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==Production== ===Development=== [[File:Yacht The World Is Not Enough, James Bond 007, 2000 b.jpg|left|alt=Yacht with the label "The World Is Not Enough 007".|thumb|Yacht used in the opening boat chase, on display at [[boot Düsseldorf]] in spring 2000]] In November 1997, a month prior to the release of ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'', [[Barbara Broccoli]] watched a news report on ''[[Nightline]]'' detailing how the world's major [[Petroleum industry|oil companies]] were vying for control of the untapped oil reserves in the [[Caspian Sea]] in the wake of the [[Soviet Union]]'s collapse, and suggested that controlling the only pipeline from the Caspian to the West would be an appropriate motivation for a potential [[Bond villain]].<ref name="Bond Encyclo" /> She and [[Michael G. Wilson]] hired screenwriters [[Neal Purvis and Robert Wade]] to work on the film following their work on ''[[Plunkett & Macleane]]''; Purvis and Wade would eventually write or co-write all of the following Bond films up to ''[[No Time to Die]]''.<ref>Priggé, Steven. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=40UTI-uUHpwC&pg=PA27 Movie moguls speak: interviews with top film producers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621044455/http://books.google.com/books?id=40UTI-uUHpwC&pg=PA27 |date=21 June 2013 }}'' (p.27)</ref> The screenwriters incorporated material from the abandoned Bond screenplay ''Reunion with Death'', which had been conceived in 1993 with [[Timothy Dalton]] as Bond.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/1994/film/news/dalton-bails-out-as-bond-120067/ | title=Dalton bails out as Bond | date=12 April 1994 | access-date=28 December 2022 | archive-date=4 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304164147/https://variety.com/1994/film/news/dalton-bails-out-as-bond-120067/amp/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://poddtoppen.se/podcast/1347549810/the-james-bond-complex/daltons-fourth-reunion-with-death|title=Dalton's Fourth: Reunion With Death - The James Bond Complex | Lyssna här | Poddtoppen.se|accessdate=17 March 2023|archive-date=28 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228205959/https://poddtoppen.se/podcast/1347549810/the-james-bond-complex/daltons-fourth-reunion-with-death|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a37688094/james-bond-movies-cancelled-unmade/ | title=James Bond movies that never happened and the reasons why | website=[[Digital Spy]] | date=26 September 2021 | access-date=28 December 2022 | archive-date=28 December 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228205953/https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a37688094/james-bond-movies-cancelled-unmade/ | url-status=live }}</ref> Broccoli was especially impressed by the writers' suggestion of a female main villain, stating that "With Elektra, Bond thinks he has found [[Tracy Bond|Tracy]], but he's really found [[Ernst Stavro Blofeld|Blofeld]]".<ref name="Bond Encyclo">{{Cite book |last1= Cork |first1= John|last2= Stutz |first2=Collin |title=James Bond Encyclopedia|year=2007 |publisher=Dorling Kindersley |location=London |isbn=978-1-4053-3427-3 |pages=306–7}}</ref> [[Joe Dante]], and later [[Peter Jackson]], were initially offered the opportunity to direct the film. Barbara Broccoli enjoyed Jackson's ''[[Heavenly Creatures]]'', and a screening of ''[[The Frighteners]]'' was arranged for her. She disliked the latter film, however, and showed no further interest in Jackson. Jackson, a lifelong Bond fan, remarked that as Eon tended to go for less famous directors, he would likely not get another chance to direct a Bond film after ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|The Lord of the Rings]]''.<ref>{{Cite book| author = Brian Sibley | title = Peter Jackson: A Film-maker's Journey | publisher = Harpercollins | year = 2006 | location = London | pages = 397–8 | isbn = 0-00-717558-2| author-link = Brian Sibley }}</ref> Barbara Broccoli also was in talks with [[Alfonso Cuarón]] to direct, who nearly accepted.<ref name=":0" /> Hoping to find a director capable of eliciting strong performances from women, the producers eventually hired [[Michael Apted]], as his work with [[Sissy Spacek]] in ''[[Coal Miner's Daughter (film)|Coal Miner's Daughter]]'', [[Sigourney Weaver]] in ''[[Gorillas in the Mist]]'' and [[Jodie Foster]] in ''[[Nell (film)|Nell]]'' has earned all three actresses [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Oscar]] nominations (with Spacek winning). Apted's then-wife [[Dana Stevens (screenwriter)|Dana Stevens]] did an uncredited rewrite, primarily to strengthen the female characters' roles, before [[Bruce Feirstein]], who had worked in the previous two films, was hired to work on Bond's role.<ref name="Bond Encyclo" /><ref>{{cite news|first=Kerry Douglas |last=Dye |title=His Word is Bond: An Interview With 007 Screenwriter Bruce Feirstein |url=http://www.leisuresuit.net/Webzine/articles/bruce_feirstein.shtml |website=LeisureSuit.net |date=15 November 1999 |access-date=5 January 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061205091722/http://leisuresuit.net/Webzine/articles/bruce_feirstein.shtml |archive-date= 5 December 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Initially the film was to be released in 2000, rumoured to be titled ''Bond 2000''. Other rumoured titles included ''Death Waits for No Man'', ''Fire and Ice'', ''Pressure Point'' and ''Dangerously Yours''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://commanderbond.net/article/361|title=TWINE & The Rumoured Titles|date=26 June 2001|access-date=1 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080117142228/http://commanderbond.net/article/361|archive-date=17 January 2008}}</ref> The eventual title ''The World Is Not Enough'' is an English translation of the [[Latin]] phrase ''Orbis non sufficit'', the [[motto]] of Bond's supposed real-world ancestor [[Sir Thomas Bond, 1st Baronet|Sir Thomas Bond]]. In the novel ''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service (novel)|On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]'' and its [[On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film)|film adaptation]], it is first claimed to be James Bond's family motto as well. The phrase ''Orbis non sufficit'' is thought to originate from the ''[[Pharsalia]]'' by [[Lucan]]. It appears twice, both with uncomplimentary associations: the first reference is to a group of villainous mutineers, and the second is to the ambitious [[Julius Caesar]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Murgatroyd |first1=Paul |title=Juvenal's Tenth Satire |date=2018-04-01 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-1-78694-836-6 |page=101 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iaRTDwAAQBAJ&dq=world+was+not+enough+juvenal&pg=PA101 |language=en |access-date=19 November 2021 |archive-date=28 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128234554/https://books.google.com/books?id=iaRTDwAAQBAJ&dq=world+was+not+enough+juvenal&pg=PA101 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was then applied to [[Alexander the Great]] by [[Juvenal]] in his collection of satirical poems, the [[Satires (Juvenal)|Satires]]: "The world was not big enough for [[Alexander the Great]], but a coffin was". Phrased as ''Non sufficit orbis'', it became the motto of the [[Spain|Spanish]] king [[Philip II of Spain|Philip II]] after ascending the Portuguese throne in 1580.<ref>[[Geoffrey Parker (historian)| ]]. ''Felipe II. La biografía definitiva'' (2010) (lám. 48)</ref> Crime novelist [[Donald E. Westlake]] wrote an early draft of the film, which was later scrapped because of difficulties in filming in the script's original setting in China. Westlake adapted the script into the novel ''Forever and a Death'', which was published posthumously in 2017 by [[Hard Case Crime]].<ref name="CrimeReads2018">{{cite web |url=https://crimereads.com/what-i-learned-from-donald-e-westlakes-letters/ |title=The Mind of Donald E. Westlake: The Letters, Books, and Films of a Crime Legend |last=Stahl |first=Levi |date=2018-05-29 |website=CrimeReads |publisher= |access-date=2023-05-29 |archive-date=29 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529134122/https://crimereads.com/what-i-learned-from-donald-e-westlakes-letters/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ===Filming=== [[File:ChathamHDSubmarine0083.JPG|right|alt=Frontal view of a small submarine in a dockyard.|thumb|[[Victor class submarine|Russian Victor III]]-class submarine used in filming]] The pre-title sequence begins in [[Bilbao]], Spain, featuring the [[Guggenheim Museum Bilbao|Guggenheim Museum]]. After the opening scene, the film moves to London, showcasing the [[SIS Building]] and the [[Millennium Dome]] on the [[Thames]]. The sequence lasts for about 14 minutes, making it the longest pre-title sequence in the series until ''No Time to Die'' in 2021. ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' claimed that the British Government prevented some filming in front of the actual [[SIS Building|MI6 Headquarters]] at Vauxhall Cross, citing a security risk. However, a [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office|Foreign Office]] spokesperson rejected the claims and expressed displeasure with the article.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bond is backed... by the government|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=27 April 1999|url=http://film.guardian.co.uk/Column/0,4541,45454,00.html|access-date=29 December 2007|archive-date=13 December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213062317/http://film.guardian.co.uk/Column/0,4541,45454,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Following the title sequence, [[Eilean Donan Castle]] in Scotland is used by [[MI6]] as a location headquarters. Other locations include [[Baku]], Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijan [[Oil Rocks]] and [[Istanbul]], Turkey, where [[Maiden's Tower, Istanbul|Maiden's Tower]] and [[Küçüksu Palace]] are shown.<ref name="imdb-loc">{{cite web | title = Filming locations for The World Is Not Enough (1999) | url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0143145/locations | website = Internet Movie Database | access-date = 16 January 2008 | archive-date = 28 March 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070328021243/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0143145/locations | url-status = live }}</ref> Principal photography began on 17 January 1999, and lasted until June of that year. The studio work for the film was shot as usual in [[Pinewood Studios]], including [[Albert R. Broccoli's 007 Stage]]. [[Bilbao|Bilbao, Spain]] was used briefly for the exterior of the Swiss bank and flyover-bridge adjacent to the [[Guggenheim Museum Bilbao|Guggenheim Museum]]. In London outdoor footage was shot of the [[SIS Building]] and [[Vauxhall Cross]] with several weeks filming the boat chase on the [[River Thames]] eastwards towards the [[Millennium Dome]], [[Greenwich]].<ref name="Waterscape">{{cite web | title = British Waterways' Film Map: Canals and rivers on screen | url = http://www.waterscape.com/features-and-articles/films | website = Waterscape.com | access-date = 15 January 2008 | archive-date = 15 June 2012 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120615061028/http://www.waterscape.com/features-and-articles/films | url-status = live }}</ref> The canal footage of the chase where Bond soaks the [[Parking Enforcement#United Kingdom|parking wardens]] was filmed at [[Wapping]] and the boat stunts in [[Millwall Dock]] and under [[Glengall Bridge]] were filmed at the [[Isle of Dogs]]. [[Chatham Dockyard]] was also used for part of the boat chase.<ref>{{cite web|author=Kent Film Office|url=http://kentfilmoffice.co.uk/1999/11/the-world-is-not-enough-1999/|title=Kent Film Office The World Is Not Enough Film Focus|date=10 November 1999 |access-date=18 July 2013|archive-date=29 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729082117/http://kentfilmoffice.co.uk/1999/11/the-world-is-not-enough-1999/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Stowe School]], Buckinghamshire, was used as the site of the King family estate on the banks of [[Loch Lomond]]. Filming continued in Scotland at [[Eilean Donan Castle]] which was used to depict the exterior of MI6 temporary operations centre "Castle Thane". The skiing chase sequence in the [[Caucasus]] was shot on the slopes of [[Chamonix]], France.<ref name="imdb-loc"/> Filming of the scene was delayed by an [[avalanche]]; the crew helped in the rescue operation.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Ian Nathan|title=Unseen Bond|work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]|date=October 2008|page=105}}</ref> [[File:BMW Z8 - Flickr - Alexandre Prévot (2) (cropped).jpg|left|alt=Grey-coloured coupe vehicle whose roof is black-coloured|thumb|The filming occurred a few months before the BMW Z8 ''(unit pictured)'' was released]] The interior (and single exterior shot) of L'Or Noir casino in Baku, Azerbaijan, was shot at [[Halton House]], the officers' mess of [[RAF Halton]]. [[RAF Northolt]] was used to depict the airfield runway in Azerbaijan.<ref name="imdb-loc"/> Zukovsky's quayside [[caviar]] factory was shot entirely at the outdoor water tank at Pinewood. The exterior of Kazakhstan nuclear facility was shot at the [[Bardenas Reales]], in [[Navarre]], Spain, and the exterior of the oil refinery control centre at the [[Motorola]] building in Groundwell, [[Swindon]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.swindonweb.com/index.asp?m=8&s=115&ss=462&c=1175 | title=Motorola building | website=SwindonWeb | access-date=7 December 2009 | archive-date=21 May 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521004544/http://www.swindonweb.com/index.asp?m=8&s=115&ss=462&c=1175 | url-status=live }}</ref> The exterior of the oil pipeline was filmed in [[Cwm Dyli]], [[Snowdonia]], [[Wales]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visitwales.com/holidays-breaks/days-out/tv-film-locations-uk/wales-on-film|title=Hollywood Films & TV Locations - Visit Wales|website=www.visitwales.com|access-date=25 March 2018|archive-date=19 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219232444/http://www.visitwales.com/holidays-breaks/days-out/tv-film-locations-uk/wales-on-film|url-status=live}}</ref> while the production teams shot the oil pipeline explosion on [[Hankley Common]], [[Elstead]], Surrey. [[Istanbul]], Turkey, was used in the film, also using the famous [[Maiden's Tower]] which was used as Renard's hideout in Turkey. Exteriors for Elektra King's Baku villa were shot at [[Küçüksu Pavilion]] in Istanbul, and interiors were shot at [[Luton Hoo]] in Bedfordshire, England. The underwater submarine scenes were filmed in [[the Bahamas]].<ref>{{cite video| title=The Making of The World Is Not Enough| publisher=[[Danjaq]]| medium=DVD|year=1999 }}</ref> The [[BMW Z8]] driven by Bond in the film was the final part of a three-film product placement deal with BMW (which began with the Z3 in ''[[GoldenEye]]'' and continued with the 750iL in ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'') but, due to filming preceding release of the Z8 by a few months, several working mock-ups and models were manufactured for filming purposes. ===Music=== {{Main|The World Is Not Enough (soundtrack)}} [[File:GarbageLiveMay2012.jpg|thumb|Rock band [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]] (''pictured in 2012'') sang the film's title song.]] The soundtrack to ''The World Is Not Enough'' is the second ''Bond'' soundtrack to be composed by [[David Arnold]].<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r443585|pure_url=yes}}|title="The World Is Not Enough" OST review |website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=16 January 2008}}</ref> Arnold broke tradition by not ending the film with a reprise of the opening theme or, as with the previous three films, a new song. Originally, Arnold intended to use the song "Only Myself to Blame" at the end of the film; however, Apted discarded this and the song was replaced by a remix of the "[[James Bond Theme]]".<ref name="arnold" /> "Only Myself to Blame", written by Arnold and [[Don Black (lyricist)|Don Black]] and sung by [[Scott Walker (singer)|Scott Walker]], is the 19th and final track on the album and its melody is Elektra King's theme. The theme is heard in "Casino", "Elektra's Theme" and "I Never Miss".<ref name="arnold">{{cite web|url=http://davidarnold.com/cine_menu_11.asp|title=David Arnold official website|access-date=16 January 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071229032830/http://davidarnold.com/cine_menu_11.asp |archive-date = 29 December 2007}}</ref> Arnold added two new themes to the final score, both of which are reused in the following film, ''[[Die Another Day]]''. The title song, "[[The World Is Not Enough (song)|The World Is Not Enough]]", was written by David Arnold with Don Black and performed by [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]]. It is the fifth ''Bond'' theme co-written by Black, preceded by "[[Thunderball (soundtrack)|Thunderball]]",<ref>{{cite video |date = 25 February 2003 |title = Thunderball |medium = Audio CD |publisher = [[EMI]] |id = UPN: 7-2435-80589-2-5 }}</ref> "[[Diamonds Are Forever (soundtrack)|Diamonds Are Forever]]",<ref>{{cite video |date = 11 February 2003 |title = Diamonds Are Forever |medium = Audio CD |publisher = [[EMI]] |id = UPN: 7-2435-41420-2-4 }}</ref> "[[The Man with the Golden Gun (soundtrack)|The Man with the Golden Gun]]",<ref>{{cite video |date = 25 February 2003 |title = The Man with the Golden Gun |medium = Audio CD |publisher = [[EMI]] |id = UPN: 7-2435-41424-2-0 }}</ref> and "[[Tomorrow Never Dies (song)|Tomorrow Never Dies]]".<ref name="tnd1">{{cite video |date = 25 November 1997 |title = Tomorrow Never Dies |medium = Audio CD |publisher = A&M Records |id = UPN: 7-3145-40830-2-7 }}</ref> [[IGN]] chose "The World Is Not Enough" as the ninth-best James Bond theme of all time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2008/11/13/top-10-james-bond-theme-songs|title=Top 10 James Bond Theme Songs|date=17 November 2006|author=Spence D.|website=IGN|access-date=4 November 2007|archive-date=27 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927083857/http://www.ign.com/articles/2008/11/13/top-10-james-bond-theme-songs|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2012 [[Grantland]] ranked the song as the second-best Bond song of all-time, behind only "Goldfinger."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8603619/page/2/a-semi-scientific-countdown-determine-best-james-bond-theme-song-all-time|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729070651/http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8603619/page/2/a-semi-scientific-countdown-determine-best-james-bond-theme-song-all-time|url-status=dead|title=What’s the Greatest Bond Song of All Time? «<!-- Bot generated title -->|archive-date=29 July 2013|accessdate=17 March 2023}}</ref> The song also appeared in two "best of 1999" polls: #87 in [[89X]]'s "Top 89 Songs of 1999"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rocklists.com/89x-1999.html|title=89X's "Top 89 Songs of 1999|publisher=Rocklists.com|access-date=2 March 2007|archive-date=18 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518141619/http://www.rocklists.com/89x-1999.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and No. 100 in [[WKQX (FM)|Q101]]'s "Top 101 of 1999".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rocklists.com/q101-1999.html|title=Q101's "Top 101 of 1999|publisher=Rocklists.com|access-date=2 March 2007|archive-date=18 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518165143/http://www.rocklists.com/q101-1999.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Another theme song was made by English post-Britpop band [[Straw (band)|Straw]], which was also entitled ''The World Is Not Enough'' but was rejected in favor of Garbage's song.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/oct/31/james-bond-songs | work=The Guardian | location=London | title=For your ears only | first=Jude | last=Rogers | date=31 October 2008 | access-date=24 May 2010 | archive-date=7 January 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107082157/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/oct/31/james-bond-songs | url-status=live }}</ref> The song is unique as the lyrics contains references to several of the [[Ian Fleming]] novels, including references to ''Goldfinger'', ''You Only Live Twice'', ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'', and ''Live and Let Die''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Straw - the world is not enough 1999 JAMES BOND Rejected theme|website = [[YouTube]]| date=26 March 2009 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRrL3d4qrMo| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211116/PRrL3d4qrMo| archive-date=2021-11-16 | url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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