Half Sheet Poster - (28 x 22 Paper Backed) | DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, THE (1951)

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DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, THE (1951)

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Half Sheet Poster - (28" x 22" / Paper Backed)

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Half Sheet (22" x 28") ;
Fine+ on Paper
20th Century Fox, 1951

One of the most iconic images from 1950s sci-fi movie poster artwork is this half sheet from director Robert Wise's classic film. The poster has never been folded and has been professionally paper-backed with airbrushing to address minor wear. Several light vertical creases run across the top, but they have been expertly pressed and are barely noticeable. The area to the right of the title is largely untouched, with only a few small touch-ups in the red fields and along a crease in the title. This poster displays no signs of fading and is in excellent condition.

"The Day the Earth Stood Still" is a science-fiction thriller directed by Robert Wise, featuring Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe, Billy Gray, Frances Bavier, and Lock Martin. Featuring a score by Bernard Herrmann, the film is set during the early Cold War and nuclear arms race, focusing on a humanoid alien and his powerful robot companion who arrive on Earth with a message that could change the fate of humanity. To create the illusion of a seamless spaceship exterior, the door's outline was concealed by filling the surrounding crack with putty and painting over it. When the door opened, the putty broke away, giving the impression that the door had materialized out of nowhere. In 1995, the film was added to the US National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
Size

Item size: 28" × 22" × 0.1" (71.12cm × 55.88cm × 0.25cm)

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