The World is Not Enough (1999)

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R: “The very latest in interception countermeasures: titanium armour,
a multi-tasking heads-up display, and six beverage cup holders.”

Overview: 007 prevents femme fatale Elektra King and the unfeeling terrorist Renard from destroying Istanbul and cornering the Azerbaijani oil market. The venerable Q makes his final appearance.

What does Bond drink?

• In M’s office (after Bond has returned Robert King’s money), she asks 007 “Care for a drink?” She pours him a glass of an undetermined whiskey (possibly bourbon or Canadian) from a bottle on her desk. (A bottle of Tanqueray gin is also visible.) Bond adds several ice cubes to the drink from a silver ice bucket on M’s desk. As he raises the glass to drink, Bond notices that something in the drink and on his fingers is fizzing. Realizing what’s wrong, 007 runs to stop King from going near the money. The explanation given later is that the money had been dipped in urea, creating a bomb. Some of the substance came off on Bond’s hands, and fizzed when it came in contact with the water from the ice. The urea in the money was set off by a transmitter planted in King’s lapel pin.
• At L’or Noir (Black Gold), Valentin Zukovsky’s casino in Baku, Bond walks up to the bar and demands to see the Russian. When one of Zukovsky’s henchmen tells him that’s impossible, Bond clamly orders a “Vodka martini, shaken, not stirred,” and then proceeds to disarm the henchman, pinning hiim to the bar with his own knife. Bond then takes his drink from the bartender and downs it in two gulps. Mr. Bullion appears, saying Zukovsky will see Bond.
• When 007 first enters Zukovsky’s office, the Russian warmly greets his old nemesis, saying “Bond, James Bond!” Later, when Bond mentions Renard, Zukovsky says “I think you and I better have a drink.” The two move to Zukovsky’s private bar, where they drink vodka from medium-sized glasses as they talk. When Bond knocks back his first drink, Zukovsky pours him another from a bottle of Smirnoff Black Label (after refilling his own glass). Bond downs the second drink before returning to the casino to keep an eye on Elektra.
• When Bond is in bed with Elektra at her villa, there is a bottle of Bollinger champagne in a silver ice bucket by the bed. A champagne glass can be seen on the nightstand by Bond’s head. Elektra uses pieces of the ice to tease Bond. Later, the empty bottle is seen lying on the floor, the bucket tipped over, and ice scattered about.
• When Christmas Jones and Bond celebrate Christmas in Turkey, they are holding glasses of champagne. They clink the glasses and both drink as fireworks go off in the background. (The film came out just a few weeks before the millennium celebration.)

It’s not just for happy hour anymore: As mentioned previously, Bond’s fizzing glass of whiskey tips him off to the imminent danger facing Robert King.

Other people’s drinks:

• During the speedboat chase on the Thames, Bond takes a shortcut across part of London. At one point he crashes his boat through a café, and as he jumps back into the river, knocks over a bottle of wine and two glasses sitting on a table.
• Both M and Robert King are having drinks when Bond comes into her office.
• When Elektra and Renard are in their room at the Widow’s Tower in Istanbul, there is a bottle of Bollinger in a silver ice bucket. Elektra uses ice from the bucket to soothe Renard’s hand after he punches it through a tile top table.
• When Captain Nikoli and his crew arrive in the Russian submarine, Renard offers him “Some brandy and refreshments for your men.” Unfortunately for the Russians, the brandy and fruit contain poison.

Memorable quotes:

Zukovsky: “It was you destroyed my factory! Then you drown my Rolls Royce, and now you try to drown me—in my own caviar! Let me out!”
Bond: “Too bad we don’t have any champagne.”
Christmas: “Or sour cream.”

Product placement: Two bottles of Smirnoff Blue are displayed prominently in Zukovsky’s private bar. Bottles of Bollinger champagne are also on hand during a number of scenes. According to published reports, the champagne is Grande Annee 1990, said to be the label’s most sought-after vintage. Bollinger, which touts itself as “The Champagne of James Bond” receives its usual plug during the closing credits.

By the book: The film’s title is the motto adopted by Bond in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.

Total: Five. One vodka martini, two shots of straight vodka, at least half a bottle of Bollinger, and an individual glass of Bollinger.