£295.00
Film
James Bond: The Man With The Golden Gun
1974
US One Sheet / Advance "For Christmas-1974" (27" x 41")
USA
Very Fine Plus; originally folded; Linen Backed
Guy Hamilton
Christopher Lee, Bernard Lee, Britt Ekland, Clifton James, Desmond Llewelyn, Herve Villachaize, Lois Maxwell, Maud Adams, Roger Moore
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“A Christmas present from James Bond”…A very rare Advance “Golden Gun design” Version A, US one sheet movie poster from the original year of release 1974. Roger Moore’s second appearance as James Bond in a well plotted 007 romp through the exotic. Robert McGinnis produced the main artwork for the wordwide marketing campaign & in what was originally an Italian idea an alternative advance poster was created. The poster created comprised the elements of Scaramanga’s “Golden Gun” and is a valued collector’s item. Originally folded this superb example has been linen backed & looks fantastic.
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In Guy Hamilton’s ‘The Man With the Golden Gun’, James Bond still enjoys a good cigar, and prefers Dom Perignon ’62 above the ’64 offered…He sure does love Swedish babes, and dares to kiss a talented dancer’s ‘magnificent’ abdomen… He slaps a tall, graceful slim girl, and he slaps her hard… He attempts to overtake Scaramanga’s car by crossing a canal with no bridge in sight, and pilots a small seaplane to let us see those incredible prehistoric islands off the coast of Thailand…Francisco Scaramanga (Christopher Lee) is a world’s class assassin who has stolen a prize solar energy device, but who only needs one bullet to finish a job… He likes Tabasco sauce, gold jewelry, and a girl in a bikini… He caresses his lover with a golden gun, and loves to kill for a million dollars a shot… He has a ‘sign’ of great sexual prowess… He perverse love/hate relationship with a mischievous French-speaking assistant, and admires Bond so much that he even keeps a mannequin of him at his island retreat…He claims to be an artist, and challenges 007 to ‘a duel between titans’ on the sunlit beach… A man of taste, his AMC Matador car suddenly sprouted wings and jetted off into the blue sky…Britt Ekland spends most of the film either locked in the trunk of Scaramanga’s flying car or stuck in the closet of Bond’s hotel room while 007 makes love to Andrea (Maud Adams)…Maud Adams remains the only exotic woman to have starred in two different Bond features, and would also have a brief cameo in “A View To A Kill.” This Swedish beauty is sick of Scaramanga’s sadistic games It was she who sent the gold bullet to M16 that set Bond on Scaramanga’s tailNick Nack (Hervé Villechaize) perfectly proves that the smallest of Bond’s adversaries can easily give 007 big trouble… He annoyed 007 right up until the very end of the mission His tiny mannerisms perfectly fitted the fantasy tradition of the Bond movies… He’s seen so quick on his feet as he plays with the controls that operate the ‘fun house’ on Scaramanga island’The Man With the Golden Gun’ remains an obvious 007 extravaganza with its conventional expensive excitements.
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Mint
A poster that has never been used or displayed and may show the most minor signs of age and wear. The poster should have no holes or tears.
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
A poster with faded colors and brittle paper, showing significant signs of use. May have tears and paper loss. May have tape, writing, stains in image area. In need of restoration or had major restoration.
Poor
A poster that is worn, torn, and/or damaged. May have staining, cracking, dry rot, and/or large tears. May be heavily soiled, may have pieces missing. In need of major restoration.
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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.