Hi there. Welcome to another posting of my "classic collection"---those posters I had BEFORE I started posting online. I know I've been away a while. I was gone on a two week trip and I've just been busy with work and life in general. But I am B-A-C-K with 10 more things from my pre-online past.
DR. NO (80s re-release):
Yes, this is an 80s re-release. (I have a couple in this posting). I am fine with this being a re-release as it uses the same art as the original release poster and the original is CRAZY expensive. These re-release posters are getting crazy expensive, too. I'm glad I got mine when I did. Yowza!
YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (80s re-release):
Another 80's re-release showcasing Bond in his gyrocopter (which, I believe was called the "Little Jenny"? Or am I flashing on something else?). I like this poster, i just wish they had also re-issued the poster with Bond in the bath with the Japanese ladies. I like that one a lot, too. (I wasn't so wild about the third poster in the volcano base with bond walking sideways on a ladder.)
THUNDERBALL / YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (re-release combo):
This very well could have been my first poster for a Connery Bond movie (or, as it turns out, a double feature). Zowie! I had no idea these re-release combo posters existed until the early 2000s. This was the first purchased---but I believe I have scored all of them now.
DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER:
My oldest Connery first release Bond poster---DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER (did they even bother with an 80s re-release poster of this?). Bond's little space buggy is (used to be?) on display in Las Vegas (where the bulk of the action takes place) in the Planet Hollywood restaurant in the Roman Forum shops at Caesar's Palace. It is also strange to see CIRCUS CIRCUS---then the swanky, gimmicky new casino/hotel--in this when it is at the lower end of the strip now and probably not long from demolition.
THE SPY WHO LOVED ME:
The first movie I ever saw as a kid was GOLDFINGER at the Winchester Drive In in San Jose, California---but I was too young to understand what was happening and it took me YEARS to figure out what the movie had been. The first movie I ever saw that I knew was a James Bond movie was THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN on HBO. But the first Bond flick--where I knew it was a Bond flick--in the theater? THE SPY WHO LOVED ME. This was a great first "real" introduction (although I had really enjoyed GOLDEN GUN and the little bit I had gleaned from GOLDFINGER). Years later I got to interview Richard "JAWS" Kiel in his home. He had a small reproduction of this hanging in his home office/study. I couldn't believe I had an original and he didn't. I almost offered it to him, but restrained myself.
MOONRAKER:
I liked the first half of this film---and then it turned into a campfest...and fell apart (in my eyes). Still, it was a huge hit and I am thrilled to have the poster (I'm thrilled to have all of the Bond posters).
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CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG:
Obviously NOT a Bond film, but written by Bond author Ian Fleming and produced by the Bond team. I love this flick---although I do believe it was considered somewhat of a flop when it came out, it has gone on to become a great cult success.
THE LOST WORLD OF SINBAD:
A SINBAD movie in (retitled/dubbed) named only. This is actually a Japanese fantasy flick that AIP acquired and wisely released as a SINBAD flick to cash in on the success of the Ray Harryhausen SINBAD (THE SEVENTH VOYAGE OF SINBAD). Fun art---but have never seen the flick. I've gotten several copies of this poster over the years (why do I do that? Grrr)--but this is the first one I owned.
BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES:
I know most people dismiss this first sequel to THE PLANET OF THE APES---but I dig it. I am also thrilled to have the poster for it.
BATTLE FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES:
This was the second APES poster I owned (after CONQUEST OF THE PLANET OF THE APES which I'd scored as a teenager). Notice the apparent discoloration on the lower right side? That was because the eBay seller wasn't very careful when he packed this up---and got some of the sticky glue/tape stuff on those USPS Priority Mail boxes on the poster. (No, the poster was NOT wrapped in plastic or anything else protective. Just shoved in a box, sealed, and sent. I had to painstakingly super slowly peel it away, That discoloration is a thin layer of the box still attached to the back of the poster. GRRR. I have purchased another copy or two since getting this one. But this remains my least favorite film in the original series as well as my least favorite poster.
That's it for now. Thank you so much for stopping by.
CHEERS!
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