"Roger Moo7re is James Bond"
Directed by Guy Hamilton
Produced by Harry Saltzman, Albert R. Broccoli
Screenplay by Tom Mankiewicz
Based on "Live and Let Die" by Ian Fleming
Starring: Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Seymour
Music by George Martin
Cinematography: Ted Moore
Edited by Bert Bates, Raymond Poulton, John Shirley
Production company: Eon Productions
Distributed by United Artists
Release date: 27 June 1973 (United States)
Running time: 121 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: $7 million
Box office: $161.8 million
"Live and Let Die" is an action adventure thriller film directed by Guy Hamilton and written by Tom Mankiewicz, based on "Live and Let Die" by Ian Fleming. It's the eighth installment of the "James Bond" film series which follows Secret Agent James Bond who is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate armed with a complex organization and a reliable psychic tarot card reader.
Cast
- Roger Moore as James Bond
- Yaphet Kotto as Dr. Kananga and Mr. Big
- Jane Seymour as Solitaire
- Julius Harris as Tee Hee Johnson
- David Hedison as Felix Leiter
- Gloria Hendry as Rosie Carver
- Clifton James as Sheriff J.W. Pepper
- Geoffrey Holder as Baron Samedi
- Bernard Lee as M
- Roy Stewart as Quarrel Jr.
- Earl Jolly Brown as Whisper
- Tommy Lane as Adam
- Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny
- Madeline Smith as Miss Caruso
Probably I'm wrong but Roger Moore doesn't seem like James Bond - too phlegmatic. Where's charisma? Where's passion? The picture turned out tedious, to my mind.
Advantages
- Bernard Lee as M
- Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny
- Music
Disadvantages
- Too pretentious
- Some scenes are overacted
- Funny special effects
"Strangenesses"
- Seems like James Bond is absolutely immortal
Clue Moments
- Mr. Big
- Fillet of Soul
- "The Lovers"
- Solitaire
Soundtracks
- Paul McCartney/Wings - Live and Let Die (Main Title)
- Harold Dejan/Olympia Brass Band - Just a Closer Walk With Thee/New Second Line
- George Martin - Bond Meets Solitaire
- George Martin - Whisper Who Dares
- George Martin - Snakes Alive
- George Martin - Baron Samedi's Dance of Death
- George Martin - San Monique
- B.J. Arnau/George Martin - Fillet of Soul - New Orleans/Live and Let Die/Fillet of Soul - Harlem
- George Martin - Bond Drops In
- George Martin - If He Finds It, Kill Him
- George Martin - Trespassers Will Be Eaten
- George Martin - Solitaire Gets Her Cards
- George Martin - Sacrifice
- George Martin - James Bond Theme
- George Martin - Gunbarrel/Snakebit
- George Martin - Bond to New York
- George Martin - San Monique [Alternate Take]
- George Martin - Bond and Rosie
- George Martin - The Lovers
- George Martin - New Orleans
- George Martin - Boat Chase
- George Martin - Underground Lair
Quotations
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Solitaire: [Kananga has just died from the gas pellet shoved in his mouth] Where's Kananga?James Bond: He always did have an inflated opinion of himself.
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Quarrel: My regards to Baron Samedi, man, right between the eyes.
* * *
Rosie Carver: There's a...James Bond: Oh, a snake. I forgot, I should have told you. You should never go in there without a mongoose.
* * *
Solitaire: The cards have followed you for me.
* * *
Mr. Big: What shall we drink to, Mr. Bond?James Bond: [as the overweight Whisper approaches with drinks] Well, how about an earthquake?
* * *
Sheriff J.W. Pepper: Did you ever think of getting a driver's licence, boy?
* * *
James Bond: Same time tomorrow, Mrs. Bell?
* * *
Solitaire: Now what are you doing?James Bond: Just being disarming, darling.
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You may see the trailer here.
Plot: 7/10
Entertainment: 7/10
Acting: 6/10
Originality: 6/10
Music and Sound: 7/10
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