Bond Movie Posters...10 Best?
George Sean Browne
I don't know about the rest of you but for me one of the fun pieces of
any new 007 movie experience is the release of the advanced and
regular "A" sheets. Seeing the advanced post for TWINE this weekend
made me a bit nostalgic for the great Bond posters of yesteryear.
With that in mind I thought it would be intresting to see what other
folk in this NG felt were the best posters over the years. So, here
are a few entrie I would place into a prospective "Top Ten Bond Movie
Posters"
1) You Only Live Twice (the once with Bond inside the volcano)
2) Dr. No (quite nice considering the simplicity of its elements )
3) The Spy Who Loved Me.
4) The man with the Golden Gun (Villians Poster version)
5) For Your Eyes Only (I love those legs!)
I'll start with those five; please do add on your own comments on the
above or additional entries to eventually compile a Top Ten list.
Also, did you prefer the painted posters versus the Photo or Photo
montage posters (I find I lean towards the painted ones myself).
Anyway, thank you for reading and commenting!
George Sean Browne
Tom Zielinski
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I'm a big fan of the "Thunderball" poster, its probably my favorite.
"Goldfinger" is too dark, and the artwork (not the photographs) of Connery
has a cartoonish quality I don't care for. "Dr. No" is superb as you've
mentioned, I currently hang it in my office. I also enjoy the "You Only
Live Twice" artwork, though the two huge subway posters I have would cost a
small fortune to frame; not to mention I have nowhere large enough to hang
them. I like "Goldeneye" as well, but abhor the "Tomorrow Never Dies"
poster which has a terrible looking photo of Brosnan. Dalton looked good in
the photographs on the posters he did, they are great though I prefer
artwork to photography in movie posters generally. The simplicity of the
two "From Russia With Love" ("A" and "B") posters grows on me, though I do
not display them like the others ("Goldfinger", "Thunderball", "Dr. No",
"Goldeneye") I've mentioned. I rotate each after a period of time. They
are terrific pieces of pop culture and wonderful conversation pieces.
I bought most of my posters (all original) when I was 14 or 15 and swear I
didn't pay more than about $12.00 for any one of them. Anyone know how much
they might be worth today?
Tom Zielinski
Lake In The Hills, IL USA
"Life is Funny, But I'm Not Laughing..."
ARCHIE FLEMING
It all depends what a fan/ collector want to pay for them, the early 60s
ones in good condition , can go up wards in the 100s if not 1000s, also
depends on size and how rare , example a set of 4 US door panels for YOLT
were estimated at a recent Christies auction at Ł2000 - Ł3000 , they went
for Ł10,350, were as the new UK teaser quad (as US version artwork wise) is
on sale for Ł8.50.
As to posters I have always liked the early ones , although I find that I
like double bills more were two or more films artwork are mixed up on the
poster, I also find the "strange" paring of films , eg The Pink Panther
srikes again and Spy , were the Panther has his tail wrapped around 007,
back to back style. Appealing
If your into poster art work you may care to look out fot Thomas Von
Nixdorfs Licence to Thrill, James Bond plakate 1962-1997 printed by Plakat
Konzepte Hannover, (it sometimes pops up on e bay , but is a bit of a rare
book to find) as it takes you thru a host of posters worldwide and concerpt
art not used. I belive there is to be an English verson to tie in with
twine, although words are not needed as this is really a book to look at
rather than read.
My top 5................ (in no real order)
1 Robert Peaks Licence Revoked (LTK) art work , esp the one of TD thats red
2 US (and others) one sheet (and other sizes) teaser YOLT, (one with first,
then , next, last)
3 YOLT volcano
4 season of 007 early 70s UK combo , the first poster I ever bought and its
so simple but striking a black thru the barrel logo , with a 007 figure in
the middle pointing a gun.
5 TLD girl in white dress
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1) Viva James Bond (a poster in celebration for sean connery's Bond movies.
But ohmss is also noted?)
2)The LIving daylights (great art work)
3)Moonraker
4)Casino Royale (very nice)
5)Dr No
Burnsy
Tom Zielinski wrote in message
>I bought most of my posters (all original) when I was 14 or 15 and swear I
>didn't pay more than about $12.00 for any one of them. Anyone know how
much
>they might be worth today?
Yikes... all framed originals too, you say? I'm no expert, but from what
I've seen, the FRWL (especially the A style, that's the one with the four
girls, right?), TB and GF could go on ebay for $100-$200 each unframed, the
DN could get you $300-$400. With the frames, the prices would be
considerably higher. A TB and YOLT subway poster like the one you mentioned
went recently for over $1000 each.
Personally, my favorite is the TB one-sheet. The whole "Look up..." theme is
classic. Second would be the British TLD quad, third would be the GE US
"There is no substitute" teaser one-sheet, DN for it's classy early 60's
simplicity, then Goldfinger for the "Everything he touches turns to
excitement!" tagline, and finally the GE one-sheet, very good for a photo
montage.
I hope they do something better with TWINE than they did with the other
Brosnan films, look at any GE poster (one-sheet, quad, US or international
teaser) or any TND poster and you'll see that it's all big Brosnan faces.
Definitely time for something different.
NY Voice1
FRWL (not the rare one) and YOLT bath tub (also a three sheet version of bath
tub). A reissue of DAF, and originals after that.
#1 OHMSS It is all there.
#2 Thunderball and Unreleased poster
#3 YOLT Bath Very sexy.
#4 MWTGG (villians) wish i had it
$5 TLD.british artwork followed by U.S.
#6 FYEO. LOVE the LEGS
#7 Dr.No...
#8 DAF...Bikini's, notice their hands?
#9 MWTGG. Mauds uncencored backside
#10 Goldfinger
#11 LLD
#12 TSWLM
#13 LTK both US and UK
#14 Octopussy
#15 FWL
#16 AVTK
#17 GD....boring silver faces
#18 TND Yawn
#19 TWINE...I have to sit on this teaser
Langdon....missing one? Hmmm