the world is not enough

Desmond Llewelyn as Q and John Cleese as R in The World Is Not Enough (1999)

Now watch closely please, 007…

“The right arm goes in the right sleeve, thus, and the left arm in the left sleeve, thus. Now…note closely please – pockets, poppers and zipper. Take the lower part of the zipper, and insert it into the appropriate…”

Desmond Llewelyn as Q and John Cleese as R in The World Is Not Enough (1999)

Oh, pull the tag!

James Bond and Christmas Jones in The World Is Not Enough (1999)

Wave if you’re an idiot!

James Bond and Christmas Jones in The World Is Not Enough (1999)

What are you looking at???

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The quickest gambling sequence of any James Bond movie in The World Is Not Enough (1999)...PS peek the cameo by producer Michael G. Wilson!

One card. High draw. A million dollars.

The World Is Not Enough (1999) boasts one of the quickest gambling sequences in any of the James Bond movies. Elektra King (Sophie Marceau) playfully joins James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) at Valentin Zukovsky’s (Robbie Coltrane) casino, L’Or Noir (Black Gold). Bond fears for her safety as the casino is filled with people from rival oil companies, so he insists they leave right away.

Although she doesn’t seem like the gambling type anyway, King abides. They are taken to a private room where Zukovsky credits her with $1 million dollars from her late father’s casino account. Instead of risking it on blackjack or other casino games, however, King prefers a straight up single, high card draw. A pity – since a private blackjack sequence with Bond, King and Zukovsky would be pure entertainment.

The cards for the shortest game of war are revealed and King loses – her queen of hearts is beaten by Zukovsky’s ace of clubs. But not before she drops a significant quote: “There is no point in living if you can’t feel alive.” …the same quote used by Renard later in the movie that lets Bond know that Elektra is not who she seems.

The quickest gambling sequence of any James Bond movie in The World Is Not Enough (1999)...PS peek the cameo by producer Michael G. Wilson!

The quickest gambling sequence of any James Bond movie in The World Is Not Enough (1999)…PS peek the cameo by producer Michael G. Wilson!

Sophie Marceau and Pierce Brosnan in The World Is Not Enough (1999)

One of the sexiest scenes in Bond movie history…

Sophie Marceau and Pierce Brosnan in The World Is Not Enough (1999)

"James Bond Will Return" from the end of From Russia With Love (1963)

All “James Bond Will Return” Screenshots

“James Bond Will Return” is a signature phrase splashed at the end of (almost) every James Bond movie that promotes 007’s never-give-up/against-all-odds attitude and shows a sense of pride in the world’s longest running movie series.

Throughout the years, it has been used to reveal the movie title of the forthcoming James Bond movie, albeit sometimes in error. It has also not been used at all. Some quick facts:

Regardless, below are all of the instances where “James Bond Will Return” appears in the credits from all of the movies:

Which is your favorite?

James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) perilously hangs by a rope in the opening sequence of The World Is Not Enough (1999)

Businessman on a Rope

James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) perilously hangs by a rope in the opening sequence of The World Is Not Enough (1999)

James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) perilously hangs by a rope in the opening sequence of The World Is Not Enough (1999)