JAMES BOND: THUNDERBALL

American Full-Bleed Multi-Use Four-Unit Display (30" x 40")
Very Fine- on Linen; Artwork by Frank McCarthy and Robert McGinnis
United Artists , 1965

An unusual and uncommon item is a piece so scarce that this poster may be the only copy known. This unique American poster takes its cue from the advanced "quad crown" style British quad, closely resembling the quad in size, image, and purpose. The press book encourages theater owners to cut the poster into panels so that the images can be displayed separately or arranged vertically or horizontally. Though both the American and British posters share many of the same images, courtesy of longtime Bond artists Frank McCarthy and Robert McGinnis, the American poster provides a section for the film's title, credits, and even an imprint area for theater information.

This poster has been professionally restored to address pinholes, small tears, and a tear from the left edge into the smoke from Bond's jetpack in the center-left. A few places at the edges and outer background have been airbrushed, rounding out the poster's restoration.

The fourth Sean Connery Bond film pitted 007 against SPECTRE Number Two Emilio Largo (Adolfo Celi) and was initially intended to be the first. However, it was delayed due to a rights dispute over the novel, eventually resulting in 1983's rival Bond film Never Say Never Again.

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