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Trainspotting / quad / UK

18.05.11

Poster Poster
Title
Trainspotting
AKA
La vida en el abismo [Life in the abyss] (Mexico)
Year of Film
1996
Director
Danny Boyle
Starring
Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle, Ewen Bremner, Kevin McKidd, Kelly Macdonald, Peter Mullan, Irvine Welsh
Origin of Film
UK
Genre(s) of Film
Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle, Ewen Bremner, Kevin McKidd, Kelly Macdonald, Peter Mullan, Irvine Welsh,
Type of Poster
Quad
Style of Poster
--
Origin of Poster
UK
Year of Poster
1996
Designer
Empire Design
Artist
Photgraphy by Lorenzo Agius
Size (inches)
30" x 39 15/16"
SS or DS
DS
Tagline
--

Trainspotting / one sheet / USA

17.05.11

Poster Poster
Title
Trainspotting
AKA
La vida en el abismo [Life in the abyss] (Mexico)
Year of Film
1996
Director
Danny Boyle
Starring
Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle, Ewen Bremner, Kevin McKidd, Kelly Macdonald, Peter Mullan, Irvine Welsh
Origin of Film
UK
Genre(s) of Film
Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle, Ewen Bremner, Kevin McKidd, Kelly Macdonald, Peter Mullan, Irvine Welsh,
Type of Poster
One sheet
Style of Poster
--
Origin of Poster
USA
Year of Poster
1996
Designer
Tarhan Creative
Artist
Photgraphy by Lorenzo Agius
Size (inches)
27" x 40"
SS or DS
SS
NSS #
--
Tagline
--

Transsiberian / one sheet / USA

17.05.11

Poster Poster
Title
Transsiberian
AKA
--
Year of Film
2008
Director
Brad Anderson
Starring
Woody Harrelson, Emily Mortimer, Ben Kingsley, Kate Mara, Eduardo Noriega, Thomas Kretschmann, Etienne Chicot, Mac McDonald, Colin Stinton
Origin of Film
Spain | Germany | UK | Lithuania
Genre(s) of Film
Woody Harrelson, Emily Mortimer, Ben Kingsley, Kate Mara, Eduardo Noriega, Thomas Kretschmann, Etienne Chicot, Mac McDonald, Colin Stinton,
Type of Poster
One sheet
Style of Poster
--
Origin of Poster
USA
Year of Poster
2008
Designer
Big Picture Group
Artist
--
Size (inches)
27" x 39 14/16"
SS or DS
DS
NSS #
--
Tagline
You can't escape your lies.

Trouble In Mind / one sheet / USA

17.05.11

Poster Poster
Title
Trouble In Mind
AKA
Wanda's Café (France) | Stati di alterazione progressiva (Condition of progressive alteration] (Italy)
Year of Film
1985
Director
Alan Rudolph
Starring
Kris Kristofferson, Keith Carradine, Lori Singer, Geneviève Bujold, Joe Morton, Divine, George Kirby, John Considine, Dirk Blocker, Albert Hall
Origin of Film
USA
Genre(s) of Film
Kris Kristofferson, Keith Carradine, Lori Singer, Geneviève Bujold, Joe Morton, Divine, George Kirby, John Considine, Dirk Blocker, Albert Hall,
Type of Poster
One sheet
Style of Poster
--
Origin of Poster
USA
Year of Poster
1985
Designer
Mike Kaplan
Artist
Ignacio Gomez
Size (inches)
27 3/16" x 40 1/16"
SS or DS
SS
NSS #
--
Tagline
--

Twin Town / one sheet / USA

17.05.11

Poster Poster
Title
Twin Town
AKA
Pretty Shitty City (Germany)
Year of Film
1997
Director
Kevin Allen
Starring
Llŷr Ifans, Rhys Ifans, Dorien Thomas, Dougray Scott, Buddug Williams, Ronnie Williams, Huw Ceredig, Brian Hibbard, Jenny Evans
Origin of Film
UK
Genre(s) of Film
Llŷr Ifans, Rhys Ifans, Dorien Thomas, Dougray Scott, Buddug Williams, Ronnie Williams, Huw Ceredig, Brian Hibbard, Jenny Evans,
Type of Poster
One sheet
Style of Poster
--
Origin of Poster
USA
Year of Poster
1997
Designer
Unknown
Artist
--
Size (inches)
27" x 40"
SS or DS
DS
NSS #
--
Tagline
An extreme comedy

Twisted Nerve / 30×40 / USA

28.10.11

Poster Poster
Title
Twisted Nerve
AKA
--
Year of Film
1968
Director
Roy Boulting
Starring
Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett, Billie Whitelaw, Phyllis Calvert, Frank Finlay, Barry Foster, Salmaan Peerzada, Christian Roberts, Gretchen Franklin, Thorley Walters
Origin of Film
UK
Genre(s) of Film
Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett, Billie Whitelaw, Phyllis Calvert, Frank Finlay, Barry Foster, Salmaan Peerzada, Christian Roberts, Gretchen Franklin, Thorley Walters,
Type of Poster
30x40
Style of Poster
--
Origin of Poster
USA
Year of Poster
1969
Designer
Unknown
Artist
--
Size (inches)
30 2/16" x 40"
SS or DS
SS
NSS #
69/87
Tagline
Cleaver. Cleaver. Chop. Chop. First the mom and then the pop. Then we'll get the pretty girl. We'll get her right between the curl.

Wild artwork for this British psychological thriller about a disturbed young man who pretends to be mentally retarded in order to be near Susan, a girl he has become infatuated with, killing those who get in his way. According to IMDb, the film’s controversial nature led to a prologue being added during post-production, explaining that there was no connection between Down’s Syndrome, at that time called Mongolism, and psychopathic behaviour.

Quentin Tarantino used the theme tune, by the great composer Bernard Hermann, in both Kill Bill and Death Proof (as Rosario Dawson’s character’s ringtone).

Apparently the film was difficult to see after its cinema release, likely due to the controversy at the time, and was only released on DVD a few years ago.

The whole film is currently available to watch on YouTube.

V for Vendetta / quad / UK

18.05.11

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V for Vendetta / B2 / Japan

17.05.11

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Violent City / B2 / gun style / Japan

17.05.11

Poster Poster
Title
Violent City
AKA
Città violenta (Italy - original title) | The Family (USA)
Year of Film
1970
Director
Sergio Sollima
Starring
Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Telly Savalas, Michel Constantin, Umberto Orsini, Ray Saunders, Benjamin Lev
Origin of Film
Italy | France
Genre(s) of Film
Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Telly Savalas, Michel Constantin, Umberto Orsini, Ray Saunders, Benjamin Lev,
Type of Poster
B2
Style of Poster
Gun
Origin of Poster
Japan
Year of Poster
1970
Designer
Unknown
Artist
--
Size (inches)
20 4/16" x 28 12/16"
SS or DS
SS
Tagline
--

Violent City / B2 / woman style / Japan

17.05.11

Poster Poster
Title
Violent City
AKA
Città violenta (Italy - original title) | The Family (USA)
Year of Film
1970
Director
Sergio Sollima
Starring
Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Telly Savalas, Michel Constantin, Umberto Orsini, Ray Saunders, Benjamin Lev
Origin of Film
Italy | France
Genre(s) of Film
Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Telly Savalas, Michel Constantin, Umberto Orsini, Ray Saunders, Benjamin Lev,
Type of Poster
B2
Style of Poster
Woman style
Origin of Poster
Japan
Year of Poster
1970
Designer
Unknown
Artist
--
Size (inches)
20 4/16"" x 29"
SS or DS
SS
Tagline
--

Violent Cop / B2 / Japan

17.05.11

Poster Poster
Title
Violent Cop
AKA
Sono otoko, kyôbô ni tsuki (Japan - original title)
Year of Film
1989
Director
Takeshi Kitano
Starring
Takeshi Kitano, Maiko Kawakami, Makoto Ashikawa, Shirô Sano, Sei Hiraizumi, Mikiko Otonashi, Hakuryu, Ittoku Kishibe, Ken Yoshizawa
Origin of Film
Japan
Genre(s) of Film
Takeshi Kitano, Maiko Kawakami, Makoto Ashikawa, Shirô Sano, Sei Hiraizumi, Mikiko Otonashi, Hakuryu, Ittoku Kishibe, Ken Yoshizawa,
Type of Poster
B2
Style of Poster
--
Origin of Poster
Japan
Year of Poster
1989
Designer
Unknown
Artist
Photography by Noboru Takahashi
Size (inches)
20 6/16" x 28 14/16"
SS or DS
SS
Tagline
--

Violent Cop / special ICA / UK

17.05.11

Poster Poster
Title
Violent Cop
AKA
Sono otoko, kyôbô ni tsuki (Japan - original title)
Year of Film
1989
Director
Takeshi Kitano
Starring
'Beat' Takeshi Kitano, Maiko Kawakami, Makoto Ashikawa, Shirô Sano, Sei Hiraizumi, Mikiko Otonashi, Hakuryu, Ittoku Kishibe, Ken Yoshizawa
Origin of Film
Japan
Genre(s) of Film
'Beat' Takeshi Kitano, Maiko Kawakami, Makoto Ashikawa, Shirô Sano, Sei Hiraizumi, Mikiko Otonashi, Hakuryu, Ittoku Kishibe, Ken Yoshizawa,
Type of Poster
Special
Style of Poster
ICA
Origin of Poster
UK
Year of Poster
1993
Designer
Unknown
Artist
--
Size (inches)
19 6/8" x 23 15/16"
SS or DS
SS
Tagline
'BEAT' TAKESHI. This man is wild!

Vivement Dimanche! / B2 / Japan

17.05.11

Poster Poster
Title
Vivement Dimanche!
AKA
Confidentially Yours (Australia / USA) | Finally, Sunday! (UK)
Year of Film
1983
Director
François Truffaut
Starring
Fanny Ardant, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Philippe Laudenbach, Philippe Morier-Genoud, Xavier Saint-Macary, Jean-Louis Richard, Caroline Sihol
Origin of Film
France
Genre(s) of Film
Fanny Ardant, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Philippe Laudenbach, Philippe Morier-Genoud, Xavier Saint-Macary, Jean-Louis Richard, Caroline Sihol,
Type of Poster
B2
Style of Poster
--
Origin of Poster
Japan
Year of Poster
1984
Designer
Unknown
Artist
--
Size (inches)
20 6/16" x 28 12/16"
SS or DS
SS
Tagline
--

Walking the Edge / one sheet / USA

17.05.11

Poster Poster
Title
Walking the Edge
AKA
--
Year of Film
1983
Director
Norbert Meisel
Starring
Robert Forster, Nancy Kwan, Joe Spinell, A Martinez, James McIntire, Wayne Woodson, Doug Toby, Phil H. Fravel, Luis Contreras
Origin of Film
USA
Genre(s) of Film
Robert Forster, Nancy Kwan, Joe Spinell, A Martinez, James McIntire, Wayne Woodson, Doug Toby, Phil H. Fravel, Luis Contreras,
Type of Poster
One sheet
Style of Poster
--
Origin of Poster
USA
Year of Poster
1983
Designer
Unknown
Artist
--
Size (inches)
27" x 41"
SS or DS
SS
NSS #
--
Tagline
They drove him to the edge, and on the edge there are no rules. | This Cabby Ain't Askin' For No Tips.

Watchmen / one sheet / teaser / San Diego Comic Con / USA

17.05.11

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Who Framed Roger Rabbit / one sheet / USA

17.05.11

Poster Poster
Title
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
AKA
--
Year of Film
1988
Director
Robert Zemeckis, Richard Williams
Starring
Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy, Charles Fleischer, Stubby Kaye, Alan Tilvern, Richard LeParmentier, Lou Hirsch, Betsy Brantley, Joel Silver, Paul Springer
Origin of Film
USA
Genre(s) of Film
Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy, Charles Fleischer, Stubby Kaye, Alan Tilvern, Richard LeParmentier, Lou Hirsch, Betsy Brantley, Joel Silver, Paul Springer,
Type of Poster
One sheet
Style of Poster
--
Origin of Poster
USA
Year of Poster
1988
Designer
Steven Chorney
Artist
Mick McGinty
Size (inches)
27" x 41"
SS or DS
SS
NSS #
880054
Tagline
It's the story of a man, a woman, and a rabbit in a triangle of trouble.

Wild At Heart / one sheet / USA

17.05.11

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This is the US one sheet poster for David Lynch’s 1990 twisted road trip Wild at Heart. Based on Barry Gifford’s 1989 novel of the same name, the film is arguably the most conventional film that Lynch has ever made, but it’s no less weird and wonderful than the rest of his output. Nicolas Cage turns in one of his career best performances as Sailor Ripley, a young man sent to jail for killing a knife-wielding attacker in North Carolina.

Upon his release, he is met by his girlfriend Lula Fortune (Laura Dern) at the prison gates and the pair decide to run away to California to escape her domineering mother Marietta (a memorable performance by Diane Ladd). Marietta is a twisted bully and totally disapproves of Sailor and Lula’s relationship. It’s revealed that she sent the knife-wielding killer after him to begin with and when they disappear she hires both a private detective and a dangerous mobster to track them down.

The lovers end up in Texas where they meet an old friend called Perdita Durango (Isabella Rossellini) who they hope will be able to help them, but also encounter the psychotic gangster Bobby Peru (a terrifying Willem Dafoe) who leads Sailor astray with terrible consequences. The film is full of Lynch’s trademark surreal sequences and shocking moments of violence, including one involving a shotgun that is hard to forget. Apparently the film tested badly upon completion and Lynch recalls that over 100 people walked out during one screening. It received a pretty mixed critical reception but it did win the coveted Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival and was a moderate financial success in the US and internationally.

Wild at Heart / quad / UK

18.05.11

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Wild At Heart / B2 / Japan

17.05.11

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Women’s Prison Massacre / one sheet / USA

17.05.11

Poster Poster
Title
Women's Prison Massacre
AKA
Emanuelle fuga dall'inferno [Emanuelle escapes from hell] (Italy - original title) | A Bunch of Bastards (Greece - video box title) | Blade Violent (Japan - English title)
Year of Film
1983
Director
Bruno Mattei
Starring
Laura Gemser, Gabriele Tinti, Ursula Flores, Maria Romano, Antonella Giacomini, Raul Cabrera, Pierangelo Pozzato, Robert Mura, Michael Laurant, Françoise Perrot, Jacques Stany, Flo Astair
Origin of Film
Italy | France
Genre(s) of Film
Laura Gemser, Gabriele Tinti, Ursula Flores, Maria Romano, Antonella Giacomini, Raul Cabrera, Pierangelo Pozzato, Robert Mura, Michael Laurant, Françoise Perrot, Jacques Stany, Flo Astair,
Type of Poster
One sheet
Style of Poster
--
Origin of Poster
USA
Year of Poster
1985
Designer
Unknown
Artist
Unknown
Size (inches)
27" x 41 1/16"
SS or DS
SS
NSS #
--
Tagline
The killing never stops ...

Wonderland / one sheet / artwork style / USA

17.05.11

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Wonderland / one sheet / teaser / USA

17.05.11

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Zatoichi / quad / UK

18.05.11

Poster Poster
Title
Zatoichi
AKA
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (USA)
Year of Film
2003
Director
Takeshi Kitano
Starring
Beat Takeshi, Tadanobu Asano, Michiyo Okusu, Yui Natsukawa, Guadalcanal Taka, Daigiro Tachibana, Yuko Daike, Ittoku Kishibe, Saburo Ishikura, Akira Emoto
Origin of Film
Japan
Genre(s) of Film
Beat Takeshi, Tadanobu Asano, Michiyo Okusu, Yui Natsukawa, Guadalcanal Taka, Daigiro Tachibana, Yuko Daike, Ittoku Kishibe, Saburo Ishikura, Akira Emoto,
Type of Poster
Quad
Style of Poster
--
Origin of Poster
UK
Year of Poster
2003
Designer
Airside
Artist
Henki Leung
Size (inches)
29 15/16" x 39 7/8"
SS or DS
SS
Tagline
--

Shaft in Africa / B2 / Japan

30.06.14

Poster Poster
Title
Shaft in Africa
AKA
Shaft e i mercanti di schiavi [Shaft and the slave merchants] (Italy)
Year of Film
1973
Director
John Guillermin
Starring
Richard Roundtree, Frank Finlay, Vonetta McGee, Neda Arneric, Debebe Eshetu, Spiros Focás, Jacques Herlin, Jho Jhenkins
Origin of Film
USA
Genre(s) of Film
Richard Roundtree, Frank Finlay, Vonetta McGee, Neda Arneric, Debebe Eshetu, Spiros Focás, Jacques Herlin, Jho Jhenkins,
Type of Poster
B2
Style of Poster
--
Origin of Poster
Japan
Year of Poster
1973
Designer
Unknown
Artist
--
Size (inches)
20 6/16" x 28 13/16"
SS or DS
SS
Tagline
--

This is the Japanese B2 for Shaft in Africa, the final entry in the trilogy of films featuring Blaxploitation hero Shaft (Richard Roundtree). This time the eponymous detective is kidnapped from his New York apartment and coerced into assuming the identity of a native-speaking itinerant worker in an African country. His ‘employer’ wants Shaft to smash a human trafficking ring, run by the dastardly Amafi (Frank Finlay), that’s bringing African workers into Europe to exploit them.

Much more of an adventure film than the previous two entries, which were pretty much entirely set in urban areas, this film was actually shot on location in Ethiopia and has less of a blaxploitation feel and more of a James Bond-style action style. Gordon Parks, the director of the previous entries, was replaced by the British director John Guillermin who would helm the box-office smash The Towering Inferno the following year.

The photo montage is unique to Japan and the US poster features excellent artwork by John Solie. The fact that the designer chose to tint Shaft blue in the image of him kissing a white woman is more than a little strange and one can only guess at the motivations behind that decision.

You can view the trailer on YouTube.

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me / one sheet / USA

17.05.11

Poster Poster
Title
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
AKA
--
Year of Film
1992
Director
David Lynch
Starring
Sheryl Lee, Moira Kelly, David Bowie, Chris Isaak, Harry Dean Stanton, Ray Wise, Kyle MacLachlan, Heather Graham
Origin of Film
France | USA
Genre(s) of Film
Sheryl Lee, Moira Kelly, David Bowie, Chris Isaak, Harry Dean Stanton, Ray Wise, Kyle MacLachlan, Heather Graham,
Type of Poster
One sheet
Style of Poster
--
Origin of Poster
USA
Year of Poster
1992
Designer
Unknown
Artist
--
Size (inches)
27" x 41"
SS or DS
DS
NSS #
--
Tagline
In a town like Twin Peaks, no one is innocent.

Despite the phenomenal ratings success that David Lynch and Mark Frost‘s Twin Peaks TV series had enjoyed during its first season, the viewing figures dropped sharply in the middle of the second and the show was put on hiatus by ABC. After a letter-writing campaign by fans, dubbed COOP (Citizens Opposed to the Offing of Peaks), the studio relented and agreed to show the remaining six episodes. The biggest problem the show faced was that halfway through the second series the killer of Laura Palmer had been revealed, which had been the main storyline focus up until that point, and the following episodes failed to hold viewer interest as much.

When ABC revealed they were not planning to make a third series the show’s cancellation was confirmed. Only a month after this happened, Lynch announced that he was planning to make a Twin Peaks film in conjunction with French company CIBY-2000, which ended up being both a prequel and an epilogue to the original show. Working without Mark Frost, Lynch was able to assemble most of the original cast, with the exception of Lara Flynn BoyleSherilyn Fenn and Richard BeymerKyle MacLachlan had been reluctant to return as FBI Agent Dale Cooper and is only featured briefly in the film, which lead Lynch and his co-screenwriter to change the focus of the film, with another murder case and the life of Laura Palmer being key facets of the plot.

In Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, Chris Isaak plays FBI Agent Chester Desmond who, along with his new partner Sam Stanley (Kiefer Sutherland), are sent to investigate the murder of Teresa Banks in the town of Deer Meadow. After finding an important clue, Desmond mysteriously disappears and the film then cuts to one year later in the town of Twin Peaks, picking up the story of homecoming queen Laura Palmer whose eventual murder has a direct link to that of Teresa Banks.

Despite the cult following of the TV series, the film was both a critical and commercial flop and was greeted with boos and jeers at the Cannes Film Festival, with Quentin Tarantino confessing “After I saw Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me at Cannes, David Lynch had disappeared so far up his own ass that I have no desire to see another David Lynch movie until I hear something different. And you know, I loved him. I loved him.” It also saw poor box-office takings in the USA after the ratings drop of the second series and the unforgiving plot for people unfamiliar with the Twin Peaks universe.

This US one sheet features a portrait of Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) and the split necklace. Notably this one sheet is double-sided and will have been one of the first to be printed in this way.

The original trailer is on YouTube.