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Where Eagles Dare

£325.00

Film

Where Eagles Dare

Additional information

Year

1968

Size/Type

UK Quad / Single Sided / (30" x 40"), Printed in England by Lonsdale & Bartholomew (Nottingham) Ltd

Country of Origin

UK / British

Condition

Very Fine; originally folded (as issued)

Director

Brian G Hutton

Actor/Actress

Clint Eastwood, Donald Houston, Mary Ure, Michael Hordern, Patrick Wymark, Peter Barkworth, Richard Burton, Robert Beatty, William Squire

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“One weekend Major Smith, Lieutenant Schaffer and a beautiful blonde named Mary decided to win World War II”

A stunning country of origin, UK quad film poster for Brian G. Hutton’s action packed World War II thriller “Where Eagles Dare”. This original UK quad from first year of release (1968 with correct ‘square’ Lonsdale & Bartholomew printer’s logo) features great action adventure artwork and lovely deep rich unfaded colours. This really is a fantastic looking film poster and was printed with the ‘full bleed’ artwork style; no snipes or blank white area at the top where sometimes a cinema and showing times were printed. One of the most collected British action adventure war films ever produced, with the fine originally folded (as issued) example offered here being presented in lovely original and unrestored condition. Of all the action / adventure films I deal with there is no doubt that “Where Eagles Dare” appears to have an incredible fan base and this excellent poster represents a fine piece of original movie memorabilia.

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Trivia: Despite Clint Eastwood‘s reputation for violence in other films, his character kills more people in this film than any other Eastwood character.

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Film Description

Where Eagles Dare Film Poster

“They look like Nazis but…The Major is British…The Lieutenant is American…The Beautiful Frauleins are Allied Agents !”

Take Alistair MacLean‘s Guns of Navarone and Ice Station Zebra then you have the recipe for Where Eagles Dare. Clint Eastwood and Richard Burton are sent on an Alpine spy/sabotage mission behind enemy lines aimed at confusing and delaying the Germans. It’s interesting to see Eastwood take seconds to Burton’s acting in this picture. Eastwood was just coming off his major success with the Italian westerns and was an international star, but wasn’t an American leading man. This film marks the last time he wasn’t in the star/leading man part.

Dotted throughout the movie are wonderful actors who turn in solid performances. Accomplished thespians Patrick Wymark, Donald Houston and Derren Nesbitt, to name a few, are faces many will recognize from UK television roles. An interesting point made in the film is the ordinary German soldier’s sometime disdain for the fanatic Nazi SS or Gestapo trooper. This is shown through one German officer’s unwillingness to comply with the local Gestapo major. It’s rare to see that kind of “layer” added to the German side of a plot in an American picture. Generally, they are always just treated as bad guys to be dispatched in hails of lead or burning explosions. The film holds up well over time, and there’s little to date it to 1968, save for the youthful faces of many of the actors. It certainly beats the current crop of “big gasoline driven explosion” movies that have no plot. It is heavy on action and plot, but it has a running time of 155 minutes, giving it plenty of time to develop plot and action. Where Eagles Dare continues to be entertaining and a blueprint for the rip roaring adventure movie.

Vintage Movie Posters Grading Criteria

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
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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 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.