Thanks again. I'll be writing a quite lengthy response anon. Sent from my iPad
On 25 Jun 2012, at 05:18, Geraldine Kudaka <[email protected]> wrote: > Our Pelham copy wasn't rolled. > > Interesting that you are having hard time finding info on it. > > We really didn't know what we had in our collection because we weren't into > buying and selling. When we started thinking about selling and realized the > first step was going to be identifying what we had, it seemed like an > insurmountable task. So I'm surprised at how hard it is for you -- a > collector -- to find the information. And to what lengths you have to go to > find the information. Here, I'm assuming you have movie poster guides and > reference materials on your desk, but not finding what you need in your > resources -- well that's interesting. And contacting Kubrick's archive -- > that's impressive. > > Kinda reminds me of Abel Gance's Napolean. The amount of research necessary > to get the info you need -- in Gance's case, it was Kevin Brownlow's life > long obsession with the film that resulted in its reconstruction. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napol%C3%A9on_%281927_film%29 > > I don't know if Mike Kaplan is still alive -- he was older than Charley -- > but he certainly would know. > > In fact -- if one could find him -- you'd have the info you needed to know > and probably from the best source. Filmmakers don't think of the posters -- > they think of their films -- and the poster artist generally is thinking of > their whole artistic career, so Kaplan would really know why the Pelham was > made and what happened to that campaign. > > From: Richard C Evans <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 1:41 PM > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Rich - Pelham poster > > Thanks Geraldine. > > Very difficult to find info on this, have already made extensive efforts. > > Though I'm reasonably sure the printing (though not the design it's based on) > originates in the US. > > Next step for me is the Kubrick archive, who have told me on the telephone > they have nothing relating to this poster, (but they do have Bill Gold's > cruxifiction design which Kubrick rejected). They may though have something > relating to it in Kubrick's communications with WB. > > Whether it did actually ran or is a print run of a proposed poster, still no > clue. > > Does seem that these only come to market rolled and via execs, though I may > be wrong on that. > > Thanks for the info, much appreciated. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 24 Jun 2012, at 18:18, Geraldine Kudaka <[email protected]> wrote: > >> When Charley first worked at MGM, Mike Kaplan was his boss. 2001 had opened >> initially a "Hardware" campagn, it had a good box office but shortly after >> opening fell off at the box office. Mike convinced Kubrick that they should >> replace the Hardware campaign with the Star Child campaign. The Star Child >> campaign was a massive hit, bringing is a huge resurgence at the box office. >> It was the BO success of 2001 that convinced 20th Century/Fox to fund Star >> Wars. >> >> 2001 huge success is evidenced by these figures -- in Dec. 75, the film >> broke even. In March, 1976, Kubrick received his first profit sharing >> residual check. >> >> March 1976 was the same month Star Wars started filming >> >> After conceiving the Star Child campaign for 2001, Mike Kaplan left MGM and >> went to work for Kubrick on Clockwork Orange. When Charley was in London >> working on Star Wars, Mike gave him posters. >> >> Any other history on the Pelham poster or its availability would be best to >> find by googling UK. >> >> From: Richard Evans <[email protected]> >> To: Geraldine Kudaka <[email protected]> >> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 10:53 AM >> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Rich - Pelham poster >> >> Thanks Geraldine, no rush. >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On 24 Jun 2012, at 14:15, Geraldine Kudaka <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> It's Sunday morning and Charley's still asleep so i can't ask him about the >>> Pelham Clockwork Orange. >>> >>> I'll find out later today and let you know. >>> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >>> ___________________________________________________________________ >>> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >>> Send a message addressed to: [email protected] >>> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >>> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >> >> >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >> Send a message addressed to: [email protected] >> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
