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Directed by established British filmmaker Michael Apted, this high-octane action-thriller features a taut script, co-adapted by US screenwriter Bruce Feirstein with the UK’s Neil Purvis and Robert Wade. A fantastic lead performance from Ireland’s Pierce Brosnan is supported by Scotland’s Robert Carlyle and Robbie Coltrane, alongside UK actors Judi Dench and John Cleese. Co-produced by Buckingham-based Eon Productions.

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James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) is assigned to protect Elektra King (Sophie Marceau), the daughter of a recently-murdered oil mogul. When he uncovers a nuclear plot run by an international terrorist (Robert Carlyle) who is unable to feel pain, Bond must work to defeat this dangerous villain.