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The Boys From Brazil

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Film

The Boys From Brazil

Additional information

Year

1978, 1980 -First release of this movie in the Czech Republic

Size/Type

11 1/4″ x 16″ (29 x 41 cm), Czech One Sheet (Small)

Country of Origin

Czechoslovakia

Condition

Near mint minus; originally rolled (as issued)

Director

Franklin J Schaffner

Actor/Actress

Denholm Elliott, Gregory Peck, James Mason, Laurence Olivier, Lilli Palmer, Michael Gough, Rosemary Harris, Steve Guttenberg, Uta Hagen

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“We were in a Biblical frame of mind on the twenty-third of May 1943, at the Berghof. He had denied himself children because he knew that no son could flourish in the shadow of so godlike a father! But when he heard what was theoretically possible, that I could create one day not his son, not even a carbon-copy but another original, he was thrilled by the idea ! The right Hitler for the right future ! A Hitler tailor-made for the 1980s, the 1990s, 2000 !”

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The Jurassic Park of the 1970’s as Nazi science seeks to clone Adolf Hitler. Striking artwork by Alexej Jaros on this Czech film poster for Franklin J. Schaffner’s 1978 Oscar winning thriller “The Boys From Brazil”. Thought provoking and eye-catching imagery combining Nazi symbolism & great depiction of an ‘out of character’ villain role for Gregory Peck as the Nazi scientist Josef Mengele this. The originally rolled (as issued), unrestored example offered here has minimal handling and displays & presents to excellent effect with deep unfaded colours and represents a fantastic item of good looking collectable movie memorabilia and an interesting alternative to the more conventional British or American posters for the title. a fantastic item of good looking collectable movie memorabilia.

Trivia: The story combines two genres that were popular in the 1970s: the conspiracy thriller involving escaped Nazi war criminals (The Odessa File (1974), Marathon Man (1976), The Formula (1980), Goldengirl (1979)) and the horror and science fiction movie involving dangerous children altered by supernatural or scientific means (The Exorcist (1973), The Omen (1976), which also starred Gregory Peck, and The Brood (1979)). The “evil child” genre arguably started with Rosemary’s Baby (1968), which was also written by Ira Levin.

 

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Film Description

The Boys From Brazil Movie Poster

“Barry Kohler, a young Nazi hunter, tracks down a group of former SS officers meeting in Paraguay in the late 1970s. The Nazis, led by Dr Mengele, are planning something. Old Nazi hunter, Ezra Lieberman, is at first uninterested in Kohler’s findings. But when he is told something of their plan, he is eager to find out more. Lieberman visits several homes in Europe and the U.S. in order to uncover the Nazi plot. It is at one of these houses he notices something strange, which turns out to be a horrible discovery.”

The Boys From Brazil was made in 1978, but it deals with human cloning. At the time, short sighted people dismissed it as ludicrous, but in light of recent cloning experiments the films has a topicality about it and probably seems marginally more plausible nowadays than it did when it was released.

So who are the Boys from Brazil ? They are young boys all bred from genetic skin grafts taken from the body of Adolf Hitler during the war years. In Paraguay, in the ’70s, one of Hitler’s most feared accomplices, Josef Menegele (Gregory Peck), has been toiling away in a jungle laboratory trying to breed young Hitler clones. A young reporter (Steve Guttenberg) hits upon the plot, and is killed, but not before passing a message onto famed Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman (Laurence Olivier). As Lieberman investigates, he realises that something is going on and tracks down Mengele when he visits one of his creations in America.

There are some surprisingly violent moments, such as the savage dog sequence near the end, and a shocking murder at a dam in Sweden. The film is pretty interesting and thought provoking. I still don’t totally buy the idea that Hitler could be cloned so perfectly that he would turn out like a power-hungry, racist, evil Nazi (surely it would be impossible to recreate all the life experiences that turned hium into the type of man he was). However, it poses some disturbing thoughts and is worth seeing provided you don’t try to pick out the plot holes.

 

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.