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Auction History Result 9g266 MAD MAX orange 2nd printing Aust 1sh '79 Mel Gibson, George Miller classic, incredibly rare! Date Sold 8/18/2016 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 one-sheets 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 (that poster has a matte finish), and all three color versions are extremely desired by collectors, but this "orange" style is the most desired of the one-sheets, and due to the limited number printed, almost never comes up for sale or auction! Also note that this Australian one-sheet measures 26 3/4" x 40 1/4" [68 x 102 cm]. Note that this is a "country of origin" poster for this Australian movie! Also note that this movie had a very limited first release in 1979, and the one-sheets and daybills are a sort of purple color. When it became a big hit, a very limited number of orange posters were printed, and then "matte finish" blue posters were printed, all in 1979 (the matte finish blue posters were printed when the movie proved to be a hit, continuing the play in drive-ins!). In 1981, the movie had a major re-release, and glossy blue posters were printed for that re-release (and the re-release one-sheet does not have "MAPS" in the bottom-right corner, but the re-release daybill does). Note that the eight Mad Max posters and the one Mad Max 2 poster we are offering (in nine separate auctions) come to us from a VERY longtime collector of Mad Max material. Several of these items are extremely difficult to find and rarely are offered for sale or at auction! This is a rare opportunity to acquire the most desired and most rare posters from this classic movie! Condition: very good. The poster has some creases at the crossfolds and a few faint creases scattered throughout the poster. Otherwise, the poster is in nice condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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