 |
|
Here are a few pieces from around the world:
 Mexico
|
|
|
|
| Although Mexican lobby cards often feature completely different art than is found on their American counterparts, the Mexican lobby set for Phantom re-used the Corben art from the American style C posters. Each lobby card in the Mexican set incorporated a different black and white still with the artwork behind it. Interestingly, the stills used in the Mexican set are not the same shots as are found in the US set, but, like those in the US set, were printed backwards.
|
 England
|
This 20" x 30" poster is what is referred to in the UK as a "Double Crown".
|
|
|
|
This is the standard British poster for use in theaters. Called a "Quad Crown," it's 30" x 40".
|
|
 Argentina
|
This 29" x 43" Argentinian one sheet is the only one of its kind we've ever seen.
|
 France
Unfortunately, The Swan Archives hires its archivists based on their performance in "Philbin's Audition Room," rather than their linguistic or archival talents. So, nobody here speaks French. If you do, maybe you could do us a favor and translate the French presskit into English for us?
|
|
|
|
| The French one sheet (about 20" x 30") came in both yellow and red tinting; the red one is harder to find.
|
French presskit
The French Presskit is a big file, and takes a while to load; be patient.
Why not watch Blow Out while you're waiting? It'll be time well spent.
|
French 16" x 24" re-release poster, probably from 1994. Can any of our French readers provide more information on this one?
|
|
|
|
The French lobby card set is similar to the German set appearing below, but the name of the film on the French set is in English rather than in German.
|
|
 Germany
Check out the unique Juicy Fruits/Undeads-themed poster! We like the fact that the German promoters chose to focus on the German-expressionism-inspired Undeads in their principal promotional image; shows a sense of horror film history and national pride (though you don't want that pesky German national pride getting too out of hand). Visiting Archivist Jochen B. has kindly translated the German souvenir program for us. Thanks, Jochen! Caress Beef with your mouse to see the entire German lobby card set.
 Denmark
|
Danish 1-Sheet, 24" x 33". You don't see too many of these. Unless, you know, you're in Denmark or something.
|
 Italy
Our archivists voted, and the Italians won first place in the poster competition, with this gorgeous painting of the phantom...and their lobby cards (which they call "photobustas") are great (and HUGE) too. Select the photobusta to see the whole set.
|
This one's 39" x 55", which makes it a "2 Fogli".
|
|
|
|
This is a 13" x 28", which in Italy is called a "Locandina".
|
|
|
|
This one's a huge 55" x 78", and is referred to in Italy as a "4 Fogli".
|
|
Photobustas, each 19" x 27"
 Spain
This Spanish poster is 27" x 40".
 Finland
The Swan Archives staff had been convinced that all that Finland had contributed to civilization was vodka, Linux, and saunas, but the beautiful coloring on this thing totally puts Finland on the map!
This is the smaller size Finnish poster, 16" x 23".
 Japan:
Two really nice posters here, and a lovely full color souvenir program book; click on the program to see all the pages. Can anyone translate the Japanese program into English for us? If you're able to, let us know, at archivist at swanarchives.org, and we'll send you higher resolution scans of the program pages.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| These two Japanese posters are both 20" x 28", and are referred to as "B2"'s. The one on the left is from the film's original release in Japan in 1975; the one on the right is from the 1988 re-release. The language at the top of the lefthand poster translates to, "Give me back my soul!!!....Give me back my lover !!.....Sad, painful Winslow's screaming crushed by strong rock and roll. Paul Williams' rhythmic drama touches deeply. New style rock and roll masterpiece." Thanks to visiting archivist Tomoko for the translation! |
|
 Belgium
This Belgian poster is about 14" x 22". Be careful, because there are reproductions of this poster being sold as originals. The originals were printed on very thin paper, almost like newsprint. The reproductions are on much heavier stock.
 Australia
The Australian poster. The "M" is for "Mature".
In Australia, they call these 13" x 30" posters "daybills". They had four different styles, but two of them look like somebody's four-year-old drew them. What's up with that?
This link will take you back to the NORTH AMERICAN CAMPAIGN.
Some images not loading? Try refreshing the page, but wait for all the images to load BEFORE clicking on any of the pop-up links. (Some browsers stop loading images as soon as you click on anything in the page.)
All inquiries should be directed by email to archivist at swanarchives.org. The words "grand guignol" appear nowhere on this site. All website text, design, and coding is Copyright 2006-2008, Ari the Principal Archivist. No claim is made to the copyrighted works, trademarks or service marks of 20th Century Fox or A&M Records, and The Swan Archives is in no way affiliated with either company.
|
|
