ABOVE: A DIVERSE INTERNATIONAL CAST (clockwise): Irish actor Pierce Brosnan plays James Bond 007; French actress Sophie Marceau as Elektra King; Scottish character actor Robert Carlyle as Victor Sokas aka Renard; American actress Denise Richards as Dr. Christmas Jones; Scottish actor and comedian Robbie Coltrane reprises his role as Valentin Zukovsky first seen in GoldenEye (1995); English film and television actor David Calder as Sir Robert King; English music producer, DJ, graffiti artist and actor Clifford Price better known as Goldie plays The Bull/Mr. Bullion; and Italian actress Maria Grazia Cucinotta as ‘Cigar Girl’.

BELOW: The UK Quad-crown poster for The World Is Not Enough (1999).

ABOVE: NEW AND RETURNING FACES AT MI6: (top left) Pierce Brosnan with Colin Salmon who reprised his role as as Charles Robinson from Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) and Judi Dench playing M for the third time in The World Is Not Enough (1999). (top right) Desmond Llewelyn playing Q for the 17th time, in what turned out to be his final appearance in the series. (bottom left) Actor and comedian John Cleese played R - a character intended to take over from Q following his retirement from the service. Cleese would reprise the role in Die Another Day (2002). (centre right) Samantha Bond returned as Miss Moneypenny and (bottom right) Michael Kitchen [pictured right with Pierce Brosnan and Judi Dench] reprised his role as M's Chief-of-staff Bill Tanner from GoldenEye (1995).

BELOW: The World Is Not Enough Behind‑the‑Scenes - a talented crew several of whom were veterans of the James Bond franchise, with others making a one-off contribution to the series.

(1) With a script that had more emphasis on drama rather than action, co-producers Michael G. Wilson & Barbara Broccoli approached acclaimed English television and film director and producer Michael Apted to bring BOND 19 to the screen. Apted was widely perceived as a so-called “woman’s director”, whose work was largely focused on films with a strong central female performance.
(2) Peter Lamont had joined the series as a draughtsman on Goldfinger (1964), progressing to Set Dresser and Art Director. The World Is Not Enough (1999) was Peter Lamont's seventh film as overall Production Designer.
(3) Having worked as an uncredited 2nd Unit Assistant Camera Operator for On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Adrian Biddle [pictured right with Robert Carlyle and Director Michael Apted] served as Director of Photography on The World In Not Enough (1999).
(4) Miniature Effects Supervisor John Richardson [left] pictured with Vic Armstrong who served as 2nd Unit Director and assisted Paul Weston as Stunt Co-ordinator [uncredited] on The World Is Not Enough (1999).
(5) Special Effects Supervisor Chris Corbould pictured with three of the BMW Z8 vehicles used during filming.
(6) David Arnold scored his second James Bond film after joining the series with Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) after a recommendation from veteran 007 composer John Barry.