Continuity mistake: Just after Bond and Christmas Jones climb out of the pipe, Bond is holding his shoulder and his blazer sleeves are up. In the next shot, his arms are by his side and his blazer is all neat. (01:20:05)
The World is Not Enough (1999)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Michael Apted
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, John Cleese, Judi Dench, Robert Carlyle, Desmond Llewelyn, Robbie Coltrane, Denise Richards, Colin Salmon, Sophie Marceau, Samantha Bond
Bond gets captured and gets taken to the lighthouse, where he is tortured on a strange chair by Electra. However, Zukovsky comes in with a gun and Electra manages to shoot him. In a final moment, he shoots at Bond's cuff on the chair. Bond gets free and chases Electra, freeing M in the process. He kills Electra at the top of the lighthouse and then jumps off the balcony, where he enters the submarine, thwarts Renard's plan, kills Renard and ends up with Doctor Jones.
More mistakes in The World is Not Enough
Elektra King: I could have given you the world.
James Bond: The world is not enough.
Elektra King: Foolish sentiment.
James Bond: Family motto.
Trivia: The pre-credits sequence is 14 minutes long, making it the longest in the history of the series. The original intro was simply Bond's escape from the meeting, rappelling down to the ground, but audiences were underwhelmed by that leading straight into the credits. As such the boat chase was included too, leading to the long intro. It was eventually surpassed by No Time to Die in 2021.
Question: When Bond first enters Zukovsky's casino, there's a tune playing on a saxophone in the background. Can anyone make out what tune it is? It sounds really familiar.
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Answer: It's a variation on the "standard" James Bond theme.