live twice film live twice fifth spy film james_bond series fifth star fictional agent james_bond film screenplay written loosely based novel james_bond film plot characters locations book background entirely new story film bond dispatched japan american soviet manned spacecraft disappear mysteriously orbit nation blaming amidst cold war bond travels secretly remote japanese island order find perpetrators comes face face head film reveals appearance previously partially unseen character government unnamed asian power implied order provoke war filming japan announced retire role bond hiatus returned diamonds forever later film live twice bond film directed later directed film spy loved film starring live twice great success receiving positive reviews grossing million worldwide box office plot american nasa spacecraft orbit unidentified spacecraft suspect work soviets british suspect japanese involvement spacecraft landed investigate operative james_bond sent tokyo death hong_kong buried sea hms arrival bond contacted assistant japanese secret service leader watching introduces bond local operative henderson henderson claims critical evidence rogue craft killed elaborate bond chases kills taking clothing disguise escapes car takes bond driver breaks office safe president stealing documents bond pursued armed security rescued flees subway station bond chases falls trap door leading office stolen documents examined found include photograph cargo ship message saying tourist took photo killed security precaution bond goes meet potential new buyer bond meeting orders secretary killed outside building assassins open fire bond rescues bond drive docked investigate company dock facilities discover ship delivering elements rocket fuel discovered bond gets away bond captured knocked wakes tied operative cabin bond thinks managed bribe way freedom flies bond tokyo route sets plane bond manages land plane finding bond flies area heavily armed created volcano bond attacked helicopters defeats confirming suspicions enemy base nearby soviet spacecraft captured orbit unidentified craft tensions russia mysterious spaceship lands extensive base hidden inside volcano revealed true forgive failure kill bond leaves mechanism drops pool instructs kill bond bond trains attempted assassination kills instead bond disguised oriental fake marriage student acting lead pair cave volcano establishing mouth volcano disguised hatch secret rocket base bond slips goes alert bond captured help steals attempt infiltrate spacecraft bird spots bond detained bird launched bird closes american space capsule forces prepare launch nuclear attack ussr japanese approach base entrance detected fired bond manages open hatch letting ensuing battle bond fights way control room bird self reaches american craft americans stand forces base self system escapes bond surviving leave base explodes cast james_bond agent agent japanese assists bond diving girl replaces death head terrorist syndicate known intends global nuclear war head japanese secret service japanese industrialist secretly affiliated secretary assassin head henderson british contact living japan secretary head technical department undercover agent hong_kong personal bodyguard assassin bedroom kills fights bond production majesty secret service intended film producers decided adapt live twice instead require searching high snowy locations originally declined offer direct accepted producer called saying job largest audience world edited bond films believed gilbert contracted producers work found use gilbert producers production designer director photography went japan spending weeks searching locations shore fortress headquarters changed extinct volcano team learned japanese build castles sea group return boeing flight flight march cancelled told chance watch demonstration flight crashed minutes takeoff killing board tokyo crew found hunt decided holiday having request direct declined hunt invited direct second unit accepted job unlike james_bond films featuring locations world entire film set country minutes devoted elaborate japanese wedding keeping original novel devoted number pages discussion japanese culture provided personnel female japanese stars producers writing producers come japan write screenplay bloom work ultimately rejected ideas final script bloom given credit additional story material elements opening bond fake death burial sea attack screenwriter previous bond films unavailable close friend chosen write adaptation despite having prior experience writing screenplay bells hell said original novel worst book plot movie compared stating create new plot retain original story ideas creating plot said didn know hell bond going despite having deliver draft weeks decided basic plot similar given free script character bond girl formula involving women bond seduce ally killed main bond girl involved character book create rest gilbert collaborative work writer declared helped script conferences good ideas left produced finished thing shot directors ego want rewrite dialogue usually disastrous admired took screenplay shot way direct trust writer don casting time came begin live twice producers faced problem star stated tired playing james_bond associated commitment time spent filming movie finding difficult work potentially lead able persuade increasing fee film geared look replacement originally cast producer play arrival set producer director felt poor choice resembling poor nonetheless attempt casting work gilbert continued filming days determined menacing recast role ideas appearance included beard lame hand settled found uncomfortable attached eye european models tested including german actress passed film german actress cast performed stunt diving pool depict demise use double strangely german version dubbed somebody gilbert chosen working 7th dawn number actual martial arts experts hired japanese female parts proved difficult cast actresses tested having limited english eventually chosen started taking english classes initially cast role assistant difficulty language producers switched role cast significantly dialogue requested character changed filming filming live twice lasted july march film shot primarily japan depicted training camp private transportation hub filmed tokyo metro station fixtures station unchanged time filming hotel new tokyo served outside hotel gardens scenes training served fishing village harbour dock fight headquarters large crowds present japan shooting japanese fan began following camera police called times prevent invasions shooting heavily armed little included heard radio interview inventor commander little named music hall star similar surname inventor piloted invention equipped mock armaments special effects team production battle helicopters proved difficult film scenes initially shot takes offs hours flight nearly crashing camera times scene filming helicopters created major foot severed craft concluding shots involved explosions japanese government allow national park crew moved spain found resemble japanese landscape sets volcano base constructed lot inside cost million including operative tall set seen kilometres miles away attracted people region locations outside japan included royal_navy frigate gibraltar sea burial hong_kong scene bond death norway soviet radar station wife swimming scenes japanese actresses including martial arts expert provided martial arts training doubled regular editor originally hired edit film initial hour cut received terrible response test audiences asked edit film hunt cut proved greater success awarded director chair film result music soundtrack fourth series composed tried incorporate oriental sound japanese music inspired tracks theme song live twice composed barry lyricist sung father passed opportunity reported nervous recording wanted leave studio claimed sound like barry declared final song uses different takes british singer recorded alternative song titles versions song live twice sung directly movie soundtrack second record release arranged movie soundtrack song widely recognised striking opening bars oriental flavour far popular radio record release billboard charts usa versions title song available sampled title song live twice song trip moon singer recorded cover version distinctive string figure song millennium recorded sampled movie cost reasons covered toured covered compilation album best original bond themes credit covered song different title song originally recorded eventually discarded lines version kept final lyrics orchestral changed fit vocal range rogers version appeared james_bond 30th anniversary singer credit 1990s alternative example possible theme song called live twice sung discovered rca_records popular track followers scene known high quality soul output found soul compilations promotion promote film produced hour colour television programme entitled welcome japan bond aired june united_states nbc bond regulars appeared playing respectively kate appears assistant programme shows clips existing bond films contained storyline trying establish identity bond bride release reception live twice premiered leicester square london premiere james_bond film queen elizabeth_ii attended film grossed million united_states million worldwide critical response today positive rotten_tomatoes giving rating reviews pointed flaws film said half good second half plot bounds film starts fragment criticising appearance stating rockets swallow spacecraft bit extravagant roger_ebert criticised focus declaring james_bond formula fails work magic book james_bond cinema compared film episode reliance admitted pace spectacle considered film james_bond memorable adventures plot confusing panned script displaying new world technology lauded volcano base impressive sets franchise wrote live twice minutes shorter described bad bond film doesn compare predecessors formula little ign ranked live twice fourth best bond film entertainment_weekly second best considering pushes series outer edge chose fifth worst criticising plot action scenes little literary critic called film colourful series credited adding good flavour japanese influence film panned depiction let small bald said film perfect parodies series
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