eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 8c060 APOCALYPSE NOW 1sh '79 Francis Ford Coppola, classic Peak art of Marlon Brando & Sheen! Date Sold 5/22/2014Sold 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: good to very good. There is a snipe stapled to the upper left corner of the poster . There are some small creases and scuff marks scattered throughout the poster (more so in the background at right and down the left and right edges of the poster. The poster is otherwise in pretty nice condition and it displays well from a reasonable viewing distance. Learn More about condition grades
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