Films are something that we all look towards for escapism – the action, the humour, the romance, the animation. Sometimes these can hold so much more meaning then just an image on a screen and create narratives and memories in our own lives. Welcome to the sister article to Music Memories where we take a look at some of these personal stories attached to films.

Film: Tomorrow Never Dies
Original Release Date: 1997

I am going to be honest with you – there are only a handful of James Bond films I have seen and they are either Sean Connery or Pierce Brosnan. The first films I saw were Connery and then I saw Pierce ones as I think they were on television. I did try a Daniel Craig version but I hated it – I love the gadgets, I love the silliness I love the narrative.

Out of all the Pierce Brosnan films I have seen (three) I would say that Tomorrow Never Dies it my favourite. I have only seen it a few times but I have played the computer game as well which always helps. I always loved the music that came with the titles and I always enjoyed the narrative. Even if at times it was unbelievable.

The one thing that stood out for me straight from the beginning was the BMW car that was controlled by remote control – late nineties / early noughties that was a huge thing and I loved it. I found it was an amazing gadget that I loved it a lot. So much so that whenever anyone asked me as a kid what car I liked I would say I would want an Audi which is hilarious as just by researching this article I have discovered it was a BMW and that defines to you how little i knew about cars. I was sold that I wanted one though.

Like I said, I have hardly seen this film but it brings back great memories and if I had to watch a James Bond film this would be one at the top of the list. Sean Connery would be the top.

Facts about Tomorrow Never Dies

• For the fight scene in the bicycle shop, the producers had to call in Jackie Chan’s stunt team because none of the stuntmen wanted to do the scene with Michelle Yeoh due to her full contact stunt fighting style, which she perfected in Hong Kong action films.
• This movie made particularly heavy use of gadgetry
• The original title of this movie was “Tomorrow Never Lies”, which makes sense when you consider media mogul Elliot Carver ) was creating the next day’s headlines in advance, then causing those events to happen. But a typo on an early script draft was adopted by the producers, and Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) was used instead.