What's the Difference between (uncredited) the Book and Live and Let Die the Movie?
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This Character does not appear.
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JW Pepper
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This Character does not appear.
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Rosie Carver
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Live and Let Die Book vs Movie
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The story takes place in the mid-1950s. |
The story takes place in the early 1970s. |
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Mr. Big has the alter ego of Baron Samedi. |
Mr. Big has the alter ego of Dr. Kananga.
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Felix Leiter is captured by Mr. Big's men and fed to sharks. He survives but has several of his limbs amputated. |
Felix does not play a prominent role in the movie and no harm comes to him. |
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Mr. Big is a bankroller for SMERSH. |
Mr. Big has no affiliation with the USSR.
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Bond is sent to America to investigate gold smuggling. |
Bond is sent to America to investigate the deaths of several agents. |
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Mr. Big runs an island in Jamaica. |
Mr. Big runs an island near New Orleans.
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Tee Hee dies in an underground tunnel after Bond beats him to death. |
Tee Hee dies on a train after Bond throws him out the window. |
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Tee Hee has no prosthetic limbs. |
Tee Hee has a prosthetic arm after his real one was bitten off by a crocodile named Albert.
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Mr. Big dies after his boat is blown up and he is attacked by barracuda. |
Mr. Big dies after Bond puts a compressed air pellet in his mouth; he inflates and explodes. |
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This is not mentioned. |
Solitaire loses her powers of fortunetelling after losing her virginity to Bond.
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This doesn't happen. |
Bond escapes being eaten by an alligator and escapes Mr. Big's drug factory by boat. |
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Solitaire, tired of being mistreated by Mr. Big, sneaks away to Bond, where they flee to Florida from New York by train. |
This doesn't happen; Solitaire doesn't defect to Bond's side until they see each other in San Monique, where he convinces her they are lovers with the cards.
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