James Bond: Live and Let Die

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Tarrot Cards:

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Re: James Bond

Do we want to do James Bond as movie specific threads? I was just thinking that it would keep the size down. Just a thought.
 
Re: James Bond

Nice images of the cards! :thumbsup

And, yes, good idea, Montagar. One thread for all the JB movies would quickly become cumbersome. Better to maintain separate, title-specific threads.
 
Always wondered how James managed to get an entire deck of "Lovers" cards, using the exact same artwork, at such short notice. ;)
 
yodakiller1138 said:
Actually, those cards were released as a tie in Tarot deck. I'm sure if you looked you could find them.
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The cards are still available, as "The Tarot of the Witches" deck. The backs are different (no 007 repeated over and over) but the faces are the same.

The deck was released as "The James Bond Tarot" deck, and is still available on eBay and Amazon, once in a while. They weren't EXACTLY like those used in the movie... the backs of the cards in the move were red and the released deck was blue (or the other way around... i'm typing in a coffee shop right now and don't have easy access to the deck). Only the Major Arcana cards have obvious, different and interesting faces. The Minor Arcana (like 9 of cups, 3 of wands, etc.) just have simple pictures.

They were released in two versions - one was just the cards and the other was a boxed set called "The James Bond 007 Tarot Game", with a deck of cards, a layout sheet and a book explaining the meanings of the cards and history behind the deck.

There was a second deck used in Live and Let Die as well - and it is still available and very popular. The Ryder/Waite deck can be found in most places that sell tarot cards. The Queen of Cups from the Ryder/Waite deck was the one used to signal James Bond about the "lying, deceitful woman".
The nice thing about this deck is that every card, Major and Minor Arcana are a full painting. Usually the 3 of Wands, for example, would have 3 wands printed on the deck... not a whole lot different than a set of playing cards. The Ryder/Waite deck has something like a person in a boat struggling with 3 wands or whatever (again, I don't have the deck in front of me.)

Hope this helps.
 
This is the first Bond I saw and the first for Moore. I just noticed on the lobby cards they extended the barrel on the PPK. Moores' barrel is bigger. wink wink.
And he used a magnum revolver in the movie.
 
There is a story why all Bond actors have had a long barreled gun in the old PR pictures.

Sean Connery was ordered to visit the photo studio for some publicity shots for From Russia With Love. The prop guy (or girl) forgot to bring a gun (the PPK) though.
As the photographer happen to have his personal Walther LP53 air pistol in his car, they have used this one instead.

As the producers liked the long barreled look, they kept this until the eighties...

I think this is a very remakable piece of handweapon and really suit Her Majesty's favorite spy very well.
My LP53 is presumably 35 years old now and still holds pressure very well. Accuracy is also superior....

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You are spot on on the Magnum, which Roger Moore used in the final battle...
 
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