Post by ©DURANMANIA Board Team on Jun 23, 2004 23:28:41 GMT -5
Date of Release
World Premiere 13th June 1989, the Odeon Leicester Square, London.
the story
After James Bond’s best friend Felix Leiter is horribly maimed and his new bride murdered, agent oo7 sets out on a personal vendetta to bring violent retribution to all those responsible.
Bond’s Women
Pam Bouvier (Carey Lowell)
Lupe Lamora (Talisa Soto)
Bond’s Enemies
Franz Sanchez (Robert Davi)
Milton Krest (Anthony Zerbe)
Dario (Benicio Del Toro)
Professor Joe Butcher (Wayne Newton)
President Hector Lopez (Pedro Armendariz Jr.)
Truman-Lodge (Anthony Starke)
Colonel Heller (Don Stroud)
Ed Killifer (Everett McGill)
Braun (Guy de Saint Cyr)
Perez (Alejandro Bracho)
Bond’s Allies
Felix Leiter (David Hedison)
Sharkey (Frank McRae)
Della Churchill (Priscilla Barnes)
Hawkins (Grand L. Bush)
Kwang (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa)
Loti (Diana Lee-Hsu)
Fallon (Christopher Neame)
‘M’ (Robert Brown)
Miss Moneypenny (Caroline Bliss)
‘Q’ (Desmond Llewelyn)
Bond's Car
Kenworth Tanker [‘borrowed’ from Sanchez’s drugs convoy]
Bond’s Gadget
‘Hasselblad camera’ Signature Gun
Main Title Music
‘Licence To Kill’ sung by Gladys Knight
End Title Music
‘If You Asked Me To’ sung by Patti LaBelle
Music Score
Michael Kamen
Production Design
Peter Lamont
Main Titles Designer
Maurice Binder
Screenplay
Richard Maibaum & Michael G. Wilson
EditorJohn Grover
Director of Photography
Alec Mills
Director
John Glen
Producers
Albert R. Broccoli & Michael G. Wilson
Worldwide Box Office
$156.2 million
Worldwide Box Office Gross Income 2002 inflation-adjusted
$227 million
REVIEW: For a long time I considered this movie to be the worst of the series. Although I still don't like it all too much, it has grown on me a bit. The idea of Felix Leiter's maiming came from the novel Live and Let Die and although it worked there, after 27 years of Felix on screen it was a bad idea. Fortunately, they left him alive so he can come back at any time. The film was a radical departure from the Bond formula that didn't work. It was, however, an excellent action movie. There was plenty of suspense and Dalton kept me on the edge of my seat. I really believe that he is James Bond. I just didn't like the plot at all. Another area the movie was lacking was in Talisa Soto. She was the most whiny, pathetic, Bond-dependent Bond girl ever. She fell in love with Bond out of nowhere. By far the best part of the movie is the extended role of Q. For years Q's part has ranged from nonexistent to a five minute role. Now, Q goes into the field to help Bond and ends up being a main character. I would have liked to see this relationship continue, as well as Dalton's tenure as Bond. Oh well.
Pam Bouvier (Carey Lowell), James Bond (Timothy Dalton)
Franz Sanchez (Robert Davi)
peace & love
SLIM K
