Film
Anaconda
1997
UK Quad (30" x 40") Double Sided
British / UK
Near mint minus; originally rolled (as issued)
Luis Llosa
Ice Cube, Jennifer Lopez, Jon Voight
“When You Can’t Breathe You Can’t Scream”e
“Anaconda” is listed among the 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilson‘s book The Official Razzie Movie Guide and is reported to be one of Dame Helen Mirren’s favourite movies. A huge cult following and a guilty pleasure for many with a cinema poster that promises a lot more than the film delivers – it’s an eye catching ‘eyes without a face’ (EWAF) design featuring the titular Anaconda. This rolled (as issued) UK quad, from first year of release 1997 presents to superb effect with a deep black background and yellow eyes that pop from the paper. It’s a very rare scarce original poster from a true cult movie of the genre.
Trivia: Within the movie you can really see two scenes with real anacondas: the first scene is when they blow up the barrier that obstructs the river, after the explosion several of the snakes that fall into the boat are Green Anacondas you can also see a boa constrictor (another of the largest snakes in the Amazon rainforest); The second scene is when Terri enters the anaconda’s nest where the snakes they show are real green anacondas.
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Anaconda Movie Poster
“When a documentary crew traveling through the Amazon jungle, picks up a stranded man, they are unaware of the trouble that will occur. This stranger’s hobby is to capture the giant Anaconda snake, and plans to continue targeting it on their boat, by any means necessary.”
Way down deep in the middle of the Amazon jungle, a film crew & mad hunter meet a giant Anaconda.
“Anaconda” is basically an old fashioned monster movie, a 50s B-movie with some modern if not so special FX. It has all the trappings of the worst of those movies – creaky dialogue, wooden acting etc – but none of the charm. The cast performances are pretty average, Jennifer Lopez is easy on the eye, Ice Cube is his normal self & Eric Stoltz lies down for most of the film – easy money!
In a film like this the star of the show should be the monster. For the most part it appears to be a giant rubber snake that terrorizes its hapless victims as they travel upriver. This is mixed with some average CGI FX. Initially it seems that the director, Luis Llosa is going for a more suspenseful Jaws type approach but its not long before he dumps this style for a more in your face series of snake attacks. To be fair there are a couple of imaginatively done moments to be found here – one attack has the snake catch its victim as he falls rolling him up as it returns to the treetops! – but nothing really amazing or unexpected. This is a reflection of the film as a whole, it’s all very predictable & devoid of thrills.
So why watch this film? Two words, Jon Voight! His performance is deliciously over the top, complete with evil scowls & menacing grimaces. This has got to be a new high (or low) in cinema acting! You wonder how on earth he got away with it! HE wonders how on earth he got away with it! Voight seems to be trying to go as far as he can, getting more & more hammy, waiting for someone to notice or say something but they just let him get on with it! He must be thinking, how ridiculously over the top can I go? Then he goes further! The make up department should have gone the whole hog & given him a large wax moustache to twirl as he cackles away. Its also disappointing that he didn’t tie J-Lo to some train tracks! Oh well, if the acting offers dry up in Hollywood he’s got a job for life in Panto! The crowning glory of Voights performance comes in his final scene. He really takes the biscuit & steals the movie! It’s so hilariously unbelievable! Its a must see!
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Mint
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A generally unused poster with fresh, saturated colors. May have minimal tears at folds. Has no significant holes, no paper loss, may have minor tears along edges, may have fine pin holes.
Very Fine
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Good
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Fair
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LOBBY CARD
11 x 14″ printed on heavy stock paper. Used as display in theatre lobbies. Originally made in sets of eight. Some sets have a title card, which contains credits and artwork, essentially a mini-poster. The remaining seven cards are coloured photographic credits and poster artwork showing different scenes from the movie.
WINDOW CARD
14 x 22″ printed on heavy stock paper with the top 4-6 inches usually left blank for the local cinema owner to fill in the cinema and the date it was due to play. Largely discontinued during the 1970’s.
HALF SHEET
22 x 28″ printed on heavy stock paper. The image displayed is normally a smaller version of the main poster, although some do have different artworks and sometimes come in two versions.
INSERT
14 x 36″ printed on heavy stock paper. Inserts usually have the same artwork as a one sheet. Popular with collectors since they are smaller and easier to frame. Normally come tri folded or rolled.
STYLE Y/FORTY BY SIXTY
40 x 60″ printed on heavy stock paper. Rare since they were primarily used for major motion pictures only. Designed to be used outside the theatre, on an easel, normally at a drive-in movie theatre.
ONE-SHEET
27 x 41″ printed on paper. This is the most common size of poster, intended to be displayed in a glass “marquee” case. It is the most sought after size by collectors. Since the 1980’s most posters are sent to the theatre rolled and maybe slightly smaller measuring 27″ by 40″ and with the advent of backlit light boxes a growing number of modern movie posters are available double-sided and the more traditional single-sided.
THREE-SHEET
41 x 81″ printed on paper. These were printed on two or three separate sheets designed to overlap, few survive. Used for larger advertising spaces, normally posted on walls, perfect for huge movie theatres the drive-in, where people could see them from a distance. From the 1970’s on, three-sheets were sometimes printed in one piece and issued as “international” versions to be used abroad.
BRITISH QUAD
30 x 40″ Most common poster size used in the UK. British Quads are horizontal and may have different artwork to the US one sheet. Like a US one sheet they normally come in two versions. Like a US one sheet they are usually supplied single-sided or more commonly now as a double sided poster.
BRITISH ONE-SHEET
27 X 40″, printed on paper. Very rarely used size.
ITALIAN LOCANDINA
13 x 28″ six inches shorter than the US insert, very nice size to frame. Italian poster illustrators are some of the best in the industry.
ITALIAN PHOTOBUSTA
18 x 26″ Glossy, high quality, used as lobby cards in Italy. Size may vary, either vertical or horizontal format. There are also double Photobusta or mini Photobusta.
2-FOGLIO (DUE)
(DUE): 39 x 55″ This is the standard poster size used in Italy. Italian poster illustrators are some of the best in the industry.
4-FOGLIO
(QUATTRO) 55 x 79″ Very large Italian poster printed in two pieces, often contains very beautiful artwork.
FRENCH
47 x 63″ (GRANDE) or 24 x 33″ (PETITE) French movie posters normally come with different artwork to either the US or the UK. Like the Italian’s some of the artwork is extrememly beautiful.
