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* CreatorBacklash: Creator/YaphetKotto [[http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2012/10/yaphet-kotto-kills-live-and-let-die.html stated that]] "There were so many problems with that script... I was too afraid of coming off like Mantan Moreland ... I had to dig deep in my soul and brain and come up with a level of reality that would offset the sea of stereotype crap that Tom Mankiewicz wrote that had nothing to do with the Black experience or culture." He found the way Kananga dies to be a "joke", and the entire experience was "not as rewarding as [he] wanted it to be".
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* CreatorBacklash: Creator/YaphetKotto [[http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2012/10/yaphet-kotto-kills-live-and-let-die.html stated that]] that "There were so many problems with that script... I was too afraid of coming off like Mantan Moreland ... I had to dig deep in my soul and brain and come up with a level of reality that would offset the sea of stereotype crap that Tom Mankiewicz wrote that had nothing to do with the Black experience or culture." He found the way Kananga dies to be a "joke", and the entire experience was "not as rewarding as [he] wanted it to be".
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* BreakawayPopHit: The titular song by Music/PaulMcCartney and Music/{{Wings|Band}} is one of the most famous Bond themes of all. It continues to get heavy airplay on classic rock stations to this day, as does its cover by Music/GunsNRoses, and is a staple of McCartney's live performance setlist. There are younger fans of the genre and song who aren't even aware that it's from a Bond film.
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* BreakawayPopHit: The titular song by Music/PaulMcCartney and Music/{{Wings|Band}} is one of the most famous Bond themes of all. It continues to get heavy airplay on classic rock stations to this day, as does its cover by Music/GunsNRoses, and is a staple of McCartney's Sir Paul's live performance setlist. There are younger fans of the genre and song who aren't even aware that it's from a Bond film.
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* BreakawayPopHit: The titular song by Music/PaulMcCartney and Music/{{Wings|Band}} is one of the most famous Bond themes of all. It continues to get heavy airplay on classic rock stations to this day, as does its cover by Music/GunsNRoses. There are younger fans of the genre and song who aren't even aware that it's from a Bond film.
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* BreakawayPopHit: The titular song by Music/PaulMcCartney and Music/{{Wings|Band}} is one of the most famous Bond themes of all. It continues to get heavy airplay on classic rock stations to this day, as does its cover by Music/GunsNRoses.Music/GunsNRoses, and is a staple of McCartney's live performance setlist. There are younger fans of the genre and song who aren't even aware that it's from a Bond film.
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** Barely averted with Creator/BernardLee as M. He was in poor health at the time and had just lost his wife Gladys Merredew. There were talks of replacing him with Kenneth More.
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* FollowTheLeader: If the setting of Harlem, New York, a mostly-African-American cast, arguably-gaudy pimpmobiles, [[JiveTurkey Bond being called a "honky"]], and Creator/YaphetKotto as the villain didn't make it obvious, ''Live and Let Die'' was made to cash-in on the still-booming blaxploitation genre of The70s and gave the genre noticable appeal to the big studios.
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* FollowTheLeader: If the setting of Harlem, New York, a mostly-African-American cast, arguably-gaudy pimpmobiles, [[JiveTurkey Bond being called a "honky"]], and Creator/YaphetKotto as the villain didn't make it obvious, ''Live and Let Die'' was made to cash-in on the still-booming blaxploitation {{Blaxploitation}} genre of The70s TheSeventies and gave the genre noticable appeal to the big studios.
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* BreakawayPopHit: The titular song by Music/PaulMcCartney and Music/{{Wings}} is one of the most famous Bond themes of all. It continues to get heavy airplay on classic rock stations to this day, as does its cover by Music/GunsNRoses. There are younger fans of the genre and song who aren't even aware that it's from a Bond film.
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* BreakawayPopHit: The titular song by Music/PaulMcCartney and Music/{{Wings}} Music/{{Wings|Band}} is one of the most famous Bond themes of all. It continues to get heavy airplay on classic rock stations to this day, as does its cover by Music/GunsNRoses. There are younger fans of the genre and song who aren't even aware that it's from a Bond film.
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* CreatorBacklash: Creator/YaphetKotto stated that "There were so many problems with that script... I was too afraid of coming off like Mantan Moreland ... I had to dig deep in my soul and brain and come up with a level of reality that would offset the sea of stereotype crap that Tom Mankiewicz wrote that had nothing to do with the Black experience or culture." He found the way Kananga dies to be a "joke", and the entire experience was "not as rewarding as [he] wanted it to be".
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* CreatorBacklash: Creator/YaphetKotto [[http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2012/10/yaphet-kotto-kills-live-and-let-die.html stated that that]] "There were so many problems with that script... I was too afraid of coming off like Mantan Moreland ... I had to dig deep in my soul and brain and come up with a level of reality that would offset the sea of stereotype crap that Tom Mankiewicz wrote that had nothing to do with the Black experience or culture." He found the way Kananga dies to be a "joke", and the entire experience was "not as rewarding as [he] wanted it to be".
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* OldShame: Creator/YaphetKotto [[http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2012/10/yaphet-kotto-kills-live-and-let-die.html wasn't too fond of this movie]].
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* FollowTheLeader: If the setting of Harlem, New York, a mostly-African-American cast, arguably-gaudy pimpmobiles, [[JiveTurkey Bond being called a "honky"]], and Creator/YaphetKotto as the villain didn't make it obvious, ''Live and Let Die'' was made to cash-in on the still-booming blaxploitation genre of The70s and gave the genre noticable appeal to the big studios.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Creator/TomMankiewicz originally wanted to cast a black actress to play Solitaire, even considering Diana Ross for the role. It would have made more sense since ''all'' of the BigBad's henchmen are black except her, but the executives felt racial tensions at the time meant that TheWorldIsNotReady for a black Bond Girl (at least one that isn't TheMole). Indeed, it wasn't until 2002's ''Film/DieAnotherDay'' that Bond was given a black romantic lead.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Creator/TomMankiewicz Writer Tom Mankiewicz originally wanted to cast a black actress to play Solitaire, even considering Diana Ross for the role. It would have made more sense since ''all'' of the BigBad's henchmen are black except her, but the executives felt racial tensions at the time meant that TheWorldIsNotReady for a black Bond Girl (at least one that isn't TheMole). Indeed, it wasn't until 2002's ''Film/DieAnotherDay'' that Bond was given a black romantic lead.
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** Bond was originally going to succeed in using the boat to escape the crocodiles, until the farm's owner (also named Ross Kananga) showed the crew how he could run across their backs. Everyone agreed this was too awesome to not put in the movie.
** The alternate name for Mr. Big was also this in honor of the real Ross Kananga.
** The alternate name for Mr. Big was also this in honor of the real Ross Kananga.
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** Bond was originally going to succeed in using the boat to escape the crocodiles, until the farm's owner (also named Ross Kananga) showed the crew how he could run across their backs. Everyone agreed this was too awesome to not put in the movie.
** Themovie. Kananga was also homaged [[{{Tuckerization}} with the alternate name for Mr. Big was also this in honor of the real Ross Kananga.Big.]]
** The
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* SparedByTheCut: Felix Leiter originally suffered a SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome when the villains feed him to a shark. Creator/IanFleming's American publisher talked him out of it and he settled for having him lose an arm and a leg instead. [[spoiler:Funnily enough, ''Film/NoTimeToDie'' would kill Felix off]].
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* SparedByTheCut: Felix Leiter originally suffered a SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome when the villains feed him to a shark. Creator/IanFleming's American publisher talked him out of it and he settled for having him lose an arm and a leg instead. [[spoiler:Funnily enough, ''Film/NoTimeToDie'' would kill Felix off]].
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* FatalMethodActing: {{Averted}}. Creator/RogerMoore saved Creator/JaneSeymourActress from a nasty accident when a hydraulic lift dropped. She would have fallen some 29 feet if he hadn't grabbed her hair to stop her.
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* OnSetInjury: Creator/RogerMoore injured his teeth and knee on his first day of shooting. Fortunately, he was filming the boat chase, so he was largely seated.
