Original vintage french movie poster?
Jimk_5447
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I recently bought a French original vintage movie poster off of eBay from a French collector. When I measured it the measurements came up a little short (the sellers description said 47" by 63". But it also came folded. The movie came out in 1987 I was just wondering what people with more experience than me thought about it. Does it look original. Thanks?
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thedutymon11
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Afternoon,
I collect Horror/Sci-Fi Posters from the 40's through the 90's. Have about 140-150 of them. I display 25-30 around the house and rotate them about every year or two.
That French version looks legit to me. European, Australian (Where there called Waybills often) and other foreign Posters are different sizes than our Movie Posters. I have several that I would like to have but due to size differences, US Frame makers don't manufacture some of the sizes of Frames. So that would have to be custom framed and that's too expensive.
YeeHaw
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Afternoon,
Almost all of my Posters are bought as Movie One Sheets, as their called, which rough and tough measure 41" X "27, or occasionally "40 X "26 (Some of Those of mine are the ones you see with White Borders are the 40/26 Posters in the 41/27 Frame). The other common size are called Half Sheets which measure 22" X 28" and usually measure real close. The 41" X 27" and the 22" X 28"Frames are at Michaels and Hobby Lobby and the like. Just cheap plastic, but they look good and with the Coupons at Michaels you can usually get them for less than $20-$25 bucks.
Be careful with buying any Frames that are 40" X "26 because a 41" X "27 One Sheet would have to be folded at the Bottom or Top to fit which destroys the value of the Poster.
Here are some 1/2 Sheets:
This Poster is my Holy Grail White Whale: The picture is of the DVD Box, but the Poster is exactly the same and has the best Title of any Horror Movie of the 80's!
A few more!
YeeHaw
Neil
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Dream Warriors best NOES IMO. Great Dokken song too.
Kiss me twice.....let's party.
Ya it is I'm just wondering if people think it's actually an original poster
Thanks. You have an awesome collection to. Phantasm that movie is awesome. Thanks again. Also how do you frame or keep your bigger posters safe without them being custom framed?
Again awesome collection. (Friday the 13 poster alien and scanners u lucky). The poster I have measure's roughly 47" by 63" or maybe (like an inch shorter,in the pictures I posted) since it's french so Ill check and see what hobby lobby has for that size. I just don't want to devalue it since it's an vintage original..thanks again man
I really enjoyed that movie, but hard to class it with the others you display.
Great thread. I forgot about the Slimeball Bowl-a-Rama. Will have to try watch that again. Great flick. Also a huge fan of Phantasm. Close to my favorite horror movie. Was thinking about collectibles with movies and horror movies. Saw that CGC grades lobby cards so was thinking about going that angle. Right now just have these two items. The Creepshow one I just picked up already signed by Tom Savini. Just love the artwork. The Candyman print and auto is one of my favorite things because it was such a cool experience. There was an auto show with tons of expensive guests and then Tony Todd for $20 in the forward area. I was like Candyman? Are you kidding me? Absolutely. And he actually wanted to have a conversation. Guess my profession. Thought I was a high school principal. 😄 Loved the movie and that experience. Still wouldn't say his name in the mirror. Ha ha.