Licence to Kill is a 1989 spy film and the 16th installment in the James Bond series, and the last to star Timothy Dalton as MI6 agent James Bond. Licence to Kill was the first official James Bond film to use a title not derived from either an Ian Fleming novel or a short story. It is, however, essentially a new adaptation of Fleming's novel Live and Let Die, carefully avoiding the few character names and elements that had already been used, and with material also taken from the author's short story The Hildebrand Rarity. It has been noted that there are also some plot similarities to Fleming's novel The Man with the Golden Gun. The film revolves around Bond's dismissal from MI6 and his vendetta against a South American drug baron. The title refers to Bond's discretionary licence to kill which allows him to kill without prior approval in order to complete his mission. The film was originally due to be called Licence Revoked. Due largely to a poor showing in the United States, Licence to Kill was one of the least commercially successful Bond films, fetching only $256,701,197 (inflation adjusted) worldwide. Due to the death of screenwriter Richard Maibaum and subsequent legal battles over the ownership of the James Bond series, Licence to Kill was the last Bond film for over six years, the longest interval in the history of the series. It was also the final film to be produced by Albert R. Broccoli, whose declining health led to a diminished role in bringing 1995's GoldenEye to the screen. (more)
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Live and Let Die (novel):
Live and Let Die is the second novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series. First published by Jonathan Cape on April 5, 1954, it is considered one of Fleming's most controversial novels due to its depiction of Afro-Caribbean people and voodoo. The nove
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GoldenEye:
GoldenEye (1995) is the seventeenth spy film of the British James Bond series directed by Martin Campbell and the first to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Unlike previous Bond films, it is unrelated to the works of novelist
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Timothy Dalton:
Timothy Peter Dalton (born March 21, 1946 ) is a Welsh born English actor of stage and screen, best known for portraying James Bond in The Living Daylights (1987) and Licence to Kill (1989) and for his roles in Shakespearean related films and plays.
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Franz Sanchez:
Franz Sanchez is a fictional drug baron and the main antagonist in the James Bond film Licence to Kill. He was played by Robert Davi. Aside from being based on Pablo Escobar, and Davi spending weeks studying Colombian culture and music before taking
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If You Asked Me To:
"If You Asked Me To" is the title of a song originally written and released as the lead off single for Patti LaBelle's seventh solo studio album, entitled Be Yourself, and for the Licence to Kill soundtrack. The song is a ballad written by critically
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Pam Bouvier:
Pam Bouvier is a fictional character in Licence to Kill the second Bond installment with Timothy Dalton as James Bond. She is played by Carey Lowell. A former army pilot, Bouvier works as a CIA informer, posing as a courier for drug lord Franz Sanche
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Lupe Lamora:
Lupe Lamora (Talisa Soto) is a fictional character and a Bond girl in the James Bond film Licence to Kill.
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Goldfinger (song):
"Goldfinger" was the title song from the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger (film). Composed by John Barry and with lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley, the song was performed by Shirley Bassey for the film's opening and closing title sequences
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Felix Leiter:
Felix Leiter is a fictional character created by Ian Fleming in the James Bond series of novels and films. In both, Leiter works for the CIA, and assists Bond in his various adventures. In further novels Leiter joins Pinkerton Detective Agency and in
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Robert Davi:
Robert Davi (born June 26, 1953 Cigar Aficionado | People Profile | Robert Davi ) is an American character actor. Davi is best remembered for his role as the villain Franz Sanchez in the James Bond film Licence to Kill, but also played roles such as
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John Glen:
John Glen is a noted film director, born May 15, 1932 in Sunbury-on-Thames, England. He is best known for his work as a director on the five James Bond movies of the 1980s: *For Your Eyes Only (1981) *Octopussy (1983) *A View to a Kill (1985) *The Li
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Priscilla Barnes:
Priscilla Barnes (born December 7, 1952 or 1955) is an American actress known for replacing Suzanne Somers (Jenilee Harrison having stepped in the season before) when the contract of Somers was not renewed on the show Three's Company. On that series,
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Everett McGill:
Everett McGill (born October 21, 1945) is an American actor. McGill was born Charles Everett McGill III in Miami Beach, Florida. He graduated from Rosedale High School, Rosedale, Kansas, in 1963. McGill has a relatively short filmography, but has man
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Seven Mile Bridge:
The Seven Mile Bridge, in the Florida Keys, runs over a channel between the Gulf of Mexico and the Florida Strait, connecting Knight's Key (part of the city of Marathon, Florida) in the Middle Keys to Little Duck Key in the Lower Keys. Among the long
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Frank McRae:
Frank McRae (born June 3, 1942) is an American actor and former professional football player. McRae was born in Memphis, Tennessee. McRae graduated from Tennessee State University with a double major in drama and history. He was a defensive tackle fo
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Test screening:
A test screening is a preview screening of a movie or television show before its general release in order to gauge audience reaction. Preview audiences are selected from a cross-section of the population, and are usually asked to complete a questionn
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Daniel Kleinman:
Daniel Kleinman is a British television commercial and music video director who is also the current title sequence designer for the James Bond series of films, starting with 1995's GoldenEye and including the latest, 2006's Casino Royale. Prior to Bo
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Caroline Bliss:
Caroline Bliss (born 1961) is a British actress who trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and a granddaugther of composer Sir Arthur Bliss. She is best known for her appearance as M's secretary, Miss Moneypenny, in the James Bond films starri
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