Die Another Day
Die Another Day film poster
James Bond	Pierce Brosnan
Also starring	Halle Berry Judi Dench Toby Stephens Rosamund Pike John Cleese Rick Yune
Directed by	Lee Tamahori
Produced by	Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson, Anthony Waye
Novel/Story by	Neal Purvis Robert Wade
Screenplay	Neal Purvis Robert Wade
Cinematography by	David Tattersall
Music by	David Arnold
Main theme	Die Another Day
Composer	Madonna Mirwais Ahmadzaï
Performer	Madonna
Editing by	Christian Wagner
Distributed by	USA Theatrical and Worldwide DVD/Video Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Non-USA Theatrical 20th Century Fox
Released	November 22, 2002
Running time	133 min.
Budget	$142,000,000
Worldwide gross	$431,971,116[1]
Preceded by	The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Followed by	Casino Royale (2006)
IMDb profile

Die Another Day, released in 2002, is the twentieth film in the James Bond series and the fourth and final to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional British Secret Service agent Commander James Bond. In the film, Bond is betrayed after killing a rogue North Korean Colonel and captured. Once released in a prisoner exchange, he must follow a trail of clues in an effort to reveal the MI6 leak and soon learns that the villain he is pursuing is the same North Korean Colonel he supposedly killed. James then must prevent a satellite from igniting a war between North and South Korea. This article is about the American entertainer. ... 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Die Another Day was produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, and directed by Lee Tamahori. Being the twentieth James Bond film and also being released in the year of the film franchise's fortieth Anniversary, it includes references to each of the preceding films and additionally alludes to several Bond novels. Michael G. Wilson (born 1943) is the stepson of the late James Bond producer Albert R. Broccoli and half brother to current James Bond producer, Barbara Broccoli. ... Barbara Dana Broccoli (born June 18, 1960) is the daughter of the famous James Bond producer Albert R. Broccoli. ... Lee Tamahori, born 1950 in Wellington, New Zealand, is best known as a film director although he got his start as a commercial artist and photographer in the late 1970s. ...

The film received mixed reviews, with some critics praising Lee Tamahori's work and others pointing out the damage caused by excessive CGI effects to the plot. It nevertheless became the highest grossing James Bond film of all time before being surpassed by Casino Royale in 2006. Computer-generated imagery (commonly abbreviated as CGI) is the application of the field of computer graphics (or more specifically, 3D computer graphics) to special effects in films, television programs, commercials, simulators and simulation generally, and printed media. ... Casino Royale (2006) is the 21st film in the James Bond series and the first to star Daniel Craig as MI6 agent James Bond. ...

Plot

In the pre-title sequence, James Bond and two allies infiltrate a military base belonging to Colonel Tan-Sun Moon, a North Korean army officer who is illegally selling weaponry in exchange for African conflict diamonds. Bond poses as a weapons dealer, rigging his briefcase of diamonds with C4. He meets with Colonel Moon and his assistant, Zao. After the diamonds are handed over, Zao discovers Bond's true identity and informs Moon, who orders his men to execute Bond. Fearing retribution from his father, General Moon, the Colonel then flees in a large hovercraft. Bond detonates the C4 in the suitcase, embedding a number of diamonds in Zao's face. He then steals another hovercraft and chases Colonel Moon, who tumbles off a ledge and into a waterfall. North Korean troops capture Bond under General Moon's orders and he is imprisoned and tortured. Sir Gustav Graves KBE is a fictional character in the James Bond film Die Another Day, played by Toby Stephens. ... A conflict diamond (also called a blood diamond) is a diamond mined in a war zone and sold, usually clandestinely, in order to finance an insurgent or invading armys war efforts. ... Preparing C-4 explosive C-4 or Composition C-4 is a common variety of military plastic explosive. ...

14 months later, Bond is released in exchange for Zao, who was captured during the fourteen months. He is then sedated and taken to meet "M", who informs him that Zao is now free, and his status as a double-0 Agent is now suspended. Still bitter over Zao's release, Bond decides to complete his mission by evading MI6's security and travels to Cuba. He traces Zao to an island called Isla Los Organos, known for its gene therapy "Clinic" which allows patients to have their appearances changed. On the coast, he meets a NSA agent Giacinta 'Jinx' Johnson. With her help, Bond locates Zao's room inside the clinic and briefly tortures him. Zao flees in a helicopter but leaves behind a pendant. Bond opens it and finds a cache of diamonds identified as conflict diamonds from Africa, but bearing the crest of the company of Gustav Graves, a British self-made billionaire. Look up exchange in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses of M, see M (disambiguation). ... Die Another Day is the 20th film in the James Bond series and the fourth and final to star Pierce Brosnan as MI6 agent James Bond. ... Gene therapy is the insertion of genes into an individuals cells and tissues to treat a disease, and hereditary diseases in which a defective mutant allele is replaced with a functional one. ... “NSA” redirects here. ... Giacinta Jinx Johnson is a fictional character in the James Bond film Die Another Day. ... A conflict diamond (also called a blood diamond) is a diamond mined in a war zone and sold, usually clandestinely, in order to finance an insurgent or invading armys war efforts. ...

Bond and Jinx meet in Cuba.

Bond seeks out Graves at a fencing club in London. The two men engage in a fierce duel of swords. At the conclusion, Graves invites Bond to a party he is holding in Iceland for a scientific demonstration. Bond also meets Graves' fencing partner, Miranda Frost. Image File history File links Dad2002. ... Image File history File links Dad2002. ... Miranda Frost is a fictional character in the James Bond film Die Another Day. ...

In an underground train station, M restores Bond's Double-0 status and offers assistance in the investigation. Bond learns that Frost has been recruited by MI6, but she has failed to uncover Graves's connection to Zao. Bond takes Graves up on his earlier invitation, and arrives at his ice palace in Iceland and meets Jinx again. Then Graves begins a demonstration of his new orbital mirror satellite called "Icarus", which is able to focus solar energy on a small area and provide year-round sunshine for crop development. An ice palace or ice castle is a castle-like structure made of blocks of ice. ...

At midnight, Jinx attempts to infiltrate Graves' command center in the ice palace, but is captured by Zao and tortured. Bond meanwhile has figured out that Graves is actually Colonel Moon under a new identity. Before Bond can kill him, Moon turns the tables by revealing that Miranda Frost is a double agent. Bond narrowly escapes being shot by Frost, then escapes from Graves' facility in his car. Zao gives pursuit in his Jaguar XKR, and both cars drive inside the rapidly-melting ice palace. Bond kills Zao by luring him under a collapsing chandelier, and then rescues Jinx from drowning. A double agent pretends to spy on a target organization on behalf of a controlling organization, but in fact is loyal to the target organization. ... The Jaguar XK8 began production in 1996 (model year 1997) and was the first 8 cylinder vehicle produced by Jaguar, introducing the new Jaguar AJ-V8 engine. ...

From left: Gustav Graves, Miranda Frost, Verity, James Bond

Deployed at the South Korean border, Bond and Jinx perform a HALO jump and land on North Korean soil. After missing a chance to snipe Graves, they follow him into his airplane carrying General Moon (unaware of his son's new identity), his lieutenants and Frost. Graves reveals the true purpose of Icarus by using its solar beam to cut a swath through the minefield in the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Once the minefield is destroyed, North Korea will have a clear path to invade South Korea, Japan, and other countries. Icarus would also destabilize the western nations by destroying any WMD fired on North Korea. Graves wears a sophisticated armor with a built-in remote control, which operates the satellite. In an attempt to preserve peace, General Moon holds his son at gunpoint, but Graves disables and kills him with the armed suit. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Sir Gustav Graves is a fictional villain in the twentieth James Bond film Die Another Day. ... Miranda Frost is a fictional character in the James Bond film Die Another Day. ... This is a list of James Bond allies in the film Die Another Day. ... Commander James Bond, CMG, RNVR is a fictional character created by novelist Ian Fleming, and the protagonist of the James Bond series of novels and films. ... HALO/HAHO is a term used by the United States armed forces to describe a method of delivering personnel, equipment, and supplies from a transport aircraft at a high altitude via free-fall parachute insertion. ... For Panmunjom or Joint Security Area, see Joint Security Area. ... Weapons of Mass Destruction is also the name of rapper Xzibits 2004 album. ...

Bond advances to kill Graves, but is thrawted when one of his henchman causes Bond to shoot one of the windows, causing the plane to lose pressurization. Jinx manages to stabilise the plane, but is attacked by a sword-wielding Miranda Frost, who forces her to switch the plane to auto-pilot. Unbeknownst to them, it causes the plane to fly directly toward the Icarus beam. During the climatic sword fight, Jinx stabs Frost with a knife. Down below, Graves gains the upper hand and puts on a parachute. However, Bond opens it, pulling Graves out of the plane. Screaming, Graves falls into the engine. Bond finds Jinx and the two escape the plane in a stowed helicopter seconds before it explodes. Decompresion has several meanings: in physics, decompression is the release of pressure and is the opposition of compression in medicine, scuba diving and aviation, decompression can refer to a sickness in scuba diving, decompression can refer to a stop, a chamber, a buoy, a trapeze, tables or a computer in...

Cast

• Pierce Brosnan as James Bond: An MI6 agent who is dismissed after failing to complete a mission. He rejoins his organization and tracks down his enemy Zao who had survived the mission.
• Halle Berry as Giacinta 'Jinx' Johnson: An NSA agent who joins hands with Bond for spying on Zao and looking into his ties with Gustav Graves. Berry said Jinx is "fashion-forward modern and the next step in the evolution of women in the Bond movies."^[2]
• Toby Stephens as Gustav Graves: A British entrepreneur, North Korean by birth, who creates a satellite from diamonds that would bring sunshine at night. His real aim, however, is to assist North Korea's conquest of South Korea and Japan by destroying mines and nuclear warheads.
• Rick Yune as Zao: A North Korean diamond smuggler who assists Graves throughout their mission.
• Rosamund Pike as Miranda Frost: A double agent who initially poses as Bond's ally but later reveals herself as an affiliate of Graves.
• Will Yun Lee as Colonel Moon: A North Korean army colonel. He fakes his death and returns after fourteen months with the identity of Graves.
• Kenneth Tsang as General Moon: Colonel Moon's father and a strong advocate of North Korea's peaceful reunion with South Korea. He opposes his son's plans till death.
• Judi Dench as M: The strict head of MI6 who revokes Bond's licence to kill when he is released from prison, but later enlists him for foiling Graves' scheme.
• John Cleese as Q: MI6's "quartermaster" who supplies Bond with multi-purpose vehicles and gadgets which prove useful in the latter's mission.
• Samantha Bond as Miss Moneypenny: M's secretary.
• Emilio Echevarría as Raoul: The manager of a Havana cigar factory, and a British sleeper who helps Bond track down Zao in Cuba.
• Michael Madsen as Damian Falco: A high-ranking official in the NSA.

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Production

Filming

The opening big wave surfing sequence shot at the Banzai Pipeline on the north shore of Oahu in December 2001.

The shooting of Die Another Day began on January 7, 2002 at the Pinewood studios. The film was shot primarily in the United Kingdom, Cadiz (Spain) and Iceland. Other locations included Pinewood Studios and its historic 007 Stage, as well as Maui in Hawaii in December 2001. Professional surfers such as Laird Hamilton were hired to perform in the sequence. The surfing scene in the pre-title sequence was shot near Newquay, Cornwall and Cádiz, Spain. Scenes inside Graves' diamond mine were also filmed in Cornwall, at the Eden Project. The scenes involving the Cuban locations Havana and Isla Los Organos were filmed at La Caleta, Spain.^[3] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Banzai Pipeline, or simply Pipeline or Pipe, is a surf reef break located off Ehukai Beach Park in Pupukea of O`ahus North Shore. ... OÊ»ahu (usually Oahu outside Hawaiian and Hawaiian English), the Gathering Place, is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous island in the State of HawaiÊ»i. ... is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... This article is about the Spanish city. ... The gatehouse at Pinewood Studios Pinewood Studios is a major British film studio situated in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire. ... Albert R. Broccolis 007 Stage (formerly 007 Stage) is one of the largest sound stages in the world, and certainly the most famous. ... For other uses, see Maui (disambiguation). ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Laird Hamilton (born Laird John Zerfas on March 2, 1964 in San Francisco) is an American big-wave surfer and former male model. ... , The town should not be confused with New Quay in Wales. ... For other uses, see Cornwall (disambiguation). ... Location Location of Cádiz Coordinates : Time Zone : General information Native name Cádiz (Spanish) Spanish name Cádiz Postal code – Website http://www. ... For other uses, see Cornwall (disambiguation). ... The Eden Project Inside the tropical Biome The Eden Project is a large-scale environmental complex in Cornwall, UK. The project is located in a reclaimed china clay pit, located 1. ... La Caleta La Caleta is a beach located in the historical center of the city of Cádiz, Spain. ...

In London, the Reform Club was used, with interior of the lobby at the Blades club and the MI6 Headquarters, Buckingham Palace, Green Park and Westminster. Svalbard in Norway and Jökulsárlón in Iceland were used for the car chase on ice with additional scenes at Jostedal National Park, Norway and RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire.^[3] This 1840s drawing shows the corridors around the central saloon at first floor level The Reform Club in London viewed from Pall Mall, with the Travellers Club immediately to its left The Reform Club is gentlemens club on the south side of Pall Mall (at number 104), in central... The glacial lake Jökulsárlón Jökulsárlón is the best known and the biggest of a number of glacier lakes in Iceland. ... Jostedal is a valley which discharges into the Gaupnefjord[1] at Gaupne village in Luster municipality, Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. ... Former home of the Central Flying School (CFS) and the Red Pelicans ... Gloucestershire (pronounced ; GLOSS-ter-sher) is a county in South West England. ...

In the film, a switchblade (one-man glider shaped like a fighter jet) is used by Bond and Jinx to enter North Korea undetected. The switchblade was based on a workable model called "PHASST" (Programmable High Altitude Single Soldier Transport). Kinetic Aerospace Inc.'s lead designer, Jack McCornack was impressed by director Lee Tamahori's way of conducting the Switchblade scene and said, "It's brief, but realistic. The good guys get in unobserved, thanks to a fast cruise, good glide performance, and minimal radar signature. It's a wonderful promotion for the PHASST."^[4]

Music

Main article: Die Another Day (soundtrack)

The soundtrack was composed by David Arnold and released on Warner Bros. Records.^[5] He again made use of electronic rhythm elements in his score, and included two of the new themes created for The World is not Enough. The first, originally used as Renard's theme, is heard during the mammoth "Antonov" cue on the recording, and is written for piano. The second new theme, used in the "Christmas in Turkey" track of The World Is not Enough, is reused in the "Going Down Together" track. The soundtrack to Die Another Day, the 20th James Bond film of the same name, was released by Warner Bros. ... David Arnold (born February 27, 1962 in Luton in Bedfordshire, England) is one of the most popular and successful young British composers[citation needed]. He is probably best known for the film scores to Stargate (1994), Independence Day (1996) and four James Bond films. ... Warner Bros. ... For other uses, see The World Is Not Enough (disambiguation). ...

The title song for Die Another Day was written and sung by Madonna, who also had a cameo in the film as a fencing instructor. Featured in the credit sequence, it directly depicts the film's plot as opposed to all the previous Bond film titles which are stand-alone set pieces. The concept of the song/title sequence was that it represented Bond trying to keep his sanity during 14 months of torture at the hands of the North Koreans. The divided opinion over the "Die Another Day" theme is evidenced in that it was nominated not only for a Golden Globe for Best Original Song and the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording,^[6] but also for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song (2002). However in a MORI poll for the Channel 4 programme "James Bond's Greatest Hits" it was voted 9th out of 22 and was voted an "overwhelming number one" by under-24 year olds.^[7] James Bond theme chronology The World Is Not Enough (1999) Die Another Day (2002) You Know My Name (2006) American Life track listing Mother and Father (9) Die Another Day (10) Easy Ride (11) Die Another Day was the theme to the James Bond film of the same name recorded... This article is about the American entertainer. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Razzie Award The Raspberry Awards or Razzies, first awarded in 1981, were created by John Wilson in 1980, intended to counterpoint the Academy Awards by dishonoring the worst acting, screenwriting, songwriting, directing, and films that the film industry had to offer. ... The 23rd Golden Raspberry Awards were held on March 22, 2003 at the Sheraton Hotel in Santa Monica, California to recognise the worst the movie industry had to offer in 2002. ... Mori (森) is a Japanese family name. ... This article is about the British television station. ...

References to other films

Zao's Jaguar XKR used in Die Another Day as seen at a James Bond convention

To acknowledge that Die Another Day marked the 40th anniversary of the James Bond film series and was the 20th entry in the official series, references to every one of the preceding nineteen films were incorporated.^[8] The smuggling of diamonds and the use of a satellite with a powerful laser, and the villain surviving the pre-title sequence and returning with a new identity were the themes lifted from Diamonds Are Forever, as is Gustav Graves' comment that "diamonds are for everyone". The fencing match in Moonraker wherein display cases and other valuable artifacts are destroyed, was also remade. The revocation of Bond's licence to kill and his loss of double-0 status traced its origin to Licence to Kill. There are several appearances of gadgets in MI6's laboratory, such as a shoe-blade and trick attache case as appeared in From Russia with Love, the jet-pack from Thunderball, the 'Snooper' device from A View to a Kill, and the jet and alligator submarine from Octopussy. Like Honey Rider in Dr. No, Jinx is first seen rising out of the sea, wearing a bikini, knife, and belt. Jinx is strapped to a table and threatened with a laser in a reference to Goldfinger. The Union Jack parachute that Graves uses echoes Bond's parachute in The Spy Who Loved Me. Q's famous line from Goldfinger, "I never joke about my work," is also reprised. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2592x1944, 1519 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Die Another Day List of James Bond vehicles Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2592x1944, 1519 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Die Another Day List of James Bond vehicles Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the... EON Productions is a film production company known for producing the James Bond film series. ... For other uses, see Satellite (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Moonraker is a 1979 spy film. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... A popular element of the James Bond franchise is the exotic equipment and vehicles he is assigned on his missions, which often prove to be critically useful. ... A briefcase A briefcase is a narrow box-shaped bag made of vinyl or leather with a handle on the end and is used mainly for carrying papers and other documents. ... For the Ian Fleming novel, see From Russia with Love. ... For other topics with this name, see Thunderball. ... A View to a Kill is a 1985 spy film. ... For other uses, see Octopussy (disambiguation). ... Honeychile Rider is a fictional character in the James Bond novel Dr. No. ... Dr. No is a 1962 spy film. ... Goldfinger is the third film in the James Bond series, and the third to star Sean Connery as the MI6 agent. ... For the Ian Fleming novel, see The Spy Who Loved Me. ...

In addition to the film-specific references, Bond's new watch is described as "your twentieth" and the film also references the creation of the name "James Bond". When 007 picks up the book Birds of the West Indies, it is a nod to the author of the book, James Bond, whose name Ian Fleming used. Die Another Day is the first film since 1989's Licence to Kill to include notable elements from the James Bond novels. In particular, the name of the North Korean villain Colonel Tan-Sun Moon, traces its origins to that of Kingsley Amis' novel Colonel Sun. A number of elements from Fleming's original novel Moonraker are also included; in both of these, a villain adopts a new identity of a British millionaire and creates a desirable space-device but actually intends to use it for destructive purposes. In addition, the club called Blades, a fencing club in the film, was featured as a card club in Moonraker.^[9] According to actress Rosamund Pike in her DVD commentary track for the film, her character Miranda Frost was originally named Gala Brand, which was the name of a character in the Moonraker novel, but this was changed before filming began.^[10]Also Bond uses the pocket oxygen tank from Thunderball. This article is about the spy series. ... James Bond (January 4, 1900 – February 14, 1989) was a leading American ornithologist whose name was appropriated by writer Ian Fleming for his fictional spy James Bond. ... This article is about the author. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Sir Kingsley William Amis (April 16, 1922 – October 22, 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher. ... 1978 reprint by Panther Books. ... Moonraker is the third James Bond novel in Ian Flemings James Bond series. ...

Die Another Day also contains references to other films. After completing an MI6 virtual training sequence in which M is held hostage, Q (played by actor John Cleese) chides Bond for shooting M as well, to which Bond replies, "You'll find that ... M only has a flesh wound." This is in homage to the famous Cleese line "It's only a flesh wound" from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Release and reception

Die Another Day was released on November 22, 2002 in London. The premiere was the second to be attended by Queen Elizabeth II after You Only Live Twice.^[11] On the very first day, ticket sales reached £1.2 million.^[12] Die Another Day was the highest grossing James Bond film until the release of Casino Royale. It earned $432 million worldwide, becoming the sixth highest grossing film of 2002. It also grossed $160 million in the United States, where its opening weekend collections were about $47 million,^[1] surpassing Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets which grossed $42.4 million.^[13] is the 326th day of the year (327th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ... For the Ian Fleming novel, see You Only Live Twice. ... Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is the second fantasy adventure film in the popular Harry Potter films series, based on the novel by J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. ...

Die Another Day became a controversial subject in eastern Asia. North Koreans disliked the portrayal of their state as brutal and war-hungry. The South Koreans boycotted 145 theaters where it was released on December 31, 2002, as they were offended by a scene where an American officer issues orders to the South Korean army in the defense of their homeland, and by a lovemaking scene near a statue of the Buddha. The "Jogye" Buddhist Order issued a statement that the film was "disrespectful to our religion and does not reflect our values and ethics." The Washington Post reported growing resentment in the nation towards the United States. An official of the South Korean Ministry of Culture and Tourism said that Die Another Day was "the wrong film at the wrong time."^[14] is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... The Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism (JOKB) is a monastic order of syncretic Seon Buddhism and serves as the largest denomination of Buddhism in Korea. ... The Washington Post is the largest newspaper in Washington, D.C.. It is also one of the citys oldest papers, having been founded in 1877. ...

The amount of product placement in the film was a point of speculation, specifically from various news outlets such as the BBC, Time and Reuters who all used the pun "Buy Another Day". Reportedly 20 companies paying $70 million had their products featured in the film, a record at the time,^[15] although USA Today reported that number to be as high as $100 million.^[16] By choice, the number of companies involved in product placement was dwindled to only eight for the next Bond film Casino Royale in 2006.^[16] Wikibooks [[wikibooks:|]] has more about this subject: Marketing Product placement advertisements are promotional ads placed by marketers using real commercial products and services in media, where the presence of a particular brand is the result of an economic exchange. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... “TIME” redirects here. ... Reuters Group plc (LSE: RTR and NASDAQ: RTRSY); pronounced is known as a financial market data provider and a news service that provides reports from around the world to newspapers and broadcasters. ... USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. ... Casino Royale (2006) is the 21st film in the James Bond series and the first to star Daniel Craig as MI6 agent James Bond. ...

Rotten Tomatoes listed Die Another Day with a 59% "rotten" rating.^[17] Metacritic gave the film a 56 out of 100 rating, representing "Mixed or average reviews."^[18] Michael Dequina of Film Threat praised the film as the best of the series to star Pierce Brosnan and "the most satisfying installment of the franchise in recent memory."^[18] Larry Carroll of CountingDown.com praised Lee Tamahori for having "magnificently balanced the film so that it keeps true to the Bond legend, makes reference to the classic films that preceded it, but also injects a new zest to it all."^[19] Entertainment Weekly magazine also gave a positive reaction, saying that Tamahori, "a true filmmaker", has reestablished the series' pop sensuality.^[20] Dana Stevens of The New York Times called the film the best of the James Bond series since The Spy Who Loved Me.^[18] This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Metacritic is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows, DVDs and books. ... Film Threat is the name of a magazine and website devoted to coverage of independent film. ... Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated EW) is a magazine published by Time Inc. ... The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed internationally. ... For the Ian Fleming novel, see The Spy Who Loved Me. ...

However, Die Another Day was strongly criticised for throwing too much light on gadgets and special effects, with the plot being neglected. James Berardinelli of Reelviews.net said, " This is a train wreck of an action film — a stupefying attempt by the filmmakers to force-feed James Bond into the mindless XXX mold and throw 40 years of cinematic history down the toilet in favor of bright flashes and loud bangs."^[21] Gary Brown of the Houston Community Newspapers also described the loophole of the film as "the seemingly non-stop action sequences and loud explosions that appear to take center stage while the Bond character is almost relegated to second string."^[22] James Berardinelli (born September 1967, New Brunswick, New Jersey) is an online film critic. ...

Novelization

The novelization to Die Another Day was written by the then-current official James Bond writer, Raymond Benson based on the screenplay by Neal Purvis and Robert Wade. Fan reaction to it was above average.^[23] Months after its publication, Benson retired as the official James Bond novelist. A new series featuring the secret agent's adventures as a teenager, by Charlie Higson was launched in 2005. As a result, the novel Die Another Day was the final literary work featuring Bond as originally conceived by Ian Fleming until the announcement of another novel scheduled for publication in 2008 to mark the 100th anniversary of Fleming's birth, Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks.^[24] Raymond Benson (born September 6, 1955) is an American author best known for being the last official author of the adult James Bond novels. ... Neal Purvis (born September 9, 1961) is a screenwriter best known for the James Bond films The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day. ... Robert Wade (born 1962) is a screenwriter best known for the James Bond films The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day. ... Illustration of a young James Bond by Kev Walker Young Bond is a series of novels featuring Ian Flemings superspy James Bond as a young teenage boy attending school at Eton College. ... Charlie Higson (born, 1958 in Frome, Somerset) is an English actor and producer, an author, television writer and a comedian. ... Devil May Care is a forthcoming James Bond novel by Sebastian Faulks. ... Charlotte Gray (1929), 2004 Vintage paperback edition Sebastian Faulks is a highly acclaimed British novelist. ...

References

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