In the James Bond poster collecting world, rarity almost always equates to price. I have a number of original Bond posters from around the world framed and up on my walls. I’ve also had an equal number pass through my hands, many of which I sold years ago for what in retrospect were very low…
Goldfinger
Goldfinger is one of the undisputed high points of the James Bond franchise. The movie includes a bunch of iconic Bond characters and moments – henchman Oddjob and his murderous metal bowler hat, Bond’s silver tricked-out Aston Martin DB5 and, perhaps most famous of all, Shirley Eaton’s cameo as the unfortunate Bond girl who is…
Never Say Never Again
I remember seeing this the Summer it was released. The press had amped up “The Battle of the Bonds” between the “official” Roger Moore release Octopussy and this, Sean Connery’s return to the role after 12 years at the age of 52. NSNA is a loose remake of Thunderball, and came about due to a…
Zardoz / The Final Programme
These are two of the weirdest movies to come out of the UK in the 70s. I’m posting the Zardoz UK quad in memory of the late, great Sir Sean Connery, although in all honesty this is probably not the movie for which he would most like to be remembered! Zardoz was a sci-fi movie…
Live And Let Die/You Only Live Twice
One of these James Bond posters is an original, the other is a reprint. Can you tell which one is which? I bought these 2 posters together from a shop in Singapore, when I was living there. It was very unusual to find any places selling movie posters there, so when I saw these I…
Marnie
This is another poster I thought I had sold at auction and was glad to discover I hadn’t. Marnie isn’t the greatest Hitchcock by a long way. There’s been a great deal of debate about whether TIppi Hedren’s performance in the title role is deliberately mannered or just plain bad, and there have been…
James Bond Collection
This was the first record I ever bought. Before I was into movie posters, and before I got into rock and pop music, I was into soundtracks. In retrospect, I’m not sure why. This was back in the days before DVDs, and even before VHS, so this was I think the only way I could think of…
From Russia With Love
Sometimes you can’t but end up kicking yourself for what seemed like a good idea at the time. By 2003 I had amassed a large collection of movie posters, of which I was only able to display a small fraction. I had also moved for work to Asia and was only able to bring…
Thunderball
This poster holds special meaning for me because it was the first film I ever saw in the cinema. It was 1972 I think, I would have been 8. My dad took me and a friend to a James Bond double bill at the Nottingham Odeon. (This was back in the days both the Nottingham…