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{{Infobox film
| name           = The World Is Not Enough
| image          = The World Is Not Enough (UK cinema poster).jpg
| alt            = Poster shows a circle with Bond flanked by two women at the centre. Globs of fire and action shots from the film are below. The film's name is at the bottom.
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Michael Apted]]
| producer       = [[Michael G. Wilson]] <br />[[Barbara Broccoli]]
| screenplay     = [[Neal Purvis and Robert Wade|Neal Purvis <br />Robert Wade]] <br />[[Bruce Feirstein]]
| story          = Neal Purvis <br />Robert Wade
| based_on       = {{Based on|[[James Bond (literary character)|James Bond]]|[[Ian Fleming]]}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Pierce Brosnan]]
* [[Sophie Marceau]]
* [[Robert Carlyle]]
* [[Denise Richards]]
* [[Robbie Coltrane]]
* [[Judi Dench]]
}}
| music          = [[David Arnold]]
| cinematography = [[Adrian Biddle]]
| editing        = [[Jim Clark (film editor)|Jim Clark]]
| studio         = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures]] <br /> [[United Artists]] <br />[[Eon Productions]]
| distributor    = MGM Distribution Co. (United States and Canada) <br />[[United International Pictures]] (International)
| released       = {{Film date|df=yes|1999|11|8|Los Angeles, premiere|1999|11|19|United States|1999|11|26|United Kingdom}}
| runtime        = 128 minutes
| country        = United Kingdom<ref>{{cite web |title=The World is Not Enough |website=[[Lumiere (database)|Lumiere]] |publisher=[[European Audiovisual Observatory]] |url=http://lumiere.obs.coe.int/web/film_info/?id=12009 |access-date=9 October 2020 |archive-date=1 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001083613/http://lumiere.obs.coe.int/web/film_info/?id=12009 |url-status=live }}</ref> <br />United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $135 million<ref name=NUM>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/World-is-Not-Enough-The#tab=summary |title=The World is Not Enough (1999) |website= [[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=January 19, 2025}}</ref>
| gross          = $361.7 million<ref name=NUM/>
}}

'''''The World Is Not Enough''''' is a 1999 [[spy film]], the nineteenth in the [[List of James Bond films|''James Bond'' series]] produced by [[Eon Productions]] and the third to star [[Pierce Brosnan]] as the fictional [[Secret Intelligence Service|MI6]] agent [[James Bond filmography|James Bond]]. It was directed by [[Michael Apted]], from an original story and screenplay by [[Neal Purvis and Robert Wade|Neal Purvis, Robert Wade]], and [[Bruce Feirstein]].<ref>Simpson, p 26</ref> It was produced by [[Michael G. Wilson]] and [[Barbara Broccoli]]. The title is the translation of the motto on the Bond family [[coat of arms]], first seen in ''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service (novel)|On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]''.

The film's plot revolves around the murder of billionaire businessman Sir Robert King by the terrorist Renard, and Bond's subsequent assignment to protect King's daughter [[Elektra King|Elektra]], who was previously held for ransom by Renard. During his assignment, Bond unravels a scheme to increase petroleum prices by triggering a [[nuclear meltdown]] in the waters of [[Istanbul]].

Filming locations included Spain, France, Azerbaijan, Turkey, and the UK, with interiors shot at [[Pinewood Studios]]. Despite receiving mixed reviews, with the plot and [[Denise Richards]]' casting frequently targeted for criticism, ''The World Is Not Enough'' earned over $361 million worldwide, becoming the [[1999 in film#Highest-grossing films|eighth highest grossing film of 1999]]. It was also the first [[Eon Productions|Eon]]-produced ''Bond'' film officially released by [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures]] (MGM) instead of MGM subsidiary [[United Artists]], the franchise's original owner and distributor.

''The World Is Not Enough'' was followed by ''[[Die Another Day]]'' in 2002.

==Plot==
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In [[Bilbao]], MI6 agent [[James Bond (literary character)|James Bond]] meets [[Swiss bank]]er Lachaise to retrieve money for Sir Robert King, a British oil tycoon and friend of [[M (James Bond)|M]]. Bond interrogates the banker to identify the assassin of an MI6 agent, but Lachaise is killed before revealing this information, and Bond is forced to escape with the money. At MI6 headquarters in London, the money is revealed to be laced with explosives that kill King. Bond chases the assassin by boat on the [[River Thames|Thames]] to the [[Millennium Dome]], where she attempts to escape via [[hot air balloon]]. Bond offers her protection; she refuses, fearing he would not be able to protect her, and blows up the balloon at the cost of her life. 

Bond traces the recovered money to Renard, a [[KGB]] agent turned [[terrorist]]. Following an earlier attempt on his life by MI6, Renard was left with a bullet embedded in his brain, which makes him immune to pain but will eventually kill him. M assigns Bond to protect King's daughter Elektra, whom Renard had previously abducted and held for ransom. Bond flies to [[Azerbaijan]], where Elektra oversees the construction of an oil pipeline. During a tour of the pipeline's proposed route in the mountains, Bond and Elektra are attacked by a hit squad in [[snowmobile]]s.

Bond visits [[List of James Bond allies in GoldenEye#Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky|Valentin Zukovsky]] at a casino to acquire information about Elektra's attackers. There, Bond grows suspicious as Elektra immediately loses $1 million on a game of high card draw, and discovers that her head of security, Sasha Davidov, is secretly in league with Renard. Bond kills Davidov and boards a plane bound for an ex-Soviet [[Intercontinental ballistic missile|ICBM]] base in [[Kazakhstan]]. Posing as a Russian scientist Bond meets American [[Nuclear physics|nuclear physicist]] Dr. Christmas Jones cooperating with Russian armed forces in overseeing the dismantling of the site. Renard removes the [[GPS]] locator card and weapons-grade [[plutonium]] core from a nuclear warhead. Before Bond can kill him, Jones exposes his cover. Renard steals the bomb and flees, leaving everyone to die. Bond and Jones escape the exploding silo with the locator card.

In Azerbaijan, Bond warns M that Elektra may not be as innocent as she appears, and may have succumbed to [[Stockholm Syndrome]] under Renard's capture. He hands her the locator card as proof of the theft. An alarm sounds, revealing that the stolen bomb is attached to a [[Pigging|pipeline inspection pig]] heading towards the oil terminal. Bond and Jones enter the pipeline to deactivate the bomb, and Jones discovers that half of the plutonium is missing. They jump clear of the rig and a section of pipe is destroyed. Bond and Jones are presumed killed. Back at the command centre, Elektra reveals that she killed her father as revenge for using her as bait for Renard. She abducts M, whom she resents for having advised her father not to pay the ransom money.

Bond accosts Zukovsky at his [[caviar]] factory in the [[Caspian Sea]] and they are attacked by Elektra's helicopters. Zukovsky reveals his arrangement with Elektra was to accept a payoff via bets in his casino in exchange for the use of a old nuclear Soviet-era [[submarine]] captained by Zukovsky's nephew in the [[Black Sea Fleet]]. The group goes to [[Istanbul]], where Jones realizes that if Renard were to insert the stolen plutonium into the submarine's nuclear reactor, the resulting [[nuclear meltdown|meltdown]] would destroy Istanbul, sabotaging the main alternative oil pipelines passing through the [[Bosphorus]]. Elektra's pipeline, planned to go around Istanbul, would increase in value. Bond gets a signal from the locator card at the [[Maiden's Tower]] before Zukovsky's henchman Bull blows up the command centre. Zukovsky is knocked unconscious, and Bond and Jones are captured by Elektra's henchmen. Jones is taken aboard the submarine, which was seized by Renard's men. Bond is taken to the tower, where Elektra tortures him with a [[garrote]] and reveals that she cut off part of her ear to make her kidnapping look more believable. Zukovsky and his men seize the tower, but Zukovsky is shot by Elektra. Before dying, Zukovsky uses his [[cane gun]] to free Bond, who frees M and kills Elektra.

Bond dives after the submarine, boards it and frees Jones. The submarine's hull ruptures as it sinks into the Bosphorus. Bond fights Renard and impales him by firing the plutonium rod into his chest. Bond and Jones escape from the submarine, leaving the flooded reactor to detonate underwater. Later, they celebrate the New Year and have sex in Istanbul, while being monitored by MI6 satellites. M is appalled at Bond's conduct with Christmas, but "R", the successor to [[Q (James Bond)|Q ]], Bond's [[Quartermaster|quartermaster]], dismisses their sexual activity as a glitch on the satellite screen.

==Cast==
* [[Pierce Brosnan]] as [[James Bond filmography|James Bond]], MI6 agent, codename 007.
* [[Sophie Marceau]] as [[Elektra King]], an oil heiress who is seemingly being targeted by Renard, the world's most wanted terrorist. M gives Bond the task of protecting her at all costs, although he suspects that there is more to her than meets the eye. [[Sharon Stone]] and [[Vera Farmiga]] were also considered for the role before Broccoli saw Marceau's performance in ''[[Firelight]]''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Field|first=Matthew|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/930556527|title=Some kind of hero : 007 : the remarkable story of the James Bond films|date=2015|others=Ajay Chowdhury|isbn=978-0-7509-6421-0|location=Stroud, Gloucestershire|oclc=930556527|access-date=9 September 2021|archive-date=28 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128234516/https://www.worldcat.org/title/some-kind-of-hero-007-the-remarkable-story-of-the-james-bond-films/oclc/930556527|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Robert Carlyle]] as Victor "Renard" Zokas, a former [[KGB]] agent turned high-tech terrorist who previously kidnapped Elektra.  After a failed assassination attempt he has a bullet lodged in his brain, rendering him impervious to pain as well as slowly killing off his other senses, and ultimately killing him as well.  Before the casting of Carlyle the role was offered to [[Javier Bardem]] (who would later portray the Bond villain in ''[[Skyfall]]'') and [[Jean Reno]].<ref name=":0" />
* [[Denise Richards]] as Dr. Christmas Jones, an American nuclear physicist assisting Bond in his mission.<ref>{{Cite book| last=Parker| first=Barry R.| year=2005| title=Death Rays, Jet Packs, Stunts & Supercars: The Fantastic Physics of Film's Most Celebrated Secret Agent| publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press| location=Baltimore| isbn=978-0-8018-8248-7| url-access=registration| url=https://archive.org/details/deathraysjetpack0000park}}</ref> Richards stated that she liked the role because it was "brainy", "athletic", and had "depth of character, in contrast to Bond girls from previous decades".<ref>{{Cite news | last=Thomas | first=Rebecca | date=19 November 1999 | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/special_report/1999/11/99/shaken_not_stirred/523329.stm | title=One girl is not enough | work=BBC News | access-date=23 December 2007 | archive-date=6 December 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206125706/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/special_report/1999/11/99/shaken_not_stirred/523329.stm | url-status=live }}</ref> Richards stated that a lot of viewers "made fun of" the character's attire but that "these Bond girls are so outrageous and if I did really look like a scientist, the Bond fans would have been disappointed."<ref>{{cite web |author=Freydkin, Donna |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2012/11/06/denise-richards-james-bond/1685751/ |title=Denise Richards: Bond showed me the 'World' |work=[[USA Today]] |date=6 November 2012 |access-date=16 May 2017 |archive-date=1 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001171133/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2012/11/06/denise-richards-james-bond/1685751/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Jones was originally written as a [[French Polynesia|French-Polynesian]] [[insurance investigator]] before but the studio insisted on changing her nationality after the casting of Marceau.<ref name=":0" /> [[Tiffani Thiessen]] also auditioned.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-ent-my-worst-moment-tiffani-thiessen-1223-20201222-lmvfnec2vrggpadywkaazrl3ti-story.html | title=My worst moment: Tiffani Thiessen and the Bond girl moment that never was | website=[[Chicago Tribune]] | date=22 December 2020 | access-date=24 December 2022 | archive-date=24 December 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224111540/https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-ent-my-worst-moment-tiffani-thiessen-1223-20201222-lmvfnec2vrggpadywkaazrl3ti-story.html | url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Robbie Coltrane]] as Valentin Zukovsky: A former [[Russian mafia]] boss and [[Baku]] casino owner. Bond initially seeks out Zukovsky for intel on Renard and is subsequently aided by him when Zukovsky's nephew falls into Renard's captivity. Coltrane reprises his role from ''[[GoldenEye]]''.
* [[Desmond Llewelyn]] as [[Q (James Bond)|Q]]: MI6's "quartermaster" who supplies Bond with multi-purpose vehicles and gadgets useful for the latter's mission. The film would be Llewelyn's final performance as Q. Although the actor was not officially retiring from the role, the Q character was training his eventual replacement in this film. Llewelyn was killed in a [[car crash]] shortly after the film premiered.
* [[Maria Grazia Cucinotta]] as "Cigar Girl": An experienced assassin working for Renard, who appears as an assistant who supplies Bond and the banker with cigars during their meeting in Bilbao and who tries to assassinate Bond in London. In [[The World Is Not Enough (novel)|the novelisation]], the character is given the name Giulietta da Vinci.
* [[Samantha Bond]] as [[Miss Moneypenny]]: M's secretary.
* [[Michael Kitchen]] as [[Bill Tanner]]: M's Chief of Staff.
* [[Colin Salmon]] as [[Charles Robinson (James Bond)|Charles Robinson]]: M's Deputy Chief of Staff.
* [[Serena Scott Thomas]] as Dr. Molly Warmflash, an MI6 agent and doctor assigned to examine Bond, as well as describing Renard's seeming invincibility due to the terminal bullet in his brain that will kill him when it reaches the center of his brain.
* [[Ulrich Thomsen]] as Sasha Davidov: Elektra King's head of security in Azerbaijan and Renard's secret liaison.
* [[Goldie]] as Bull: Valentin Zukovsky's gold-toothed and gold-haired bodyguard, secretly working for Elektra and Renard. Although listed as 'Bull' in the credits, Zukovsky also refers to him as 'Mr. Bullion' in the film.
* [[John Seru]] as Gabor: Elektra King's bodyguard who is seen accompanying King wherever she travels.
* [[Claude-Oliver Rudolph]] as Colonel Akakievich: The leader of the Russian ICBM base in Kazakhstan.
* [[Judi Dench]] as [[M (James Bond)|M]]: The head of MI6.
* [[Patrick Malahide]] portrays Lachaise, the Swiss banker killed early on in the film.
* [[Gary Powell (actor)|Gary Powell]] as Submarine Crewman (uncredited)
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* [[John Cleese]] as [[Q (James Bond)#John Cleese: 1999 (as "R"), 2002 (as Q)|R]]: Q's assistant and appointed successor. Bond humorously refers to him as "R": "If you're Q, does that make him R?"
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* [[David Calder (actor)|David Calder]] as Sir Robert King: Elektra's father and an oil tycoon who is later killed during a bomb attack on MI6 headquarters.
* [[Sean Cronin (actor)|Sean Cronin]] as Renard's Henchman (uncredited)
* [[Martyn Lewis]] as newsreader
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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 &#124; Lyssna här &#124; 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
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 |medium = Audio CD
 |publisher = [[EMI]]
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}}</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
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}}</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>

==Release and reception==
''The World Is Not Enough'' premiered on 19 November 1999 in the United States and on 26 November 1999 in the United Kingdom. Its world premiere was 8 November 1999 at the [[Fox Bruin Theater]], Los Angeles, USA.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1999/11/99/shaken_not_stirred/524858.stm | title=Bond 19: More than enough | work=BBC News | date=19 November 1999 | access-date=1 October 2007 | archive-date=12 November 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112092225/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1999/11/99/shaken_not_stirred/524858.stm | url-status=live }}</ref> At that time MGM signed a marketing partnership with MTV, primarily for American youths, who were assumed to have considered Bond as "an old-fashioned secret service agent". As a result, MTV broadcast more than 100 hours of Bond-related programmes immediately after the film was released, most being presented by Denise Richards.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1999/11/99/shaken_not_stirred/525210.stm | title=Selling a super spy | work=BBC News | date=19 November 1999 | access-date=1 October 2007 | archive-date=12 November 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112092315/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1999/11/99/shaken_not_stirred/525210.stm | url-status=live }}</ref>

===Box office===
The film opened at the top of the North American box office with $35.5&nbsp;million earned during its opening weekend. It remained in that spot until it was handed to ''[[Toy Story 2]]'' during its second weekend.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lyman |first=Rick |title=Those Toys Are Leaders In Box-Office Stampede |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/29/movies/those-toys-are-leaders-in-box-office-stampede.html |access-date=March 25, 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=November 29, 1999 |archive-date=March 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319232310/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/29/movies/those-toys-are-leaders-in-box-office-stampede.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Its final worldwide gross was $361.7 million worldwide, with $126 million in the United States alone.<ref name=NUM/> It became the highest grossing James Bond film of all time until the release of ''[[Die Another Day]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=jamesbond.htm | title=James Bond movies | work=Box Office Mojo | access-date=29 September 2007 | archive-date=25 April 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425021541/http://boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=jamesbond.htm | url-status=live }}</ref> The film was also selected for the first round of nominations for the [[Academy Award|Academy Award for Best Visual Effects]] and it was failing to get nominated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://commanderbond.net/article/10|title=TWINE Could Be Up for an Oscar|work=Commanderbond.net|date=4 January 2000|access-date=1 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080319022547/http://commanderbond.net/article/10|archive-date=19 March 2008}}</ref> The film was nominated for a Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film [[Saturn Award]], Pierce Brosnan won both the [[Empire Award]] and the [[Blockbuster Inc.|Blockbuster Entertainment Award]] as Best Actor, and David Arnold won a [[Broadcast Music Incorporated|BMI Film Music Award]] for his score. The film became the first in the Bond series to win a [[Golden Raspberry]] when Denise Richards was chosen as "Worst Supporting Actress" at the [[1999 Golden Raspberry Awards|1999 Razzie Awards]]. Richards and Brosnan were also nominated for "Worst Screen Couple" (lost to [[Will Smith]] and [[Kevin Kline]] for ''[[Wild Wild West]]'').<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0143145/awards|title=Awards for The World Is Not Enough|publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]]|access-date=25 December 2007|archive-date=30 October 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061030104603/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0143145/awards|url-status=live}}</ref>
The initial release of the DVD includes the featurette "Secrets of 007", which cuts into "making of" material during the film; the documentary "The Making of The World Is Not Enough"; two [[Audio commentary|commentary tracks]]—one by director Michael Apted, and the other by production designer Peter Lamont, second unit director Vic Armstrong, and composer David Arnold; a trailer for the [[The World Is Not Enough (PlayStation video game)|PlayStation video game]], and the Garbage music video.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timefordvd.com/SR_TheWorldIsNotEnough.html|title=The World Is Not Enough DVD review|publisher=TimeForDVD.com|access-date=16 January 2008|archive-date=3 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603061308/http://www.timefordvd.com/SR_TheWorldIsNotEnough.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The Ultimate Edition released in 2006 had as additional extras a 2000 documentary named "Bond Cocktail", a featurette on shooting the Q Boat scenes, Pierce Brosnan in a press conference in Hong Kong, deleted scenes, and a tribute to [[Desmond Llewelyn]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jamesbond.ugo.com/movies/twine/index.php?p=dvd|title=The World Is Not Enough DVD & Soundtrack|publisher=[[UGO]]|access-date=16 January 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071121130054/http://jamesbond.ugo.com/movies/twine/index.php?p=dvd |archive-date = 21 November 2007}}</ref>

===Critical reception===
[[File:Denise richards.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Denise Richards]] (''pictured at the film's premiere'') was widely criticised for her performance.]]
Reception was mixed. On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film received an approval rating of 51% based on 147 reviews, with an average rating of 5.6/10, the lowest of the Brosnan Bond films. The site's critical consensus reads: "Plagued by mediocre writing, uneven acting, and a fairly by-the-numbers plot, ''The World Is Not Enough'' is partially saved by some entertaining and truly Bond-worthy action sequences."<ref name="rt">{{cite web |date=19 November 1999 |title=The World Is Not Enough |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/world_is_not_enough |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612104054/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/world_is_not_enough/ |archive-date=12 June 2015 |access-date={{RT data|access date|df=dmy}} |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]]}}{{RT data|edit}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average score of 57 out of 100 based on 38 critics, indicating "mixed and average reviews".<ref>{{cite web |title=The World Is Not Enough |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-world-is-not-enough/ |access-date=13 October 2023 |work=Metacritic |archive-date=4 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204194242/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-world-is-not-enough/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' critic [[Roger Ebert]] said the film was a "splendid comic thriller, exciting and graceful, endlessly inventive", and gave it three-and-a-half stars out of four.<ref name="ebert-review">{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-world-is-not-enough-1999|title=The World is Not Enough|first=Roger|last=Ebert|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|access-date=17 December 2007|archive-date=6 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506122741/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-world-is-not-enough-1999|url-status=live}}</ref> On the other hand, Eleanor Ringel Gillespie of ''[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]'' disliked the film, calling it "dated and confused".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.accessatlanta.com/movies/content/shared/movies/reviews/W/theworldisnotenough.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060212124621/http://www.accessatlanta.com/movies/content/shared/movies/reviews/W/theworldisnotenough.html|archive-date=12 February 2006|title=The World Is Not Enough|last=Gillespie|first=Eleanor Ringel|newspaper=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]|access-date=16 January 2008}}</ref> Nathan Rabin from ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' opined that "enough fun moments are scattered throughout to make it a decent Bond entry. But the series still needs a massive shot of fresh ideas if it wishes to become anything more than a nostalgia-fueled commercial sure thing".<ref name="AVC">{{cite web |last1=Rabin |first1=Nathan |title=The World is Not Enough DVD Review |url=https://film.avclub.com/the-world-is-not-enough-1798192225 |website=[[The A.V. Club]] |access-date=31 January 2019 |date=19 January 2000 |archive-date=1 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201065240/https://film.avclub.com/the-world-is-not-enough-1798192225 |url-status=live }}</ref> Antonia Quirke from ''[[The Independent]]'' said that the film "is certainly less definitively feeble than other recent Bond offerings, with an at least two-dimensional female character in the bold and oval Marceau. But my reaction is much the same as to a new [[Rolling Stones]] album: I'm just grateful that it's not embarrassing".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Quirke |first1=Antonia |title=Film: Review - Why Pierce is not enough |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/film-review-why-pierce-is-not-enough-1129184.html |work=[[The Independent]] |access-date=31 January 2019 |date=28 November 1999 |archive-date=1 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201013641/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/film-review-why-pierce-is-not-enough-1129184.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Negative criticism was focused on the execution of the plot, and the action scenes were considered excessive.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dvd.ign.com/articles/037/037271p1.html|title=The World Is Not Enough (DVD) review|author=Matt Venendaal|website=IGN|date=16 May 2006|access-date=25 December 2007|archive-date=25 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071125094314/http://dvd.ign.com/articles/037/037271p1.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Richards was widely criticized for not being credible in the role of a nuclear scientist, with ''Variety'' calling her "the least plausible nuclear physicist in the history of movies, who makes even the electrochemist [[Elisabeth Shue]] played in 1997's ''[[The Saint (1997 film)|The Saint]]'' sound like a Nobel laureate"; Nathan Rabin panned her performance and called it "so laughably awful that the film comes to a dead stop whenever she's on screen".<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Lisanti|first1=Tom|title=Film Fatales: Women in Espionage Films and Television, 1962–1973|last2=Paul|first2=Louis|publisher=McFarland & Co|year=2002|isbn=978-0-7864-1194-8|location=Jefferson, NC}}</ref><ref>Howe, Desson, 19 November 1999, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/entertainment/movies/reviews/worldisnotenoughhowe.htm 'World': Bond without end] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928234734/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/entertainment/movies/reviews/worldisnotenoughhowe.htm |date=28 September 2020 }}, ''Washington Post''.</ref><ref name="Variety">{{cite web|last1=Debruge|first1=Pete|date=19 October 2012|title=Revisiting 1999's 'The World Is Not Enough'|url=https://variety.com/2012/film/reviews/revisiting-1999-s-the-world-is-not-enough-1118061197/|access-date=31 January 2019|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|archive-date=1 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201013625/https://variety.com/2012/film/reviews/revisiting-1999-s-the-world-is-not-enough-1118061197/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=AVC/> She was ranked as one of the worst [[Bond girl]]s of all time by ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' in 2008.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Rich|first=Joshua|date=8 January 2008|title=James Bond Babes: Best and Worst|url=https://ew.com/gallery/bond-girls-best-and-worst/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=5 February 2008|archive-date=29 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151129232406/http://www.ew.com/gallery/bond-girls-best-and-worst|url-status=live}}</ref>

In contrast, [[Sophie Marceau]] was praised for her role as Elektra, with most critics agreeing that she was a better Bond Girl than Denise Richards' Christmas Jones and a better Bond villain than Robert Carlyle's Renard.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sean |first1=Wilson |title=Bond movies revisited: The World Is Not Enough (1999) |url=https://www.cineworld.co.uk/static/en/uk/blog/bond-movies-revisited-the-world-is-not-enough |website=Cineworld |access-date=Sep 17, 2021 |archive-date=3 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103100909/https://www.cineworld.co.uk/static/en/uk/blog/bond-movies-revisited-the-world-is-not-enough |url-status=live }}</ref> Peter Bradshaw from ''[[The Guardian]]'' called her "terrific: sexy, stylish, with a really beautiful face entirely innocent of the cosmetic surgeon's art".<ref>{{Cite web|title=You're stuck in the 50s, Mr Bond|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/1999/nov/26/jamesbond|access-date=2021-07-21|website=The Guardian|date=26 November 1999|language=en-US|archive-date=23 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123061100/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/1999/nov/26/jamesbond|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Retrospective ====
Pete Debruge of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote in 2012 that "[''The World Is Not Enough''] presents a conflicted persona torn between the corny antics of the [[Roger Moore]] era and the grim seriousness of where things would eventually go under [[Daniel Craig]]’s tenure. It also contains a dose of [[Timothy Dalton]]-esque toughness [...] Much of what made Brosnan such a great Bond is thrust into the backseat by lame jokes and a premature attempt to mix up the formula", concluding that it was "nothing but a reversion to the franchise's most adolescent tendencies".<ref name="Variety" /> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' picked it as the worst Bond film of all time in 2006, saying it had a plot "so convoluted even Pierce Brosnan has admitted to being mystified".<ref>{{Cite magazine|author=Benjamin Svetkey, Joshua Rich|date=15 November 2006|url=https://ew.com/article/2006/12/01/countdown-ranking-bond-films/|title=Countdown: Ranking the Bond Films|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=5 February 2008|archive-date=3 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603044457/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C1560072_2%2C00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Norman Wilner of [[MSN]] chose it as the third-worst film, above ''[[A View to a Kill]]'' and ''[[Licence to Kill]]'',<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119210839/http://movies.sympatico.msn.ca/features/ArticleNormanWilner.aspx?cp-documentid=436189|archive-date=19 January 2008|url=http://movies.sympatico.msn.ca/features/ArticleNormanWilner.aspx?cp-documentid=436189|title=Rating the Spy Game|publisher=[[MSN]]|author=Norman Wilner|access-date=25 December 2007}}</ref> while [[IGN]] chose it as the fifth-worst, both in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/746/746573p1.html|title=James Bond's Top 20|website=IGN|date=17 November 2006|access-date=25 December 2007|archive-date=5 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071105020651/http://movies.ign.com/articles/746/746573p1.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Adaptations==
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Bond novelist [[Raymond Benson]] wrote his adaptation of ''The World Is Not Enough'' from the film's screenplay. It was Benson's fourth ''Bond'' novel and followed the story closely, but with some details changed. For instance, Elektra sings quietly before her death and Bond still carries his [[Walther PPK]] instead of the newer P99. The novel also gave the cigar girl/assassin the name Giulietta da Vinci and retained a scene between her and Renard that was cut from the film.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Benson |first1=Raymond |title=The World is Not Enough |date=1999 |publisher=[[Hodder & Stoughton]] |isbn=0-340-76546-1}}</ref>

In 2000, the film was adapted by [[Electronic Arts]] to create two [[first-person shooter]]s of the same name for the [[Nintendo 64]] and [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]]. The Nintendo 64 version was developed by [[Eurocom]] and the PlayStation version was developed by [[Black Ops (developer)|Black Ops]].{{efn|Black Ops had previously adapted ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' for the PlayStation and would go on to develop ''[[007: Nightfire|Nightfire]]'' in 2002.}} Versions of ''The World Is Not Enough'' for the [[Personal Computer|PC]] and the [[PlayStation 2]] were planned for release in 2000, but both were cancelled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ps2.ign.com/articles/134/134285p1.html|title=The World Is Not Enough preview (PS2)|website=IGN|date=27 April 2001 |access-date=17 December 2007|archive-date=1 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071101084107/http://ps2.ign.com/articles/134/134285p1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> These versions would have used the [[id Tech 3]] [[game engine]] from ''[[Quake III Arena]]''. Although this game marks Pierce Brosnan's fifth appearance in a ''Bond'' video game, the game includes only his likeness; the character is voiced by Adam Blackwood.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085966/|title=Adam Blackwood|website=IMDb|access-date=25 March 2018|archive-date=15 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215040121/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085966/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Film|1990s|United Kingdom}}
* [[Outline of James Bond]]

==Notes==
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==References==
* {{Cite book
| last = Simpson
| first = Paul
| title = The Rough Guide to James Bond
| date = 7 November 2002
| publisher = Rough Guides
| location = London
| isbn = 1-84353-142-9
| url = https://archive.org/details/roughguidetojame0000unse
| url-access = registration
}}
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