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Actors: Roger Moore Jane Seymour Yaphet Kotto
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Live And Let Die
Roger Moore takes over as James Bond, in this, the 8th installment in the 007 series. Bond attempts to crack a Caribbean heroin ring that are using a voodoo cult as a cover. Jane Seymour is the lovely virgin, Solitaire, whose powers with the taro cards allow her to see into the future. Clifton James as Sheriff Pepper steals the picture. Followed by The Man With The Golden Gun.
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Analysis of James Bond
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Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 50%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%



Part of a series? - James Bond
Time/Era of Movie: - 1960's-1970's
Spying & Terrorists Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets: - main char doing spying/sabotage
Crime & Police Story? Yes
Criminal enemy is... - drug dealers
The terrorist enemy is... - terrorist group

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - spy
Age: - 20's-30's
Hair color? - brunette (Brown)
Hair style - short/standard straight (man)
Body type - average (man)
Events of movie makes character more... - caring - aggressive - irritated - happy - tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality - British
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Hair color - brunette (Brown)
Hair style - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
Body type - ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - killer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 80%
Hair color - brunette (Black)
Body type - average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality - Black
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Southeast - Northeast
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK
The Americas (not US): Yes
The Americas: - The Caribbean
City? Yes
City: - New York - New Orleans
Misc setting - resort/hotel - building

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - very gory visuals of deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel... - excited
How many deaths in film? - dozens
Sex/nudity in movie? Yes
What kind of sex: - kissing - sex under blankets
How much use of techno gadgets? - 6 (an above average amount)
Kind of violence: - land battles - mission to rescue - guns - knives
Unusual forms of death - flamed - perforation--bullets - perforation--swords/knives
Any profanity? - Occasional swearing
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