Live and Let Die

Released: July 12, 1973

Starring:
  Roger Moore as James Bond
  Jane Seymour as Solitaire
  Yaphett Kotto as Mr. Big
  Gloria Hendry as Rosie Carver

Directed by: Guy Hamilton

Running Time: 121 minutes

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Live and Let Die Ultimate Edition DVD

First appearance of Roger Moore as James Bond
First time Q does not appear at all (Peter Burton played Q in Dr. No)
First appearance of David Hedison as Felix Leiter (returns in Licence to Kill)
First psychic woman
First African American villain
First dealings with drugs
First time Bond smokes a cigar
First appearance of Clifton James (J.W. Pepper)
First time Bond uses an LED watch instead of analog
First time Bond drives a bus
First time there is a henchman with just one arm
First time Bond buys something in a shop (the cloth snake in the voodoo shop)
First time a plot has something to do with the supernatural (Voodoo)
First time Bond does not appear in the pre-title sequence
First henchman with a physical disability (Tee-Hee had a metal clawed arm)
First times a bond song is nominated for an academy award.
First time 007 goes to New York City
First time 007 goes to an urban ghetto (Harlem, New York City)
First time where a United Nations diplomat is killed in a Bond film
First time Bond uses a hang-glider
First time a relative of a former Bond assistant appears on screen (Quarrel Jr.)
First time 007 kisses a black woman
First appearance of Jane Seymour in any major film
First time that the Chevrolet Motor Division (General Motors) provided vehicles in a Bond film
First time Bond has a partner from the Italian Secret Service
First time 007 goes to New Orleans, Louisiana
First time a fictitious nation is mentioned in a Bond film (San Monique)
First appearance of a drug manufacturing facility (disguised as a crocodile farm)
First time 007's Walther PPK is damaged on screen
First time 007 uses a Smith and Wesson Model 29 revolver (.44 Magnum)
First time 007 throws gasoline on a villain
First time a boat crashes into a wedding cake
First time Bond does not wear a fedora hat in the gunbarrel sequence
First Bond film to feature a blaxploitation theme
First time sub-titles are used to denote scene's location
First time the teaser took place in two different countries
First time John Barry does not contribute to the score in any way
First time James Bond kills a snake