Unicorns

[Harry Caul]

Great flick... Clive's breakthrough role for sure.  Nice find!

[paul waines]

Well tracked down Mark, I may have to send you a list...

[archie leach]

I have the corresponding 1999 release US 1-sheet (different image).  I can't find an image of it online, but it similar to the 'Life's a gamble' DVD release cover only with the cards displaying a royal flush...

It played alongside a few other films (5?) that each played one week as a part of an 'indie cinema' celebration series in a handful of theaters.  This is when the initial critical buzz in the US first started.  The one sheet that I have is the only one that I've seen.

I like the image on the DC...

[gargoyle67]

This would be considered a Unicorn correct ?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Original-E-T-Movie-Poster-American-Cast-Autographed-x8-with-COA-/161426480672?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2595c49e20

[Harry Caul]

Dimensions look off.  If it's a boot, sigs are probably faked too.  That Spielberg sig looks off for sure.  Definitely not Unicorn worthy....

[paul waines]

Unicorns are mostly personal, as we all pursue different goals in this hobby.  As Matt says, that looks like a fake poster, that some people off the street have signed...

[Charlie]

Unicorns are mostly personal, as we all pursue different goals in this hobby.  As Matt says, that looks like a fake poster, that some people off the street have signed...

Yeah, Paul is packing up one of my unicorns while chatting you fellas up this mornin'.... 

[gargoyle67]

Wondered why the sky had a more purple tint 

[paul waines]

Yeah, Paul is packing up one of my unicorns while chatting you fellas up this mornin'.... 

 

[MoviePosterBid.com]

When Croupier was first released - in the UK in 1999 - the British Film Institute rescued it from going straight to video. But it had an extremely limited release in just a few cinemas and disappeared. Mike Hodges, the director, later complained in an interview that "....it didn't really have a proper poster..." After its subsequent success in the US it was re-released in the UK in 2001 with a familiar quad poster on display in cinemas.

This poster doesn't look much and the torn corner doesn't help. However, unless someone is sitting on a roll of these, I believe this first release UK Double Crown poster from 1999 is very rare and qualifies as a unicorn.




Mark

I presume Mark is correct as I have not seen this style before and none of the posters in my gambling collection have this image

[MoviePosterBid.com]

it wouldn't be considered a unicorn even if the autographs were real
each of these sigs looks like the Valley Forger is still in business and plenty of stupid dealers (there is a previous conversation on this forum in authentication) are still giving this thief an avenue to cheat collectors and other buyers, which begs the question - when dealers sell these, aren't they not the same kind of thief as the forger? Yes I say

This would be considered a Unicorn correct ?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Original-E-T-Movie-Poster-American-Cast-Autographed-x8-with-COA-/161426480672?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2595c49e20

[Ari]

it wouldn't be considered a unicorn even if the autographs were real
each of these sigs looks like the Valley Forger is still in business and plenty of stupid dealers (there is a previous conversation on this forum in authentication) are still giving this thief an avenue to cheat collectors and other buyers, which begs the question - when dealers sell these, aren't they not the same kind of thief as the forger? Yes I say

Yes, playing dumb isn't a defence.

[Undead]

This one here is both a recent and also a Unicorn at he same time, posted in both spots. It is an original Back to the Future Mall advance poster. It is the only advance made for the movie that is dated, double sided, is an odd size at about 40x50 and was made specifically for use in the mall display boards that we all remember so well. I actually remember seeing this in one of the displays back in '85 and thinking to myself how do I get it out. It gets the Unicorn status because other than the one Lieberman, Cinemasterpieces, sold some time ago I do not know of or have seen any other copies of it. Now just have to decide what to do with it.

[110x75]

Now just have to decide what to do with it.

Sell it to T?

[Undead]

I am betting he has one already. He probably has every other copy plus a roll of 50 he forgot about. 

[erik1925]

It's made of plastic and is durable.... im sure a huge roll exists somewhere...   

[Undead]

Actually its a heavy stock paper, not quite card stock so light can get through but heavier than regular poster paper. The sellers description was less than accurate in oh so many ways.

[archie leach]

This has been spotted a time or two (Bruce sold one in 2011 and there is a copy on an ancient dealer website for wayyyy more than I paid), but anytime you find a poster from one of T's favorite directors that he doesn't already have, then it calls for some special attention...

Trading Places International One Sheet...



The FilmOnPaper website lists a different image that I and T, according an old thread on here, believe is a UK onsheet (the image is the same as the quad).  This image also appears on the German poster.  I think that it is easily the best image for the film...


(Yes, this is an actual Archie Leach poster sighting...)

[marklawd]

You must be referring to this one. I agree it seems to be the UK international one sheet.



Mark

[wonka]

Love both of those. Great snag, Archie.

One of the best comedies of all time.

[Harry Caul]

Seems an opportune to time to share my new Hungarian Trading Places... my new favorite for this film!

[archie leach]

You must be referring to this one. I agree it seems to be the UK international one sheet.

Mark

Yeah, I have the similar Australian. I like both images far, far better than the lame US image, but I've always liked something about the big heads on small bodies style.

Love both of those. Great snag, Archie.

One of the best comedies of all time.

I agree.  I remember sitting in Business school and when we got to the part on options we based the discussion around the end of the film. For many classmates (not me), it was the first time they understood what happened...

Seems an opportune to time to share my new Hungarian Trading Places... my new favorite for this film!

One of the better Hungarians going... although I'm getting a 70's porn vibe for some reason... 

[Zorba]

Love both of those. Great snag, Archie.

+1

Very nice.

That Hungarian is cool Matt.

[wonka]

Actually, can you provide the Cliffs Notes on that last scene, Archie? Every time I think I have a handle on it, my MBA/investor friends shoot holes in my understanding, yet it is almost as if they cannot really explain it either...

Matt, that is awesome. Great poster.

[archie leach]

Here's a nice breakdown... you are clearly not alone...

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/07/19/201430727/what-actually-happens-at-the-end-of-trading-places