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  Brazil

  £195.00

  “It’s about flights of fantasy. And the nightmare of reality. Terrorist bombings. And late night shopping. True Love. And creative plumbing.”

  A superb original unrestored 1985 UK quad film poster for Terry Gilliam’s masterpiece “Brazil”. An eye-catching design with artwork by Lagarrigue depicting a man (Jonathan Pryce), dressed in pyjamas on a flying bed. The original 1985 country of origin UK quad film poster offered here presents to excellent effect with bright unfaded depth of colour. Originally folded (as issued) this scarce example looks fantastic and represents a fine and rare example very collectable highly desirable original movie memorabilia.

  Trivia: The second in Terry Gilliam‘s “Trilogy of Imagination”. The first was Time Bandits (1981), and the third was The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988). All three movies are about escapes from an awkward, ordered society, seen through the eyes of a child, a man in his thirties, and an elderly man.

   

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  Naked Lunch

  £175.00

  “After developing an addiction to the substance he uses to kill bugs, an exterminator accidentally kills his wife and becomes involved in a secret government plot being orchestrated by giant bugs in a port town in North Africa.”

  “Naked Lunch” is cult Canadian director David Cronenberg‘s semi-adaptation of the celebrated American writer William S. Burroughs‘ novel of the same name. The book, which is a collection of vignettes with little in the way of connecting narrative, was written in 1959 and several attempts had been made over the years to try and adapt it for the screen. The structure of the book meant crafting a coherent plot was a tall order for any screenwriter, so Cronenberg decided to try a slightly different approach. The resultant film features scenes and characters from the vignettes but blends them with a semi-biographical look at the process Burroughs went through to write the original book, and includes incidents and characters (albeit renamed) from his experiences during the Beat Generation literary movement of the 1950s. This original 1991 UK quad poster features a unique to the British release design that includes a close-up photograph of Weller’s character William Lee above a centipede. With its distinctive, eye-catching imagery this rolled (as issued) example presents to superb effect, providing a high quality and scarce film poster from one of Cinema’s most revered cult directors.

  Trivia: The shooting of the author’s wife is not a fictional incident. Source novelist William S. Burroughs did indeed accidentally shoot his wife Joan in the head in 1951 in Mexico in a “William Tell” stunt that went disastrously wrong. Mexican law at the time meant that Burroughs only served thirteen days in prison for killing his wife.

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  Time Bandits

  £95.00

  “They didn’t make history, they stole it!”…Very rare original 1981 US One sheet movie poster for Terry Gilliam’s fantasy adventure “Time Bandits”. The all-star cast is featured prominently on this B.D. Fox Independent designed example making for a fine looking poster. Originally folded this example looks fantastic and displays very well.

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