Maps of Movies
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Where Tomorrow Never Dies says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
Hamburg is a London suburb, the South China Sea is a tank in Mexico, and none of the sourced locations is in Germany.
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Scenes and places
The arms bazaar on the Russian border (1997)
Bond is sent to scout a terrorist arms bazaar on the Russian border. He discovers two nuclear torpedoes mounted on a trainer jet. With a missile already launched at the bazaar, he is forced to fly the jet out.
Set in Terrorist arms bazaar, Russian border — The terrorist arms market Bond is sent to scout, and which a navy missile is ordered to hit.
A fictional border-zone arms market; no real place is named in the plot.
Filmed at Peyresourde-Balestas Airport, Peyragudes — The 4-minute pre-title sequence was filmed here, in the French Pyrenees. The coordinates are the Peyragudes commune, not the airfield itself. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The Royal Navy readies for war (1997)
After the frigate Devonshire is sunk, the Minister of Defence orders the fleet to investigate and demands retaliation. M is left only 48 hours to find out what happened and avert a war.
Set in Royal Navy frigate fleet — Royal Navy ships preparing to engage the Chinese after a frigate is sunk.
A fictional fleet; the ships in the story are invented Type 23 frigates.
Filmed at Portsmouth — The second unit filmed the Royal Navy preparing to engage the Chinese here, with HMS Westminster standing in for the story's frigates. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Carver's media empire in Hamburg (1997)
Bond travels to Hamburg to seduce Carver's wife Paris, an ex-girlfriend, to get information that would help him enter CMGN headquarters. He cuts Carver off the air during the inaugural broadcast of his satellite network. Later he steals the GPS encoder from Gupta's office at the print facility.
Set in Hamburg, Germany — The city where Carver's CMGN headquarters and print facility stand in the story. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The story's Hamburg is a stand-in: both the HQ exterior and the print plant interior were filmed in England.
Filmed at Harmsworth Quays Printers, Surrey Quays, Rotherhithe — Doubled for the interior of the Hamburg print facility. The coordinates are the Surrey Quays area, not the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Bond and Paris reconcile (1997)
Carver has learned the truth about Paris and Bond. They reconcile in Bond's hotel room, and she gives him the information he needs to infiltrate the newspaper facility.
Set in Bond's hotel room, Hamburg — The hotel room where Bond and Paris reconcile and she gives him the information to enter the print plant.
A hotel room in the story's Hamburg; the filming location is a country-house estate.
Filmed at Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire — The love scene between Bond and Paris was filmed here. That it plays as the hotel room is an inference from the plot and the filming note. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The BMW car park chase (1997)
With Carver's henchmen closing in, Bond escapes through a multistory car park. He steers his BMW 750iL by remote control from the back seat, using his Ericsson cell phone.
Set in Multistory car park, Hamburg — The multistory car park where Bond escapes Carver's henchmen.
A car park in the story's Hamburg; the real one is in north London.
Filmed at Brent Cross car park, London — The 750i chase took three weeks to film here. Only the final leap was filmed on location elsewhere; the source does not say where. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The U.S. air base in Okinawa (1997)
At a U.S. Air Force base in Okinawa, Bond teams with CIA contact Jack Wade and meets GPS technician Dr. Dave Greenwalt. He realises the encoder has been tampered with.
Set in U.S. Air Force base, Okinawa — Where Bond meets his CIA contact and a GPS technician. The plot names no specific base.
A U.S. Air Force base in Okinawa; the plot names no specific base.
Filmed at RAF Lakenheath (Blue Section) — Stood in for the U.S. air base where Bond hands over the GPS encoder. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The wreck in the South China Sea (1997)
Bond goes to the South China Sea to investigate the wreck. He and Wai Lin, a Chinese Ministry of State Security agent on the same case, explore the sunken ship and find one of its cruise missiles missing.
Set in Wreck of the frigate, South China Sea — The sunken frigate Bond and Wai Lin explore.
An undefined spot at sea; no coordinates in the story.
Filmed at Baja Studios water tank, Rosarito — The sea landing was filmed in the vast tank built for Titanic. The coordinates are Baja Studios as given on its Wikipedia page. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The CMGN tower in Saigon (1997)
Captured by Stamper after reaching the surface, Bond and Wai Lin are taken to the CMGN tower in Saigon. They soon escape and contact the Royal Navy and the air force to explain Carver's scheme.
Set in CMGN tower, Saigon — Carver's tower in Saigon, where Bond and Wai Lin are taken after being captured; coordinates are the city centre. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A fictional tower in Saigon; no actual building is identified.
Filmed at Bangkok — Filming moved here after Vietnam rescinded the visa for Ho Chi Minh City. The source names no specific building. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The bay and the stealth ship (1997)
Bond and Wai Lin board Carver's stealth ship to stop him firing a missile at Beijing. Wai Lin is captured, forcing Bond to devise a second plan.
Set in Bay where the stealth ship is hunted — The waters where Bond and Wai Lin search for Carver's stealth ship; the plot names no place.
An undefined bay; the plot names no real place.
Filmed at Phang Nga Bay, Thailand — The bay where they search for Carver's stealth boat; also used for The Man with the Golden Gun. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Characters
- James Bond — British secret agent sent to find out who sank a frigate.
- Elliot Carver — Media baron who plans to provoke a war between China and the UK.
- Wai Lin — Chinese Ministry of State Security agent working the same case.
- Paris Carver — Carver's wife and an ex-girlfriend of Bond.