film information
Produced by Albert R. Broccoli & Michael G Wilson
Directed by John Glen
Screenplay by Richard Maibaum & Michael G Wilson
World Premiere 13th June 1989 (London, England)
US Release Date 14th June 1989
Worldwide Box Office $156,200,000 US
Budget £40,000,000 US
Running Time 133 Minutes
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bond girls
q-branch
posters
vehicles
bond villains
Wayne Newton (Professor Joe Butcher)
bond allies
Priscilla Barnes (Della Churchill)
locations
Key West, Florida and locales; the fictional Isthmus City; London.
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Bond introduces himself to Franz Sanchez in his usual manner, but is told to “sit” by Sanchez’s head of security, Colonel Heller.
behind the scenes
Producer Michael G. Wilson's voice is heard in the pre-title sequence where he advises fellow DEA collegues to contact Key West drug enforcement.
While shooting the final scenes, one of the stinger missiles fired by Franz Sanchez actually hit a telephone repairman up a telephone pole 2½ miles away.
The film was originally entitled ‘Licence Revoked’ and teaser artwork was produced with this title. It has also been widely reported that a survey revealed that fewer than 50% of Americans questioned knew what ‘revoked’ meant.
During the tanker chase, Sanchez fires a number of bullets at Bond. Some of these bullets sound out The James Bond Theme.
The stretch of road that the tanker chase was filmed on was actually closed off, as it was so dangerous. It was thought to be haunted, and the crew witnessed vans starting in the middle of the night, people who appeared and disappeared and vehicles moving by themselves...
When the last tanker blows up at the end of the film, one still picture taken shows the explosion with the clear shape of a fiery ‘hand’ reaching out of the fire, God-like, down towards where the actors were – spooky!
The set for the Fox TV show ‘Paradise Island’ is the same location used for Franz Sanchez's house.
Eight custom-made Kenworth tanker trucks were used in the tanker scenes. A different tanker was used for each truck stunt. §
