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James Bond: Octopussy

Name: James Bond: Octopussy
SKU: 8598
Price: 150.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

£150.00

“James Bond’s all time high”…Rare set of all 8 US lobby cards from the first year of release 1983 for Roger Moore’s penultimate mission as James Bond 007 in “Octopussy”. Highlighted by the obligatory (this was the 80’s) “Bond Babes” and Bond about to be attacked by large spiders appearing to be trapped in their web. this card in particular is very rare and sets often turn up with this one missing. All the cards are presented here in excellent condition and display very well.

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Year

1983

Size/Type

US Lobby Cards / 8 x Cards / (11" x 14")

Country of Origin

USA

Condition

Near Mint

Director

John Glen

Actor/Actress

David Meyer, Desmond Llewelyn, Kabir Bedi, Kristina Wayborn, Lois Maxwell, Louis Jourdan, Maud Adams, Robert Brown, Roger Moore, Steven Berkoff, Tony Meyer, Vijay Amritraj

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Film Description

It’s safe to say without exaggerating that “Octopussy” is most likely the last actual, legendary Bond classic. All it’s followers are at least from today’s point of view, way too “fresh” to be classified in that category. It’s not quite as good as “For your eyes only” released two years earlier, but it still contains a great deal of original Bond glamour. Moore’s last Bond-film “A View to a kill” (1985) misses it completely. It’s true that Roger Moore was already too aged in “Octopussy”. Wrinkled woman-chaser jumping into moving trains is a strange and a bit unbelievable sight but it doesn’t matter because there’s a lot of truly exciting, amusing and imaginative action scenes, plot is brilliant and most of all: in my opinion Moore introduces us viewers to his oldish charm like in no other Bond-film. It seems to me that at the latest in “Octopussy” Moore starts to make fun of the “holy” character of Bond, for example with his Tarzan imitation and by dressing up as a circus clown, something Sean Connery would have never done. Movie carefully begins to make parody about the whole series with a submarine disguised as a crocodile, Indian flutist playing Bond theme and a mini-airplane coming out from horse’s arse! If you can stand all abovementioned, you’ll love “Octopussy”. It’s fine watching and a very interesting part of the 007 phenomenon. NSS # 830011

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US Posters

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 Posters

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 Posters

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 Posters

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.

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