pappano 's essential ring cycle is a british television documentary first aired on bbc four in 2013 presented by the italian conductor antonio pappano about the german composer richard wagner and his tetralogical opera the ring cycle , also called by the formal title of ring of the niebelung .

in 90 minutes he covers all 4 operas consisting of wagner 's ring cycle with scenes taken from his productions of the operas .

included in the programme are interviews with opera singers , notably john tomlinson who has sung the principal character wotan numerous times .

under pappano he has sung the götterdämmerung antagonist , hagen .

pappano visits bayreuth and the palace of wagner 's patron ludwig ii of bavaria during the documentary .

pappano explains how wagner did not approve of the word opera to describe his compositions .

instead he favoured the term musical drama , which he considered to be an all inclusive term for his role of controlling every aspect of the production .

pappano relates how wagner would stand on the stage , directing the singers , including singing all the roles , male and female to them ; as means to direct them in interpreting roles .

wagner would also show stage choreography to the cast by performing stage fighting and demonstrating how to climb mountains .

when scenes required some skill in mountaineering to scale scenography of a mountain .

also noteworthy within the programme is pappano filming the interior of ludwig ii 's palace revealing the neo-gothic and richly coloured interior design alongside panoramic paintings of scenes from wagner 's ring cycle .

the palace of richard wagner 's patron is usually ignored in documentaries in favour if focusing exclusively on the bayreuth opera house .

pappano returned to conducting the ring for the royal opera house , london in october 2012 .

pappano ' s essential ring cycle

pappano ' s essential ring cycle <EOT> highlights include pappano ' s essential ring cycle on bbc four and eugene onegin , written on skin and nabucco on radio 3 .

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it is 200 years since the birth of richard wagner and in honour of this antonio pappano , music director at the royal opera house , presents his own guide to the vast ring cycle .

celebrating the bicentenary of richard wagner’s birth , sir antonio pappano presents a 60 - minute documentary which seeks to unravel the genius of wagner’s ring cycle , one of the towering achievements of opera and a work which has challenged producers , conductors and performers alike , since its inception .

the most epic of all operas , wagner ' s ring , provided a musical feast for sameer rahim .

through interviews with performers , including bass - baritone bryn terfel , soprano susan bullock and bass sir john tomlinson , and exclusive behind - the - scenes footage of royal opera house rehearsals , pappano shows us the story of wagner’s ring as told by the performers .

what’s really fascinating about the ring , though , is that the wonderful music is allied to the drama . apologies to any serious wagnerians ( i know you’re out there and willing to pounce ! ) but this is a first - timer’s very rough approximation of what the ring is about .

( part 1 ) a unique distillation of wagner’s epic ring cycle , bringing the true wagner experience , including his “ideal orchestra” , original instruments , and rich story and characters to the concert hall for all audiences to experience . part one includes das rheingold and die walküre .

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more : urltoken brief clip taken from the bbc documentary " pappanos essential ring " ( 2013 ) wherein it is asserted with confidence that wagner ' s drama is filled to the brim with antisemitic charactertures . however , despite what is said here the case is far from proven . reproduced for educational purposes only and in the interest of educational debate and critique see : urltoken

to celebrate the bicentenary of wagner ' s birth , sir antonio pappano , the charismatic music director of the royal opera house , guides us through the epic composition which changed opera and the theatre for ever - the ring of the nibelungen . pappano shares his insights into wagner ' s music and the mythical world the composer created , visiting the extraordinary theatre at bayreuth which was created for its performance . he also explores the life of richard wagner the man - the political , cultural and social forces that influenced him - and shows how the composer ' s personal convictions and experiences can be seen within the ring cycle . filmed in germany and it features expert comment from artists who took part in the recent production of the ring at the royal opera house directed by keith warner , including bryn terfel , sir john tomlinson , susan bullock and sarah connolly . duration : 1 hour , 30 minutes

this is a very well done introduction to the ring cycle by conductor and narrator here antonio pappano . in an hour and a half , he explains the whole story with excerpts from a production by the royal opera with bryn terfel as wotan . the singing is fine , but the production is awful ! ugly costumes and bizarre sets ! a better production to highlight the cycle would have been preferred . another case of eurotrash ! i am still giving this disc 5 stars , although i should remove one star for the production value .

* on october 16 radio 3 will broadcast das rheingold live from the royal opera house . the rest of the cycle will follow later this week .

i wanted to see stefan herheim’s new glyndebourne staging of pelléas et mélisande in part out of perverse curiosity . what would happen when opera’s most hy . . .

tha mf has become a nest . she ' s becoming the holy mother .

r . strauss’s der rosenkavalier , theatro municipal de são paulo , 23 . 06 . 2018

john tomlinson as hagen in wagner ' s götterdämmerung at the royal opera house , covent garden .

wagner wrote : “the course of the drama thus shows the necessity of accepting and giving way to the changeableness , the diversity , the multiplicity , the eternal newness of reality and of life . ” this is most true of the music . though it’s not that hard to recognise the themes that mark the main objects – gold , ring , spear – they undergo subtle transformation as the series progresses . at the theatre i got chatting to one experienced ring - watcher ( this was his 11th ! ) who claimed that for him the cycle really got going in act three of siegfried – composed years after the previous act – when the musical motifs flow into one another with beguiling fluidity .

* der ring des nibelungen is at the royal opera house , london wc2 ( 020 7304 4000 ; roh . org . uk ) from sept 24 to nov 2 .

three forces animate the ring . firstly there is unlimited power exemplified by the ring forged from the gold stolen by the nibelung dwarf alberich from the taunting rhinemaidens . he uses this to enslave his brother mime ( one of my favourite characters , played with vituperative energy here by gerhard siegel ) and the other dwarves . the second force is that of contractual obligation represented by wotan’s spear , which he made from an ancient ash tree and on which are carved legal symbols .

what follows is a list of full ring cycles in 2018 . as always details may change , or we may have made an error . please check with each . . .

last week i spent seven days immersed in wagner - land watching keith warner’s production at covent garden . while cooking the dinner or putting out the washing , i wasn’t able to stop wotan’s stately but sad valhalla motif or siegfried’s horn music running round my head . “rhinegold ! rhinegold ! ” i heard the maidens sing while walking past a canal and the valkyries hojotoho - ing on the bus . such was the music’s grip i found it hard to sleep ; at one point it was sending me a bit mad .

lets hope it is a little less " one - sided " and " idiosyncratic " than the last bbc radio 3 wagner documentary . but given that we hear pappano is something of a wagner " fan " , and that he certainly has the background to have a clear understanding of wagner and his work , we have much hope .

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i wasn’t exactly in love with warner’s production . rheingold was a bit cluttered and the blocking too busy ; turning alberich into a necrophilia - obsessed dr mengele also seemed pointless ; and the symbols – chess board , hour - glass – were clichéd . i did , however , like the crashed plane in siegfried ( wotan literally brought down to earth ) . the tarnhelm as a monochrome rubik cube was baffling at first but worked well as the same design for gunther’s house in götterdämmerung – that place of spooky malleability . among the singers i liked bryn terfel’s brooding wotan – a bit tony soprano – and john tomlinson as hunding / hagen , a clever bit of doubling . right at the end the conductor sir antonio pappano and the whole orchestra came on stage for the curtain call : they got the deserved standing ovation .

although richard strauss’s der rosenkavalier had already been performed in são paulo before , first by a visiting german theatre on tour in 1959 and 10 year . . .

filmed in london , bayreuth , bavaria and switzerland , pappano presents a unique insight into the story of this masterpiece from the people who perform it . in particular , he shares his insights into the extraordinary theatre at bayreuth , exploring what it shows us about the theatrical world wagner wanted to create . with expert comment from artists who appeared in the recent royal opera house production of the ring , including bryn terfel , susan bullock and sir john tomlinson , the programme includes rehearsal footage from each of the four operas and performance from the 2005 - 7 production staged by keith warner .

contrary to the enthusiastic reception at the time , i left the 2017 installation at london’s victoria & albert museum titled “opera : passion , power and pol . . .

the ring and the spear : two symbols , one feminine , one masculine , both crafted from nature . one is associated with the dwarf alberich and one with the god wotan . seeming opposites they are linked by the third force , one that gradually takes over the ring and the one alberich has to reject to gain the gold : love . love creates an un - coercive bond between people that goes beyond mere obligation . sieglinde from the second opera in the cycle , die walkure , for example , is stuck in a loveless marriage to hunding , which she rebels against by running off with siegmund . you can hardly blame her , especially when in this production hunding ( played by a superb john tomlinson ) keeps her in a jane eyre - style red room .

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the world of wagner criticism is a strange place . at the periphery of the media , and the internet , it ' s an even stranger place . indeed . . .

george benjamin ' s latest opera is like a dark crystal that harbours many colours . it was composed with the intended singers in mind and it shows . barbara h . . .

i began this blog a year ago with the aim of resolving the dissonance between my love of wagner’s music with his reputation as a monster . i started the pro . . .

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love , though , is both a delirious and destabilising force . as wotan’s wife fricka ( a powerful sarah connolly ) points out you can’t have people just breaking their marriage vows at will . that the lovers are the bastard twins of her cheating husband doesn’t exactly endear them to her either . we’re reminded that the whole reason wotan stole the ring from alberich in das rheingold is because he needed it to pay the giants for valhalla – the gilded cage fricka wanted to prevent her husband breaking his marriage vows .

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what some people regard as the greatest opera ever written begins with a building contract gone wrong . that might seem a prosaic way of putting it but despite its grand scale wagner’s ring of the nibelung – which comprises three long operas and a shorter prelude , and which the composer gestated for 23 years before it was performed in 1876 – portrays a familiar human conflict between obligation and desire . when the god wotan tries to wriggle out of paying the giants who have built his castle valhalla , a chain of events leads to the eventual destruction of the gods . through the 15 hours of mesmerising music and argument wagner explores the obligations we have to one other , and our secret desire to throw off those obligations – even at the cost of our world collapsing .

the genius isn’t in the text , though , but in the music . take one example . the valkyrie brünnhilde is wotan’s daughter and servant . under pressure from his wife , he orders her not to help siegmund in his battle with hunding , but she disobeys him . “this love in my heart which bound me to the walsung [ ie siegmund ] made me flout your command , ” she sings alongside a ravishing motif . in punishment he ties her to a rock surrounded by protective fire . “he who fears my spear - point shall never pass through this fire , ” he sings with authoritative anger . yet under his voice the delicate magic fire music lulls his daughter to sleep – thus betraying his real sadness . he has stripped brünnhilde of her godlike status and for the rest of the cycle the attention shifts to the human world . wotan now appears only as “the wanderer” , his power muted yet far more sympathetic that the selfish god of das rheingold .

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if all this sounds like a dry legal dispute it is far from that . drawing on the tragic conflicts in greek tragedy ( think aeschylus’ oresteia ) , wagner also has conflicted characters with irregular passions that remind you of shakespeare ( especially king lear . )

take the sinister theme associated with the tarnhelm – the magic helmet that allows its wearer to transform into anything . in rheingold , rather comically , the dwarf alberich uses it to transform into a dragon and a toad . by götterdämmerung , though , the same theme is heard when siegfried enters the house of gunter and becomes a stranger to himself . the theme itself has been transformed to mark an emotional metamarphosis . dozens of other example have been explored by musicologists such as deryck cooke , whose lecture on the rings motifs is well worth downloading .

in pictures - the story of love and romance : from adam and eve to tinder and chemsex . compiled by martin chilton

wagner was born in the same year as giuseppe verdi , and these titans of music were both writing opera but in different countries and in very different ways . this may , bbc four celebrates their contribution to opera with these two documentaries and additional programming on bbc radio 3 as part of verdi 200 and wagner 200 on the bbc .

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new and recent releases of interest . — haydn , piano sonatas nos . 49 , 50 , 32 , 40 ; paul lewis ( harmonia mundi ) — bernstein , a quiet place , adapted by garth e . . .

i call myself princess is a new “play with opera music” written by métis playwright and actor jani lauzon which will première at the aki studio in toronto . . .

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i feel a bit guilty not to have published a blog post since february . of course , much time is being taken up by my book . the sort of research findings i us . . .

[ image : image result for helena dunicz niwiå„ska ] helena dunicz - niwińska in 1964 ( photo : pwm ) i ' m saddened to hear of the passing of helena dunicz - niwińska , . . .

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as some of you may have noticed this blog has been inactive the last couple of years . when i started this blog i worked in denmark , but in 2011 , after i be . . .

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please join us for " exquisite love duets and solos by richard wagner , " on friday , may 21 , 2010 , at pickman hall , longy school of music , cambridge , massachu . . .

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licence to kill ( 1989 ) is the sixteenth spy film in the james bond film series by eon productions , and the first one not to use the title of an ian fleming story .

it is the fifth and final consecutive bond film to be directed by john glen .

it also marks timothy dalton 's second and final performance in the role of james bond .

the story has elements of two ian fleming short stories and a novel , interwoven with aspects from japanese rōnin tales .

the film sees bond being suspended from mi6 as he pursues drugs lord franz sanchez , who has ordered an attack against his cia friend felix leiter and a rape and murder on felix 's wife during their honeymoon .

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the film earned over $ 156 million worldwide , and enjoyed a generally positive critical reception , with ample praise for the stunts , but attracted some criticism of dalton 's dark and violent interpretation of bond and the fact that the film was significantly darker and more violent than its predecessors .

after the release of licence to kill , legal wrangling over control of the series and the james bond character resulted in a six-year-long delay in production of the next bond film which resulted in dalton deciding not to return .

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licence to kill <EOT> ( 1999 ) . inside licence to kill [ dvd ] . licence to kill : ultimate edition : mgm .

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licence to kill ranks as one of the best of the 16 bond films , thanks to dalton ' s athletic , tough and deadly new 007 .

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mi6 caught up with david hedison , the only actor to appear twice as james bond ' s cia ally felix leiter in " live and let die " and " licence to kill " . . .

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with the headline : review / film ; dalton as a brooding bond in ' license to kill ' .

if ever a bond film showed up the differences between a hardcore fan ' s impression of what makes a bond movie , and the casual fan , " licence to kill " is it . a gritty , hard - bitten thriller , with bond operating against the wishes of his superiors , avenging the attempted murder of his friend felix leiter , and the actual murder of felix ' s new bride . " licence to kill " treads a dangerous line between action fantasy , action reality and contemporary drama . much has been made of the public ' s indifference to dalton as bond , with " licence to kill " often cited as evidence for the case against him . in fairness it ' s easily dalton ' s best performance ( of his two ) and " licence to kill " stands as one of the best of the series .

some of 007 ' s earlier adventures fail to hold up , but in a post - ' taken ' world , ' licence to kill ' certainly aged well and is a under - appreciated gem in the bond catalog .

on an outline that wilson was to develop into a script on his own , titled at that time licence revoked .

chiwenga then indicated to deme that the vehicle had no radio licence disk and demanded a spot fine of $ 100 .

licence to kill is a series highpoint . possibly even the highest point , once you accept the sacred cows of from russia with love and goldfinger weigh too heavy with legend to be properly measured . as psychologically - driven as any craig – but without the craig - era jump - and - waving , ‘look ! i’m psychologically driven ! respect me ! ' – licence to kill ditches the map and strikes deep into uncharted terrain .

bond has lost his licence to kill . after he took revenge on the cia agent who handed his friend over to the master criminal , sanchez , m revoked his double 0 status and he ' s considered a rogue agent .

new avenue : after eight inactive years , the government can legally cancel shenhua ' s exploration licence .

licence to kill may see bond going it alone from mi6 , but its transfer keeps the british end up with an avc encode that delivers a crisp , detailed and beautifully coloured 2 . 35 : 1 image .

the theme tune to 007 , licence to kill , performed by gladys knight . for entertainment purposes only , i do not claim ownership or rights of this production . copyright is held by its respective owners , including emi and mgm .

our stateside friends , it seems , can go a lot further along the tightrope of potential entrapment than what would be considered ‘proper’ for british officers , and equally a licence to kill appears to have more room for interpretation overseas too .

turn in your badge / rogue agent : the premise of the film is bond resigning his license to kill to go after sanchez .

licence to kill was adapted as a graphic novel by writer - artist mike grell , who would go on to write several original james bond comic books . the adaptation was published in both hardcover and paperback editions by eclipse comics in 1989 .

we might call licence to kill james bond vs . scarface . at one point in the film sanchez tells a business partner “it’s not personal , it’s business . ” this echoes the mantra of both scarface and the untouchables .

how did you get hired to reprise the role for " licence to kill " ? several years later i was having dinner with my wife at the bistro gardens in beverly hills . cubby broccoli and his lovely wife , dana , were also there and i waved hello to them . as they were leaving , they by our table to say hello . that was it . several weeks later i was called in for a meeting with director john glen , from which i cast in " licence to kill . "

shenhua has made a last ditch attempt to avoid the kill date , applying for an exemption to the condition , which the government is considering .

licence to kill was also adapted as a forty - four page , colour graphic novel , by writer and artist mike grell ( also author of original - story bond comic books ) , published by eclipse comics and acme press in hardcover and trade editions in 1989 . the adaptation closely follows the film story , although the ending is briefer , and james bond is not drawn to resemble timothy dalton after dalton refused to allow his likeness to be licensed . domark also published a video game adaptation , 007 : licence to kill , to various personal computers .

licence to kill has a mixture of all the essential bond attributes . dalton is an action man and a more sensitive and moody bond in this film . shame he turned down the chance to do goldeneye , that would have made him a mega star .

rewarded as a traitor deserves : averted ; krest wants to kill killifer , but sanchez insists on paying him as agreed .

1990 : heathers… daniel waters , new world ( winner ) crimes and misdemeanors… woody allen , orion licence to kill… richard maibaum & michael g . wilson , united artists sea of love… richard price , universal true believer… wesley strick , columbia

with dalton straightening out bond for the second time , licence to kill continues the salvage operation begun in the living daylights and rescues a series that was in danger of shooting itself in the foot . with a walther ppk , of course .

sanchez : when you ' re up to your ankles , you ' re going to beg to tell me everything . when you ' re up to your knees , you ' ll kiss my ass to kill you !

the project was originally titled " licence revoked " , and teaser artwork was produced with this title . among the reasons for changing the title was to avoid confusion with the 1981 james bond novel , " licence renewed " , written by john gardner ( who ended up writing a novel based on this film as well ) . licence renewed means the opposite of licence revoked . another reason for the change was that " license revoked " denotes losing one ' s driving privileges in the u . s . taglines for " licence revoked " included " you ' re looking at the world ' s most wanted man " and " dismissed . disgraced . dishonored . deadly . " in the movie , when m says to james bond , " your licence to kill is revoked " , both titles are referenced at the same time . after a minor controversy as to whether the british or american spelling ( " licence " or " license " ) would be used in the title , the british spelling won out .

“if you’ve already paid for sky , why do you have to pay for a licence ? they keep harassing me on the phone , telling me to pay . ”

as post - production got under way , the publicity department set about creating the promotional posters for the film , all emblazoned with the title licence revoked . before long , however , the title had changed to the now more familiar licence to kill . the official line was that licence revoked was proving too hard to translate for non - english speaking territories , but it later emerged that test screenings in the states had left audiences puzzled - few of them , it is said , understood what the word " revoked " actually meant .

lyrically speaking , we ' ll admit it ' s a bit by - the - numbers , but ' licence to kill ' is elevated by gladys knight absolutely nailing the vocals without even breaking a sweat and stomping all over her more anaemic challengers .

licence to kill is the theme song of the bond film of the same name . it was written by narada michael walden , jeffrey cohen , and walter afanasieff . the song was performed by the legendary " empress of soul " , gladys knight .

in " licence to kill " , felix has a very brutal and realistic encounter with a shark . were those scenes tough to shoot ? yes . it was really gory stuff . a great deal was finally edited out . too much i imagine for a james bond flick .

resignations not accepted : as m stated , " we are not a country club , 007 ! " . m could not fire bond or allow him to resign - only revoke his licence to kill . this invokes a bit of fridge horror while you really think about it .

" licence to kill " also offers to the audience a situation that is familiar to literary bond fans , but overwhelmingly disliked by non - book - movie - only bond fans as james bond pushes his luck to the maximum to get out of trouble . indeed , " licence to kill " offers a sequence reminiscent to a scene in the casino royale novel ( 1953 ) where bond is captured by villain le chiffre and about to be killed only to survive as le chiffre ' s organization smersh decides to send a termination squadron to assassinate their traitor agent le chiffre and thus enabling bond to survive . the scenario delivered in " licence to kill " has james bond set up to kill sanchez using his signature sniper rifle , provided by q , and about to squeeze the trigger when attacked by chinese agents working for kwang ( cary - hiroyuki tagawa ) , undercover as a chinese businessman visiting sanchez to do business with him bringing cocaine back to china . however , sanchez ' chief of security heller ( don stroud ) followed and attacked the chinese agents and finds bond unconscious and tied down to a table . heller and sanchez conclude that bond was trying to eliminate the chinese agents to protect sanchez as moments earlier , bond had introduced himself to sanchez as a rogue " problem solver " looking for work .

almost 200 , 000 people were prosecuted last year for failing to buy a television licence . should those who can’t afford to pay their bills be criminalised in this way ?

marked the last filmed appearance of felix leiter until casino royale ( 2006 ) . david hedison remains the only actor to play felix leiter opposite two different bonds , timothy dalton in licence to kill ( 1989 ) , and sir roger moore in live and let die ( 1973 ) .

when bond refuses to leave the leiter matter to the americans , m tells bond that his " licence to kill is revoked " . however , it must be said that the film ' s title is not particularly appropriate when compared with its original title ( see the " anything else ? " section ) .

the initial outline of what would become licence to kill was drawn up by wilson and maibaum . before the pair could develop the script , the writers guild of america ( wga ) went on strike and maibaum was unable to continue writing , leaving wilson to work on the script on his own . although both the main plot and title of licence to kill owe nothing to any of the fleming novels , there are elements from the books that are used in the storyline , including a number of aspects of the short story " the hildebrand rarity " , such as the character milton krest . the novel live and let die provided the material surrounding felix leiter ' s mauling by a shark , whilst the film version of the book provided the close similarity between the main villain , mr . big , and licence to kill ' s main villain sanchez . the screenplay was not ready by the time casting had begun , with carey lowell being auditioned with lines from a view to a kill .

m : " this private vendetta of yours could easily compromise her majesty ' s government . you have an assignment , and i expect you to carry it out objectively and professionally ! " james bond : " then you have my resignation , sir ! " m : " we ' re not a country club , 007 ! effective immediately , your licence to kill is revoked , and i require you to hand over your weapon . now . i need hardly remind you that you ' re still bound by the official secrets act . " ―m strips james bond of his licence to kill .

it probably shouldn ' t have come as too much of a surprise that kill ifer ends up dead early on .

i am not particularly a fan of " licence to kill " , but i certainly don ' t hate it . it isn ' t dull like certain bonds , and it isn ' t poorly made , or lazily put together . the problem with " licence to kill " is that it dares to be different , and by stepping outside the usual routine , we lose site , however briefly , of bond ' s cinematic values , history and legacy . however , we do need films like this , because it shows that cubby was never taking his eye off the ball .

there are very few low points in " licence to kill " . digging deep to find them , the character joe butcher ( wayne newton ) was rather silly and the score by michael kamen is easily one of the very worst of the series . gladys knight ' s theme song was however quite acceptable .

production notes - licence to kill with the living daylights still on general release and doing less well than anyone might have hoped , eon set about preparing the next bond adventure . licence to kill was going to break with the bond tradition in a number of ways . first of all it was the first eon bond film not to take at least part of its title from a fleming original - the only fleming titles still unused were the short stories quantum of solace , risico and the hildebrand rarity [ all 1960 ] and the property of a lady [ 1963 ] , none of which were then deemed suitably cinematic .

the movie title and the alternate title is said by m when bond is handing in his resignation : " your license to kill is revoked . "

della churchill was the fictional fiancée and wife of drug enforcement administration ( dea ) agent , felix leiter . she appeared in the 1989 james bond film licence to kill and was played by actress priscilla barnes . the character is subsequently re - imagined in the 2012 video game 007 legends .

loti is a fictional hong kong narcotics agency operative tasked with infiltrating drug lord franz sanchez ' s operations in isthmus . the character appears in the 1989 james bond film licence to kill , portrayed by actress diana lee hsu , and was also featured in john gardner ' s accompanying novelization .

" license to kill " is a very good bond film . i would rank it highly amongst the other bond films . i am a fleming adorer . i prefer bond to be what flemming wrote , not what broccoli or saltzman changed him in to . dalton came close to living up to that in " the living dalights " . he is bond , completely ruthless , violent , but charming , and a womaniser . that is how i like my bond served , as it were , and it ultimately helps " licence to kill " to stick out from the crowd .

private revenge ( italy ) , the cancelled licence ( japan ) , personnel revenge ( greece ) , time for revenge ( sweden ) .

every once in a while , [ the bond series ] pulls in its stomach , pops the gun from its cummerbund , arches its eyebrow and gets off another bull ' s - eye . the newest , licence to kill , is probably one of the five or six best of bond .

the screenplay was not ready by the time casting had begun , with carey lowell being auditioned with lines from a view to a kill ( 1985 ) .

apart from a spin - off video game , 007 : licence to kill ( 1989 ) , the film ' s title lent its name to a card game in 1967 . produced by golden wonder , the packaging boasted the tagline : " an exciting new james bond game " . there are fifty - two playing cards , which include four " licence to kill " cards , forty - eight " enemy agent " cards , and twelve " assignment cards " . the cover of the manual for the card game read : " o . h . m . s . - top secret - oo agents only " .

the scene where bond resigns from the mi6 was shot at ernest hemingway ' s house in key west . that ' s why when m ( robert brown ) informs 007 that his licence to kill is revoked , he replies , " i guess this is a farewell to arms , " a nod to one of hemingway ' s most famous novels .

fan reviews - " licence to kill " fan reviews of the james bond films can be submitted to mi6 via the contribute page , or on the reviews board of the " keeping the british end up " discussion forums . the views expressed on this page are those of the individual and not mi6 - hq . com .

zorin checks bond ' s identity with facial recognition technology which confirms he is james bond 007 , licenced to kill . this adds to the ever growing list of people who seem to know the personnel of mi6 .

theme song : the only bond theme to go no . 1 on the billboard hot 100 , duran duran’s “a view to a kill” is a glammy , delirious piece of ’80s cheese .

norman wilner of msn considered licence to kill the second worst bond film , above only a view to a kill , but defended dalton , saying he " got a raw deal . the actor who could have been the definitive 007 . . . had the bad luck to inherit the role just as the series was at its weakest , struggling to cope with its general creative decline and the end of the cold war " . in october 2008 time out re - issued a review of licence to kill and also thought that dalton was unfortunate , saying " one has to feel for dalton , who was never given a fair shake by either of the films in which he appeared " . on a more positive note , chuck o ' leary of fantastica daily remarked that it was a rare entry in the bond series where the danger seems real .

audiences in the 1980 ' s were still expecting moore bond , and whilst " the living daylights " veered away from that , it still featured some of that wit . " licence to kill " goes very far away from that , and audiences just didn ' t want it , leading to its failure , along with other things . interestingly , if the film had been released now , audiences would have been more used to more similar realistic films , and it would have been more successful . " licence to kill ' s " downfall was that it was too ahead of its time . is it so far away from the recent craig films ? no .

despite eon ' s best efforts to endear the film to the american market by setting it on their doorstep and filling the supporting cast with american actors , licence to kill came of worst in the summer box office battle . with admissions dropping to 11 . 7 million , the all - important stateside gross of $ 34 , 667 , 015 didn ' t even manage to cover the negative costs of $ 35 million .

david hedison returned to the series to reprise the role of cia agent turned dea agent felix leiter . hedison had played the role once before , opposite roger moore in live and let die and became the first actor to play the character more than once . other familiar faces returning to the series were robert brown as m and caroline bliss as moneypenny , licence to kill marking the swan song in the series for both actors .

007 : licence to kill is a top down action video - game based on the james bond film of the same name , developed by quixel and published by domark in 1989 . it was originally released for dos and then ported to the amiga , amstrad cpc , atari st , bbc micro , commodore 64 , msx and zx spectrum .

film ratings organisations had objections to the excessive and realistic violence , with both the motion picture association of america and the british board of film classification requesting content adaptations , with the bbfc in particular demanding the cut of 36 seconds of film . the 2006 ultimate edition dvd of licence to kill marked the first release of the film without cuts .

as part of the collection " james bond : ultimate edition " . the films moonraker ( 1979 ) , for your eyes only ( 1981 ) , octopussy ( 1983 ) , a view to a kill ( 1985 ) , the living daylights ( 1987 ) , licence to kill ( 1989 ) , goldeneye ( 1995 ) , tomorrow never dies ( 1997 ) , the world is not enough ( 1999 ) and die another day ( 2002 ) were also included in the nomination .

the bond girl : roberts’s bland geologist pales next to the snarling , statuesque jones , who can kill with a camptastic glare as much as a poisoned fishing rod .

unfortunately , the 1980 ' s also gave birth to other action / thriller film series , indiana jones , die hard , beverly hills cop etc . and box office wise , bond just couldn ' t keep up , with " licence to kill " having the lowest worldwide take . but it must be mentioned that only in north america did " licence to kill " make it ' s money , as on his home turf in the uk , bond still had it , with audience . yes , at the time dalton had his critics , but also his champions . but in recent years , there has been a slow albeit steady rise in the latter .

the opening chords to this movie ' s theme is similar to the one to goldfinger .

" when you ' re up to your ankles , you ' re gonna beg to tell me everything . when it gets up to your knees , you ' ll kiss my ass to kill you ! " thus snarls sanchez as he prepares to feed bond into a giant drug shredder .

now looking back on it , " licence to kill " is almost unlike any other bond film we ' ve ever seen . borrowing elements from the fleming novel , live and let die and short story the hildebrand rarity , two of the darkest literacy installments , it is no wonder why the film adaptation reflects this .

sanchez ' s chilling words to an ill fated leiter couldn ' t be further from how you would describe the 16th bond adventure . daring , provocative and the highest certified film by the bbfc , " licence to kill " harkens back to the roots of the 007 character created 37 years previously by fleming as dalton injects a brilliant sense of humanity and a no - nonsense attitude to the british secret agent we ' ve come to love .

a southerton policewoman is being sued by a harare man for illegally impounding his vehicle and detaining it at southerton police station over an expired zbc radio licence .

a clause in the fine print of the shenhua liverpool plains coal mine contract means the government could cancel the company’s licence by the end of the week .

the cancellation clause says if the company has not commenced “substantial development” of a mine on the site within eight years , its exploration licence can be cancelled .

gladys knight belts the living daylights out of the theme to licence to kill , a song that sounds like the kind of tune your parents would have had sex to in the 1980s . it’s the early electronic production that kills an otherwise solid james bond song here . if they’d put away the casio keyboards and hired a full orchestra instead , this could have been one of the best .

1 a view to a kill not only the best bond theme but it is the bloody greatest song ever ! yes , you read that right . 2 the rest 3 another way to die another day

when bond hands reluctantly hands over his weapons and his license to kill to m , the impressive building they are standing in was once the home to writer ernest hemingway - thus making bond ' s quip about " a farewell to arms " all the more resonant .

that they were going to sell on the black market wasted on trying to kill bond , etc ) as the movie goes on . sanchez eventually gets enough during the final action sequence , and with a proper

braun is a fictional henchman and one of the sanchez cartel ' s three main henchmen alongside dario and perez ; serving as the silent muscle of the three . the character appears in the 1989 james bond film licence to kill , portrayed by actor guy de saint cyr , and was fleshed out in john gardner ' s accompanying novelization .

david robinson , writing in the times observed that licence to kill " will probably neither disappoint nor surprise the great , faithful audience " , but bemoaned the fact that " over the years the plots have become less ambitious " . robinson thought that dalton ' s bond " has more class " than the previous bonds and was " a warmer personality " . iain johnstone of the sunday times pointed out that " any vestiges of the gentleman spy . . . by ian fleming " have now gone , and in its place is a bond that is " remarkably close both in deed and action to the eponymous hero of the batman film " that was released at the same time as licence to kill .

after bond kills killifer using the same shark tank used for leiter , m meets bond in key west ' s hemingway house and orders him to an assignment in istanbul , turkey . bond resigns after turning down the assignment , but m suspends bond instead and revokes his licence to kill . bond becomes a rogue agent , although he later receives unauthorised assistance from q .

“between 1 december 2013 and 31 december 2013 you used a colour television receiver without a licence at this address . do you plead guilty or not guilty ? ”

licence to kill ( released in the united states as license to kill , but sold in the u . s . home video market with the british spelling ) is the sixteenth film in the james bond film series made by eon productions . released in the united kingdom on 13 june , 1989 , licence to kill is the fifth and last bond film to be directed by john glen , and the second and final film with timothy dalton portraying british secret service agent , commander james bond . it is also the final film to have robert brown as m and caroline bliss and miss moneypenny as well as the final film to have both the gunbarrel sequence and the main title sequence designed by maurice binder before his death in 1991 and the final film to be produced by albert r . broccoli , who was unavailable for 1995 ' s goldeneye due to his declining health . broccoli had been credited with producing every official james bond film since dr . no ( 1962 ) , with the exception of thunderball ( 1965 ) .

in entertainment , baz ashmawy is trying new ways to kill nancy in 50 ways to kill your mammy which is shortlisted alongside the unique musical talent that is the imelda may show , brendan o’connor’s cutting edge has cut its way into the shortlist and tv3’s flagship evening programme the seven o’clock show has earned its nod for its eclectic mix and style of entertainment .

deconstruction : bond going rogue had been hinted in previous films ( goldfinger , and most notably on her majesty ' s secret service ) , but never really explored until now . licence to kill really doesn ' t show this in a flattering light , considering the number of innocent people who end up dead because of bond ' s vendetta .

lest we think the brits are still playing cricket when it comes to all this , taylor was careful to hold them to account over the shoot - to - kill policy , voraciously denied by the government after three ira members were shot by the sas in gibraltar in 1988 .

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you were injured during shooting of the parachute landing sequence that appears in the pre - titles teaser of " licence to kill " . can you tell us a little about that shot with the crane , did it affect the production for you ? we had already completed the shot - - but the director thought we could improve on it . wrong !

one of the joys of licence to kill is the prominence of q . the grumpy gadget master effectively acts as bond ' s sidekick for the second half of the film . being in the field , q can ' t churn out the gadgets , although he provides bond with some plastic explosive in a toothpaste tube for a failed assassination of sanchez .

attend a reception to celebrate the release of lorre ' s ' what doesn ' t kill us makes us bitter ' at mixology101 & planet dailies on october 24 , 2012 . . .

a television licence costs £145 . 50 a year , but with people on benefits struggling to pay council tax and the bedroom tax , it ' s a charge many can ' t afford . photograph : alamy

thoughts deme applied at the harare civil court for the return of his driver ' s licence , car keys and goodies that were in his vehicle seized by a sergeant chiwenga .

a tv licensing spokesman says : “we do everything we can to help people buy a licence and provide many ways to pay , including small weekly cash payments . however , we do enforce the law against evaders on behalf of those who pay . in 2013 / 14 , licence fee evasion cost the bbc between £196m and £235m in lost revenue , so it’s important we minimise evasion to ensure as much money as possible goes towards bbc programmes and services . ”

" licence to kill " had started life as the more palatable licence revoked , but for reasons now shrouded in rumours and legend , it was replaced . and we now had a situation where the original title , - capturing the mood of the plot perfectly , was substituted with a title that meant the exact opposite ! the wilson / maibaum plot delved a little into ian fleming ' s output , but in general this was all new bond , chronicling the schemes of a south american drug baron as he ingeniously transports his merchandise around the world .

the horrific end to felix ' s marriage to della echoes bond ' s own tragic marriage to tracy .

as part of " bond 50 : the complete 22 film collection " . the films you only live twice ( 1967 ) , live and let die ( 1973 ) , moonraker ( 1979 ) , for your eyes only ( 1981 ) , octopussy ( 1983 ) , a view to a kill ( 1985 ) , the living daylights ( 1987 ) , licence to kill ( 1989 ) , goldeneye ( 1995 ) , tomorrow never dies ( 1997 ) , the world is not enough ( 1999 ) and quantum of solace ( 2008 ) were also included in the nomination .

whilst i love " licence to kill " , the portrayal of bond and the villain , sanchez , i do have some issues with the film . benicio del toro , as henchman dario , is criminally ignored in the film . he really doesn ' t have enough screen time . along with davi , toro is a brilliant henchman and i would have loved the relationship to be more explored within the film .

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in italy , the title was " vendetta privata " ( personal revenge or private revenge ) , not following the translation , because the first bond film ( dr . no ( 1962 ) ) was titled " licenza di uccidere " , the translation of this film ' s title . sweden had the same problem : dr . no had been " agent 007 med rätt att döda " ( agent 007 with a license to kill ) , so " tid för hämnd " ( time for revenge ) was used for this movie . other countries used personal revenge ( france ) ; the cancelled licence ( japan ) ; with a right to kill ( norway ) ; permission to kill ( brazil ) . finland , croatia , portugal , and spain simply translated the actual title .

i had a problem with some of the editing . bond appears to kick m in the stomach when he loses his " licence to kill " ( after 3 viewing i realised he didn ' t ! ) . later when bond is in krest ' s warehouse , we see leiter ' s button hole on the floor , but its difficult to be sure if bond also sees it ( he does , but it isn ' t absolutely clear ) .

in the action stakes " licence to kill " certainly doesn ' t skimp , but it ' s not up to the usual big budget standard . in its defence it does have a fabulous tanker truck chase climax . a wonderful sequence that ranks right up there with the best bond moments , it shows you bond as hero and victim . battered and bloodied come the end , it ' s very exciting and refreshing .

: bond delivers an epic one to m when the latter reprimands him for going against orders to avenge the leiters , and refuses to let bond continue with his effort . even with his fellow agents prepared to kill him should he resist , it doesn ' t faze him and he promptly makes a fast getaway .

commander james bond is a senior operational officer of the ' double - o ' ( ' 00 ' ) branch , an ultra - covert black ops unit within the british secret intelligence service ( mi6 ) . as an agent of mi6 , bond holds code number " 007 " . the ' double - o ' prefix indicates his discretionary licence to kill in the performance of his duties .

you cannot go to prison for non - payment of your licence fee , but you can be jailed for not paying a fine imposed as punishment for not paying for a licence , and in 2012 , 50 people were imprisoned , up from 30 in 2009 . of those , 49 were given a sentence of less than three months ; one person was given a sentence of somewhere between three and six months .

budgetary reasons caused licence to kill to be the first bond film shot completely outside the united kingdom , with locations in both florida and mexico . the film earned over $ 156 million worldwide , and enjoyed a generally positive critical reception , with ample praise for the stunts , but attracted some criticism of dalton ' s dark and violent interpretation of bond and the fact that the film was significantly darker and more violent than its predecessors .

in that respect " licence to kill " ultimately fails . it doesn ' t have die hard ' s tension , lethal weapon ' s humour or chemistry , or the big daft stupid fun of rambo or commando . what it does have , however , is a good plot , fine acting and john glen ' s best direction since he took on the mantle of helmer four films previously .

mission : licence to kill released : june 13 , 1989 bond : timothy dalton director : john glen budget : $ 42 million u . s . boxoffice : $ 34 . 6 million worldwide boxoffice : $ 156 . 2 million running time : 133 minutes univex rating : 005 villain : franz sanchez organization : self - employed scheme : selling cocaine henchmen : dario , heller , truman - lodge , milton krest girls : pam bouvier , lupe lamora allies : q , felix leiter , sharkey bond ' s kill count : 12 bond ' s conquest count : 2

[ sanchez is about to kill james ] franz sanchez : you could have had everything . james bond : don ' t you want to know why ? [ shows sanchez felix ' s lighter , then sets sanchez on fire ] see more »

the best - performing tracks up until now were duran duran’s a view to a kill – the title track from the 1985 film – and adele’s theme from skyfall , both of which peaked at number two .

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licence to kill has many virtues but sartorial elegance isn ' t one of them . most of bond ' s suits are drab , baggy and stuck in 1980s . in the casino scene bond sins by wearing a single - breasted dinner jacket with two buttons . multiple buttons on the front is for double - breasted dinner jackets only . also , the hairstyle here is a bit of a shocker .

if the waiting defendants are representative of the 5 % of households who do not pay their licence fees every year , then most are struggling financially and there appears to be a lot of confusion about what the fee is for and why it has to be paid .