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Auction History Result 2s0658 BECKET linen Czech 24x34 1965 Richard Burton in the title role, different Svoboda art, rare! Date Sold 8/7/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1965 (from the first release of this movie in the Czech Republic) Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Czechoslovakian Movie Poster (measures 24" x 33 3/4" [61 x 86 cm]) (Learn More) Becket, the 1964 Peter Glenville (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) English/U.S. medieval royalty melodrama ("Once again the screen explodes with rage, passion and greatness!"; "A taste for wine and women made them friends. A sudden clash made them man and martyr... which led to murder"; "The two most exciting stars of our time"; "A spectacular story of conflict and conspiracy... murder and madness... revelry and revenge... love and hate that changed the course of human history!"; "Based on the play 'Becket' by Jean Anouilh"; "Screenplay by Edward Anhalt"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award) starring Richard Burton (nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for this film; in the title role "as Becket"), Peter O'Toole (nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for this film; "as His King"; as King Henry II), John Gielgud (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film), Donald Wolfit, Martita Hunt, Pamela Brown, and Felix Aylmer NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Jiri Svoboda Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this Czech poster! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had tiny bits of surface paper loss on parts of the folds, with some slight darkening in parts of the white background areas. It had some small tears and tiny paper loss around the edges. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The restorer backed the poster "in the European style", meaning that they did not do restoration to the defects described above. Learn More about condition grades 
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