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James Bond: From Russia With Love

£14,250.00

Film

James Bond: From Russia With Love

Additional information

Year

1963

Size/Type

Printed in England by Charles and Read Ltd. London, UK Quad (30" x 40") Single Sided

Country of Origin

British / UK

Condition

Very Fine plus; originally folded (as issued)

Director

Terence Young

Actor/Actress

Bernard Lee, Daniela Bianchi, Eunice Gayson, Lois Maxwell, Lotte Lenya, Robert Shaw, Sean Connery

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“To those unlucky few who missed “DR. NO”…You are unprepared for the sophisticated mayhem and the polished lovemaking. The James Bond bug has not bitten you. But take heart! There is still time to jump on the Bond bandwagon with the second James Bond adventure…FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE. See it and we guarantee – you will be hooked for good !”

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One for the true Bond collectors and those who appreciate movie posters as an art form. An original 1963 country of origin British poster design for 007’s second screen outing “From Russia With Love”. Eric Pulford and Renato Fratini perhaps produced the most beautiful Bond imagery ever with Pulford’s now famous Sean Connery, Bond pose used on every marketing campaign since. Connery (as Bond) is surrounded by key characters from the movie including a beautiful illustration of actress Daniela Bianchi (Tatiana Romanova). With minimal handling wear this unrestored originally folded (as issued) example presents to excellent effect and looks magnificent, with vibrant bright unfaded colours and crisp white paper. It doesn’t get much better than this…Investment grade quality for a very rare, eye-catching piece of James Bond memorabilia.

Trivia: Although he had his reservations about the choice of Sir Sean Connery for the part of James Bond, after seeing him in this movie, Ian Fleming was completely won over by the actor. In fact, as a result, Fleming added a Scottish ancestry to Bond’s character in later novels.

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Film Description

James Bond: From Russia With Love Movie Poster

“James Bond 007 is on the search for a Russian decoding machine, known as “Lektor”. Bond needs to find this machine, before the evil S.P.E.C.T.R.E. organization discovers it. While being romantically linked with Russian girl, Tatiana Romanova, Bond sneaks his way around Istanbul, while each S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Agent tries to pick him off, including the over powering Donald “Red” Grant and ex K.G.B. Agent Rosa Klebb, who knows all of the tricks in the book, and even possesses an incredible poison tipped shoe.”

From Russia with Love is the sequel that improves upon its predecessor in terms of action, scope, spectacle, and thrilling storytelling. The plot concerns James Bond (Sean Connery) as he is sent in to Istanbul to bring in a Russian defector named Tatiana Romanova (Daniela Bianchi)who has supposedly fallen in love with Bond. Knowing that its obviously a trap he goes anyways because the bait is a Lector decoding machine. From there the plot takes many twists and turns from London to Istanbul to a Gypsy camp to the Orient Express to the final showdown in Venice…Sean Connery once again proves that he is James Bond and this time his role is more defined than in Dr. No. Daniela Bianchi as Tatiana is just beautiful and gorgeous (also like Ursula Andress was also dubbed because she couldn’t speak English. She was voiced by Barbara Jefford) and has a much more involved role as a double agent. Lotte Lenya as Rosa Klebb is just fantastic because in real life she was a sweet woman but when she acted her role was cold, ruthless and sadistic making her one of the best Bond villains. Mexican actor Pedro Armendáriz plays as Bond’s ally in Turkey Kerim Bey which was his last role before sadly committing suicide after filming when he discovered that he had inoperable fatal cancer. Robert Shaw plays as Red Grant, an assassin who has an ominous presence thruout the film without talking up until the Orient Express. From Russia with Love marks the first appearance of the sinister leader of SPECTRE (played by an uncredited Anthony Dawson and voiced by Eric Pohlmann who would both reprise the role in Thunderball) who’s face is never seen but his hands are shown holding and stroking a white cat…Terence Young returns as director and his directing is much more focused and solid than in Dr. No with exotic locations and well choreographed and iconic action sequences…From Russia with Love has everything a good Bond movie needs: Great well choreographed action, great acting, great storytelling, exotic locations and of course beautiful women. This is one of the best Bond movies of the Sean Connery) era and my personal favourite of the Sean Connery Era Bonds.

Vintage Movie Posters Grading Criteria

Mint
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Near Mint
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
A poster with bright colour and crisp overall appearance. It may have very general signs of use including slight fold separation and fold wear. It may have pin holes or very minor tears. This is the highest grade allowed for a poster that has been restored either on linen or on paper.

Fine
A poster with good colors and overall clean appearance. It may have minor tears small paper loss and minor stains. It may have some fold seperation.

Good
An average poster with overall fresh color. May have tears, minor paper loss, minor hazing. Paper may be brittle due to age, may have minor stains. May have a small amount of writing in an unobtrusive place. May have medium or major restoration.

Fair
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Poor
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