I too heard the poster got pulled because of the time tagline. I seem to recall a seller on ebay had quite a few that were snapped up when the news about the flop and recall hit the streets.
The aussie release poster has the "Together in one smash explosive show" tagline. As the Grindhouse double feature never really had a proper theatrical release here, because it did so badly in the US, you might argue it (and any other posters from around the world in the same boat) are rarer still. A poster for a film that never really was officially released in that country. Although, Grindhouse does get an occassional run at arthuse cinema now, but no major aus wide release I am aware of. If I recall Planet Terror saw no release in Australia (at least that I am aware of) but Death Proof did. I do think Phil is right re value. Other than the Tarantino die hard fans I can't see too many people interested in that one. Pulp Fiction would have a whole other set of followers apart from the Tarantino fan base. And I agree with Phil regarding the movies themselves...couldn't have said it better myself... Cheers, Vesna Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:28:47 +0000 From: p...@cinemarts.com Subject: Re: [MOPO] Grindhouse DS advance "Dynamite"vs. Pulp Fiction "Lucky Strikes" To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Steve - Doesn't ring a bell with me as such. It may be more rare (as in availability) than the Lucky Strikes PF, but in this case more rare will not equate with more value exept to aTarantino fanatic. PULP FICTION was a very successful film that delveloped an enormous and ongoing following and fan base. GRINDHOUSE was a monster flop and doesn't show any signs of being re-evaluated anytime soon. In Australia, the film was released as two separate films some time apart, and both some time after the US release. I'm not even sure the PLANET TERROR feature had other than a brief contractual theatrical before going to DVD where it has developed a bit of a cult. DEATH PROOF was dead in the water once the Tarantino die hards lapped it up in the first week. The GRINDHOUSE double feature cut had very limited theatrical showings in specialist theatres here, after the event. Perhaps another Australian MOPOer can detail what was on the Australian GRINDHOUSE one sheets that showed up before the film went its separate ways here. I'd be also intersted to know what happened to the release in other non-US territories, and with the paper as well. Personally, I thought DEATH PROOF was considerably better than advance press had it, but with too many overlong and not terribly good dialogue scenes. PLANET TERROR was one of the funniest splatterfests I have seen in some time. Phil -----Original Message----- From: dsonesheets [mailto:dsoneshe...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 01:24 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: [MOPO] Grindhouse DS advance "Dynamite" vs. Pulp Fiction "Lucky Strikes" I have had this question bugging me for more years (ok, just a couple) than I care to admit. And whatever the answer, I still regret losing my copy. When Grindhouse first came out, there were a total of three, yes only three, auctions for a very specific onesheet. All three ended quickly and quietly, and I think only one of them made it to the actual close date without being closed early (first sign of mystery). These posters were double-sided, and featured the "2 1/2 hours of pure dynamite!" tagline. Now all other original, double-sided Grindhouse posters that I have EVER seen, and believe me, I have looked forever, have the tagline "Two great movies for the price of one!" There was speculation before these three onesheets went underground that these were a first-run, onesheet that was recalled because the running time wound up being released LONGER than 2 1/2 hours, making the tagline incorrect. Also keep in mind that these posters were all up on eBay right as the movie was released, or maybe just a little before, and I have never seen another since. What I would like to put to this crowd, probably the most educated dealers in the world, is the following question: If these posters were in fact recalled, original DS onesheets, wouldn't the limited nature of the poster count actually make this the rarest Tarantino poster ever printed, even pushing out the Pulp Fiction recalled Lucky Strikes (and also by an incredible margin)? And does anyone else have this poster in their inventory/collection that can add to this discussion? I don't remember if I got a pic of mine before I lost it. I suspect I had it in a tube for storage and mailed another poster out to some lucky Basterd (yes, I went there) to discover. But I can look if anyone's interested. Would just like to hear some opinions on this one, and actually get a topic going that doesn't deal with fraud or criminal investigations. 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