Nice, I'm a bit of a Chaplin convert. I never gave the films much time, but on a recent international flight I watched one, and boy did I laugh and cry. Really impressed. Sadly I had a beautiful original still that I sold years ago, I would have liked to have it now.
Gold rush, it was great, I might have a scan somewhere.
Congratulations to the new owner (s) of these two splendid posters. SOLD TODAY AT BONHAMS. One went for £20K (+BP) and other for £30k (+ BP).I took the photos at the venue.
Such a good movie. Hope you can track the scan down.
Thanks for posting Rosa...great posters.....At 6 reels The Kid was truly THE landmark comedy film.....sigh....I will go ahead and take both....
Is this poster style super rare or something?
Was a nice clean copy. I was going to bid, but the price was well-beyond what I thought it would go for.
Yes, extremely rare and of course as "cult" of a movie as they come -- Imean there is an annual festival celebrating it! I'm guessing this was Mel's copy.
The 2nd high win on EMP, this past Thurs, was the US OS for The Boondock Saints (1999), going for $507.00 I dont know this movie at all, but sounds like another cult classic (or on the way to being one). Again, is this style rare or not seen all that much?http://auctions.emovieposter.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&Auction_uid1=4017718
I dont know this movie at all, but sounds like another cult classic (or on the way to being one). Again, is this style rare or not seen all that much?
A cult movie if ever there was one, this movie grossed only $30,000 at the domestic box office (yes you read that correctly), but as of 2009 had $50 million in US video sales almost solely from word of mouth. Boondock Saints had an extremely troubled multi-year trip to the big screen -- there were three aborted production attempts by Miramax, New Line and Paramount before finally being financed independently for only $7 million. It was shopped around at Cannes but no studios were interested in distributing it. After finally getting an independent distribution, it only screened in 5 theaters (yes, 5) for a single week! And despite being released theatrically in another dozen or so countries, the worldwide box office was a laughable $400k. It's pretty safe to say that almost nobody saw this film in the theaters -- which makes this advance Japanese B1 all the more rare! Easily the best art from any country and with only a tiny title in Kanji, it could almost pass for an english language poster.
