THE FURY (1978) MOVIE POSTER, ORIGINAL NM DAYBILL, KIRK DOUGLAS
Size AU Daybill Post-War (13" x 30")
The Fury (1978) Movie Poster, Original Daybill, Starring Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes, Amy Irving and Directed by Brian De Palma is in Near Mint Condition. Movie Poster and Condition Condition:...
The Fury (1978) Movie Poster, Original Daybill, Starring Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes, Amy Irving and Directed by Brian De Palma is in Near Mint Condition.
Movie Poster and Condition
Condition: This Original Daybill is presented in Near Mint condition, Folded twice as issued. No flaws to mention. This original daybill poster is currently stored folded and will be shipped in an acid free polyprop bag with acid free backing board. This vintage movie poster maintains its original theatrical presentation format, demonstrating exceptional preservation for a poster from 1978.
Movie Synopsis
The Fury is a 1978 American supernatural horror thriller film directed by Brian De Palma and starring Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes, Amy Irving, Carrie Snodgress, Charles Durning, and Andrew Stevens. The screenplay by John Farris was based on his 1976 novel of the same name. This psychological thriller follows the story of Peter Sandza, a former CIA agent portrayed by Kirk Douglas, who embarks on a desperate mission to rescue his telekinetic son Robin from a sinister government agency.
The film's plot centres around a secret US agency behind the unscrupulous Childress gathers children with parapsychologic abilities and trains them to become killers in war situations. When a devious plot separates CIA agent Peter Sandza from his son, Robin, the distraught father manages to see through the ruse. Taken because of his psychic abilities, Robin is being held by Ben Childress, who is studying people with supernatural powers in hopes of developing their talents as weapons for the United States government during the Cold War era.
Meanwhile, in Chicago, high-school student Gillian Bellaver discovers her psychic powers, including telekinesis and extra-sensory perception, during an in-class demonstration. Teenager Gillian Bellaver has the psychic powers of telekinesis and extra-sensory perception. She also has the effect of causing others to bleed if they touch her. Amy Irving delivers a compelling performance as Gillian, whose frightening abilities become crucial to the story's resolution.
John Cassavetes portrays the villainous Ben Childress with chilling effectiveness, playing a former colleague turned bitter adversary to Douglas's character. She is placed in The Paragon Institute, a psychic research centre that is secretly controlled by Childress. Peter breaks her out in order to enlist her help finding Robin. Meanwhile, Robin's powers have led to growing megalomania upon his part and he soon goes dangerously beyond the ability of his handlers to control him.
Director Brian De Palma crafted this supernatural thriller with his signature visual flair and suspenseful storytelling techniques. The film benefits from a haunting musical score by John Williams, adding atmospheric depth to the psychic horror elements. This was the first film for Daryl Hannah, Laura Innes and James Belushi (uncredited). The movie also features early career appearances from future stars, making it a fascinating time capsule of late 1970s cinema.
A big star like Kirk Douglas was cast as the lead in this film, because director Brian de Palma had felt, that his previous movie Carrie (1976) had suffered at the box-office without a name draw-card. This strategic casting decision helped elevate the film's profile and showcased Douglas in one of his more intense dramatic roles during the later phase of his legendary career.
The Fury explores themes of government conspiracy, parental devotion, and the corrupting nature of absolute power, all wrapped in De Palma's characteristic blend of horror and thriller elements. The film's climactic sequences featuring spectacular displays of psychic powers and telekinetic destruction remain memorable highlights of 1970s genre cinema.
To find out more about The Fury (1978) click here to go to IMDB.com.
Special Notes
Images may have a small 'MPA' digital watermark and this does not appear on the poster. Posters are being held by magnets in the corners to take photographs, so you may see some magnet and shadows from the magnets in these areas. The magnets are not included in the sale of the item.
Postage, Insurance & Your Country Taxes
Postage costs are quoted for this item, include insurance up to AUD$100, but if you reside outside of Australia, the price does not include any import taxes/fees that you may be required to pay when the item reaches your borders. Please check with your local authorities for any additional taxes or fees. If you would like full insurance coverage for your purchase, please message me and I would be happy to quote the additional cost (estimate is AUD$2.50 p/AUD$100 or 2.5% of the item value, up to a maximum item value of AUD$5,000).
FAQ
At Movie Posters Australia, the love and conservation of movie posters comes first, and we like to share this passion. Our commitment to quality means we will provide high quality memorabilia to our customers. Posters are carefully chosen and authenticated to ensure originality and value. We want our customers to trust MPA, so we always try to be as open and transparent as we can, provide detailed condition information and images, to ensure customers are comfortable and confident in their purchase.
While the industry does have a few condition rating standards, there is no movie poster condition rating system that has become the accepted standard world wide. This unfortunately makes condition terms vary from movie poster dealer to movie poster dealer. Terms like Mint, Near Mint, Very Fine, Fine, Very Good, Good, Fair, Poor, seem to be universal to most condition rating standards, but most standards still lack definition about what and how many flaws/defects/damage defines a specific condition level. For more information on how Movie Posters Australia grades the condition of its movie posters, daybills, lobby cards and other ephemera please see out Movie Poster Condition and Grading page.
In the early days of cinema, posters were primarily hand-drawn and printed in various sizes, often tailored to fit the available space in theaters or promotional areas. In the United States, the "One Sheet" size (some times called '1 Sheet' or '1SH' approximately 27" x 41", became the standard during the 1930s. This size was manageable for theater display and suited the needs of a growing film industry.
Different countries developed their own poster sizes and styles, which also changed sometimes over the decades, and were influenced by local preferences and practical considerations, like available paper sheet sizes and how many posters could be printed on one sheet.
In Australia, the most popular size, the Daybill, has evolved over the decades. Australian Daybills sizes in chronological order are:
- Long Daybills (15" x 40"), from 1920's to pre-WW2 or pre-1941, were printed two to a sheet, longer than current Daybill versions. There were size variances in width from 14.5" to 15" and in height from 39.5" to 40".
- War Time Daybill (10" x 30"), during WW2, for a short time to conserve paper during a war time shortage, four Daybills were printed on one sheet. Information from Press Sheets also referred to these War-Time sizes as "New Size Daybills".
- Post-War Daybill (13" x 30"), this 13" x 30" Post-War size carried through until the 1980's, but also varied in size from 13"-14" x 29.75"-30.25".
- Post-80's Daybill (33cm x 66cm, or 13" x 26"), over a few years in the late 80's, the size changed again to a metric 33cm x 66cm, although these have also varied from 32-33cm x 64.5-66cm. New sizes from the late 80's were created, sometimes called a Mini Daybill or Mini Poster, in 9" x 12", 11" x 17" and 13" x 20".
In the UK, the somewhat unique 'Quad' poster, measuring 30" x 40", became popular, offering a larger landscape format that allowed for more elaborate designs.
In Japan, movie poster sizes were smaller, such as the "B2" (20" x 28"), which suited the more compact living environment of larger cities, smaller advertising spaces, and unique aesthetic sensibilities.
The 1970s and 1980s, witnessed the rise of the "six-sheet" (81" x 81") format, reflecting a trend towards larger and more visually impactful advertising.
Overall, the variation in movie poster sizes across different countries and decades highlights the interplay between technological printing advancements, paper resource availability, paper sheet size changes, cultural preferences, and the evolving nature of movie marketing.
At Movie Posters Australia we tag each poster we sell with a 'size' and 'condition' description at the very top of the page for our customers to easily see. There may however be some slight variations to sizes by up one inch due to variations in production and guillotine methods by printers over the decades.