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Auction History Result 6h029 APOCALYPSE NOW 1sh '79 Francis Ford Coppola, classic Bob Peak art of Marlon Brando! Date Sold 10/10/2010 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Apocalypse Now, the 1979 Francis Ford Coppola (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) Vietnam War epic military action thriller ("Written by John Milius and Francis Coppola [sic]"; "Narration by Michael Herr"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award; adapted from the classic novel by Joseph Conrad, 'Heart of Darkness', but transplanted from Africa to Vietnam; about a mentally unstable soldier sent on a secret mission to assassinate another soldier who has gone insane) starring Marlon Brando (as Colonel Walter E. Kurtz), Robert Duvall (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film), Martin Sheen (as Captain Willard), Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Sam Bottoms, Laurence Fishburne (billed as "Larry Fishburne"), Dennis Hopper, Harrison Ford, and Scott Glenn NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Bob Peak Important Added Info: Note that this particular one-sheet was sent to Academy of Motion Picture Art and Sciences (AMPAS) members, likely as a way to coerce members into voting for the movie as Best Picture. There is a snipe stapled to the poster that reads: "Dear Academy Member, Bob Peak's art for the initial 'Apocalypse Now' poster has been widely acclaimed by the film industry and the public art large. We thought you might like to have a copy. UNITED ARTISTS, Hy Smith, Vice President, Advertising & Publicity, Ed Seigenfeld, Vice President, Advertising & Publicity". Condition: very good. There is an Academy snipe stapled to the upper left corner of the poster. There is a slightly diagonal crease and scuff mark in the right of the top edge and there is a tiny amount of tattering along the upper right and lower left edges of the poster. Learn More about condition grades 
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