Tomorrow Never Dies 007
Release Date: 12 December 1997
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Studios: MGM, United Artists (owned by MGM)
James Bond Intro shooting into gun barrel (Effects)
Extreme Long establishing shot snowy mountain landscape, slow, quiet music
Text at bottom of screen: A Terrorist Arms Bazaar on the Russian Border
Spy cam zooms in on various people with guns and explosives, then vehicles
Lots of cut shots of the camera looking around
British person explains to his commander what there is at the russian site
British find the person they are looking for at the arms bazaar
Woman (M) asks to zoom in on something important
Joke at American expense
Russian General tells British they must stop terrorists
Ship fires a missile after a count down, close up on launch button
British realise there are nuclear warheads at the site, and ship cannot abort missile
Troop evacuation orderedd
POV of missile whizzing through mountains
shows "white night" british agent punching someone then making a joke, and planting various explosives
agent fights his way through stealing a machine gun to aid his escape
he gets in the plane with the nuclear warheads
he uses the mounted guns on the plane to shoot some of the attackers
The scene flicks between clips of him, the missile, and nervous looking British officials The agent starts driving the plane as the missile draws close and taxi's to a runway
british official states its 30 seconds to impact and the agent hits the engines and flies off the plane
Plane takes off right as the missile hits
agent flies plain right through the fire
Screens go blank as the cameras are destroyed at the british base
Close up of agent flying plane, James Bond themetune starts playing
Twoshot of terrorist waking up in the back of the plane and getting a piece of wire to strangle agent
Second plane comes and starts shooting the agents plane
second plane gets a missile lock and fires two missiles, agent steers with his knees to avoid it
agent slowly reaches for the eject button, and lines up underneath the enemy plane
agent presses eject and the terrorist choking him is launched up through the base of the plane above, destroying the plane. The agent cockily says "Back Seat Driver"
Panning shot of the plane, which zooms in on the rear engine. The shot transitions with a breaking glass effect into a very long title sequence naming most of the actors and directors of the film.
