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Auction History Result 6s004 A BOUT DE SOUFFLE linen 28x44 1sh '61 Godard's Breathless, Jean Seberg, Jean-Paul Belmondo Date Sold 12/4/2011 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1961 Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 28" x 44 3/4" [71 x 114 cm]) (Learn More) A Bout de Souffle (released in the U.S. in 1961 as "Breathless"), the classic 1960 Jean-Luc Godard French New Wave romantic gangster crime thriller (about a small time thief who steals a car and murders a policeman, and he tries to persuade his beautiful American journalism student girlfriend to run away to Italy with him, but she has misgivings) starring Jean Seberg, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Daniel Boulanger, Jean-Pierre Melville, Henri-Jacques Huet, Liliane David, Claude Mansard, and Van Doude. Note that this movie, together with Francois Truffaut's "Les quatre cents coups" began the French "New Wave", which revolutionized film-making, not only in France, but the world over! 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 any movie paper from the first U.S. release of this movie is extremely rare! It seems likely that this is because it only played in the small number of art house theaters. This is the first time we have ever auctioned this first release U.S. one-sheet! Also note that this one-sheet measures 28" x 44 3/4" [71 x 114 cm]. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had creases, scuffs, and a few tiny tears on parts of several foldlines. The bottom 3" of the poster was folded back at one time, as was the right 1", no doubt to fit a frame. There were staple holes around the edges of the poster. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects. Learn More about condition grades 
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