How come both these posters never surfaced until a few years ago if they were used in 1973 and 1975? And where are the R73 and R75 lobby cards and other items?
Bruce
Bruce, anothr Kubrick film - 2001 - has re-issues in 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1978 and 1980, yet, there are only lobby cards for 1968 original release and 1972 re-issue. we all know that the NSS warehouses however had plenty of backstock material for decades after any particular film's release, so it's my guess that 1972 cards were printed after 1968 cards were gone. We also know that sizes under 1sheets were in diminished request from theatres until they stopped printing them altogether.
I suspect Clockwork had a fairly large backstock at NSS for quite a long time due to the different way the film was handled by theatres everywhere, including NYC where I lived and that sizes other than 1sheet or larger paper were not commonly displayed for this film.