Where to watch Live and Let Die (1973)
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A British secret agent investigates the murders of several fellow agents, following clues from New York to New Orleans, the Caribbean, and Louisiana. His pursuit leads him into a dangerous criminal network involving heroin trafficking, tarot readings, voodoo traditions, and a powerful gangster.
Cast: Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Seymour, Clifton James, Julius Harris, Geoffrey Holder, David Hedison, Gloria Hendry, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Tommy Lane, Earl Jolly Brown
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Trivia & production notes
- Screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz pitched Live and Let Die as the next Bond adaptation specifically because he thought it would be bold to feature Black villains during a time when the Black Panthers and other racial movements were prominent.
- Director Guy Hamilton decided to showcase jazz funerals and New Orleans canals as key locations rather than Mardi Gras, since the previous Bond film Thunderball had already featured a similar carnival celebration.
- The producers discovered a crocodile farm in Jamaica owned by Ross Kananga, which inspired screenwriter Mankiewicz to name the villain after the farm's owner.
- Roger Moore was cast as Bond after producers insisted the role go to a British actor, overriding United Artists' preference for an American lead.
- Roger Moore was diagnosed with kidney stones during production, causing filming to halt while only the second unit could work.
- The speedboat jump over the Louisiana bayou unintentionally set a Guinness World Record by clearing 110 feet, with the impact creating waves that capsized the following boat.
- Desmond Llewelyn was written out of the television series Follyfoot to appear in Live and Let Die, but producers ultimately decided against including the character Q, believing too much emphasis was being placed on gadgets in the Bond films.
- The escape sequence using a double-decker bus required a modified London bus that had its top deck removed and remounted on rollers so it would slide off on impact with a low bridge.
- Stunt performer Ross Kananga was asked to perform the crocodile jump stunt, which took five attempts to complete and resulted in a crocodile tearing his trousers during one take.
- Salvador Dalí was approached to design a Surrealist tarot deck for the film in 1973, but his fees were beyond the production's budget, leading designer Fergus Hall to create the deck instead.
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