World is Not Enough, The

Date: 1999
Director: Michael Apted
Production Company: Danjaq, Eon Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Robert Carlye, Sophie Morceau, Judi Dench, Denise Richards, John Cleese
Location(s): London, Buckinghamshire, Wiltshire (England), Dornie (Scotland), Snowdonia (Wales), Bilbao, Navarre, Cuenca (Spain), Istanbul (Turkey), Baku (Azerbaijan), Chamonix (France).

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Storyline:

Tycoon, impervious to pain, wants to blow up pipeline and damage Europe while Bond looks after a murdered colleague’s daughter. SJ

Additional Information:

With thanks to Ian Johnson who, in February 2025 tied up some loose ends and supplied three extra captures as well. And also belatedly to Nick Knight who also contributed.

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Brosnan on the Calle Henao/Henao Kalea, Bilbao, Spain.

A lookalike strutting his stuff. Well done, David Lippiat. (SJ)

Bilbao again... Ian Johnson/IJ pinpoints the corner of Alameda de Majarredo and Calle Lersundi. The Guggenheim Museum is in the background behind the large floral puppy,

And again!

Crossing the Puente de la Salve with a suitcase of money.

I like the invisible case of money! With thanks to David for this trio of shots in Bilbao. (SJ)

The action switches to London and MI6, no longer an official secret, which moved from the corner of Pearman Street, Lambeth to the newly built MI6 at Vauxhall, SE1, shot from Millbank SW1.

Now. SJ

A bit of trickery here as Bond's boat is launched onto the river just to the east of MI6.

Now looking across the river the other way from above. Note the new block being constructed at the far end of Vauxhall Bridge to replace the 60s model. SJ

St. Saviours Dock between Shad Thames and Mill Street, SE1: it's a dead end. Also seen in Jubilee and A Fish Called Wanda.

A 2015 now, showing the reality from a Thames boat. SJ

Now suddenly in Millwall Dock, E14.

Taken by Nick Knight who notes that the footbridge has now gone and that the inlet is a private mooring area. SJ

The Glengall Bridge, E14, and still the opening credits have yet to start.

The bridge is closed, I'm off centre (wishing to stay dry) and it's 2005ish, but here's a now for now. SJ

Traffic wardens receive some just deserts. Ornamental Canal, Tobacco Dock, Wapping E1.

Hard place for a car to get to, let alone to be parked. SJ

And again as Brosnan prepares to jump onto the road.

Stephen Borley, who lives locally, sent in this fine comparison from Ornamental Canal, Tobacco Dock, Wapping E1. (SJ)

Is this still Wapping?

Yes, Wapping Lane with Tobacco Dock just behind to the right. The wall, the door and a lamp post all remain amongst the many changes. (RL)

And this? Identified by www.movielocationhunter.co.uk as The Ropery, Chatham Historic Dockyard, Kent. (RL)

IJ's shot places this as the small road leading up to The Ropery. (SJ)

Defintely now Chatham Historic Dockyard, Kent

Also seen briefly in Les Misérables. SJ

After exiting the alleyway, the pursuit continues through a fish market, a covered area opposite The Ropery. An additional still by IJ.

Taken by IJ who found the location.

Diners about to be rudely interrupted by a speed boat... IJ adds that it's an external wall of the Royal Dockyard Church in Church Lane. The depicted restaurant was a set construction attached to the wall

I think the window seen in the then belongs to the church in Chatham Historic Boatyard. But this angle needs severe improvement. SJ

And Brosnan ends up at the Millennium Dome, still being constructed at the time of filming. It later became the O2 Arena.

The Arena, SE10, taken from Trinity Buoy Wharf, E14, itself a popular location, as London Movie Guide will tell one. SJ

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Now in SE10 as the speedboat chase comes to a halt.

And now we are finally post-opening credits. Gothic Temple, Stowe Park, Buckinghamshire.

A couple of this avenue's trees to the right/north have fallen down since. Gothic Temple is to the east of Stowe School. SJ

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Another MI6 HQ, Castle Eilean Donan, Dornie, Scotland. Seen in Entrapment, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Highlander and others... the satellite dishes and aerials are CGI additions.

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Bibi-Heybat Oilfield, Baku, Azerbaijan Bond travels through Elektra King's oilfields on his way to meet up with Elektra. An additional capture by IJ.

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Los Callejones near Cuenca, Spain

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Still in the Cuenca region of Spain.

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A brief foray into the Alps, Chamonix, France standing in for the Caucasus mountains.

Supposed to be Elektra's villa in Baku, Azerbiajan but actually it's in Turkey. Küçüksu Palace, Beykoz, Istanbul

Matthias sent this image of the same building.

Accepting that we do not normally include interiors, but as we have done so at wine014, Nick Knight has provided this additional capture to support the shot he took during a recent visit to Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire. (RL)

Nick noticed that for the purposes of the film the statue was removed, two curtains were hung and deployed lighting to make the corridors look like windows. (RL)

The casino is played by Halton House, Halton, Buckinghamshire also seen in What a Girl Wants and The King's Speech... IJ adds that Halton House was an Officers' Mess for nearby RAF Halton.

Taken by Nick Knight when he visited on the 22nd. (SJ)

The interior of the casino.

Nick again and tells us this is the saloon, with thanks. (SJ)

Nick Knight provides this additional screen capture showing terrorist Renard emerging from a cave at "The Devil's Breath". In reality, a folly by the lake at Pinewood (a few metres from where Red Grant received his massage on the lawn in "From Russia With Love"). (RL)

It's a little cave, now overgrown with ivy but still recognisable, says Nick.......and so is he! Captured by his wife Debbie. (RL)

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Back in Spain. Bardenas Reales near Tudela, Navarre region.

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Brosnan with Richards in Spain.

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Still in the Navarre region of north-east Spain... Bardenas Reale.

Motorola Building, Swindon, Wiltshire.

Another from Nick, taken on the 15th May. (SJ)

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A quick shot so that Wales doesn't feel left out. The Cym Dyli pipeline in Snowdonia.

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Another additional capture from IJ. Following the explosion in the oil pipeline, Bond and Jones escape from the smoking debris. Black Park conveniently close to Pinewood.

Kiz Kulesi aka Maiden’s Tower aka Leander Tower depicting Elektra's Turkish covert Operations HQ in the Bosphorus near Istanbul.

Matthias took this picture of the same tower.

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Brosnan and Richards have a dip in the Bosphorus... Likely to be work at Pinewood as IJ reasonably argues.