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Artwork for the cover of "Ian Fleming: The spy who came in with the gold". A biograhy by Henry A. Zeiger, Popular Libray Toronto 1965.
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US Poster Sizes
Overview of the US posters released for "Thunderball" in size proportion to each other. ↧
TV Guide Artwork
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From Russia With Love: Lobby Cards Italy
It appears that the whole set was reprinted at least 3 times with different United Artists logos over the years.![]()
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From Russia With Love FOH Cards
They were also reissued as b/w cards with showing different scenes. Thanks to Simon for sharing these rare cards.
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Never Say Never Again - German Poster Artwork
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007 Poster Tribute
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Italian From Russia With Love Artwork
Thanks to Thomas from the "The Nixdorf Collection - James Bond Poster & Art Archive" for sharing the artwork.
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Casino Royale Artwork
It appears that the artwork was recreated for the 2012 Collector's Edition DVD: The pose is the same but the figures and patterns within the silhouette are different.
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Desde Rusia Con Amor - Spanish Lobby Cards
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Bon Baiser De Russie - Swiss Lobby Cards
"Liebesgruesse Aus Moskau - Bon Baiser De Russie", lobby cards from Switzerland with dual language French / German titles. Courtesy of Michael from the 007 Collector. ↧
Exclusive Interview with Rudy Obrero
I'm re-publishing an interview with Rudy Obrero, the artist responsible for the US poster artwork of "Never Say Never Again".
A: I was commissioned to do some comps for "Never Say Never Again" By an Ad agency in Los Angeles called New York West.
Q: What kind of briefing or input did you receive? Photos, source material etc?A: I had some photo stills from the film to work from. Q: Were there any restrictions in regards to the movie not being an "official" Bond movie?
A: Yes, originally I included an underwater fight scene with divers and and a big shark attacking. But I was asked to remove all of the underwater scenes because it might conflict with previous Bond posters. I also had to remove a helicopter and a jumping motorcycle as well as a whole yacht. Here is a previous version of the art to compare to the final poster that was released.
Q: How much time did you have to create the artwork?
A: about 30 days total
Q: Can you describe the creative process in terms of composition, choice of colours etc?
A: Well, The layout is certainly symetrical with all elements leading the eye to Sean Connery. It was always about Bond and his beautiful women.
Q: What materials do you use? (Acrylics, Gouache, mixed media etc…)
A: At the time I used acrylics, applied with an airbrush and traditional brushes. Now all my work is done digitally.
Q: What was the most fun part of creating this artwork?
A: I thoroughly enjoyed painting the first version of the poster. All the elements of the montage were fun to render. I really like working on action adventure images, so this was a real treat for me to do. So, sad to say most of the fun parts of the painting had to be removed by the time it went to the printers.
Q: Any special anecdote associated with this artwork?
A: When I was asked to start removing the action elements because of legal conflicts, the poster did not have it's original impact. It became static and a little boring. This became a poster ultimately ruined by the lawyers involved.
Thank you for this interview! Check out Rudy's website here
Also thanks to Thomas from "The Nixdorf Collection" for the photos.
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US From Russia With Love Posters
I'm sure there are several missing. Are there more out there?
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Licence to Kill Concept Art by Tom Jung
"As they often did at the time, Ad veteran Don Smolen and Tom met for lunch in Los Angeles during the filming of Licence to Kill.
Don told Tom that they were filming another Bond film, Licence Revoked, in the Caribbean "somewhere" and that Al Broccoli had asked him to work with the on set unit photographer. Don asked Tom if he could help with concepts for the shoot with the star, Timothy Dalton, for the ad campaign.
Tom agreed and created seventeen quick black and white sketches for Don with limited reference material and handed them over to him while he was still in LA. Don and Tom never discussed the sketches after this and Tom is unsure how they were exactly used. But given the delays that were encountered developing the ad campaign due to the title change, it is possible and maybe likely they went back to the photographs that Don and Tom had worked on to develop the final key art.
Thanks to Tom Jung and Jack O'Brien for sharing the sketches and information!" More info about Tom's work here.
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De Rusia Con Amour
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Australian From Russia With Love Posters
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Who is the Artist?
I've heard Mitchell Hooks but I'm not sure.
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Poster Tribute
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Promoting Thunderball in Germany
The equivalent of the pressbook is called "Werberatschlag" (Advertising Advice). It comes with newspaper advertisement suggestions, available
advertising material like posters and a small teaser poster within the pressbook.
Cinema owner were heavily incentivised to promote the film: The German equivalent of Variety magazine called "Film Echo / Film Woche" featured Thunderball in 3 differnt editions including a sweepstake to travel to the Bahamas. Especially appealing as Thunderball was released in Germany in December.
Some nice examples from a cinema in Hamburg and outdoor advertising below. A special offer were Thunderball standees as shown below. Has anyone ever seen one of these in reality?
Thanks to Thomas from The Nixdorf Collection for the cinema and standee photos.
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