film information
Produced by Michael G Wilson & Barbara Broccoli
Directed by Lee Tamahori
Screenplay by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade
World Premiere 18th November 2002 (London, England)
UK Release Date 20th November 2002
US Release Date 22nd November 2002
Worldwide Box Office $424,700,000 US
Budget $142,000,000 US
Running Time 133 Minutes
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bond girls
Rachel Grant (Peaceful Fountains of Desire)
Halle Berry (Giacinta 'Jinx' Johnson)
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posters
vehicles
bond villains
Will Yun Lee (Colonel Tan-Gun Moon)
Toby Stephens (Sir Gustav Graves)
bond allies
locations
Pukch'Ong Coast, North Korea; Korean DMZ; Hong Kong; Havana, Sierra De Los Organos, Isla Organos, Cuba; London, Vatnajokull, Iceland.
actual locations
Buckingham Palace in London, England
'Havana' locales in Cádiz, Spain
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James Bond introduces himself in his famous way when he meets Sir Gustav Graves.
behind the scenes
Director Lee Tamahori originally planned to film all the car chase scenes on ice in New Zealand.
Ian Fleming took James Bond's name from the author of a book called ‘A Field Guide to the Birds of the West Indies’. In Die Another Day, Bond picks up the very same book in Cuba and poses as an ornithologist.
For the sword fight, filmmakers decreased the film speed to make it look as if the actors were moving faster than they actually were.
The character of Miranda Frost was originally named Gala Brand. This was the name of the Bond girl in Ian Fleming's original novel ‘Moonraker’.
Icarus was originally called Solaris but was changed when the producers found out that Solaris was in production. §
