The Most Extraordinary Gentleman Spy in all Fiction-Agent 007 Posters
ppw3o6r
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The year is 1962 & this incredible image by artist Mitchell Hooks utilised here on the UK Quad started to grace movie theatre foyers around the globe....and the rest is history....
The poster campaign was designed by David Chasman & like the classic Fratini/pulford FRWL art has been partially recycled, in particular in the stunning US poster art campaign for Goldfinger by Robert Brownjohn which was also designed by Chasman.
The poster campaign was designed by David Chasman & like the classic Fratini/pulford FRWL art has been partially recycled, in particular in the stunning US poster art campaign for Goldfinger by Robert Brownjohn which was also designed by Chasman.
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The year is 1963 and artists Renato Fratini and Eric Pulford created one of the most iconic images ever captured on canvas from a study of plates by photographer David Hurn of actor Sean Connery holding a .177 air pistol.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
DG
"People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." Richard Grenier after George Orwell, Washington Times 1993.
Wot he said.... -{
The US poster campaign took a slightly different direction to that of the UK utilising poster designs by David Chasman with illustrations by Robert Brownjohn and Mitchell Hooks borrowed from his artwork for the Dr.No campaign.
Of all the US Goldfinger campaign posters the most stunning is the half sheet which incorporates the Robert Brownjohn image of a gold Margaret "Dink" Nolan, the same image which appears on the British A quad however the 2 piece bikini is in silver instead of gold which is simply stunning!
It's really hard to choose which is the best as they all look awesome :007)
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Formerly known as Teppo
So who did what? well Frank McCarthy was an action scene artist and Robert McGinnis specialised in character art so Look Up & Look Down were McCarthy's and Look out was McGinnis's. Although not shown on the US half sheet art, some posters had a fourth "James Bond Does it Everywhere" image which was also painted by Robert McGinnis
The British advance quad utilised all four of the stunning Thunderball campaign paintings by McGinnis and McCarthy and is simply breathtaking to behold.
DG
Edit: "german" to "German".
"People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." Richard Grenier after George Orwell, Washington Times 1993.
I am not much of a poster collector but prefer to collect original artworks or limited edition prints.
Here are what I have on my walls right now.
Robert McGinnis's Thunderball
Frank McCarthy's Thunderball
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Keep em coming.....
Ditto -{ Very nice, Kan and ppw :007)
Kan is that a lightsaber next to Mcginnis jetpack art
TIS - "The moment you think you got it figured - you're wrong"
Formerly known as Teppo
As here seems to be quite a few experts :007)
TIS - "The moment you think you got it figured - you're wrong"
Formerly known as Teppo
I left it in the picture so you can have an idea about the size of the artwork.
My daughters love to play with those lightsabers and I do have a small collection of those.
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TIS - "The moment you think you got it figured - you're wrong"
Formerly known as Teppo
As for Thunderball the poster art campaign for You Only Live Twice by McGinnis & McCarthy was something special incorporating both their talents for action and character interpretation. The art of Bond flying Little Nellie & walking above Blofeld's volcano were painted by Frank McCarthy where Robert McGinnis painted the Bathing Beauties image & the iconic image of Sean holding an Astronauts helmet in one hand with a Walther LP53 in the other which was utilised on the US door panel poster. It is amazing the number of specialists who also credit Mr McGinnis with the Little Nellie art!
This image is one of the most striking utilised on the US insert poster which is only bettered by the awe-inspiring US 6 sheet poster.
Super artwork, texas007......where did you get them from ?
Ditto
"People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." Richard Grenier after George Orwell, Washington Times 1993.
The image created by the two artists was utilised worldwide including Japan who usually went in a completely different direction. This is the US insert poster.
The two rarely seen together British Double Crowns which join together to form a Quad.
During my pursuits of Robert McGinnis items, I made a lot of friends with similar interests, all of which own McGinnis original artworks.
My McGinnis collection range from the vintage paperbacks featuring McGinnis artworks - signed and unsigned, McGinnis artworks books, McGinnis prints, and so far two original artworks.
One of my circle of friends is Paul Jilbert - the producer and director of the best McGinnis documentary - "Painting the Last Rose of Summer". I highly recommend purchasing this DVD by him - http://theillustratorstv.com/
I will start another thread and post more pictures relating to McGinnis.
Sorry ppw3o6r
For the "Forever, Forever, Forever" poster art campaign UA commissioned Robert McGinnis to create an image featuring the two main action scenes from the movie which covered the beginning of a new decade...the 70's. The image Mr McGinnis painted was utilised worldwide pretty much unaltered with the exception of on the Japanese poster where a silencer was added to the PPK inspired pistol and Italy where a Walther LP53 was substituted. Some early images had Mr Connery's head the same height as his two lady friends however UA felt Bond should be taller than his companions so a slight alteration was made to the image. The Italian image had 007 head & shoulders above his two female companions. This the US half sheet is unique as it has Bond & his ladies supported by the Moonbuggy's right arm where all/most other poster images they are in its left.
DG
"People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." Richard Grenier after George Orwell, Washington Times 1993.
Thanks for the info..... -{
It's a real shame they don't produce prints of these....they are fabulous -{
Agreed sir miles.....
Kan if u make it happen put me on the list.....
The poster art campaign by Robert McGinnis was and indeed is spectacular capturing many key elements from the movie with a feature of Solitaire's tarot cards and the incredible speedboat chase sequence.
This the US insert poster is one of the more pleasing designs, appearing almost identical to the main poster design with an off-centre positioned 007 and the almost unnoticed omission of the "Fortune" character to Bond's far right which may have been a brave choice for a US poster baring in mind the theme of the movie. With a great theme song by Paul McCartney & Wings and kick ass 1970's orchestrations by George Martin Live and Let Die worked on all levels. Bond in flared trousers, next he'll have blonde/fair hair and appear to be able to handle a firearm correctly on screen...unheard of!
Yet again the artistic talents of Robert McGinnis were called upon to create images for the poster art campaign. Utilising the central image of Bond from his Live and Let Die campaign painting McGinnis captured an incredible montage of images of the hand of Scaramanga preparing to take out his believed intended victim, 007, with his magnificent ficticious 4.2mm Golden Gun.
This the US insert poster like the US insert for Live and Live Die has an off centre positioned 007 which appears at first glance identical to the international main poster art although amazingly it is The Man with the Golden Gun himself who has been omitted from this particular version.
This is an ultra rare pair of British double crowns displayed as a door panel for 1971's Diamonds are Forever. If you've ever seen another original pair you are probably looking at the front advertising panels of a British Routemaster bus 40 years ago or are standing in the poster section of the EON Archive?