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By Matthew Sherman, About.com Guide to Pool / Billiards

Live And Let’s Shoot Pool

Thursday December 11, 2008
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How do the Live And Let Die lyrics put it?

What does it matter to ya…

When you got a job to do, you gotta’ do it well…

You gotta’ give the other fellow Hell!

Bond is big, and Mr. Big was big, too, when the film opened in 1973. The box office take in ’73 dollars adjusted for inflation rivaled Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace today. And did you know, Roger Moore’s contract stipulated unlimited amounts of his favorite cigars on location? He smoked $8,000 U.S. worth during the grueling physical shoot!

More germane to our point, Live and Let Die is one of three Bond films to feature pool or Snooker onscreen. Read about Bond's billiards ahead…

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s blaxploitation gone to England, it’s Sir Roger Moore, it’s Gloria Hendry, Yaphet Kotto and Geoffrey Holder, it’s…

1973’s Live And Let Die

Photo (c) 1973 EON Productions

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