The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Directed by Michael Apted
After an oil tycoon is murdered inside MI6, Bond guards his daughter in Azerbaijan, follows stolen plutonium from a Kazakh missile base, and ends up chasing a terrorist to Istanbul.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Swiss bank≈ 00:01:00Bilbao, SpainStated on screen
Bond recovers Sir Robert King's money from a banker in Bilbao.
- 2MI6 and the Thames≈ 00:05:00London, EnglandStated on screen
A bomb kills King inside MI6 and Bond chases the assassin down the Thames to the Millennium Dome.
- 3Castle Thane (MI6 Scotland)≈ 00:18:00Stated on screenFictional
At MI6's Scottish base Bond learns about Elektra King and the terrorist Renard.
- 4King Industries≈ 00:30:00Baku, AzerbaijanStated on screen
Bond meets Elektra at her family's oil headquarters.
- 5Pipeline survey and ski chase≈ 00:38:00Caucasus Mountains, AzerbaijanInferred
Elektra shows Bond the pipeline route in the mountains, and paraglider gunmen attack them on skis.
- 6Zukovsky's casino and Elektra's villa≈ 00:45:00Baku, AzerbaijanStated on screen
Bond meets Zukovsky in a casino and spends the night with Elektra.
- 7Russian ICBM base, Kazakhstan≈ 00:55:00Stated on screenFictional
Posing as a Russian scientist, Bond meets Christmas Jones and sees Renard steal a nuclear warhead.
- 8Oil pipeline≈ 01:08:00Baku, AzerbaijanInferred
- 9Zukovsky's caviar factory≈ 01:20:00Baku, AzerbaijanInferred
- 10Maiden's Tower, Istanbul≈ 01:40:00Stated on screen
- 11Renard's submarine in the Bosphorus≈ 01:55:00Istanbul, TurkeyStated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 16,228 km
- Places
- 8
- Countries
- 5
- Stops
- 11
- Not shown: 10,124 km
- Plane: 6,102 km
- Boat: 2.6 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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