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9w325 EL TOPO heavy stock special 24x36 R06 Alejandro Jodorowsky Mexican bizarre cult classic!

Date Sold 4/19/2012
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A 2006 Re-Release Vintage Unfolded Special Movie Poster (measures 24" x 36 1/4" [61 x 92 cm]) (Learn More)

El Topo (literally translates to "The Mole"), the 1969 Alejandro Jodorowsky Mexican bizarre south-of-the-border difficult-to-comprehend surreal cowboy revenge western (about a gunfighter named El Topo, who is traveling on horseback in Mexico with his young son, who is naked, and he passes through a town where most of the inhabitants were slaughtered by gunmen, and he sets out to kill those responsible) starring Brontis Jodorowsky, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Jose Legarreta, Alfonso Arau, and David Silva. There is much that is unclear about the initial release of this movie. Jodorowsky made it in Mexico in 1969, apparently not intending it to be released in his home country. It was shown in a private screening at the Museum of Modern Art in 1970, and Ben Barenholtz, the owner of the Elgin Theater (a New York City arthouse theater), was able to arrange for a single midnight showing at the Elgin Theater, and its successful reception led to an engagement at the Elgin Theater from December 1970 to June 1971. Some say that John Lennon saw and loved the movie, and finally, in 1975, he reportedly helped it gain a national distributor (ABKCO Films, owned by Allen Klein, The Beatles' manager), and it was distributed throughout the U.S. in 1975, mostly in midnight showings, due to the controversial nature of the movie. Prior to 1975, the movie never had a normal release, and many prints of it had portions cut out, but it did finally receive an official DVD release in 2007. Since the early 1990s, Jodorowsky tried to make a sequel to this movie. In 1996, a teaser one-sheet was released, but no filming had been started. It was originally intended to be called "Los Hijos del Topo" (The Sons of El Topo), but Allen Klein claimed ownership of the title "El Topo", and Jodorowsky changed the sequel title to "Abelcain", and the name of the lead character to "El Toro" (The Bull). In 2002, it was said that Marilyn Manson was going to star in the movie, but the project never ended up being filmed, but finally, in 2016, a graphic novel version of the sequel was released, called "Sons of El Topo".
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Important Added Info: Note that this poster is printed on a much heavier than normal paper stock (we don't know why, but it is nice!).

Condition: good to very good. There are some creases scattered throughout the poster (mostly around the edges).
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