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Auction History Result 2h200 MAD MAX orange style Aust 1sh '80 Mel Gibson, George Miller sci-fi classic, incredibly rare! Date Sold 9/8/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Australian One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 26 3/4" x 40 1/4" [68 x 102 cm]) (Learn More) Mad Max, the classic 1979 (released in the U.S. in 1980, and released in Italy as "Interceptor") George Miller Australian post-apocalyptic action crime thriller ("The Maximum Force of the Future."; "When the gangs take over the highway... Remember he's on your side"; "The last law in a world gone out of control. Pray that he's out there somewhere."; "Music by Brian May"; "Written by James McCausland and George Miller") starring Mel Gibson (in the title role as Mad Max Rockatansky), Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne (as Toecutter), Steve Bisley, Tim Burns, and Roger Ward 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 is the "Holy Grail" of Mad Max posters for collectors! When the movie was first released, they did not know it would be a big hit, and one-sheets with a predominantly purple background were printed and used. But more theaters wanted to show the movie than there were posters, so an additional print run of one-sheets with a predominantly orange background were printed, but that print run is believed to have been limited to 75 to 100 one-sheets (they STILL had no idea how big a hit this movie would be!), and each one is slightly different from the other! The orange varies in color from one poster to the next and how much of the poster has orange on it varies as well! Some people say that this orange poster was printed by the M.A.P.S. employees in the middle of the night, and there are others who think that the orange poster predates the purple one. After the movie continued to be very successful, a new one-sheet with a predominantly blue background was created, and all three color versions are extremely desired by collectors, but this "orange" style is the most desired, and due to the limited number printed, almost never comes up for sale or auction! This is a "country of origin" poster for this Australian movie! Also note that this poster measures 26 3/4" x 40 1/4" [68 x 102 cm]. Condition: very good. The poster has pretty minor fold and border wear, as seen in our super-sized image. There are a few creases scattered throughout the poster and someone wrote the title on the back of the upper right blank border. The poster has never had any restoration! Learn More about condition grades 
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