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View full screen - View 1 of Lot 30. You Only Live Twice (1967), style C poster (bathtub), British.

Lot Closed

February 8, 02:30 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

You Only L﷽ive Twice (1967), style C poster (bat📖htub), British


Artist: Frank McCarthy (1924-2002)


Unframed: 31 x 41 in. (78.8 x 104.2 cm)


The advertising department for𝓀 the film's release really went to town on their campaign. They created three different posters, featuring Sean Connery in the bathtub (surrounded by girls), Connery with the famous Little Nelly flying machinꦡe, and Connery inside the volcano. This style C (bathtub) poster is the most sought-after of the three.


British film posters were distributed folded until 1977 when they started to send them ♍out rolled. However in the 1960s, for some reason, United Artists did distribute some of the Bond posters rolled. The vast majority of the Bond posters were folded. This poster is one of the rarer unfolde🌄d examples.


This was the fifth James Bond film produced by Eon Productions. It was directed by Lewis Gilbert, in the first of three Bond films that he would direct for Eon Productions. The screenplay for the film was written by Roald Dahl, and is vaguely based on Ian Fleming's 1964 novel. During filming it was announced that Sean Connery would retire from 🦋playing Bond, although he did make a come back in Diamonds are Forever in 1971 and Never Say Never Again in 1983.

The Official 007 Collection: James Bond Movie Posters, Boxtree, 2001, pp. 60-61 (featuring posters from the Eon Productions archive)