Roger Moore awards For his acting Moore's book about the filming of "Live and Let Die", based on his diaries, titled "Roger Moore as James Bond: Roger Moore's Own Account of Filming Live and Let Die", was published in London in 1973, by Pan Books. The book includes an acknowledgment to Sean Connery, with whom Moore was friends for many years: "I would also like to thank Sean Connery – "with" whom it would not have been possible." Moore's autobiography "My Word is My Bond" () was published by Collins in the US, in November 2008 and by Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
James Bond in film The writers eventually decided on a setting in a tropical country while Broccoli negotiated to film in Mexico, at the Estudios Churubusco in Mexico City. In 1985 the Films Act was passed, removing the Eady Levy, which resulted in foreign artists being taxed more heavily. The associated rising costs to Eon Productions meant no part of "Licence to Kill" was filmed in the UK, the first Bond film not to do so. Pinewood Studios, used in every "Bond" film that far, housed only the post-production and sound re-recording. The initial outline of what would become "Licence to Kill" was drawn