The Godfather, 1972
S. Neil Fujita
US Teaser One Sheet Film Poster
41 x 27 in. (104 x 68.5 cm.)
Backed on linen
The Godfather, 1972
S. Neil Fujita
Australian Daybill Film Poster
30 x 12¾ in. (76 x 32.5 cm.)
Backed on linen
Printed in Australia by Robert Burton Pty. Ltd., Sydney
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Widely celebrated as one of the best and most influential movies of all time, Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 mafia masterpiece The Godfather, based on Mario Puzo's best selling novel of...
Widely celebrated as one of the best and most influential movies of all time, Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 mafia masterpiece The Godfather, based on Mario Puzo's best selling novel of the same name, intimately follows the fictional Corleone family over a 10 year period in 1940s New York as they struggle to protect their empire. Featuring career-defining performances from Marlon Brando as the titular patriarch of the Italian-American crime dynasty and Al Pacino as the reluctant son that ultimately succeeds him, the landmark film was a huge critical and commercial success, spawning two sequels and nominated for ten Academy Awards, going on to win three including Best Picture. Having designed the iconic black and white puppeteer logo for the cover of the original novel, American graphic designer S. Neil Fujita was called upon to create this haunting artwork of Brando in blood red profile for the British release of the film. Superior to the U.S. poster artwork, which simply reused the same puppeteer logo as the book cover, the black and red profile design was also used for the Australian campaign, seen here on this original release Daybill poster.
Condition
Excellent (A-)
Conservation backed on linen with no restoration. Backing has smoothed and diminished two horizontal folds and dog-ears to corners. Very neat staple holes at corners, extending into image in places. Minor discolouration to corner creases. Image and colours otherwise excellent.
