Wednesday, 4 January 2023

Escape from Alcatraz Rare For Your Consideration Ads

Escape from Alcatraz Rare For Your Consideration Ads
Sorting through a large A3 bag of material yesterday, I came across these two very rare full page For Your Consideration ads for Escape from Alcatraz (1979). I had honestly forgotten I had these and believe they were sent to me by a longtime friend in the United States many years ago. These ads are always wonderful, and I really would love to own more. A great selection still appear on auction sites, but unfortunately the cost of having them sent from the United States has become very expensive, and unfortunately they rarely show up from UK based sellers. These ads would appear in trade papers such as Variety and The Hollywood Reporter. These particular two are probably the key ones to have if forming a ‘wish list’ - as they are for Eastwood as actor and Don Siegel as director. They’re unusual in design, almost 3D in their appearance with a dull, gritty colour tone which was probably designed to reflect the harsh, bleak atmosphere created in the movie. They are quite something though, and they rarely show up these days. 
*I have also added these to our dedicated For Your Consideration page we have here on the Archive, but thought they rightfully deserved a place here as a new post too. 

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