Where to watch The World Is Not Enough (1999)

Trivia & production notes

• Barbara Broccoli got the idea for the film's plot after watching a 1997 news report about oil companies competing for Caspian Sea reserves following the Soviet Union's collapse.
• Screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade recycled material from an abandoned 1993 Bond screenplay called Reunion with Death that was originally written for Timothy Dalton.
• Peter Jackson, who was a lifelong Bond fan, turned down the opportunity to direct after The Lord of the Rings because he believed Eon Productions favored less famous directors and wouldn't offer him another chance.
• Michael Apted was chosen to direct partly because his previous films with Sissy Spacek, Sigourney Weaver, and Jodie Foster had all earned those actresses Oscar nominations.
• The film's title comes from the Latin motto Orbis non sufficit, which is attributed to James Bond's fictional ancestor Sir Thomas Bond and also appears in the On Her Majesty's Secret Service novel.
• The pre-title sequence lasts approximately 14 minutes, making it the longest opening sequence in the Bond series until No Time to Die in 2021.
• Production was delayed during the filming of a ski chase sequence in Chamonix, France when an avalanche occurred and the film crew participated in the rescue operation.
• The BMW Z8 used in the film was shot with mock-ups and models because principal photography occurred several months before the car's public release.
• A remote-controlled model submarine used in the underwater scenes was displayed at Chatham Historic Dockyard until 2022, when it was converted into holiday accommodation on the Isle of Wight.
• The film marked the final installment of a three-film product placement deal with BMW that began with the Z3 in GoldenEye.

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