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Auction History Result 6c0216 EL REY DE LOS GORILAS Italian 20x28 pbusta 1978 King of Gorillas, wild Sciotti art, rare! Date Sold 3/14/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1978 (from the first release of this movie in Italy) Vintage Theatrical Folded Italian Photobusta Movie Poster (pbusta; measures 19 3/4" x 27 1/2" [50 x 70 cm]) (Learn More) El Rey de los Gorilas (literally translates to "King of the Gorillas"), the 1977 Rene Cardona Jr. Mexican jungle adventure melodrama (about a scientific expedition in Africa, leaving only an infant who is raised by apes, and grows up and becomes the head of their tribe, and he becomes a local legend, "the White Ape", and Europeans hear of him, and send an expedition to find him) starring Hugo Stiglitz (as "Ape"), Peggy Bass, Jorge Graham, Martin Espinosa, and Aurelio Sparrow. It appears this movie was never released in the U.S. If the above plot summary sounds extremely familiar, it is because it is largely the plot of the first half of the 1914 novel, "Tarzan of the Apes", by Edgar Rice Burroughs! But oddly, it is more faithful to that novel than any of the licensed adaptations made between 1918 and the present day! The movie was completely unlicensed (and was filmed entirely in Mexico, which explains the lack of elephants, which are not native to Mexico), and it being unlicensed explains why the name Tarzan does not appear in the movie (or on the posters), and we imagine there were lawsuits against it. If anyone knows more about any of this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Enzo Sciotti Important Added Info: Note that this is an extremely rare poster. We have never auctioned one in all our years of auctioning! Note also that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: good to very good. The poster has edge defects, tiny paper loss at center and some fold and border wear. Learn More about condition grades 
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