eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 1a1626 WICKER MAN 6 8x10 stills 1974 Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, naked Ingrid Pitt, Summerisle! Date Sold 10/31/2021Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. 6 Original Vintage Theatrical (measure from 8" x 9 3/4" [20 x 25 cm] to 8" x 10" [20 x 25 cm]) Movie Stills (Learn More) The Wicker Man, the classic 1974 Robin Hardy English cult fantasy pagan religion melodrama ("Flesh to touch... Flesh to burn! Don't keep the Wicker Man waiting!"; "The residents of Summerisle invited Sergeant Howie to their traditional May Day festival. He didn't expect to meet... The Wicker Man"; "A totally corrupt shocker from the author of 'Sleuth' and 'Frenzy'!"; "Anthony Shaffer's incredible occult thriller"; "An island lost to unspeakable terrors of pagan rituals!"; about a police investigation involving a neo-pagan society on a remote Scottish isle, and their possible use of human sacrifice) starring Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland, Diane Cilento, Ingrid Pitt, and Christopher Lee ("as Lord Summerisle"). Note that this English film has a confusing history! Studio executives did not know how to market the film, and it was heavily-edited and released in England as part of a double-bill in 1974 (after a test screening in December of 1973). After Roger Corman declined to purchase the U.S. release rights, Warner Brothers did so and released the film to drive-in theaters in May and then shelved it in August. In 1977, Abraxas bought the U.S. rights, restored some of the edited footage and showed the film to theater owners (and perhaps had a single theatrical showing in New Orleans). We have never seen posters for this and likely none were created. In 1978, Summerisle Films sub-leased the movie from Abraxas and premiered it at the Telluride Film Festival before giving it a limited release in late 1978 and 1979. Summerisle Films went out of business in 1979 and Dynamite Entertainment and Abraxas gave the film another re-release in 1980 (with a one-sheet very similar to the Summerisle Films one-sheet). NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that each still has an embossed stamp in the bottom left corner that reads "SUMMERISLE". Each also has a rectangular area at the bottom that has "WMS" plus numbers after it. The stills have no title or printing at the bottom and none of the back. We have no idea what this means, because, to the best of our knowledge, this movie did not have a working title of "Summerisle", and why it is embossed on each is a mystery to us. If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Also note that one still contains some nudity, so we have placed a white bar over those areas for those who are bothered by such images. Of course, the actual still does not have the white bars. Condition: very good. The still with naked Ingrid Pitt has had its left blank border neatly trimmed off. The still with naked Britt Ekland has some light staining on the back of the bottom border that very slightly shows through to the front at bottom center (only in the blank white area). Otherwise, the stills are in excellent condition! Learn More about condition grades
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