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Auction History Result 6a162 STAR WARS ad slick '78 printed with snipes for specific Academy Awards it didn't win! Date Sold 4/3/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Ad Slick (advertising; measures 19" x 25" [48 x 64 cm]) (Learn More) Star Wars (now known as "Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope"), the classic 1977 George Lucas (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) outer space fantasy action adventure science fiction (sci-fi) epic ("A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..."; "George Lucas, the man who brought you American Graffiti now brings you an adventure as big as the cosmos itself: Star Wars, the story of a boy, a girl, and a universe. It's a spectacle light years ahead of its time from 20th Century Fox."; "Written and Directed by George Lucas"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award) starring Mark Hamill (as Luke Skywalker), Harrison Ford (as Han Solo), Carrie Fisher (as Princess Leia), Peter Cushing (as Grand Moff Tarkin), Alec Guinness (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film; as Obi-Wan Kenobi), Anthony Daniels (as C-3PO), James Earl Jones (as the voice of Darth Vader), David Prowse (billed as "Dave Prowse"; as the man inside the Darth Vader suit!), Peter Mayhew (as Chewbacca), Kenny Baker (as R2-D2), and Phil Brown (as Uncle Owen) NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Tom William Chantrell Important Added Info: Note that this is a very cool "ad slick" (containing 5 pages). Ad slicks were sections of newspaper ads that were sent to theaters so that they could cut out the ad or ads they intended to run in their local newspaper. In this particular case, this ad slick was sent to theaters on March 15, 1978, just before the Academy Awards, where Star Wars had been nominated for 11 Academy Awards. By sending it to the theaters in advance, they could cut out the number of awards that the film won the night the ceremonies ended, and then submit them to the newspaper the following morning, and then the next day's newspaper would contain a big ad from them highlighting the many awards the movie had won. There were also snipes that read "including BEST PICTURE", "BEST DIRECTOR - George Lucas", "BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY - George Lucas", BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - Alec Guinness", "BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - John Williams", and "BEST VISUAL EFFECTS". Of course, the Academy Awards greatly snubbed Star Wars (many people considered it to be retaliation for it being "too commercial"), and it did not win any of those top awards, but it did win seven awards in all, so newspapers were still able to run an ad highlighting that, but sadly, most of those snipes were unusable! Condition: very good. The ad slick was folded and has slightly darkened around the edges (see our images). Learn More about condition grades 
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