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Auction History Result

4j063 GRADUATE int'l pre-Awards 1/2sh 1968 classic image of Dustin Hoffman & Anne Bancroft in bed!

Date Sold 3/5/2019
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An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded International Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More)

The Graduate, the classic 1968 Mike Nichols (winner of the Best Director Academy Award for this film) coming-of-age romantic melodrama ("'Benjamin do you find me undesirable?' 'Oh, no Mrs. Robinson. I think you're the most attractive of all my parents' friends.'"; "This is Benjamin. He's a little worried about his future."; "'Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me...aren't you?'"; "Screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry"; "Songs by Paul Simon performed by Simon and Garfunkel"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award; about a college graduate who becomes involved with the wife of his father's business partner and then romances her daughter) starring Anne Bancroft (nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for this film; as Mrs. Robinson), Dustin Hoffman (nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for this film; as Benjamin Braddock), Katharine Ross (nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for this film; as Elaine Robinson), William Daniels (as Mr. Braddock), Murray Hamilton (as Mr. Robinson), Elizabeth Wilson (as Mrs. Braddock), Buck Henry (who wrote the screenplay, as the "Room Clerk"), Brian Avery (as Carl), Norman Fell (as Mr. McCleery), and a young Richard Dreyfuss (in a bit part, but he does have two lines!)
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Important Added Info: Note that when this classic movie was first released in 1968, there were two regular one-sheets, and one half-sheet. One one-sheet had a line drawing of a woman's leg, and the other has the classic image of Bancroft's stockinged leg with Hoffman behind her and the great tagline "This is Benjamin. He's a little worried about his future". The half-sheet had an equally classic image of Hoffman and Bancroft in bed with the quote beginning "Benjamin - do you find me undesirable?". To further complicate things, Embassy Releasing released the movie in the United States, and United Artists released it outside the United States. Both studios issued both styles of one-sheets, and the half-sheet, so there are four different original release one-sheets (the ones from United Artists say "1SH FOR." on the back) and two original half-sheets. To make things even more complicated, right after the movie won an Academy Award, new posters were printed with "Academy Award Winner" added to the area at top (the fact that this large area had been left blank says to me that they had planned in advance to add this after the Academy Awards). The pre-award one-sheets, especially the "This is Benjamin" style and the pre-award half-sheet, from both Embassy and United Artists are the most desirable posters from this movie. Offered in this auction is the international pre-award half-sheet poster from United Artists.

Note that because of the strong vertical folds, this poster can't easily be rolled and we much prefer to send it in a large flat package. Please bear this in mind before placing a bid on this poster.

Condition: good to very good. Someone folded the poster down the middle, and then they folded it again, resulting in three strong vertical creases in the middle one-third of the poster (see our image). There are some creases and scuffs along all three folds. Otherwise, the poster is in pretty nice condition. One could certainly display it as it is, or they might choose to have it pressed and flattened, or even paperbacked.
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