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Auction History Result f292 BOYS IN THE BAND six-sheet movie poster '70 William Friedkin, Crowley Date Sold 6/12/2007Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Domestic Six-Sheet Movie Poster (measures 81" x 81") (Learn More) Mart Crowley's Boys in the Band, the classic 1970 William Friedkin New York City homosexual gay romantic relationship melodrama ("Today is Harold's birthday. This is his present."; "'The Boys in the Band' ...is not a musical."; written and produced by Mart Crowley from his own play, with all the actors from the stage reprising their roles for the screen!) starring Kenneth Nelson (as Michael), Peter White (as Alan), Leonard Frey (as Harold), Cliff Gorman (as Emory), Frederick Combs (as Donald), Laurence Luckinbill (as Hank), Keith Prentice (as Larry), Robert La Tourneaux (as Cowboy), Reuben Greene (as Bernard), and Maud Adams (uncredited in her first movie role as a model!). Note that this was a groundbreaking movie. After the great success of the play version of this, Hollywood decided it was time to make an "honest" movie depicting homosexuality as it really was, and they hired the stage actors to play the same parts in the film, and the script was pretty much the same. They very fortunately hired young director William Friedkin for this movie, and his next movie was The French Connection, followed by The Exorcist, two of the greatest hits of the 1970s! Also note that five of the actors in this film (Nelson, Frey, Prentice, Combs, and Tourneaux) all sadly passed away in the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and 1990s. 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 stamped "DOM" which means it was printed for use within the United States (there would also have been posters stamped "FOR" for use outside the United States). This six-sheet was printed in 4 sections. Condition: good to very good. There are many creases and several tears along the foldlines that were on the outside when the poster was fully folded. There are some creases, smudges, and tears on several foldlines, and some paper loss at some crossfolds. There are many pinholes around the edges of the poster. There is some darkening and slight extra wear on the part of the back of the poster that was on the outside when it was fully folded (and two small tape repairs in the border of that area), typical of folded six-sheets (but it has little effect on the front of the poster). Learn More about condition grades 
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