A US One-Sheet movie poster for Sam Peckinpah's ultra-violent Western The Wild Bunch (1969). The genre would never be the same after this. Hugely influential in its depiction of bloody and graphic screen violence, which at the time made it controversial and equally admired as much as it was hated when screened. The advertising campaign that accompanied its release predominantly used the same imagery: the gang of nine all facing away from the camera, appearing to be striding off into the sunset or battle. Only the colour palette used was changed for different countries, with the US One-Sheet using a calm-before-the-storm blue tone. Originally folded, the poster has been conservation linen-backed and displays superbly.

Additional Information: NSS #69/168

28" x 41" (71 x 104 cm)

Very Fine

Conservation linen-backed with some fold line restoration and some scattered "bubbling".

Artist: Bill Gold

GBP100 - 200
VAT Status: M