View source for Tomorrow Never Dies

{{Short description|1997 James Bond film  by Roger Spottiswoode}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Good article}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Tomorrow Never Dies
| image          = Tomorrow Never Dies (UK cinema poster).jpg
| alt            = A man wearing a tuxedo holds a gun. On his sides are a white woman in a white dress and an Asian woman in a red, sparkling dress holding a gun. On the background are monitors with scenes of the film, with three at the top showing a man wearing glasses holding a baton. On the bottom of the screen are two images of the 007 logo under the title "Tomorrow Never Dies" and the film credits.
| caption        = Theatrical release poster by Keith Hamshere and George Whitear
| director       = [[Roger Spottiswoode]]
| producer       = [[Michael G. Wilson]]<br />[[Barbara Broccoli]]
| writer         = [[Bruce Feirstein]]
| based_on       = {{Based on|[[James Bond (literary character)|James Bond]]|[[Ian Fleming]]}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Pierce Brosnan]]
* [[Jonathan Pryce]]
* [[Michelle Yeoh]]
* [[Teri Hatcher]]
* [[Joe Don Baker]]
* [[Judi Dench]]
}}
| music          = [[David Arnold]]
| cinematography = [[Robert Elswit]]
| editing        = [[Michel Arcand]]<br />[[Dominique Fortin]]
| studio         = [[Eon Productions]]<br />[[United Artists]]
| distributor    = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM Distribution Co.]] (United States and Canada)<br />[[United International Pictures]] (International)
| released       = {{Film date|df=yes|1997|12|9|[[London]] premiere|1997|12|12|United Kingdom|1997|12|19|United States}}
| runtime        = 119 minutes
| country        = United Kingdom<ref name=Lumiere>{{cite web |title=Tomorrow never Dies |website=[[Lumiere (database)|Lumiere]] |publisher=[[European Audiovisual Observatory]] |url=http://lumiere.obs.coe.int/web/film_info/?id=4013 |access-date=9 October 2020 |archive-date=6 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206060221/http://lumiere.obs.coe.int/web/film_info/?id=4013 |url-status=live }}</ref><br />United States<ref name=Lumiere />
| language       = English
| budget         = $110 million<ref name=NUM>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Tomorrow-Never-Dies#tab=summary |title=Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) |website= [[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=19 January 2025}}</ref>
| gross          = $339.5 million<ref name=NUM/>
}}
'''''Tomorrow Never Dies''''' is a 1997 [[action film|action]] [[spy film]], the eighteenth in the [[List of James Bond films|''James Bond'' series]] produced by [[Eon Productions]] and the second to star [[Pierce Brosnan]] as fictional [[Secret Intelligence Service|MI6]] agent [[James Bond filmography|James Bond]]. Directed by [[Roger Spottiswoode]] from a screenplay by [[Bruce Feirstein]], it follows Bond as he attempts to prevent Elliot Carver ([[Jonathan Pryce]]), a power-mad [[media mogul]], from engineering world events to initiate [[World War III]].

The film was produced by [[Michael G. Wilson]] and [[Barbara Broccoli]].  It was the first Bond film made after the death of producer [[Albert R. Broccoli]] (to whom it pays tribute in the end credits) and the last released under the [[United Artists]] label. Filming locations included France, Thailand, Germany, Mexico and the United Kingdom.

''Tomorrow Never Dies'' performed well at the [[box office]], grossing over $339 million worldwide, becoming the [[1997 in film|fourth-highest-grossing film of 1997]] and earning a [[Golden Globe]] nomination despite mixed reviews. While its performance at the U.S. box office surpassed that of its predecessor ''[[GoldenEye]]'',<ref>[https://www.boxofficemojo.com/showdowns/chart/?id=jamesbondvs.htm "James Bond Vs. Himself"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717180429/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/showdowns/chart/?id=jamesbondvs.htm |date=17 July 2018 }}. [[Box Office Mojo]]. Retrieved 1 January 2015.</ref> it was the only one of Brosnan's Bond films not to open at No. 1 at the box office, as it opened the same day as ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'', and finished at No. 2 that week.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=1997&wknd=51&p=.htm|title=Weekend Box Office Results for December 19-21, 1997 - Box Office Mojo|website=boxofficemojo.com|access-date=28 April 2020|archive-date=12 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712200822/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=1997&wknd=51&p=.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> It was followed by ''[[The World Is Not Enough]]'' in 1999.

==Plot==
[[MI6]] sends [[James Bond (literary character)|James Bond]] into the field to [[Reconnaissance|scout]] a terrorist arms [[bazaar]] on the Russian border. Despite [[M (James Bond)|M]]'s insistence on letting 007 finish his mission, [[Royal Navy]] Rear Admiral Roebuck orders the frigate [[HMS Chester#In fiction|HMS ''Chester'']] to fire a [[RGM-84 Harpoon|Harpoon]] missile at the bazaar. Bond discovers two [[nuclear torpedo]]es mounted on an [[Aero L-39 Albatros|L-39 Albatros]] trainer jet; with the missile out of range to be aborted, Bond is forced to pilot the L-39 away seconds before the bazaar is destroyed, dogfighting with another L-39 before being able to return to base.

[[Media proprietor|Media baron]] Elliot Carver starts his plans to use an encoder obtained at the bazaar by his associate, [[cyberterrorism|cyberterrorist]] Henry Gupta, to provoke war between China and the UK. [[Meaconing]] the GPS signal using the encoder, Gupta sends the frigate [[Type 23 frigate|HMS ''Devonshire'']] off course into Chinese-occupied waters in the [[South China Sea]], where Carver's [[stealth ship]], commanded by Carver's chief enforcer Stamper, ambushes and sinks it with a "sea drill" torpedo.  Carver's henchmen steal one of ''Devonshire''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> missiles and shoot down a Chinese [[MiG]] fighter jet investigating the scene. Stamper kills the ''Devonshire''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> survivors with weaponry loaded with Chinese ammunition. The British [[Defence minister|Minister of Defence]] orders Roebuck to deploy the fleet to investigate the sinking of the frigate, and demands retaliation, leaving M only 48 hours to investigate its sinking and avert a war.

M sends Bond to investigate Carver and his company, CMGN, after Carver released news articles about the crisis hours before MI6 had become aware of it. Bond travels to [[Hamburg]] to seduce Carver's wife, Paris (an ex-girlfriend of Bond's), to get information that would help him enter CMGN headquarters. He defeats Stamper's men and cuts Carver off the air during the inaugural broadcast of his satellite network. Carver discovers the truth about Paris and Bond and orders both of them killed. Bond and Paris reconcile in Bond's hotel room, and she provides him with information to infiltrate Carver's newspaper facility. Bond steals the GPS encoder from Gupta's office at the facility. Meanwhile, Paris is killed by Carver's assassin and Stamper's mentor, Dr. Kaufman. After Bond returns to find Paris' body, Kaufman holds him at gunpoint. Bond is able to kill Kaufman and escape his henchmen through a multistory car park in his [[Q (James Bond)|Q-branch]] vehicle, a [[BMW 750iL]] with [[remote control]] via his [[Ericsson]] cell phone.

At a [[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]] base in [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]], Bond teams with his CIA contact Jack Wade and meets GPS technician Dr. Dave Greenwalt. Bond understands that the encoder had been tampered with, and goes to the South China Sea to investigate the wreck. He and [[Wai Lin]], a Chinese [[Ministry of State Security of the People's Republic of China|Ministry of State Security]] agent on the same case, explore the sunken ship and discover one of its cruise missiles missing, but after reaching the surface they are captured by Stamper and taken to the CMGN tower in [[Saigon]]. They soon escape and contact the [[Royal Navy]] and the [[People's Liberation Army Air Force]] to explain Carver's scheme. Carver plans to destroy most of the Chinese government with the stolen missile, allowing a corrupt Chinese general named Chang to assume power and negotiate a truce between Britain and China, both of which will have begun a naval war. Once the conflict is over, Carver will be given exclusive broadcasting rights in China for the next century, which would then allow his broadcasting network to be completely global.

Bond and Wai Lin board Carver's stealth ship to prevent him from firing the missile at Beijing. Wai Lin is captured, forcing Bond to devise a second plan. Bond captures Gupta to use as his own hostage, but Carver kills Gupta, claiming he has "outlived his contract". Bond detonates a grenade in the hull, damaging the ship, thus rendering it visible to radar and vulnerable to a subsequent Royal Navy attack. While Wai Lin disables the engines, she is recaptured by Stamper. Bond kills Carver with his own drilling machine and attempts to destroy the warhead with detonators, but Stamper attacks him, sending a chained Wai Lin into the water. Bond traps Stamper in the missile firing mechanism and saves Wai Lin as the missile explodes, destroying the ship and killing Stamper. Bond and Wai Lin kiss amidst the wreckage as [[HMS Bedford|HMS ''Bedford'']] searches for them.

==Cast==
{{castlist|
* [[Pierce Brosnan]] as [[James Bond filmography|James Bond]], MI6 agent 007.
<!-- opening title cards -->
* [[Jonathan Pryce]] as Elliot Carver, a media mogul.
* [[Michelle Yeoh]] as [[Wai Lin]], a skilled agent of the Chinese [[Ministry of State Security (China)|Ministry of State Security]], Bond's ally.
* [[Teri Hatcher]] as Paris Carver, a former girlfriend of Bond who is now Carver's [[trophy wife]].
* [[Götz Otto]] as Richard Stamper, Carver's henchman, skilled in the art of [[Chakra]] torture.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://whatculture.com/film/20-things-you-didn-t-know-about-tomorrow-never-dies-1997?page=11|title=20 Things You Didn't Know About Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)|date=7 February 2021|access-date=16 November 2021|archive-date=16 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116101248/https://whatculture.com/film/20-things-you-didn-t-know-about-tomorrow-never-dies-1997?page=11|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Ricky Jay]] as Henry Gupta, an American "techno-terrorist" in the employ of Carver.
* [[Joe Don Baker]] as [[Jack Wade (James Bond)|Jack Wade]], Bond's [[CIA]] liaison''.''
* [[Vincent Schiavelli]] as Dr. Kaufman, a professor of [[forensic medicine]] and professional assassin used by Elliot Carver, as well as Stamper’s mentor.
* [[Judi Dench]] as [[M (James Bond)|M]], the head of MI6''.''
* [[Desmond Llewelyn]] as [[Q (James Bond)|Q]], the head of MI6 Q-Branch.
* [[Samantha Bond]] as [[Miss Moneypenny]], M's secretary.
* [[Colin Salmon]] as [[Charles Robinson (James Bond)|Charles Robinson]], M's deputy chief of staff.
* [[Geoffrey Palmer (actor)|Geoffrey Palmer]] as [[Rear admiral (Royal Navy)|Rear Admiral]] Roebuck, a trigger-happy [[Royal Navy]] officer.
}}
Other actors in the film include [[Julian Fellowes]] as the British [[Minister of Defence]]; [[Cecilie Thomsen]] as Inga Bergstrom, an [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] professor Bond has an affair with; [[Nina Young]] as Tamara Steel, a news presenter for Carver Media Group; [[Colin Stinton]] as Dr. Dave Greenwalt, an [[United States Air Force|American Air Force]] expert on [[GPS]]; [[Michael Byrne (actor)|Michael Byrne]] as Admiral Kelly, commander of the [[Royal Navy]] task force sent to the South China Sea; [[Philip Kwok]] as General Chang, a corrupt Chinese military official who is helping Carver start a war between China and Britain; [[Terence Rigby]] as [[Russian army|Russian Army]] General Bukharin; [[Christopher Bowen]] as HMS ''Devonshire'' Commander Richard Day; [[Gerard Butler]] and [[Julian Rhind-Tutt]] as ''Devonshire'' crewmen; [[Pip Torrens]] as captain of the naval task force's lead ship HMS ''Bedford'', [[Hugh Bonneville]], [[Brendan Coyle]], and [[Jason Watkins]] as ''Bedford'' crewmen; and [[Daphne Deckers]] as a Carver Media Group PR representative.

==Production==
''Bond 18'' was greenlit after the positive public reception to the [[teaser trailer]] for ''GoldenEye'' in May 1995.{{sfn|Field|Chowdhury|2015|p=498}} Following ''[[GoldenEye]]''<nowiki/>'s success in reviving the Bond series, there was pressure to recreate that success in the next production. This pressure came from [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]] which, along with its new owner, billionaire [[Kirk Kerkorian]], wanted the film's release to coincide with their public stock offering.<ref name="ashton">{{cite web |first=Richard |last=Ashton |title=Tomorrow Never Dies |url=http://www.hmss.com/films/mgw/mgw97.html |publisher=hmss.com |year=1997 |access-date=6 January 2007 |archive-date=24 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524142027/http://www.hmss.com/films/mgw/mgw97.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Co-producer [[Michael G. Wilson]] commented: "You realize that there's a huge audience and I guess you don't want to come out with a film that's going to somehow disappoint them."<ref name="ashton" />

It was the first Bond film made after the death of [[Albert R. Broccoli]], who had been involved with the series' production since its inception. Not only was the film dedicated to his memory, but the opening credits were revised to begin with "Albert R Broccoli’s Eon Productions Limited presents", thus keeping Broccoli’s name in the title sequence. 

The rush to complete the film drove the budget to $110 million.<ref name="ashton" /> The producers were unable to persuade ''GoldenEye'' director [[Martin Campbell]] to return, as he had chosen to direct ''[[The Mask of Zorro]]'' instead;<ref>{{cite web | url=https://fictionmachine.com/2018/05/13/it-comes-from-not-growing-up-at-all-tomorrow-never-dies-1997/ | title="It comes from not growing up at all" &#124; Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) | date=13 May 2018 | access-date=10 May 2022 | archive-date=24 May 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524053150/https://fictionmachine.com/2018/05/13/it-comes-from-not-growing-up-at-all-tomorrow-never-dies-1997/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Hickman |first=Luke |url=https://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Fun_Stuff/Luke_Hickman/Martin_Campbell/5_Films_You_Might_Not_Realize_Were_Directed_by_Martin_Campbell/7112 |title=5 Films You Might Not Realize Were Directed by Martin Campbell |website=High-Def Digest |date=16 June 2011 |access-date=10 May 2022 |archive-date=17 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817033504/https://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Fun_Stuff/Luke_Hickman/Martin_Campbell/5_Films_You_Might_Not_Realize_Were_Directed_by_Martin_Campbell/7112 |url-status=live }}</ref> his agent said, "Martin just didn't want to do two Bond films in a row." [[Roger Spottiswoode]] was chosen to direct in September 1996;<ref name="Variety problems" /> he had offered to direct ''GoldenEye'' when [[Timothy Dalton]] was still cast as Bond.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Jones |first=Alan |magazine=[[Cinefantastique]] |title=Tomorrow Never Dies: Pierce Brosnan returns as James Bond, battling British baddie Jonathan Pryce |url=https://archive.org/details/cinefantastique_1970-2002/Cinefantastique%20Vol%2029%20No%208%20%28Dec%201997%29/page/n7/mode/2up |date=December 1997 |pages=8–9 |quote=Director Roger Spottiswoode said, "I'd met the Broccoli family years before about the possibility of making one of the [prior Bond] Timothy Dalton episodes |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>{{sfn|Field|Chowdhury|2015|p=500}}

===Writing===
Initial writers included [[John Cork]], Richard Smith, and novelist [[Donald E. Westlake]]. In 1995, Westlake wrote two story treatments in collaboration with Wilson, both of which featured a villain who planned to destroy Hong Kong with explosives on the eve of the city's July 1997 [[Transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong|transfer of sovereignty to China]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Poggiali |first=Philip |title=Fall of the City: Bond 18 and Westlake |magazine=MI6 Confidential |issue=32 |year=2015 |pages=22–26}}</ref> Westlake used some of his ideas for a novel he completed the next year, though it was not published until 2017 under the title ''Forever and a Death''. Director Spottiswoode said that, in January 1997, MGM had a script also focused on the Hong Kong handover, but it could not be used for a film opening at the end of the year, so they had to start "almost from scratch at T-minus zero!"<ref name="Spottiswoode interview">{{cite news |first=Kevin |last=Collette |title=Yesterday's 'Tomorrow': Spottiswoode Interview |url=http://www.ianfleming.org/mt_content/000180.html | website=ianfleming.org |date=10 April 2004|access-date=5 January 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061115091611/http://www.ianfleming.org/mt_content/000180.html |archive-date = 15 November 2006}}</ref>

[[Bruce Feirstein]], who worked on ''GoldenEye'', wrote the initial script. He claimed that his inspiration was his own experience working with journalism and viewing both [[Sky News]] and [[CNN]]'s [[24-hour news cycle|24-hour news]] coverage of the [[Gulf War]], stating that he aimed to "write something that was grounded in a nightmare of reality."<ref>{{cite news |first=Anthony C. |last=Ferrante |title=The Man with the Golden Pen |url=http://www.eonmag.com/archive/9910/FEATURES/big_picture/bond_screenwriter_1/default-body.htm |publisher=Eon Magazine |date=October 1999 |access-date=5 January 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000711140644/http://www.eonmag.com/archive/9910/features/big_picture/bond_screenwriter_1/features_frameset.htm |archive-date=11 July 2000}}</ref>{{sfn|Field|Chowdhury|2015|p=499}} The script was handed to Spottiswoode, who then gathered seven Hollywood screenwriters in London to brainstorm, eventually choosing [[Nicholas Meyer]] to do rewrites.<ref name="Variety problems"/> The script was also worked on by Dan Petrie Jr. and [[David C. Wilson (screenwriter)|David Campbell Wilson]] before Feirstein was brought back for a final polish.<ref name="Production notes"/> Although Feirstein retained sole writing credit in the film and publicity materials, Meyer, Petrie and Wilson were given credit with Feirstein on the title page of the film's novelization by [[Raymond Benson]]. While many reviewers compared Elliot Carver to [[Rupert Murdoch]], Feirstein based the character on [[Robert Maxwell]], with Carver's reported death bearing similarities to that of [[Robert Maxwell#Death|Maxwell's]]; that is, "Missing, presumed drowned, while on a cruise aboard his luxury yacht," as stated by M at the end of the film.<!-- Do not re-add the quote from the source, as it is not in the film and incorrect. --><ref name="tao">{{cite magazine |last=Feirstein |first=Bruce |title=Bruce Feirstein: The Tao of Bond-Film Naming |magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |date=29 January 2008 |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2008/01/bruce-feirste-2 |access-date=6 March 2013 |archive-date=13 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413170221/http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2008/01/bruce-feirste-2 |url-status=live }}</ref> However, Spottiswoode himself said in a 2004 interview that "Carver is Rupert Murdoch".<ref name="Spottiswoode interview" />

In the original script when Bond is set to parachute into Vietnam he is told by a CIA agent that "You know what will happen. It will be war. And maybe this time, maybe we’ll win". [[The Pentagon]] was embarrassed by this line and it was subsequently removed.<ref>{{cite book |title=Hollywood and the CIA Cinema, Defense and Subversion |date=2011 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |page=12}}</ref>

Wilson said, "We didn't have a script that was ready to shoot on the first day of filming", while Pierce Brosnan said, "We had a script that was not functioning in certain areas."<ref name="ashton"/>

The title was inspired by [[the Beatles]]' song "[[Tomorrow Never Knows]]".<ref name="tao" /> The eventual title came about by accident. One of the potential titles was ''Tomorrow Never Lies'' (referring to the ''Tomorrow'' newspaper in the plot), and this was [[fax]]ed to MGM. However, due to a misunderstanding by the fax recipient, it became ''Tomorrow Never Dies'', a title MGM found so attractive that they insisted on using it.<ref name="Spottiswoode interview"/> The title was the first not to have any relation to Fleming's life or work.<ref name="tao" />

===Casting===
[[Teri Hatcher]] was three months pregnant when shooting started, although her publicist stated the pregnancy did not affect the production schedule.<ref>{{cite news |first=Elizabeth |last=Johns |title=Teri Hatcher Pregnant |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/teri_hatcher_pregnant/34466 |website=[[E!]] |date=2 May 1997 |access-date=5 January 2007 |archive-date=5 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805030008/http://www.eonline.com/news/Teri_Hatcher_Pregnant/34466 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2025, Hatcher highlighted that she loves the franchise and loves being a Bond girl.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GLLvt9Bvf4 |title=Teri Hatcher: The Real Story Behind Desperate Housewives, Hollywood & Life After Fame |date=2025-10-27 |last=The Skinny Confidential |access-date=2025-10-30 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Actress [[Sela Ward]] auditioned for the role; the producers reportedly said they wanted her "but ten years younger".<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/csi_sela_juCROhLFbUv3MlblsBMk7H | work=New York Post | first=Robert | last=Rorke | title=CSI: Sela | date=8 May 2011 | access-date=18 October 2011 | archive-date=10 August 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810092850/http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/csi_sela_juCROhLFbUv3MlblsBMk7H | url-status=live }}</ref> Hatcher, at 32, was seven years Ward's junior, and playing [[Lois Lane]] on the television show ''[[Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman]],'' where she was voted the "Sexiest Woman on Television" by readers of  ''[[TV Guide]]'' the previous year.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite journal|title=Playboy Interview: Pierce Brosnan|volume=52|issue=12|pages=61–62+65–68+70|first=Stephen|last=Rebello|url=http://commanderbond.net/2994/brosnan-bares-all-for-playboy.html|journal=[[Playboy]]|date=December 2005|access-date=4 July 2012|archive-date=6 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806001249/http://commanderbond.net/2994/brosnan-bares-all-for-playboy.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Brosnan also [[Screen test|screen-tested]] with Italian [[Monica Bellucci]], but the studio maintained that the role could be given only to an American actress.<ref>{{cite news |last=Larman |first=Alexander |author-link=Alexander Larman |date=15 July 2017 |title=James Bond's China conflict: is Tomorrow Never Dies the most chaotic, prophetic 007 film so far? |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/why-tomorrow-never-dies-chaotic-prophetic-bond-film-ever-made/ |url-status=live |language=en-GB |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221209193817/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/why-tomorrow-never-dies-chaotic-prophetic-bond-film-ever-made/ |archive-date=9 December 2022 |access-date=5 November 2023 |url-access=registration}}</ref> Brosnan remarked: "The fools said no."<ref name="autogenerated1" /> [[Daphne Deckers]], who portrays the PR woman, also confirms that she saw Bellucci the same day she herself auditioned.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/486410/daphne-deckers-ik-at-sateetjes-met-james-bond|title=Daphne Deckers: 'Ik at sateetjes met James Bond'|date=27 October 2015|website=Telegraaf|language=nl|access-date=10 January 2020|archive-date=21 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521100918/https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/486410/daphne-deckers-ik-at-sateetjes-met-james-bond|url-status=live}}</ref> Bellucci subsequently had a role in the 24th Bond film, ''[[Spectre (2015 film)|Spectre]]''.

The role of Elliot Carver was initially offered to [[Anthony Hopkins]] (who was also offered a role in ''GoldenEye''), but he declined in favor of ''The Mask of Zorro''.<ref name="Variety problems">{{cite news|last1=Weiner|first1=Rex|last2=Dawtrey|first2=Adam|title=MGM's Completion Bond|url=https://variety.com/1996/scene/vpage/mgm-s-completion-bond-1117436166/|work=Variety|date=30 December 1996|access-date=20 April 2016|archive-date=27 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427203455/http://variety.com/1996/scene/vpage/mgm-s-completion-bond-1117436166/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Production notes">{{cite web|title=Production Notes – Tomorrow Never Dies|url=http://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/movies/tnd_production.php3?t=tnd&s=tnd|publisher=[[MI6-HQ.com]]|access-date=5 January 2007|archive-date=18 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218151252/http://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/movies/tnd_production.php3?t=tnd&s=tnd|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Natasha Henstridge]] was rumoured as cast in the lead Bond Girl role,<ref>{{cite news |first=Amy |last=Ferguson |title=Back in Action |url=http://www.tribute.ca/tribute/0901/cover_story.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060718210831/http://www.tribute.ca/tribute/0901/cover_story.htm |archive-date=18 July 2006|publisher=Tribute |access-date=5 January 2007}}</ref> but eventually, Yeoh was confirmed. Brosnan was impressed, describing her as a "wonderful actress" who was "serious and committed about her work".<ref>{{cite news |first=David |last=Cohen |title=Bond girl Yeoh gets licence to thrill 007 |url=http://www.klast.net/bond/tndnews1.html#yeoh |work=[[South China Morning Post]] |date=11 February 1997 |access-date=6 January 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061009210445/http://www.klast.net/bond/tndnews1.html#yeoh |archive-date=9 October 2006  }}</ref> She reportedly wanted to perform her own stunts, but was prevented because director Spottiswoode ruled it too dangerous and prohibited by insurance restrictions.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bond Leading Lady Won't Do Stunts |url=http://www.klast.net/bond/tndnews1.html#yeoh |agency=Associated Press |date=21 May 1997 |access-date=6 January 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061009210445/http://www.klast.net/bond/tndnews1.html#yeoh |archive-date=9 October 2006  }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Much More Than Just A Bond Girl|url=http://www.klast.net/bond/tndnews2.html#starburst|work=[[South China Morning Post]]|date=30 May 1997|access-date=7 January 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215060635/http://www.klast.net/bond/tndnews2.html#starburst|archive-date=15 December 2012}}</ref>

When [[Götz Otto]] was called in for casting, his hair had been cropped short for a television role. He was given 20 seconds to introduce himself, but did it in five: "I'm big, I'm bad, and I'm German."<ref>{{cite news|title=Promi-Porträt: Götz Otto |url=http://www.kwick.de/magazin/promi_portraet_goetz_otto_.9014.html |publisher=kwick! |date=20 October 2007 |access-date=6 January 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022072341/http://www.kwick.de/magazin/promi_portraet_goetz_otto_.9014.html |archive-date=22 October 2007 }}</ref> {{Better source needed|reason=Cited article notes (in German) that this "a rumor that went around", so possibly just a myth.|date=June 2021}}

===Filming===
[[File:Tomorrow Never Dies - BMW 750iL b.jpg|230px|thumb|A modified [[BMW 7 Series (E38)|BMW 7 Series]] car with a steering wheel on the back seat, seen at an exhibition at Museum Industriekultur, Nuremberg.]]

With [[Vic Armstrong]] directing the [[second unit]], filming of the $11 million<ref name=Warbird>{{cite episode |title=L-39 Albatros |series=Warbird Workshop |network=UK TV |station=Yesterday |date=9 April 2020 |series-no=1 |number=6}}</ref> 4-minute pre-title sequence began on 18 January 1997 at {{ill|Peyresourde-Balatestas Airport|fr|Altiport de Peyresourde-Balestas|vertical-align=sup}}, [[Peyragudes]] in the [[French Pyrenees]]. The plane Bond is seen to purloin in the movie was a [[Czechoslovakia|Czech]]-built [[Aero Vodochody]] [[Aero L-39 Albatros|L-39ZO Albatros]] weapons [[jet trainer]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Lande |first=David |date=September 2008 |title=Live and Let Fly |url=https://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/live-and-let-fly-442427/ |website=[[Air & Space/Smithsonian|Air & Space]] |location=Washington |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411020255/https://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/live-and-let-fly-442427/ |archive-date=11 April 2019 |access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Maskel |first=Rebecca |date=13 July 2008 |title=The Airplanes of James Bond |url=https://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/the-airplanes-of-james-bond-349657/ |website=Air & Space |location=Washington |access-date=9 April 2020 |archive-date=24 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024082909/https://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/the-airplanes-of-james-bond-349657/ |url-status=live }}</ref> supplied by a British company and flown by stunt pilots Tony "Taff" Smith and Mark (son of [[Ray Hanna|Ray]]) Hanna.<ref name=Warbird/><ref>{{cite web |title=Real Aeroplane Company |url=https://www.realaero.com/company.htm |website=Breighton Aerodrome |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222234503/https://www.realaero.com/company.htm |archive-date=22 February 2019 |access-date=10 April 2020}}</ref> After completing work in France, the second unit moved on to [[Portsmouth]] to film the scenes where the [[Royal Navy]] prepares to engage the Chinese, with {{HMS|Westminster|F237}} standing in for the various fictional [[Type 23 Frigate]]s in the story.<ref name="Production notes"/> The main unit began filming on 1 April. They were unable to use [[Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden|Leavesden Studios]], which they had constructed from an abandoned [[Rolls-Royce Limited|Rolls-Royce]] factory for ''GoldenEye'', as [[George Lucas]] was using it for ''[[Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace]]'', so instead they constructed [[sound stage]]s in another derelict industrial site nearby. They also used the [[007 Stage]] at [[Pinewood Studios]], the usual site for the Bond films since its inception, making it the first Bond film since ''[[The Living Daylights]]'' that was filmed there, as well as [[Elstree Studios]]. The scene at the "U.S. Air Base in the South China Sea" where Bond hands over the GPS encoder was actually filmed in the area known as Blue Section at [[RAF Lakenheath]]. The sea landing used the vast tank built for ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' in [[Rosarito Beach|Rosarito]], [[Baja California]].<ref name="movie locations"/> The [[MH-53J]] in the film was from the [[US Air Force]]'s [[352d Special Operations Group]] at [[RAF Mildenhall]].<ref name="Variety problems"/>

Some scenes were planned to be filmed on location in [[Ho Chi Minh City]], and the production had been granted a visa. It would have been the first major film to be shot in Vietnam since the [[Vietnam War]]. However, the visa was later rescinded by Vietnamese Prime Minister [[Võ Văn Kiệt]] two months after planning had begun, forcing filming to move to [[Bangkok]].{{sfn|Field|Chowdhury|2015|pp=508–509}} Bond spokesman Gordon Arnell claimed the Vietnamese were unhappy with crew and equipment needed for [[pyrotechnics]], with a Vietnamese official saying it was due to "many complicated reasons".<ref>{{cite news |author=Rush and Molloy |title=China Resists Western Efforts to Bond |url=http://www.klast.net/bond/tndnews1.html#yeoh |work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]] |date=10 March 1997 |access-date=6 January 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061009210445/http://www.klast.net/bond/tndnews1.html#yeoh |archive-date=9 October 2006  }}</ref> [[Anthony Waye]] says he believed the decision was caused after Vietnam's [[Communist Party of Vietnam|Communist]] government had viewed the opening credits of ''GoldenEye'', which featured "semi-naked ladies smashing up [[Hammer and sickle|hammer-and-sickle]] emblems with sledgehammers, illustrating the [[Revolutions of 1989|fall of communism]]."{{sfn|Field|Chowdhury|2015|pp=508–509}} Two locations from previous Bond films were used: Brosnan and Hatcher's love scene was filmed at [[Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire|Stoke Park]], which had been featured in ''[[Goldfinger (film)|Goldfinger]]'', and the bay where they search for Carver's stealth boat is [[Phang Nga Bay]], previously used for ''[[The Man with the Golden Gun (film)|The Man with the Golden Gun]]''.<ref name="Production notes" /><ref name="movie locations" />

The exterior of Elliot Carver's CMGN Hamburg HQ was filmed at the IBM Building in [[Bedfont Lakes Country Park|Bedfont Lakes]], Feltham, whilst Harmsworth Quays Printers Ltd in Surrey Quays, Rotherhithe, doubled for the interior of the Hamburg print facility.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

Spottiswoode tried to innovate in the action scenes. Since the director felt that after the tank chase in ''GoldenEye'' he could not use a bigger vehicle, a scene with Bond and Wai Lin on a [[BMW]] motorcycle was created. Another innovation was the remote-controlled car, which had no visible driver – an effect achieved by adapting a [[BMW 7 Series (E38)|BMW 750i]] to put the steering wheel on the back seat.<ref>{{cite AV media |title=Highly Classified: The World of 007 |type=Documentary bonus feature |location=''Tomorrow Never Dies'': Ultimate Edition |at=Disk 2 |publisher=MGM Home Entertainment}}</ref> The [[car chase]] sequence with the 750i took three weeks to film, with [[Brent Cross]] car park being used to simulate [[Hamburg]], although the final leap was filmed on location.<ref name="movie locations">{{cite web |title=Tomorrow Never Dies filming locations |url=http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/t/tomorrownever.html |publisher=movielocations.com |access-date=7 January 2007 |archive-date=17 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130817032752/http://movie-locations.com/movies/t/tomorrownever.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> A stunt involving setting fire to three vehicles produced more smoke than anticipated, causing a member of the public to call the [[fire brigade]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Judith |last=Keeling |title=Bond Goes Down A Bomb in Brent Cross |url=http://www.klast.net/bond/tndnews1.html#yeoh |publisher=[[Evening Standard]] |date=17 June 1997 |access-date=7 January 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061009210445/http://www.klast.net/bond/tndnews1.html#yeoh |archive-date=9 October 2006}}</ref> The upwards camera angle filming the [[HALO jump]] created the illusion of having the stuntman opening its parachute close to the water.<ref>{{cite AV media |section=Double-O Stuntmen |title=''The Man with the Golden Gun'' Ultimate Edition |at=Disk 2 |publisher=MGM Home Entertainment |medium=DVD}}</ref>

Spottiswoode did not return to direct the next film; he said the producers asked him, but he was too tired.<ref name="Spottiswoode interview"/> Brosnan and Hatcher were reported to have feuded briefly during filming due to her arriving late onto the set one day. The matter was quickly resolved, though, and Brosnan apologised to Hatcher after realising she was pregnant and was late for that reason.<ref name="autogenerated1" />

''Tomorrow Never Dies'' marked the first appearance of the [[Walther P99]] as Bond's pistol. It replaced the [[Walther PPK]] that the character had carried in every Eon Bond film since ''[[Dr. No (film)|Dr. No]]'' in 1962, with the exception of ''[[Moonraker (film)|Moonraker]]'' in which Bond was not seen with a pistol. Walther wanted to debut its new firearm in a Bond film, which had been one of its most visible endorsers. Previously, the [[Walther P5|P5]] was introduced in ''[[Octopussy (film)|Octopussy]]''. Bond would use the P99 until [[Daniel Craig]] reverted to the PPK as 007 in ''[[Quantum of Solace (film)|Quantum of Solace]]'' in 2008.

===Music===
{{main|Tomorrow Never Dies (soundtrack)}}

Prolific composer [[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]] was in talks to return to the James Bond films for the first time in a decade but could not reach an agreement over his salary, according to his then-agent Richard Kraft.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://perspectiveforum.net/2016/05/22/the-beyondness-of-things-my-bittersweet-relationship-with-barry-john-barry/ |title=The Beyondness of Things: My Bittersweet Relationship with Barry. John Barry |last=Kraft |first=Richard |date=22 May 2016 |website=Perspective Forum |language=en-GB |access-date=10 January 2020 |archive-date=26 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226143131/https://perspectiveforum.net/2016/05/22/the-beyondness-of-things-my-bittersweet-relationship-with-barry-john-barry/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Barbara Broccoli subsequently chose [[David Arnold]] to score ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' on a recommendation from Barry.<ref>{{cite AV media |people=Macnee, Patrick (Narrator) |title=The Bond Sound: The Music of 007  |type=Documentary |publisher=MGM Home Entertainment |year=2000}}</ref> Arnold had come to Barry's attention through his successful cover interpretations in ''[[Shaken and Stirred: The David Arnold James Bond Project]]'', which featured major artists performing the former James Bond title songs in new arrangements. Arnold said that his score aimed for "a classic sound but [with] a modern approach", combining [[techno music]] with a recognisably Barry-inspired "classic Bond" sound—notably Arnold borrowed from Barry's score for ''[[From Russia with Love (film)|From Russia with Love]]''. The score was done across a period of six months, with Arnold writing music and revising previous pieces as he received edited footage of the film.<ref>{{cite news |first=Jon |last=Burlingame |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-dec-18-ca-65184-story.html |title=Bonding With the Score |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=18 December 1997 |access-date=27 August 2011 |url-access=limited |archive-date=8 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508140829/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-dec-18-ca-65184-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The music for the indoor car chase sequence was co-written with the band [[Propellerheads]], who had worked with Arnold on ''Shaken and Stirred''. The soundtrack was well received by critics with Christian Clemmensen of [[Filmtracks.com|Filmtracks]] describing it as "an excellent tribute to the entire series of Bond score".<ref name="filmtracks">{{cite web |last=Clemmensen |first=Christian |url=http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/tomorrow_never.html |title=Review of Original Album |website=Filmtracks |access-date=16 January 2007 |archive-date=18 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130818135843/http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/tomorrow_never.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

At first, the theme song was to be written by Arnold himself, with the help of lyricist [[Don Black (lyricist)|Don Black]] and singer-songwriter [[David McAlmont]], who recorded the demo. However, MGM wanted a more popular artist, and invited various singers to write songs before one was picked through a competitive process.<ref>{{cite book|author=Burlingame, Jon|title=The Music of James Bond|url=https://archive.org/details/musicjamesbond00burl|url-access=registration|chapter=5: Casino Royale (1967)|pages=[https://archive.org/details/musicjamesbond00burl/page/n220 211]–213|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2012|isbn=978-0-199-98676-7|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> There were around twelve submissions, including songs from [[Swan Lee]], [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]], [[Saint Etienne (band)|Saint Etienne]], [[Marc Almond]], and [[Sheryl Crow]].<ref name="UKC4TV">{{cite AV media |year=2006 |title=James Bond's Greatest Hits |medium=Television |location=United Kingdom |publisher=North One Television}}</ref> [[Tomorrow Never Dies (song)|Crow's song]] was chosen for the main titles. Arnold's composition, "Surrender", performed by [[k.d. lang]], was still used for the end titles, and features the same prominent melodic motif as the film's score.<ref name="filmtracks"/> This was the fourth Bond film to have different opening and closing songs. Pulp's effort was re-titled as "Tomorrow Never Lies" and appeared as a b-side on their 1997 single "[[Help the Aged (song)|Help The Aged]]". The original "Tomorrow Never Dies" rough mix of the song was eventually released on the bonus disc of the ''[[This Is Hardcore]]'' deluxe edition in 2006. [[Moby]] created a remake of the "[[James Bond Theme]]" to be used for the movie. Two different versions of the soundtrack album were released, the first featuring only music from the first half of the film, and the second rectifying this but cutting several tracks, including the songs, to make room for the missing score tracks. In 2022 La La Land Records releases a two-disc expanded and limited edition of the complete score by Arnold.

==Release==
The film had a World Charity Premiere at [[Odeon Cinemas|The Odeon]] [[Leicester Square]], on 9 December 1997; this was followed by an after premiere party at [[Bedford Square]], home of original [[Ian Fleming]] publisher, [[Jonathan Cape]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Tomorrow Never Dies – The Premiere & Press |website=[[MI6-HQ.com]] |url=http://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/tnd_premiere.php3?t=tnd&s=tnd |date=12 December 2003 |access-date=14 January 2007 |archive-date=18 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218143112/http://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/tnd_premiere.php3?t=tnd&s=tnd |url-status=live }}</ref> The film went into general release in the UK and Ireland on 12 December and in most other countries during the following week.<ref>{{cite web |title=Release dates for Tomorrow Never Dies |website=[[Internet Movie Database|IMDb]] |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120347/releaseinfo |access-date=14 January 2006 |archive-date=14 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170114064842/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120347/releaseinfo |url-status=live }}</ref> It opened in second place in the United States and Canada, grossing $25.1 million behind ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'', which would become the highest-grossing film of all time up to that point. ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' ultimately grossed $339.5 million worldwide,<ref name=NUM/> although it did not surpass its predecessor ''GoldenEye'', which had earned over $356 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Goldeneye#tab=summary |title=Goldeneye (1995) |website= [[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=19 January 2025}}</ref>

==Reception==
===Critical reaction===
[[Rotten Tomatoes]] gave the film a 57% rating based on 93 reviews, with an average rating of 6.1/10. The website's consensus states: "A competent, if sometimes by-the-numbers entry to the 007 franchise, ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' may not boast the most original plot but its action sequences are genuinely thrilling."<ref name="rt">{{cite web |title=Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tomorrow_never_dies |access-date=2 March 2023 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]] |archive-date=1 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301214947/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tomorrow_never_dies |url-status=live }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a score of 52 based on 38 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref name="mc">{{cite web  |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/tomorrow-never-dies/ |title=Tomorrow Never Dies |website=Metacritic |publisher=Fandom, Inc. |access-date=28 August 2025 |archive-date=12 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250812110249/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/tomorrow-never-dies/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |title=Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) A- |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |website=[[CinemaScore]] |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date=2018-12-20 }}</ref>

In the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'', [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film three out of four stars, writing: "''Tomorrow Never Dies'' gets the job done, sometimes excitingly, often with style" with the villain "slightly more contemporary and plausible than usual", bringing "some subtler-than-usual satire into the film".<ref>{{cite news |date=19 December 1997 |first=Roger |last=Ebert |author-link=Roger Ebert |title=Tomorrow Never Dies |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/tomorrow-never-dies-1997 |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |access-date=13 January 2021 |via=[[RogerEbert.com]] |archive-date=21 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121115325/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/tomorrow-never-dies-1997 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Gene Siskel]] of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' wrote it was the "first James Bond film I've liked in many a year", most notably favoring the character Elliot Carver, which he felt added "contemporary writing to the Bond series, and that is most welcome."<ref>{{cite news |last=Siskel |first=Gene |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-12-19-9712190060-story.html |title=DiCaprio Is The Ballast for 'Titanic' |work=Chicago Tribune |date=19 December 1997 |access-date=20 July 2022 |url-access=limited |archive-date=20 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720214735/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-12-19-9712190060-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On his website ''ReelViews'', [[James Berardinelli]] described it as "the best Bond film in many years" and said Brosnan "inhabits his character with a suave confidence that is very like [[Sean Connery|Connery's]]."<ref>{{cite news |first=James |last=Berardinelli |author-link=James Berardinelli |title=Tomorrow Never Dies |website=ReelViews |url=http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/t/tomorrow.html |year=1997 |access-date=13 January 2006 |archive-date=19 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219072908/http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/t/tomorrow.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Kenneth Turan]], writing for the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', thought that a lot of ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' had a "stodgy, been-there feeling", with little change from previous films.<ref>{{cite news |title=James Bond Is Back in Franchise That Never Dies |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-dec-19-ca-36-story.html |date=19 December 1997 |last=Turan |first=Kenneth |author-link=Kenneth Turan |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=27 August 2011 |url-access=limited |archive-date=11 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211194320/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-dec-19-ca-36-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Janet Maslin]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' summarized the film as "a generic action event that it could be any old summer blockbuster, except that its hero is chronically overdressed."<ref>{{cite news |last=Maslin |first=Janet |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/19/movies/film-review-shaken-not-stirred-bond-is-in-business.html |title=Shaken, Not Stirred, Bond Is in Business |work=The New York Times |page=E18 |date=19 December 1997 |access-date=20 July 2022 |archive-date=20 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720214753/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/19/movies/film-review-shaken-not-stirred-bond-is-in-business.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Charles Taylor wrote for [[Salon.com|''Salon'']] that the film was "a flat, impersonal affair".<ref>{{cite news |title=Stale Bonding |url=http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/1997/12/19tomorrow.html |date=19 December 1997 |last=Taylor |first=Charles |work=[[Salon.com]] |access-date=13 January 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061205022125/http://salon.com/ent/movies/1997/12/19tomorrow.html |archive-date= 5 December 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The title song sung by Sheryl Crow was nominated for a [[Golden Globe]] for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]] and a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media|Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television]]. The film received four nominations for [[Saturn Award]]s, with Brosnan winning for [[Saturn Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]. It also won a [[Motion Picture Sound Editors|MPSE]] [[Golden Reel Award (Motion Picture Sound Editors)|Golden Reel Award]] for "Best Sound Editing – Foreign Feature" and a [[Broadcast Music Incorporated|BMI]] Film Music Award.<ref>{{cite web |title=Awards for Tomorrow Never Dies |website=[[Internet Movie Database|IMDb]] |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120347/awards |access-date=14 January 2007 |archive-date=6 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080106004014/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120347/awards |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{Clear}}

The original UK release received various cuts in scenes of violence and martial arts weaponry, to reduce the impact of sound effects and to receive a more box-office-friendly 12 certificate. Further cuts were made to the video/DVD release to retain this rating. These edits were restored for the Ultimate Edition [[DVD]] release in the UK, which was consequently upgraded to a 15 certificate.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/website/Classified.nsf/c2fb077ba3f9b33980256b4f002da32c/7d12a12ab7c4eff380257177005eef69?OpenDocument|title=Tomorrow Never Dies rated 15 by the BBFC<!-- Bot generated title -->|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320095838/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/website/Classified.nsf/c2fb077ba3f9b33980256b4f002da32c/7d12a12ab7c4eff380257177005eef69?OpenDocument|archive-date=20 March 2012}}</ref> However, upon the release of the [[Blu-ray]] in 2012, it was rated back down to a 12 uncut.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/tomorrow-never-dies-1970-1 |title=Tomorrow Never Dies |website=British Board of Film Classification |access-date=28 April 2020 |archive-date=9 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809204044/https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/tomorrow-never-dies-1970-1 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/bbfc_cuts_tomorrow_never_dies.htm|title=James Bond Censor Cuts: Tomorrow Never Dies|website=www.melonfarmers.co.uk|access-date=18 April 2016|archive-date=26 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426193700/http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/bbfc_cuts_tomorrow_never_dies.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Retrospective reviews===
In the wake of its original release, critics and audiences have praised ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' for its prescience. The website ''[[Den of Geek]]'', on the film's twentieth anniversary, observed of the film's plot: "It's an improbable set-up which was likely intended as a satire of Murdoch's unaccountable media empire, but the risks of such technological manipulation have since proved to be frighteningly plausible." ''Den of Geek'' also highlights that "technology wasn't the only modern danger to be pre-empted by ''Tomorrow Never Dies''—it also offers a revealing peek into the confused state of the British national psyche, which might help to explain the country's ongoing [[Brexit]] debates."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/james-bond/269609/the-fascinating-prescience-of-tomorrow-never-dies |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923095235/http://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/james-bond/269609/the-fascinating-prescience-of-tomorrow-never-dies |url-status=dead |archive-date=2018-09-23 |title=The fascinating prescience of Tomorrow Never Dies|website=Den of Geek|access-date=5 April 2021 |date=12 December 2017 |first1= Mark |last1=Allison}}</ref>

Similarly, ''HeadStuff'' highlighted its relevance in 2020, noting that "some modern critics argue that Carver's emphasis on traditional journalism date the film and that if the Internet existed to such an extent as it does twenty years later, his plan would be instantly foiled... not really sure those people have been following current events over the past two years."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.headstuff.org/entertainment/film/20-years-on-tomorrow-never-dies-bond-brosnan/|title=20 Years On {{!}} How Tomorrow Never Dies Injected Fun Into the Brosnan Era of Bond|date=19 December 2017|website=HeadStuff|access-date=10 January 2020|archive-date=11 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111220647/https://www.headstuff.org/entertainment/film/20-years-on-tomorrow-never-dies-bond-brosnan/|url-status=live |author=Rob Ó Conchúir}}</ref>

The [[American Film Institute]] nominated the film in 2001 for [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills|AFI's 100 Years of Thrills]]<ref>{{Cite journal |title=AFI's 100 Years of Thrills |url=https://prdaficalmjediwestussa.blob.core.windows.net/images/2019/08/thrills400.pdf |journal=AFI's 100 Years of Thrills |access-date=10 November 2022 |archive-date=15 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315050424/https://prdaficalmjediwestussa.blob.core.windows.net/images/2019/08/thrills400.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> and David Arnold's score in 2005 for [[AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-03-13 |title=AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/scores250.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313150632/http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/scores250.pdf |archive-date=13 March 2011 |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=[[American Film Institute]]}}</ref>

Andrew Heritage mentions ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' in his book ''Great Movies: 100 Years of Cinema'' alongside ''[[Goldfinger (film)|Goldfinger]]'' and ''[[From Russia with Love (film)|From Russia with Love]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Heritage |first=Andrew |title=Great Movies: 100 Years of Cinema |publisher=[[Parragon]] |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-4454-7717-6 |location=Bath, England |oclc=801065350}}</ref>

==Appearances in other media==
''Tomorrow Never Dies'' was the first of three Bond films to be adapted into books by then-current Bond novelist [[Raymond Benson]]. Benson's version is expanded from the screenplay including additional scenes with Wai Lin and other supporting characters not in the film. The novel traces Carver's background as the son of media mogul Lord Roverman, whom Carver blackmails into suicide, later taking over his business.<ref>{{cite interview| subject=Raymond Benson| url=http://commanderbond.net/2339/the-raymond-benson-cbn-interview-part-iv.html| title=The Raymond Benson CBn Interview (Part IV)| work=CommanderBond.net| access-date=24 February 2008| archive-date=28 July 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728202652/http://commanderbond.net/2339/the-raymond-benson-cbn-interview-part-iv.html| url-status=live}}</ref> The novel also attempts to merge Benson's series with the films, particularly by continuing a middle-of-the-road approach to [[John Gardner (thriller writer)|John Gardner]]'s continuity. Notably it includes a reference to the film version of ''[[You Only Live Twice (film)|You Only Live Twice]]'' where he states that Bond was lying to Miss Moneypenny when he said he had taken a course in Asian languages. ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' also mentions [[Felix Leiter]], although it states that Leiter had worked for [[Pinkerton National Detective Agency|Pinkertons Detective Agency]], which is thus exclusive to the literary series. Subsequent Bond novels by Benson were affected by ''Tomorrow Never Dies'', specifically Bond's weapon of choice being changed from the Walther PPK to the Walther P99. Benson said in an interview that he felt ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' was the best of the three novelisations he wrote.<ref>[http://www.iamtw.org/art_bensen.html " Benson on Bond"]. The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers.  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070720034137/http://www.iamtw.org/art_bensen.html |date=20 July 2007 }}</ref>

The film was also adapted into a [[third-person shooter]] [[PlayStation]] video game, ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies (video game)|Tomorrow Never Dies]]''. The game was developed by [[Black Ops (developer)|Black Ops]] and published by [[Electronic Arts]] on 16 November 1999. [[Game Revolution]] described it as "really just an empty and shallow game",<ref>{{cite news |title=Tomorrow Never Dies |url=http://www.gamerevolution.com/oldsite/games/sony/action/tomorrow_never_dies.htm |date=December 1999 |last=Liu |first=Johnny |work=[[Game Revolution]] |access-date=16 January 2007 |archive-date=30 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930185001/http://www.gamerevolution.com/oldsite/games/sony/action/tomorrow_never_dies.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[IGN]] said it was "mediocre".<ref>{{cite news |title=Tomorrow Never Dies |url=http://uk.psx.ign.com/articles/152/152310p1.html |date=19 November 1999 |last=Perry |first=Doug |work=[[IGN]] |access-date=16 January 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928185435/http://uk.psx.ign.com/articles/152/152310p1.html |archive-date=28 September 2011  }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Outline of James Bond]]
* [[Sea Shadow (IX-529)]], the boat that inspired the design of Carver's stealth boat

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* {{Cite book|last1=Field|first1=Matthew|last2=Chowdhury|first2=Ajay|title=Some Kind of Hero: The Remarkable Story of the James Bond Films|year=2015|isbn=978-0-7509-6421-0|publisher=[[The History Press]]|oclc=930556527}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Tomorrow Never Dies}}
{{wikiquote}}
* {{official website|https://www.007.com/the-films/tomorrow-never-dies/}}
* {{IMDb title|0120347}}
* {{mojo title|tomorrowneverdies}}

{{James Bond films}}
{{Roger Spottiswoode}}
{{Portal bar|1990s|Film|United Kingdom}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Tomorrow Never Dies]]
[[Category:1997 films]]
[[Category:1997 action thriller films]]
[[Category:1990s British films]]
[[Category:1990s spy films]]
[[Category:British sequel films]]
[[Category:Films about drones]]
[[Category:Eon Productions films]]
[[Category:Films about adultery]]
[[Category:Films about mass media owners]]
[[Category:Films about media manipulation]]
[[Category:Films about terrorism]]
[[Category:Films about the People's Liberation Army]]
[[Category:Films directed by Roger Spottiswoode]]
[[Category:Films produced by Barbara Broccoli]]
[[Category:Films produced by Michael G. Wilson]]
[[Category:Films scored by David Arnold]]
[[Category:Films set in 1997]]
[[Category:Films set in China]]
[[Category:Films set in Hamburg]]
[[Category:Films set in Okinawa Prefecture]]
[[Category:Films set in Oxford]]
[[Category:Films set in Russia]]
[[Category:Films set in Saigon]]
[[Category:Films set on ships]]
[[Category:Films shot at Elstree Film Studios]]
[[Category:Films shot at Pinewood Studios]]
[[Category:Films shot in England]]
[[Category:Films shot in Germany]]
[[Category:Films shot in Hautes-Pyrénées]]
[[Category:Films shot in Mexico]]
[[Category:Films shot in Thailand]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Bruce Feirstein]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Daniel Petrie Jr.]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Nicholas Meyer]]
[[Category:James Bond films]]
[[Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films]]
[[Category:Saturn Award–winning films]]
[[Category:United Artists films]]
[[Category:Works about Chinese military personnel]]