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James Bond US 1-Sheet posters

For every official general release or re-release of the James Bond films in the US from from 1963 to the present day, a 1-Sheet poster (27" X 41") [27" X 40" after 1985] was created for in-house cinema displays. These colourful and highly stylised posters are now collectors items and command high prices when sold at auction.

There was an alternate printing of the original Thunderball (1965) 1-sheet which cropped the top of James Bond's jetpack outside the green border on the artwork. New 1-sheet posters were created for the four official double-bill reissues released across the USA from 1965-1972. There were other combinations of films that did not have new posters to support the release, and others that had new advertising material made available to newspapers. For their original release Diamonds Are Forever (1971), Live And Let Die (1973) and The Man With The Golden Gun (1974) all had half-sheets produced for the Eastern Hemisphere featuring the contractual reversal of the producers credits and removal of US ratings; whereas Moonraker (1979) and For Your Eyes Only (1981) also had Style B 1-sheet posters issued with alternate artwork the international market.

In 1970 United Artists produced stock posters in all standard US sizes featuring artwork by French painter Yves Thos (1935-2020), which featured a new version of the Robert McGinnis illustration of Sean Connery seen on posters for You Only Live Twice (1967). The first five Sean Connery James Bond films were re-released internationally under the ‘VIVA JAMES BOND!’ banner (accompanied by a set of eight new Lobby Cards for each film), and the poster had an empty box where the credits for each particular film could be pasted depending on the title screened. The first nine James Bond films were re-released again in 1975-76 as a ‘James Bond 007 Film Festival’ and the Yves Thos artwork repurposed a new poster. For those theatres screening the two Roger Moore titles an alternate poster featuring artwork by Robert McGinnis was available. These re-issues were screened across the USA but only a 1-Sheet sized poster (27" X 41") for Thunderball was produced, with the titles of other films available as a separate 17 inch wide paper snipe to be pasted over the original credit.

Displayed here for the first time are all 1-Sheet posters in release date order from 1963-2021.


Dr. No (1963) [Yellow smoke style] Artwork Mitchell Hooks / Designed by David Chasman [007 logo designed by David Chasman & Joseph Caroff]	Dr. No (1963) [White smoke style] Artwork Mitchell Hooks / Designed by David Chasman [007 logo designed by David Chasman & Joseph Caroff]

From Russia With Love [Style A] (1964) Designed by David Chasman	From Russia With Love [Style B] (1964) Designed by David Chasman

Goldfinger (1964) Designed by David Chasman & Robert Brownjohn	Dr. No/From Russia With Love (1965) & (1971) Designed by David Chasman

Thunderball (1965) Artwork Frank McCarthy & Robert McGinnis	Thunderball (1965) [Alternate cropped artwork style] Artwork Frank McCarthy & Robert McGinnis

Goldfinger/Dr. No (1966) & (1969) Incorporating elements originally designed by David Chasman	Casino Royale (1967) Artwork Robert McGinnis

You Only Live Twice [Style A] (1967) Artwork Frank McCarthy (Bond with space helmet R. McGinnis)	You Only Live Twice [Style B] (1967) Artwork Frank McCarthy (Bond with space helmet R. McGinnis)

You Only Live Twice [Style C] (1967) Artwork Robert McGinnis	Thunderball/From Russia With Love (1968) Thunderball Artwork Robert McGinnis/From Russia With Love artwork incorporating elements originally designed by David Chasman

On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) Artwork Frank McCarthy & Robert McGinnis	VIVA JAMES BOND! (1970) [Stock International 1-sheet] Artwork Yves Thos

Thunderball/You Only Live Twice (1970/71) & (1972) Artwork Frank McCarthy & Robert McGinnis	Diamonds Are Forever (1971) Artwork Robert McGinnis

Diamonds Are Forever (1971) [International 1-sheet] Artwork Robert McGinnis	Spend A Night With James Bond (1972) Incorporating elements originally designed by David Chasman

Live And Let Die (1973) Artwork Robert McGinnis	Live And Let Die (1973) [International 1-sheet] Artwork Robert McGinnis

The Man With The Golden Gun [Style A] (1974) Artwork Robert McGinnis [coloured Karate figures by Basil Gogos]	The Man With The Golden Gun [International 1-sheet] (1974) Artwork Robert McGinnis [coloured Karate figures by Basil Gogos]

The Man With The Golden Gun [Style B] (1974) Artwork Thomas Jung	Live And Let Die - James Bond 007 Film Festival (1975-76) Style A Artwork Robert McGinnis [ROLLOVER pasted snipe for The Man With The Golden Gun]

Thunderball - James Bond 007 Film Festival (1975-76) Style B Artwork Yves Thos [ROLLOVER paper snipes to be pasted over original title]	The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) Artwork Robert Peak

Moonraker (1979) Artwork Daniel Goozee	Moonraker (1979) [Style B International 1-Sheet] Artwork Daniel Goozee

For Your Eyes Only (1981) [Style A] Designed by William Gold Roger Moore photographed by Keith Hamshere Model Joyce Bartle	For Your Eyes Only (1981) [Style B International 1-Sheet] Artwork Brian Bysouth

Octopussy (1983) Artwork Daniel Goozee	Never Say Never Again (1983) Artwork Rudy Obrero

*A View To A Kill* (1985) Artwork Daniel Goozee	The Living Daylights (1987) Art Director Jeffrey Bacon / Designed by David Reneric Photographer Jim McCrary / Model Kathy Stangel

Licence To Kill [Style A] (1989) Art Director Robin Behling Photographers Keith Hamshere & Douglas Kirkland	Licence To Kill [Style B] (1989) Designed by Tony Synegar Photographers Keith Hamshere & Douglas Kirkland

GoldenEye [Style A] (1995) Art Directors Randi Braun & Earl Klasky Photographer John Stoddart	GoldenEye [Style B] (1995) Art Director Randi Braun / Creative Director Earl Klasky Photographers John Stoddart & Keith Hamshere

Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) Art Director Mark Belin / Creative Director Randi Braun Photographers Keith Hamshere & George Whitear	The World Is Not Enough (1999) Designer Diane Reynolds / Art Directors Mark Belin & Damon Kidwell / Creative Director Randi Braun Photographers Nigel Parry, Keith Hamshere & Jay Maidment

Die Another Day (2002) Art Director Jay LaRosa / Creative Director Peter Bemis Photographer Patrick Demarchelier	Casino Royale (2006) Designed by Empire Design

Quantum of Solace (2008) Designed by Empire Design	Skyfall (2012) Designed by Empire Design

*Spectre* (2015) Designed by Empire Design	No Time To Die (2021) Incorporating photographic elements by Nicola Dove, Jasin Boland and Greg Williams

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