# Bird book in "Die another Day"

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 25, 2002, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bird-book-in-die-another-day/138612 "2002-11-25T06:46:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![djbdjb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@djbdjb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djbdjb)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bird-book-in-die-another-day/138612/1 "2002-11-25T06:46:10Z")

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There is a scene in DAD where James Bond holds a book that I think is titled “Birds of the West Indies”. Is this the book by James Bond from which Fleming got the name of his character?

(This scene happens when JB is in Havana.)

There is no mention of it in the trivia section of [www.imdb.com](http://www.imdb.com)

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**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bird-book-in-die-another-day/138612/2 "2002-11-25T06:49:05Z")

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I certainly thought it was - another little homage to the Bond history. Unfortunately, I was practically the only person in the theater to get a laugh out of it.

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**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bird-book-in-die-another-day/138612/3 "2002-11-25T07:28:52Z")

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The book is available on [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) for $16.10

I had high hopes for the film after that, but they were quickly dashed.

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bird-book-in-die-another-day/138612/4 "2002-11-25T13:48:21Z")

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My understanding is that there were a host of classic JB references thoughout the film, this just being one of them. Others: Halle Berry/Ursulla Andress entrance, the Union Jack on the parachute, Q’s storage trunk with the jetpack, suitcase, and other old hardware, the reintroduction of the Aston Martin (which, IIRC, hasn’t been used in a number of years), and assorted quotes (“Diamonds are for Everyone”, etc.).

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bird-book-in-die-another-day/138612/5 "2002-11-25T14:08:51Z")

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Yeah. I’ve got a copy of that book. (They were still selling it at the Gift Shop at the American Museum of Natural History in NYC, the last time I was there). I gave a copy to my Bond fanatic friend as a Christmas present a few years ago.

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**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bird-book-in-die-another-day/138612/6 "2002-11-25T14:27:08Z")

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There were Astons in Goldeneye (driving around in Monte Carlo) and Tomorrow Never Dies (driven to the Danish “lesson” early on) but they haven’t been the “action” car for a while.