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Don't forget, Deep Throat made almost a billion dollars (on a budget in the
5 figures). It played coast to coast - in many, MANY, more theatres than
the producers had ever dreamed.... Don't forget that. If you rank
all movies according to box office, Deep Throat would be right up there with
Titanic, Star Wars and Gone with the Wind (perhaps even above them)! So,
the idea that they wouldn't print a second run of posters, or couldn't
afford it is ludicrous. A regular porno film at the time might have needed
1 or 2 hundred one sheets (at the most) - this one would have needed 50 or 100
times that many...
I've seen both styles (plus one or two other size variants) for Deep
Throat. I believe both are original, and really doubt either one is a
video poster (the movie was '73, not '83). The press book uses the art
with LL's hands extending over the border (so, at least, that artwork is from
the first release).
There's also a black and white line-drawing one sheet that dates from the
first release as well...
Now, just wish I'd kept that rolled one sheet...
Cheers,
Bob
PS. The sizes of porno posters are all over the board, ranging from
28x42 for some titles to 24x36 or 25x38 for others...
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 2:30
PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] question about DEEP
THROAT one sheet
David,
Yeah. That one looks like it was specially printed for the
premiere, before the regular one-sheet was even produced. Extremely rare, I'd
say. It maybe the only one left in existence.
What I meant was, since they obviously did produce a
standard-size one sheet for the original release of the film, that in
those days that would have been considered "good enough" -- no reason to
produce any other size as far as they were concerned. If you already had a
standard-size one sheet for DEEP THROAT, what would have been the point
in spending money to produce a slightly smaller version of the same
poster? But, perhaps as the film became a runaway smash hit (for a porno
flick) that they ran out of the standard size one-sheets and decided to
produce a secondary run to meet the demand and went with a smaller
version. Possible. But would that have made economic sense when they
already had the plates for the standard-size one sheet on hand and they could
have simply and quickly print up more of those? Hard to say.
To clarify my earlier statement. Variant size original
release posters for porno films may well have been produced for original
theater releases, particularly by the very small producers, to save money. But
whatever size they picked, they would have only produced that size, not
several different sizes for the release. Not usually anyway. It was a
penny-pinching business. Get the shot in one take and move on. Edit the thing
in two days and get it out the door. One film... it only needs one poster.
That was pretty much the attitude.
-- JR
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 16:30
Subject: Re: question about DEEP THROAT one sheet
I also have a half sheet for deep throat.......vertical....but
still 22x28
bought from matt shapiro
and one from the "world premier"......whatever that means.
David Lieberman
CineMasterpieces.com
602 309
0500
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