Die Another Day
2002 James Bond film directed by Lee Tamahori / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Die Another Day is a 2002 spy film and the twentieth film in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions. It was produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, and directed by Lee Tamahori. The fourth and final film starring Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond, it was also the only film to feature John Cleese as Q, and the last with Samantha Bond as Miss Moneypenny. It is also the first film since Live and Let Die (1973) not to feature Desmond Llewelyn as Q as he died three years earlier. Halle Berry co-stars as NSA agent Giacinta "Jinx" Johnson, the Bond girl. It follows Bond as he attempts to locate a mole in British intelligence who betrayed him and a British billionaire who is later revealed to be connected to a North Korean operative whom Bond seemingly killed. It is an original story, although it takes influence from Bond creator Ian Fleming's novels Moonraker (1955) and The Man with the Golden Gun (1965), as well as Kingsley Amis's novel, Colonel Sun.[3]
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| Directed by | Lee Tamahori |
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| Based on | James Bond by Ian Fleming |
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| Cinematography | David Tattersall |
| Edited by | Christian Wagner |
| Music by | David Arnold |
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| Distributed by | MGM Distribution Co. (United States) 20th Century Fox (International) |
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Running time | 133 minutes |
| Countries | United Kingdom[1] United States[1] |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $142 million[2] |
| Box office | $431.9 million[2] |
Die Another Day marked the James Bond franchise's 40th anniversary. The film includes references to each of the preceding films.[4] It received mixed reviews; some critics praised Tamahori's direction, but others criticized its reliance on CGI, product placement and its unoriginal plot, as well as the villain. Nevertheless, it was the highest-grossing James Bond film up to that time.