Bit of a find in the attic

Mike_S · June 10, 2023, 01:56:06 PM

Had a bit of a lucky find in my mothers house the other day. I was getting broadband installed as i might have to spend more time there to give her help here and there, but as I was there for a couple of hours with nothing to do I thought I would go and have a look upstairs in the attic and see what the hell was in there.

I came across a bag of movie posters. Years ago my Dad had a friend who was able to get him the original posters from a lot of the movies that showed in the local cinema. So there was maybe 20 or so posters... The Towering Inferno, The Deer Hunter, Fist of Fury II and lots more but I couldn't believe it when I saw the poster for the original Star Wars Movie.

Took it home and showed my daughter - a big Star Wars fan - we opened it out and just kinda stared at it for a while in awe. It's beautiful, in pretty good nick and definitely worth some money. It's the poster from the first run of the movie, so before they put pictures of the academy awards on it, etc. It's a lovely poster though, we may just frame it and put it on the wall.

Mike

Zoltan · June 11, 2023, 02:00:18 AM

That's a great find!

Be really careful with it. It can be way more valuable than you might think...

T.C. Elliott · June 11, 2023, 06:07:00 PM

My father was a projectionist at the local (small town) theatres back home. I remember seeing Star Wars on its second run in the theatres. Saw Time Bandits and even saw Rocky Horror (though it's probably a good thing my mother wasn't aware of that fact at the time.) I don't think he even thought about grabbing any posters.

Great find, looks great, brings back memories of my own.