The World Is Not Enough is a movie directed by Michael Apted in 1999 and based on the characters from the book Casino Royale by Ian Fleming, first published in 1953. The movie features Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Denise Richards, Robert Carlyle, Judi Dench, María Grazia Cucinotta, and others.
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Storyline
In Bilbao, Spain, James Bond meets a Swiss banker to retrieve money for Sir Robert King, a British oil tycoon and friend of M. Bond tells the banker that King was buying a report stolen from an MI6 agent who was killed for it, and wants to know who killed him. After the banker is killed by his assistant before he can reveal it, Bond escapes with the money but it is revealed to be booby-trapped.
Movie vs Book
Year
1999
Minutes
128
Movie Rate
6.40
Source: IMDb
Movie
The World Is Not Enough
Director: Michael Apted
Country: UK
Year: 1999
Length: 2h8m
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Year
1953
Pages
192
Book Rate
7.48
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Book
Casino Royale
Author: Ian Fleming
Country: UK
First published in: 1953
Length: 192 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: James Bond Original Series
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“I'm also a huge cinephile, and I have witnessed that to honor the book literally word-for-word never makes a good movie.”
ANDREW STANTON (Filmmaker)
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