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4y0045 FANTASTIC VOYAGE 14x22 special poster 1966 incredible close up of naked Raquel Welch, rare!

Date Sold 8/29/2023
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An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Special Movie Poster (measures 14" x 22" [36 x 56 cm]) (Learn More)

Fantastic Voyage, the 1966 Richard Fleischer science fiction (sci-fi) fantasy adventure thriller ("A fantastic and spectacular voyage... Through the human body... Into the brain."; "A fantastic and spectacular voyage... through the living body...into the brain."; "Screenplay by Harry Kleiner"; "The nations new #1 pin-up, Raquel Welch, stars in 'Fantastic Voyage' coming soon from 20th Century Fox"; "Adaptation by David Duncan") starring Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Edmond O'Brien, Donald Pleasence, Arthur O'Connell, William Redfield, and Arthur Kennedy. Note that Raquel Welch had spent a few years in Hollywood prior to making this movie, usually appearing in small roles in TV shows or movies, or making a brief appearance on variety shows. But once she was cast in this movie, and the studio "sold" the movie using her naked body on a special poster, she became a major sex symbol and a "pin-up queen"! Also note that Isaac Asimov was asked to write the novelization from the script, and, declaring that the script was full of plot holes, received permission to write the book the way he wanted. The novel came out first because he wrote quickly, as well as delays in filming!
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Important Added Info: Note that we have only auctioned five examples of this special advance poster, and most of them sold for around $1,000, and one sold for $1,400!

Note that this special advance poster is printed on one-sheet paper stock, but it measures exactly 14" x 22", the size of a window card (so some people refer to it as a "window card" and some people refer to it as a "special poster"). Given that it has a small blank area below the tagline at the bottom, we are thinking the studio left that so that people could put either the theater name or the show times. We would imagine the studio made the poster this size so that theaters could order bunches of these, and then display them around town in window card frames (but displaying this poster seems incredibly risque for 1966 America, which likely is why it is a rare poster!). Certainly, we can understand why 20th Century-Fox would think that a completely naked Raquel Welch would get LOTS of people to go to this movie, but we would think this poster surely caused a furor wherever it was displayed!

Finally, note that this poster could be rolled, but we would prefer to send it in an oversized flat package to avoid any chance of damage. However, if the new owner has rolled posters to combine it with, we will roll it in with them, but they will have to tell us that they want to do that when they pay for their purchase.

Condition: very good to fine. The poster was never folded and is in excellent condition!
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