Bond becomes involved in the US through Mr Big's smuggling of 17th-century gold coins from British territories in the Caribbean.

The story centres on Bond's pursuit of 'Mr Big', a criminal who has links to the American criminal network, the world of voodoo and SMERSH-an arm of the Soviet secret service-all of which are threats to the First World. Fleming wrote the novel at his Goldeneye estate in Jamaica before his first book, Casino Royale, was published much of the background came from Fleming's travel in the US and knowledge of Jamaica. Set in London, the United States and Jamaica, it was first published in the UK by Jonathan Cape on 5 April 1954. I realize owning it doesn't necessarily mean 'we now give a damn.' (Hence the successful lawsuit about CR67 and NSNA being omitted from the 'complete' Blu-Ray set.Live and Let Die is the second novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series of stories. Though, given EON's attitudes towards the 'other Bonds'. With the ability to colorize footage growing easier and easier - a fan just colorized an entire William Hartnell 'Doctor Who' that NEVER existed in color - wouldn't it be a significant release to tout 'the ORIGINAL James Bond film, complete and restored to color at last'? To this day, EON have more or less ignored its existence, and the rare SpyGuise tape is still the only way to own the uncut movie. As of 2006, EON finally owned the film, and one would've expected it might get the proper treatment as a Daniel Craig tie-in. The uncut film was released by a fan club called SpyGuise as a VHS, before EON Productions swept in and forced cancellation of a DVD release (which also would've included a new Barry Nelson interview). Honestly, this little film's always been severely mishandled after years as a public domain release, MGM tacked it onto 'Casino Royale '67' as a special feature (ONLY the initial DVD release, the expanded edition is missing it), but used the public domain 'short ending' version. Why the hell has this never been colorized? I recently learned the forgotten 'first Bond film' - the 1954 CBS production of 'Casino Royale' - was actually in color the existing copies (evidently two, a better quality copy that ends short and a muddy-looking copy with the entire ending) just happen to be black and white.

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