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My Recent Posts · (04/16/2008

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BoNA is notorious for selling out posters very, very quickly and if you would like one I would recommend being on time. Based on the 2001 artist/mondo split, I am guessing that the total edition size is around 125 for Kong, with probably less than 50 available here.

This is copied from one of the gig poster forums (pic added):

Wes brought the art deco cannons out to help commemorate a screening of the legendary film King Kong at Austin, TX's Alamo Drafthouse movie theater. This is the largest poster we have ever printed. 26 x 40! HUGE! See the people at the bottom of the poster? They're shown at ACTUAL SIZE! Not really, but this thing is huge for real though.

3 colors (includes a bronze-to-silver gradient) on French whitewash paper
$40 US / $45 intl (includes shipping)

Thursday April 17, 2008 at 2:00PM (CST)

http//www.burlesquedesign.com/

My Recent Posts · (04/16/2008

its very nice

My Recent Posts · (04/16/2008

That was quick.I think they're gone already.

Anthony

My Recent Posts · (04/16/2008

They are not on sale yet, but they will be tomorrow. I would guess that the wouldn't appear on the site until sale time...

My Recent Posts · (04/16/2008

Are these real movie posters?
Opinions? Anyone anyone Bueller Bueller...

My Recent Posts · (04/16/2008

shall I repeat myself?

My Recent Posts · (04/16/2008

from MPF by me:

I guess my argument is, if you print 5 to USE and 200 to sell, the SELL outweighs the USE and they become commercial.
BUT I like them anyway.

thoughts?

My Recent Posts · (04/16/2008

garyse7en wrote:

I guess my argument is, if you print 5 to USE and 200 to sell, the SELL outweighs the USE and they become commercial.

If you are going to use that argument, then you might as well call any 'big title' poster of, at least, the past 15 years commercial....

As for Happy, you can read a few opinions on the subject here: http://stylec.yuku.com/topic/1482

BTW, Tyler Stout will be selling some more 'The Thing' poster next week from his website...

My Recent Posts · (04/16/2008

Me HappyHappy JoyJoy wrote:
Are these real movie posters?
Opinions? Anyone anyone Bueller Bueller...

Nice posters but I'm not going to start buying any on the basis that I consider them commercial posters. I know there limited run and all that which also adds to the attraction but because they are availible through retail outlets and not direct from studios this swings the balance for me towards comercial posters.

Simon

My Recent Posts · (04/17/2008

So you buy your posters direct from the studios? I would have guessed that you got most of yours from a retail outlet of some sort...
A huge chunk of the posters available today, if not the vast majority, came from printer over-runs and other loose channels. Heck, Dale has put together quite a solid business built on this...

These posters are similar to any other poster for a non-standard or non-studio release, except in quality and distribution. For this type of release, the Alamo Drafthouse is simply acting the role of studio. Instead of wilding the town, they are wilding the internet, getting paid for it in the process.

The posters are created to promote an event, as well as the Alamo as a whole (at this point it is probably the second most famous movie theatre in the US after Mann's Chinese), both in person and across the internet. This is no different than New Line pimping The Lord of the Rings posters or Lucasfilm pushing Indiana Jones or Star Wars poster from their websites...

My Recent Posts · (04/17/2008

What time would that make it in the UK? Thanks

My Recent Posts · (04/17/2008

When it comes to my "serious" poster collecting, it's with very rare exception that anything post-1980 gets purchased, for the very reasons Archie outlines, which I'd guess I'd sum up as ubiquity.

That said, I also have posters in my collection which are contemporary, artistic and rare. Or in other words, nothing from The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Great films, dire artwork.

Good luck to The Alamo, I only wish that, like the beloved London Academy of old and those marvellous woodcut poster images, more cinemas did their own poster runs. I'd be more than happy to buy a few.

My Recent Posts · (04/17/2008

And they're up....

I am not buying another one, but I did want to see how they handle their sales...

The Alamo allotment are numbered out of 60. I would expect similar numbers available from these guys...

My Recent Posts · (04/17/2008

bugger i cant get it. The recipient of this shopping cart link is not an approved shopping cart user. Please review your selection and try again.

stupid paypal

My Recent Posts · (04/17/2008

I think my other half managed to obtain one a week or so ago .. should be wining its way to Blighty now.

And as for THE THING .... we shall see, oh yes ... we shall see ...

Shelly

My Recent Posts · (04/17/2008

Panic over, I managed to bag one. Was a problem with cookies blocking paypal. Not sure how that happened. Thanks again Archie

My Recent Posts · (04/17/2008

As for Happy, you can read a few opinions on the subject here

Thanks Archie...does this mean that we can be friends now that you at least read my posts?

My Recent Posts · (04/17/2008

I read most posts... hidden or not. This way it just gives me a bit of warning... (may contain cheese)

My Recent Posts · (04/17/2008

This could be the start of a beautiful friendship...

My Recent Posts · (04/17/2008

the archie leach experience wrote:

They are not on sale yet, but they will be tomorrow. I would guess that the wouldn't appear on the site until sale time...

haha...thought I read that wrong.My bad.

Anthony

My Recent Posts · (05/04/2008

the archie leach experience wrote:

So you buy your posters direct from the studios? I would have guessed that you got most of yours from a retail outlet of some sort...
A huge chunk of the posters available today, if not the vast majority, came from printer over-runs and other loose channels. Heck, Dale has put together quite a solid business built on this...

These posters are similar to any other poster for a non-standard or non-studio release, except in quality and distribution. For this type of release, the Alamo Drafthouse is simply acting the role of studio. Instead of wilding the town, they are wilding the internet, getting paid for it in the process.

The posters are created to promote an event, as well as the Alamo as a whole (at this point it is probably the second most famous movie theatre in the US after Mann's Chinese), both in person and across the internet. This is no different than New Line pimping The Lord of the Rings posters or Lucasfilm pushing Indiana Jones or Star Wars poster from their websites...

Sorry I'm so late on replying to this view of yours Archie as I have just had too much on my plate it might have looked as though I was ducking your reply and now have finally got round to to addressing your riposte.

You say the posters are used to promote, how are they used to promote?

If they were being given out free in areas they were shown in, I would agree they were being used for promotion but I see the images being used on the net and then sold as commercial posters through a retail unit, yeah?

You say 'the Alamo Drafthouse is simply acting the role of studio' OK but legally with permission?

Are there any pictures of these posters being used to promote the film in towns , cities etc are they used on walls or spaces for advertisement in these dwellings?

I like these posters but will people try and say these are legit movie posters, when I really think personally they are not. I would like to hear from more people and there view on these very nice posters.

I would like to be convinced.

Simon

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