Eastwood: United Artists Australian Film Festival 1970’s

Eastwood: United Artists Australian Film Festival 1970’s 

Here’s a cracking rare ad for an Australian Film Festival held in Sydney, Australia. We can’t be sure of the date of this rare ad (kindly sent in by Davy Triumph) – but looking at the line-up of his United Artists films, it must date from at least 1974. Thunderbolt and Lightfoot was entered for classification in Australia on 1st June 1974 and went on general release there in October of the same year. There is a possibility that this festival was put together to tie-in with the launch of the film – and a pretty good excuse to pull Eastwood’s previous U/A releases. It certainly made for a great line-up of movies. 

*Dates on the ad may also indicate a February 1975 release.

We also know this must have been before 1981. The Paris Theatre was a cinema and theatre located on the corner of Wentworth Avenue and Liverpool Street in Sydney, Australia and closed for business in 1981. I know that fans love these rare ads, they always prove popular and serve as a rare reminder of an event that might otherwise had been lost in time. 

Below: The Paris Theatre circa 1973

*Footnote information received that this was in fact May 1977 - many thanks