It is a common refrain that novels are often better than the films they’re based on. This is because, quite often, the filmmakers have to mold and shape a story into the span of two hours, and as more often the case, have to trim and cut scenes to accommodate this limitation. Sometimes, a novel may involve something a little controversial to the filmmakers themselves. When Casino Royale, the first ever James Bond novel by Sir Ian Fleming was published, the story was about a Soviet agent in France named Le Chiffre’, who had squandered millions of rubles that was given to him by his spy controllers to maintain his trade union operations on his other enterprises on the side that were failing. As a result, he had raised the wrath of SMERSH, the secret Soviet agency that specializes in killing spies, both foreign and domestic. In an effort to square things with Moscow, Le Chiffre’ planned to raise the money by running a baccarat game at the casino in Royale-les-Eaux , France. James Bond is sent there to thwart that operation, thus forcing SMERSH to dispatch one of their own. The film left out the fact that Le Chiffre’ was working for the Soviet Union, because it was felt by the filmmakers that they should not do anything that might be construed as offensive to the communist aggressor. But you know better, and you can show off your own knowledge with the James Bond Casino Royal Marker Cufflinks. These sterling silver cufflinks are exquisitely crafted with the casino chip motif found on the actual British stamp version. This and other James Bond Cufflinks are good enough for even 007 to sport. After all, they have his name on them.
Casino Royale Cufflinks
