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Auction History Result 5k0613 ENDLESS SUMMER 11x17 special poster 1964 Bruce Brown, Van Hamersveld art, predates 1sheet! Date Sold 11/23/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Unfolded Special Movie Poster (measures 11" x 17" [28 x 43 cm]) (Learn More) The Endless Summer, the classic 1964 Bruce Brown surfing sports documentary ("A true motion picture about surfing!"; "Filmed in Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti, Hawaii and California"; "A Bruce Brown Film in Color"; "On any day of the year it's summer somewhere in the world. Bruce Brown's latest color film highlights the adventures of two young American surfers, Robert August and Mike Hynson who follow this everlasting summer around the world. Their unique expedition takes them to Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti, Hawaii and California. Share their experiences as they search the world for that perfect wave which may be forming just over the next Horizon.") featuring Mike Hynson, Robert August, Lord 'Tally Ho' Blears, Terence Bullen, and Bruce Brown (as narrator). Note that when Bruce Brown first made this documentary, he had already made similar documentary surfing films (first with an 8mm camera, and then with a 16mm camera), starting in the late 1950s. None of those received a nationwide release, but instead were shown wherever Bruce Brown could get them booked (mostly in small venues in southern California)! In 1963, Brown began filming this movie, and it was completed in 1964, and he began showing it in small venues, just like his previous films. He continued showing it to enthusiastic audiences throughout 1965, and in 1966, Columbia Pictures made a deal to give the film a nationwide release, and the first one-sheets for the movie were printed at that time, using the same John Van Hamersveld art that had been on the small posters used in small venues (Bruce Brown was friends with John Van Hamersveld in 1964, and Brown hired him to do the art for the first release small venue posters, because, as Brown has been quoted saying, "He was the only artist I knew"). He paid Van Hamersveld $150 for the art, and it was one of the greatest deals ever made, because it is certainly one of the most iconic images of the 1960s, and this poster image is one of the single most recognizable movie poster images ever made! Artist: John Van Hamersveld Important Added Info: As noted above, this small 11" x 17" poster was created for the showings of this movie prior to its national release a year later. It was posted on the wall in the small venues that showed this movie (there was also a small 8 1/2" x 11" herald-like poster), and both predate the "silkscreen one-sheet" posters. There are examples of this poster that have no information overprinted in the bottom blank area, and there are other examples that have specific play date information printed in that area (Brown would have posters printed before each play date). This example has no play date information. The lat example we auctioned DID have play date information overprinted in the bottom, and that example sold for $2,525! Condition: very good. The poster was never folded. It has some faint light horizontal creases scattered in the poster and some faint creases around the edges. Learn More about condition grades 
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