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Auction History Result 5h0437 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY linen 1sh 1970 most rare & desirable colorful EYE poster, ultimate trip! Date Sold 10/29/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) 2001: A Space Odyssey, the classic 1968 Stanley Kubrick (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) English/U.S. Cinerama futuristic science fiction (sci-fi) outer space computer thriller ("Your greatest adventure awaits you in 2001: A Space Odyssey"; "the ultimate trip"; "Man's colony on the moon... A whole new generation has been born and is living here ... A quarter-million miles from Earth"; "An epic drama of adventure and exploration"; "...taking you half a billion miles from Earth... Further from home than any man in history. Destination: Jupiter."; "Space Station One: your first step in an Odyssey that will take you to the Moon, the planets and the distant stars."; "You visit Space Station One: The first step in an Odyssey that will take you to the stars and beyond."; "An epic drama of adventure and exploration that takes you to the moon, the planets and the still more distant stars."; "An astounding entertainment experience - a dazzling trip to the planets and the stars beyond!"; with a screenplay written by Arthur C. Clarke & Stanley Kubrick) starring Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter, Leonard Rossiter, Robert Beatty, Douglas Rain (as the voice of "HAL 9000"), and Margaret Tyzack. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Michael Kaplan Important Added Info: Note that this poster (known in the hobby as the "psychedelic eye" style, and the most valuable and desirable 1970s movie poster there is) is one of two special wilding posters created for the 1970 re-launch of this movie by Mike Kaplan, who was 2001's marketing point man, which adopted a completely different ad campaign, and a new tagline, "the ultimate trip". These two posters were conceived by Mr. Kaplan, and when the movie was given its 70mm (with full stereo sound, correct lenses, etc.) re-launch in March 1970, Mr. Kaplan had many examples of these two posters printed, and they were used in New York City, where they were posted on walls and building sites all over New York City just prior to the movie's release (this was called "wildposting" in 1970, but nowadays it is called "wilding"). We have created a webpage that gives the full history of this re-launch and these two posters (as related to us by Mike Kaplan himself!), and you can read that history HERE What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: fair to good. The poster was never folded and it had paper loss and tears in the upper right border that extended a little bit into the blue background. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. All that was needed was to give the poster to a competent movie poster restorer, and it would have looked wonderful after restoration. Very unfortunately, the poster was instead given to an individual who specializes in backing non-movie posters, and he backed it onto a paper backing. Our consignor rightfully said that he had asked to have it linenbacked, and the restorer said they could remove it from the paper backing and mount it onto linen. That was where things went terribly wrong. Apparently, they had great trouble removing the poster from the paper backing, and it acquired many creases and tears around the edges, with some scattered in the image. They then compounded their mistake by mounting it onto linen pretty much "as is". From a reasonable viewing distance, the poster displays pretty well, although you see slight signs of the above defects. But when you get close to it, you see the many defects scattered throughout, and when you look very closely at it, you can see ALL the defects. For the right person, who just wants a wonderful poster to display on their wall from a reasonable viewing distance, this poster can be perfect for them. But please read all of the above very carefully and look closely at our super-sized image before bidding on this poster. Learn More about condition grades 
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