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Topic: Any Poster Collectors?
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Stewart John Boyle
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 170
From: Glasgow,Scotland
Registered: Oct 2009
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posted January 25, 2010 11:33 AM
Hi all, I have a large collection of original British quad style posters that i`m selling.I thought i would give the members first shout on any.If no interest, Movieposter dot com is willing to take the lot,posters include Pulp Fiction(Lucky Strike cig packet),Reservoir Dogs,Alien Directors cut,Empire Strikes Back Special Edition,Star Wars Special edition,attack of the clones,apocalypse now redux,.. full list can be posted regards Stewart
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Osi Osgood
Film God
Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted January 25, 2010 04:29 PM
When I was high school, our media class received from the local movie theater, hundreds of 16MM and 35Mm trailers, (this was back in 1980) and along with all of that, one large movie poster.
... and I mean large! This wasn't your standard pull out of a magazine poster. It was the original theatrical poster for "The Land that Time Forgot". Its probably why I am so gung ho about this movie! I stated up at that old slightly tattered poster for hours, imagining the fantasy of it all.
My personal pick for my all-time favorite poster and the 1978 (or was it 79) re-issue of Star Wars poster. It was quite unique, in that it was painted as if it was on an old wood background, and the poster itself, in the poster, was old and tattered and the illustrative design of the actual poster, (within a poster) was of a 1930's "Buck Rogers styled" Image!
I fell in love with that poster, (it is also, ironically, George Lucas's favorite, probably because Lucas has always been in love with the 1930's serials). Couls someone perhaps put that poster up on this forum? I'm sure you folks will see why it is so cool!
Muchas Gracias to whoever can put it up!!
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Greg Marshall
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 612
From: Nashville, TN USA
Registered: Sep 2008
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posted January 25, 2010 10:31 PM
I remember that one-sheet, Osi.... The one with the slanted lettering, kinda gave the impression of the cover of a comic book, I thought. This was summer of 1979.... I think August. I was still running Star Wars well into the summer of 1978, from the '77 release. That print was well-used, but we managed to keep it, somewhat, scratch-free. We put the film cleaner device on every few weeks.
I collected one-sheets from the early/mid-70's, through the late '80's.... I had several hundred that I had stored. I sold them off in the mid to late '90's. Now I wish I had kept them, looking at the prices the same titles are going for. I had all originals, all majors.
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Osi Osgood
Film God
Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted January 26, 2010 08:47 AM
Of course, its reality, but it doesn't seem like thirty years ago that those wonderful films came out. I hate saying it, but I tend to live more in the past than the present. So many lovely times back then. I know that's one of the reasons why I collect Super 8.
I love screening those two scope prints of the original STAR WARS that we grew up on, and Close Encounters. I've even made ther choice that if I was to ever sell off my collection, (that probably will never happen), I would still keep those two features, even if I kept them in a bloody backpack! That's what they mean to me.
The posters hold a special place in the history of Cinema, often portraying the promise of something spectacular, even if what they saw on the screen was far from great.
You even see the changes in art itself in the last hundred years. Look at the early posters for the silents, for instance. There is very little difference from the vaudville posters that were diplayed about bare wood fences. The fifties and the minimalist explosion that happened in animation and art in general ect. ect.
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Stewart John Boyle
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 170
From: Glasgow,Scotland
Registered: Oct 2009
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posted January 27, 2010 01:38 PM
Michael,of course i can,just click my name for my e-mail,address, Christian, heres the list. Star Wars attack of the clones £55 Star Wars empire strikes back special edition. £55 Star Wars Special Edition £55 Alien Directors cut £50 Reservoir Dogs £350 Pulp Fiction (original lucky strike edition,withdrawn due to copyright issue,very rare.) £350 Natural Born Killers £50 Apocalypse now redux £50 Laissez-Passer £25 Donnie Darko £30 (corner Damage) Solaris £35 Betrayed (tom Berenger) £7 Clear and present danger £10 Centre of the world £30 Apollo 13 x2 £50 each( american Vertical style) Spirited Away £35 The Accused £25 A Perfect world £25 Shiri £20 Snake of june £20 Full Time Killer £35 Sympanthy for mr vengeance £35 El Bonarense x2 £20 each The Hapiness Of the katakuris £35 Heaven and earth £30 Leon (plastic very large bus stop size) £70
For the serious collectors i also have 3 unique Walt Disney framed prints,these are 1 of a kind,1 very large Snow white and the seven Dwarfs promo,featuring reproduced hand drawn images,some black and white some colour, with some conceptual drawings ,also two framed prints of Walt Disney himself and the history of Disney studios,completely original and you will not find these in any Disney store in the world. £2000 for the three., regards Stewart [ January 27, 2010, 04:09 PM: Message edited by: Stewart John Boyle ]
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