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Auction History Result 4b195 BLOW-UP linen 1sh '67 Michelangelo Antonioni, David Hemmings & sexy model Verushka! Date Sold 6/24/2010 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Domestic One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Blow-Up (sometimes known as "Blowup" or "Blow Up"), the 1967 Michelangelo Antonioni (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) English/Italian/U.S. crime mystery thriller ("Michelangelo Antonioni's first English language film"; "Antonioni's camera never flinches. At love without meaning. At murder without guilt. At the dazzle and the madness of London today."; "Two fanatical teenagers on David Hemmings in the hope that he will use them as models."; about a successful photographer who feels completely detached from his photographs of violence and pain until he takes a photo of a couple in a park and discovers a possible murder) starring Vanessa Redgrave, David Hemmings, Sarah Miles, John Castle, Jane Birkin (in her second credited movie role!), Gillian Hills, and Veruschka von Lehndorff (billed as "Verushka" in her first film role, the Russian model who is featured on most of the posters from this classic Antonioni film!), and The Yardbirds (including Jimmy Page & Jeff Beck) NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this movie was released in the U.S. by "Premier Productions", and it had its premiere on December 18, 1966, but it went into general release in 1967, and all of the domestic U.S. posters have a 1967 NSS number. Apparently, Premier Productions only owned the U.S. rights, so the international release was through MGM. There are one-sheets with NSS information and Premier Productions on them, with a line that reads "Recommended for mature audiences", and no mention of MGM, and those have "1SHEET - DOMESTIC" printed in the small writing at the bottom, and there are one-sheets without NSS information and with MGM credits and logo, and that poster does not have the rating line. The one-sheet offered here is from the domestic Premier Productions release. Condition: fair. This poster has been linenbacked, but it was not very well done, likely both because the restorer did not do a good job at all, and because the years since it has been linenbacked have not been kind to the poster. Overall, the poster was in fair condition prior to linenbacking. Generally, it had stains at lower right and discoloration throughout from exposure to sunlight. There was separation and small paper loss at the crossfolds and some ends of the foldlines. There are scuffs and fine scratches scattered throughout the poster. The poster was not well backed at all, because you can still see some or all of the defects generally described above (in some cases, as should be immediately evident in our image, the linenbacker did no restoration to some of the defects), and if there was restoration of the above defects, it was not done very well. Certainly, a talented restorer could perform additional restoration (either with or without re-backing the poster), but it might be fairly expensive to have this done, so bear that in mind before you place a bid. Learn More about condition grades 
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