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Auction History Result 4c0184 MIDNIGHT COWBOY linen Polish 23x32 1973 Schlesinger classic, best different Swierzy art, rare! Date Sold 4/30/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1973 (from the first release of this movie in Poland) Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Polish Movie Poster (23x33; measures 23" x 32 1/4" [58 x 82 cm]) (Learn More) Midnight Cowboy, the classic 1969 John Schlesinger (winner of the Best Director Academy Award for this film) New York City male prostitution melodrama ("Based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy"; winner of the Best Picture Academy Award; about a naive Texan who moves to New York to become a male prostitute for wealthy women, and ends up in a close relationship with a male street hustler) starring Dustin Hoffman (nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for this film; as Ratso Rizzo), Jon Voight (nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for this film; as Joe Buck), Brenda Vaccaro, John McGiver, Ruth White, Sylvia Miles (nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for this film), Barnard Hughes, Viva, Gastone Rossilli, Ultra Violet, and Bob Balaban. This was the first (and only) adult movie to win a Best Picture Oscar. Dustin Hoffman not winning the Best Actor Academy Award is certainly the biggest mistake in the history of the Academy Awards! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Waldemar Swierzy Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned two examples of this Polish poster, and only one in the last 18 years, and that example sold for $1,770! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster was folded across the middle, and there were a few tiny tears and tiny bits of paper loss on that fold. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was backed onto a thin linen, and it was slightly roughly handled, and the excess linen has creases in it, but it does not affect the poster itself. Learn More about condition grades 
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