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Auction History Result 7w115 FRENCH CONNECTION linen Spanish/U.S. 1sh '71 Gene Hackman in movie chase climax, William Friedkin Date Sold 10/15/2009 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (SpanUS 1sh; printed in Spanish in the U.S. for Spanish speaking audiences; measures 27 3/4" x 40 3/4") (Learn More) The French Connection, the classic 1971 William Friedkin (winner of the Best Director Academy Award for this film) New York City police crime thriller ("Doyle is bad news - but a good cop."; "The time is just right for an out and out thriller like this."; winner of the Best Picture Academy Award) starring Gene Hackman (winner of the Best Actor Academy Award for this film; as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle), Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film), Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzuffi, Eddie Egan (the real life cop on whose career this movie was loosely based, and he played a cameo role in the movie), and Jose Fernandez 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 poster was printed in the United States for use at theaters with Spanish speaking audiences (this was done most by MGM, starting in the 1930s, but it was done by the other major studios as well, and often the posters would have the exact same image as the English language poster, except the writing would be in Spanish, and often there would be an added "Toda en Espanol!", meaning "Entirely in Spanish!", printed within the image). Condition: fair to good. This poster has been linenbacked, but it was not very well done, either because the restorer did not do a very good job, or because the years since it has been linenbacked have not been kind to the poster. Overall, the poster was in good condition prior to linenbacking. Generally, it had creases and scuffs above and below most foldlines, and some scattered in the image, as well as pinholes, creases, and tears around the edges. The poster was not that well backed, because you can see signs of the above general defects and the restoration of the defects (in some cases, as should be immediately evident in our image, the linenbacker did no restoration to some of the defects). I would think few collectors would want to display it as it is, without someone performing some additional restoration. 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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