producers Albert R. Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson and writer Richard Maibaum began discussing his successor. They decide that the film will maintain a realistic style, as well as show the "dark side" of the Bond character. For the main location, the producers want the place where the series has not been visited. When China was visited after receiving an invitation from his government, the idea fell in part because the 1987 film [The Last Emperor] has removed some of the novelty of the filming in China. At this stage the authors have already talked about the chase sequence along the Great Wall, as well as the fight scenes among the Terracotta Army. Wilson also wrote two outline plots of drug lords in the Golden Triangle before the plan failed. The authors finally decided on setting up in a tropical country while Broccoli negotiated to film in Mexico, at Estudios Churubusco in Mexico City. In 1985, Film Films was ratified, removing Eady Levy, which resulted in foreign artists being heavily taxed. The rising costs associated with Eon Productions mean no part of the License to Kill was filmed in the UK, the first Bond film that did not do it. Pinewood Studios, used in every distant Bond movie, accommodates only post-production and re-recording of sound.
The initial outline of what would become the License to Kill was made by Wilson and Maibaum. Before couples can develop scripts, Writers Guild of America (WGA) goes on strike and Maibaum can not continue writing, leaving Wilson to work on his own script. The script - originally called Revoked License - was written with Dalton's characterization of Bond in mind; the obsession with which Bond pursues drug criminals Franz Sanchez on behalf of his friend Bond, CIA/DEA agent Felix Leiter and his dead wife were seen as due to Bond's own "short marriage".
John Glen returns once more to lead, working once again with production designer Peter Lamont. The main photography took place from 18 July to 18 November 1988. The shooting began in Mexico, which was largely duplicated for the fictitious Republic of Isthmus. Another underwater sequence was shot at Isla Mujeres near CancÃÆ'ºn. In August 1988, production was transferred to the Florida Keys, notably Key West. Seven Mile Bridge to Pigeon Key is used for the order in which armored trucks carrying Sanchez after his capture are pushed off the edge. Other locations there include Ernest Hemingway House, Key West International Airport, Mallory Square, St. Star Sea Church. Mary for wedding Leiter and Stephano's House 707 South Street for her home and terrace. The US Coast Guard jetty was used to film the port of Isthmus City.
John Barry is not available for printing films due to throat surgery, so the soundtrack score is composed and performed by Michael Kamen, known for printing many action films at the time, such as Lethal Weapons and Die Hard . The darker and more violent film plot has raised calls for cuts by the UK Film Classification Board.
License to Kill marks the end of the engagement for a number of long-term crew members, including John Glen, Maurice Binder, Richard Maibaum and cinematographer Alec Mills. It was also the last film produced by the partnership of Albert Broccoli and Michael Wilson.
Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli (1990) -show)
The relatively disappointing box office return for the License to Kill caused Albert Broccoli to question his own leadership of the series, and he placed Danjaq, the copyright holder of the Bond film, for sale. Timothy Dalton was quoted at the time saying "My feelings will be the last, I do not mean the last, I mean the end of the whole, I do not speak with real authority, but that is the kind of feeling I have."
In 1990 the situation was more complicated when MGM/UA was sold to Qintex, who wanted to later join PathÃÆ' Â © Communications; The Bond return catalog is leased to PathÃÆ' Â © at a lower value of the market, without consulting Danjaq - suing MGM/UA Communications, which is the target of a failed takeover bid by PathÃÆ'Â ©. In August 1990, Albert Broccoli appointed his daughter Barbara Broccoli with Michael G. Wilson as producer at Eon, while he concentrated on things at Danjaq. The dispute between Danjaq and MGM/UA was protracted and delayed the production of Bond 17, but was finally settled in 1993.
The new producers changed the behind-the-scenes policy of general continuity in the series up to that point and, from the 1990s onwards, there were more changes in key production roles, including hiring directors "on the 'guest director' of footing".
GoldenEye (1995)
Although legal action, pre-production to Bond 17 continues, with some preliminary details introduced at the Cannes Film Festival which took place in May 1990. However, the delay occurred due to ongoing legal action with the MGM/UA and, in August 1993 the interview, Dalton revealed that Michael France was involved in writing the script for the next Bond film, with Anthony Hopkins as a potential criminal, adding that Hopkins had been discussing with Eon for several weeks. Dalton also stated that the earliest production could begin in January or February 1994. Dalton's six-year contract expired in 1993, and after reading the French script for what would become GoldenEye , he announced on 12 April 1994 that he will not return to play Bond; he was replaced by Pierce Brosnan. After Michael France delivered the original scenario, Jeffrey Caine was brought in to rework most of the material. Kevin Wade was also brought into the process before Bruce Feirstein gave the final polish to the manuscript.
With Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson as co-producers, Albert Broccoli oversees the production of GoldenEye as a consultancy producer but is credited as a "presenter". John Woo was approached to direct the movie, but he turned down the opportunity, saying he was honored by the offer. The producers then chose Martin Campbell to lead the film.
The subject of photography began on January 16, 1995 and continues until June 6. Producers can not use Pinewood Studios, the usual location for Bond movies, as they have been reserved for First Knight, so the old Rolls-Royce factory at Leavesden Aerodrome in Hertfordshire is changed to new. studio. In February, the crew moved to Monaco and Monte Carlo for a scene at the casino and a Tiger helicopter demonstration. The pre-credit sequence involves a bungee leap, which was filmed in the Contra Dam near Locarno, Switzerland. Reference footage for a scene consisting of a tank chase shot at a location in St. Louis. Petersburg and matched the set built in Leavesden's studio by production designer Peter Lamont. The scene in parabola was shot at Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, while in England, Epsom Downs Racecourse and Nene Valley Railway were both used. For scenes of the fictional location of Russian Severnaya, and other effects, Derek Meddings built a number of miniature sets in Leavesden. Meddings has worked on Bond movies since Live and Let Die and died before the movie was released; GoldenEye is dedicated to her memory.
Soundtrack for GoldenEye is organized and displayed by Serra. Prolific Bond composer John Barry rejected Barbara Broccoli's offer to print the film. The theme song, "GoldenEye", written by Bono and The Edge, and performed by Tina Turner. Since Serra does not collaborate with Bono or The Edge, the orchestral version of the song does not appear in all of GoldenEye , as it did in previous James Bond movies.
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Before GoldenEye was released in November 1995, MGM/UA started their preparations for Bond 18, intending to release in early December 1997, leaving Eon Productions a little time for pre-production. Producers can not convince Martin Campbell to return; his agent said that "Martin just does not want to do two Bond movies in a row". Instead, Roger Spottiswoode was elected in September 1996. With Peter Lamont unavailable as he committed to Titanic, Spottiswoode chose Allan Cameron in his place to provide sets; Spottiswoode and Cameron had previously worked together at Air America .
The story is based on a treatment previously discarded by Donald E. Westlake, which was written before GoldenEye . The text was given back by Bruce Feirstein, based on Hong Kong's return to China. The Feirstein script was later contributed by Nicholas Meyer before being reworked by Dan Petrie Jr. and David Campbell Wilson before Feirstein, who maintained the writing of a single credit, was brought in for the final polish. The manuscript finished the week before main photography began, although Feirstein had to rewrite the sequence throughout the production. This process is further hampered by a poor relationship between Feirstein and Spottiswoode.
With Leavesden studio unavailable, and Pinewood not having enough capacity, Eon transforms the abandoned warehouse in Hertfordshire into a filming location. With the main crew going to fly to a location in Vietnam, Vietnamese authorities revoked permission to film at the last minute, and alternative locations were quickly found in Thailand.
The filming of the second unit began on January 18, 1997 with Vic Armstrong directing; they filmed a pre-credit sequence at Peyresourde Airport in the French Pyrenees, before moving to Portsmouth to film scenes where the Royal Navy prepares to involve the Chinese. The main unit began filming on April 1, 1997 in a new studio, before filming at other locations in the UK; production then moved to Thailand in May. The filming was completed three weeks later than scheduled in September 1997. Eon originally approached John Barry to print the film, but the two sides could not make peace; the producer then approached David Arnold, who supported Barry.
The delay in the production process and the rush to deliver the film with the deadline set by MGM/UA in December 1997 pushed the cost up to $ 110 million, even though the film regained $ 338.9 million at the box office.
World Not Enough (1999)
Joe Dante and then Peter Jackson are considered as directors for World Not Enough . Barbara Broccoli enjoys Jackson's , and playback The Frighteners has been arranged for her. He did not like the last movie, however, and showed no further interest in Jackson. Michael Apted was then selected to lead the film. Authors Neal Purvis and Robert Wade were hired after working at Plunkett & amp; Macleane , before Michael Apted and his wife, screenwriter Dana Stevens, undertook non-compromised writing. Pierce Brosnan is unhappy with some of Stevens' changes to his character, so Michael G. Wilson - who is also not recognized as a screenwriter - and Bruce Feirstein made further revisions.
Production centered at Pinewood Studios and major photography began there on January 11, 1999 with scenes from inside the MI6 office, designed by Peter Lamont. The pre-titled sequence was taken in Bilbao, Spain, in February, with production moving to Chamonix, France, which doubled for the Caucasus scene. The outside of Kazakhstan's nuclear facility was shot in Bardenas Reales, in Navarre, Spain, while the exterior of the oil refinery control center was duplicated by the Motorola building in Groundwell, Swindon. The outside of the oil pipeline was filmed in Cwm Dyli, Snowdonia, Wales, while the production team fired an oil pipeline blast at Hankley Common, Elstead, Surrey. Production also visited Istanbul, Turkey; The villages scene of Elektra King's Baku villas are filmed in the city, and the famous Maiden's Tower is used for hiding place for second villain Renard. The submarine submarine scene was filmed in the Bahamas.
David Arnold returns to print music for World Not Enough - the second Bond soundtrack he made; Trash sings the title song. For his work in the film, Arnold won the Ivor Novello Award.
Die Another Day (2002)
Lee Tamahori was hired to direct Die Another Day ; Barbara Broccoli admired his movie Once Again Warriors, calling it "a phenomenal piece of film". Broccoli notes that he and Wilson "feel his genuine enthusiasm for Bond.This is really great chemistry.He is the right person and we are very, very lucky to get it". Screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade returned and began work in the summer of 2000 with the producers. They use the premise of Fleming's novel Moonraker as the basis, that an industrialist criminal who has two identities. With the release plans of the film in the 40th year of the Bond film series, Tamahori named the Hong Kong hotel seen in the movie "Rubyeon Royale", for Eon's ruby ​​birthday, and Fleming's first novel, Casino Royale.
The second filmmaking began on Christmas Day 2001 with Laird Hamilton, Dave Kalama and Darrick Doerner doing surfing surfing breaks known as Jaws in Pe ? ahi, Maui; beach shots are then taken near CÃÆ'¡diz, Spain and Newquay, Cornwall. The subject of photography from Die Another Day began on January 11, 2002 at Pinewood studios. The film is mainly taken in England, Iceland, and CÃÆ'¡diz. Filming in the UK takes place at Eden Project, Club Reform Stage and Pinewood Studios' 007, set by production designer Peter Lamont, which includes the ice castle. During seven June a separate unit was filming, including underwater, air and miniature; major photography finished on July 9, in time for the premiere in London on November 20, 2002.
The soundtrack was composed by David Arnold, while the title song "Die Another Day" was written and performed by Madonna, who also has a cameo appearance in the film as a fencer instructor. Die Another Day has a budget of $ 142 million and earned $ 431.9 million at the box office.
Casino Royale - it is the Holy Grail... We want to make the film harder, as it was supposed to be many years ago". Fellow producer Michael G. Wilson agrees, commenting "We feel the last movie is too fantastic, so we decided to go back to basics and update." Neal Purvis and Robert Wade started writing scenarios at the end of February 2004, while Pierce Brosnan was still Bond. Paul Haggis was brought in later, and his main contribution included rewriting the movie's climax. He explains that "the draft that is there is very faithful to the book and there is recognition, so in the original concept the character confesses and commits suicide, then sends Bond to chase the criminals Bonds chase the villain into the house I do not know why but I think that Vesper [Lynd] must be in a drowning house and Bond should want to kill him and then try and save him.In February 2005 Martin Campbell was announced as the director of the film and the next Bond film was revealed to be Casino Royale , despite the new Bond identity is still unknown, the producers chose not to renew the contract Pierce Brosnan, and in October Eon announced that part of the Bonds will be taken by Daniel Craig.The main photography for Casino Royale began on January 3, 2006. The film was primarily shot at Barrandov Studios in Prague, with additional shooting locations in the Bahamas, Italy and the UK. The filming ended at Pinewood Studios on July 20, 2006. In the filming of the Bahamas took place on Paradise Island and Albany House, an estate belonging to golfers Ernie Els and Tiger Woods. The recording made in Mbale, Uganda, was filmed in Black Park, a State Park in Buckinghamshire, with British shooting locations conducted at Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey and Millbrook Vehicle Proving Ground in Bedfordshire.
For many effects in the film, Special Effects and Miniature Effects Supervisor Chris Corbould uses a more realistic filmmaking style and significantly reduces digital effects compared to previous Bond movies. Corbould notes that, "CGI is a great tool and can be very useful, but I will fight with my teeth and nails to do something real.This is the best way to go". Corbould used the 007 stage at Pinewood for the sinking of Venetian house at the top of the film, featuring the largest rig ever built for Bond films. Casino Royale features music composed by David Arnold, his fourth soundtrack for the Bond movie series. Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli announced on July 26, 2006 that Chris Cornell will be bringing the title song, titled "You Know My Name", which he wrote with Arnold.
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In July 2006, when Casino Royale entered post-production, Eon Productions announced that the next film would be based on an original idea by producer Michael G. Wilson. In June 2007 Marc Forster was confirmed as a director. He was surprised that he was approached for the job, stating he was not a big fan of Bond movies for years, and that he would not accept the project if he did not see Casino Royale before making a decision: he feels Bond has been humanized in the film, arguing that since world travel has become less exotic since the emergence of the series, it makes sense to focus more
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With Roger Moore's retirement followed by A View to a Kill, the producers searched for a new Bond and eventually dumped Timothy Dalton in the lead role in August 1986. Most of the senior production crew from the previous film worked on The Living Daylights , with John Glen directing, John Barry scores and Peter Lamont acts as a production designer. Michael G. Wilson and Richard Maibaum again gave the script and originally proposed a prequel, which showed Bond's first mission, although this was rejected by Broccoli. The script work continues while the producers are looking for a replacement for Moore.
The film was taken at the 007 Stage at Pinewood Studios, with main photography beginning on September 29, 1986, before moving to Vienna on October 5, where the crew was filmed for two weeks. Meanwhile, the second unit began work on the pre-credit sequence in Gibraltar on September 17 before moving to Morocco. The filming was completed on 13 February 1987.
The Living Daylight is the twelfth and final Bond film composed by composer John Barry. The title song of the film, "The Living Daylights", co-written with Paul Waaktaar-Savoy from the Norwegian music group A-ha and recorded by them. Groups and Barry did not collaborate well, resulting in two versions of the theme song.
The Living Daylights' production cost was $ 40 million, and the movie posted a $ 191.2 million box office.
License to Kill (1989)
Shortly after the release of The Living Daylights, producers Albert R. Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson and writer Richard Maibaum began discussing his successor. They decide that the film will maintain a realistic style, as well as show the "dark side" of the Bond character. For the main location, the producers want the place where the series has not been visited. When China was visited after receiving an invitation from his government, the idea fell in part because the 1987 film [The Last Emperor] has removed some of the novelty of the filming in China. At this stage the authors have already talked about the chase sequence along the Great Wall, as well as the fight scenes among the Terracotta Army. Wilson also wrote two outline plots of drug lords in the Golden Triangle before the plan failed. The authors finally decided on setting up in a tropical country while Broccoli negotiated to film in Mexico, at Estudios Churubusco in Mexico City. In 1985, Film Films was ratified, removing Eady Levy, which resulted in foreign artists being heavily taxed. The rising costs associated with Eon Productions mean no part of the License to Kill was filmed in the UK, the first Bond film that did not do it. Pinewood Studios, used in every distant Bond movie, accommodates only post-production and re-recording of sound.
The initial outline of what would become the License to Kill was made by Wilson and Maibaum. Before couples can develop scripts, Writers Guild of America (WGA) goes on strike and Maibaum can not continue writing, leaving Wilson to work on his own script. The script - originally called Revoked License - was written with Dalton's characterization of Bond in mind; the obsession with which Bond pursues drug criminals Franz Sanchez on behalf of his friend Bond, CIA/DEA agent Felix Leiter and his dead wife were seen as due to Bond's own "short marriage".
John Glen returns once more to lead, working once again with production designer Peter Lamont. The main photography took place from 18 July to 18 November 1988. The shooting began in Mexico, which was largely duplicated for the fictitious Republic of Isthmus. Another underwater sequence was shot at Isla Mujeres near CancÃÆ'ºn. In August 1988, production was transferred to the Florida Keys, notably Key West. Seven Mile Bridge to Pigeon Key is used for the order in which armored trucks carrying Sanchez after his capture are pushed off the edge. Other locations there include Ernest Hemingway House, Key West International Airport, Mallory Square, St. Star Sea Church. Mary for wedding Leiter and Stephano's House 707 South Street for her home and terrace. The US Coast Guard jetty was used to film the port of Isthmus City.
John Barry is not available for printing films due to throat surgery, so the soundtrack score is composed and performed by Michael Kamen, known for printing many action films at the time, such as Lethal Weapons and Die Hard . The darker and more violent film plot has raised calls for cuts by the UK Film Classification Board.
License to Kill marks the end of the engagement for a number of long-term crew members, including John Glen, Maurice Binder, Richard Maibaum and cinematographer Alec Mills. It was also the last film produced by the partnership of Albert Broccoli and Michael Wilson.
Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli (1990) -show)
The relatively disappointing box office return for the License to Kill caused Albert Broccoli to question his own leadership of the series, and he placed Danjaq, the copyright holder of the Bond film, for sale. Timothy Dalton was quoted at the time saying "My feelings will be the last, I do not mean the last, I mean the end of the whole, I do not speak with real authority, but that is the kind of feeling I have."
In 1990 the situation was more complicated when MGM/UA was sold to Qintex, who wanted to later join PathÃÆ' Â © Communications; The Bond return catalog is leased to PathÃÆ' Â © at a lower value of the market, without consulting Danjaq - suing MGM/UA Communications, which is the target of a failed takeover bid by PathÃÆ'Â ©. In August 1990, Albert Broccoli appointed his daughter Barbara Broccoli with Michael G. Wilson as producer at Eon, while he concentrated on things at Danjaq. The dispute between Danjaq and MGM/UA was protracted and delayed the production of Bond 17, but was finally settled in 1993.
The new producers changed the behind-the-scenes policy of general continuity in the series up to that point and, from the 1990s onwards, there were more changes in key production roles, including hiring directors "on the 'guest director' of footing".
GoldenEye (1995)
Although legal action, pre-production to Bond 17 continues, with some preliminary details introduced at the Cannes Film Festival which took place in May 1990. However, the delay occurred due to ongoing legal action with the MGM/UA and, in August 1993 the interview, Dalton revealed that Michael France was involved in writing the script for the next Bond film, with Anthony Hopkins as a potential criminal, adding that Hopkins had been discussing with Eon for several weeks. Dalton also stated that the earliest production could begin in January or February 1994. Dalton's six-year contract expired in 1993, and after reading the French script for what would become GoldenEye , he announced on 12 April 1994 that he will not return to play Bond; he was replaced by Pierce Brosnan. After Michael France delivered the original scenario, Jeffrey Caine was brought in to rework most of the material. Kevin Wade was also brought into the process before Bruce Feirstein gave the final polish to the manuscript.
With Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson as co-producers, Albert Broccoli oversees the production of GoldenEye as a consultancy producer but is credited as a "presenter". John Woo was approached to direct the movie, but he turned down the opportunity, saying he was honored by the offer. The producers then chose Martin Campbell to lead the film.
The subject of photography began on January 16, 1995 and continues until June 6. Producers can not use Pinewood Studios, the usual location for Bond movies, as they have been reserved for First Knight, so the old Rolls-Royce factory at Leavesden Aerodrome in Hertfordshire is changed to new. studio. In February, the crew moved to Monaco and Monte Carlo for a scene at the casino and a Tiger helicopter demonstration. The pre-credit sequence involves a bungee leap, which was filmed in the Contra Dam near Locarno, Switzerland. Reference footage for a scene consisting of a tank chase shot at a location in St. Louis. Petersburg and matched the set built in Leavesden's studio by production designer Peter Lamont. The scene in parabola was shot at Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, while in England, Epsom Downs Racecourse and Nene Valley Railway were both used. For scenes of the fictional location of Russian Severnaya, and other effects, Derek Meddings built a number of miniature sets in Leavesden. Meddings has worked on Bond movies since Live and Let Die and died before the movie was released; GoldenEye is dedicated to her memory.
Soundtrack for GoldenEye is organized and displayed by Serra. Prolific Bond composer John Barry rejected Barbara Broccoli's offer to print the film. The theme song, "GoldenEye", written by Bono and The Edge, and performed by Tina Turner. Since Serra does not collaborate with Bono or The Edge, the orchestral version of the song does not appear in all of GoldenEye , as it did in previous James Bond movies.
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Before GoldenEye was released in November 1995, MGM/UA started their preparations for Bond 18, intending to release in early December 1997, leaving Eon Productions a little time for pre-production. Producers can not convince Martin Campbell to return; his agent said that "Martin just does not want to do two Bond movies in a row". Instead, Roger Spottiswoode was elected in September 1996. With Peter Lamont unavailable as he committed to Titanic, Spottiswoode chose Allan Cameron in his place to provide sets; Spottiswoode and Cameron had previously worked together at Air America .
The story is based on a treatment previously discarded by Donald E. Westlake, which was written before GoldenEye . The text was given back by Bruce Feirstein, based on Hong Kong's return to China. The Feirstein script was later contributed by Nicholas Meyer before being reworked by Dan Petrie Jr. and David Campbell Wilson before Feirstein, who maintained the writing of a single credit, was brought in for the final polish. The manuscript finished the week before main photography began, although Feirstein had to rewrite the sequence throughout the production. This process is further hampered by a poor relationship between Feirstein and Spottiswoode.
With Leavesden studio unavailable, and Pinewood not having enough capacity, Eon transforms the abandoned warehouse in Hertfordshire into a filming location. With the main crew going to fly to a location in Vietnam, Vietnamese authorities revoked permission to film at the last minute, and alternative locations were quickly found in Thailand.
The filming of the second unit began on January 18, 1997 with Vic Armstrong directing; they filmed a pre-credit sequence at Peyresourde Airport in the French Pyrenees, before moving to Portsmouth to film scenes where the Royal Navy prepares to involve the Chinese. The main unit began filming on April 1, 1997 in a new studio, before filming at other locations in the UK; production then moved to Thailand in May. The filming was completed three weeks later than scheduled in September 1997. Eon originally approached John Barry to print the film, but the two sides could not make peace; the producer then approached David Arnold, who supported Barry.
The delay in the production process and the rush to deliver the film with the deadline set by MGM/UA in December 1997 pushed the cost up to $ 110 million, even though the film regained $ 338.9 million at the box office.
World Not Enough (1999)
Joe Dante and then Peter Jackson are considered as directors for World Not Enough . Barbara Broccoli enjoys Jackson's
Production centered at Pinewood Studios and major photography began there on January 11, 1999 with scenes from inside the MI6 office, designed by Peter Lamont. The pre-titled sequence was taken in Bilbao, Spain, in February, with production moving to Chamonix, France, which doubled for the Caucasus scene. The outside of Kazakhstan's nuclear facility was shot in Bardenas Reales, in Navarre, Spain, while the exterior of the oil refinery control center was duplicated by the Motorola building in Groundwell, Swindon. The outside of the oil pipeline was filmed in Cwm Dyli, Snowdonia, Wales, while the production team fired an oil pipeline blast at Hankley Common, Elstead, Surrey. Production also visited Istanbul, Turkey; The villages scene of Elektra King's Baku villas are filmed in the city, and the famous Maiden's Tower is used for hiding place for second villain Renard. The submarine submarine scene was filmed in the Bahamas.
David Arnold returns to print music for World Not Enough - the second Bond soundtrack he made; Trash sings the title song. For his work in the film, Arnold won the Ivor Novello Award.
Die Another Day (2002)
Lee Tamahori was hired to direct Die Another Day ; Barbara Broccoli admired his movie Once Again Warriors, calling it "a phenomenal piece of film". Broccoli notes that he and Wilson "feel his genuine enthusiasm for Bond.This is really great chemistry.He is the right person and we are very, very lucky to get it". Screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade returned and began work in the summer of 2000 with the producers. They use the premise of Fleming's novel Moonraker as the basis, that an industrialist criminal who has two identities. With the release plans of the film in the 40th year of the Bond film series, Tamahori named the Hong Kong hotel seen in the movie "Rubyeon Royale", for Eon's ruby ​​birthday, and Fleming's first novel, Casino Royale.
The second filmmaking began on Christmas Day 2001 with Laird Hamilton, Dave Kalama and Darrick Doerner doing surfing surfing breaks known as Jaws in Pe ? ahi, Maui; beach shots are then taken near CÃÆ'¡diz, Spain and Newquay, Cornwall. The subject of photography from Die Another Day began on January 11, 2002 at Pinewood studios. The film is mainly taken in England, Iceland, and CÃÆ'¡diz. Filming in the UK takes place at Eden Project, Club Reform Stage and Pinewood Studios' 007, set by production designer Peter Lamont, which includes the ice castle. During seven June a separate unit was filming, including underwater, air and miniature; major photography finished on July 9, in time for the premiere in London on November 20, 2002.
The soundtrack was composed by David Arnold, while the title song "Die Another Day" was written and performed by Madonna, who also has a cameo appearance in the film as a fencer instructor. Die Another Day has a budget of $ 142 million and earned $ 431.9 million at the box office.
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