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Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1976. Vintage portrait photograph of producer Dino De Laurentiis, promoting the 1976 film. Dino De Laurentis was an Italian-American film producer, who, along with Italian film producer Carlo Ponti, helped bring Italian cinema to international acclaim, most notably films by Federico Fellini, Victtorio De Sica, and Roberto Rossellini. De Laurentis produced or co-produced more than 500 films, 38 of which had been nominated for Academy Awards. Based on the 1968 play "Indians" by Arthur Kopit. A revisionist look at the Buffalo Bill legend, in which the buffoonish Bill (Paul Newman) hires Chief Sitting Bull (Frank Kaquitts) to star in his Wild West Show, but finds himself frequently butting heads with Sitting Bull's own vision of the American west. Shot on location in Alberta, Canada. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

Los Angeles: Commonwealth United Entertainment, 1969. Vintage color studio still photograph of Sandy Dennis from the 1969 film. Based on the novel by Peter Miles. The feature film that brought Robert Altman to the attention of the film world, giving him the break he needed to make "MASH" in the year that followed. A gothic, psychological thriller that explores a spinster's depth of loneliness and sexual longing. She happens upon a young mute man in the park, who she invites to live in her house. The film was not a box office success and has received a relatively negative reception, mostly due to its unclarified theme. Shot on location in Vancouver, Canada. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine condition. Olive 540.

Universal, 2002. DVD Movie. Starring Eileen Atkins, Bob Balaban Alan Bates, Charles Dance, Stephen Fry, Michael Gambon, Richard E. Grant, Derek Jacobi, Kelly Macdonald, Helen Mirren, Jeremy Northam, Clive Owen, Ryan Philippe, Maggie Smith, Kristin Scott Thomas, Emily Watson. 138 minutes. Widescreen format. Fine copy with original artwork. Written by Julian Fellowes. A remarkable mystery wherein the squire is murdered twice. Much of the interest in this film is in the interplay between upstairs and downstairs.

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1979. Collection of 6 vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1979 film. A 1979 romantic comedy about a an older man and his young, earth-mama musical girlfriend. The role of Marta Heflin was originally written for Sandy Dennis, but due to a costar's cat allergies coupled with Dennis' pension for bring cats to script readings, the role was recast with Sheila Shea. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine condition.

N.p.: Lion's Gate Films, 1979. Collection of five vintage studio still photographs from the 1979 film. A 1979 romantic comedy about a an older man and his young, earth-mama musical girlfriend. The role of Marta Heflin was originally written for Sandy Dennis, but due to a costar's cat allergies coupled with Dennis' pension for bring cats to script readings, the role was recast with Sheila Shea. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

No Place: Warner Brothers Communications Company, 1968. Book. VG+. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Two original different prints, one measuring 8" x 10" and the other measuring 10" x 8". No date, although 1968. Light corner creases to white margins only, else Fine. Highly suitable for framing..

Criterion, 2004 Book. Very Good. Audio Book (DVD). Very good DVD in very good case. c/w folder. Language ? : ? English Director ? : ? Robert Altman Media Format ? : ? Color, Widescreen, NTSC, DVD-Video, Anamorphic Run time ? : ? 2 hours and 4 minutes Release date ? : ? April 27 2004 Actors ? : ? Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Janice Rule, Robert Fortier, Ruth Nelson.

N.p.: Lion's Gate Films, 1979. Collection of eight vintage color studio still photographs from the 1979 film. A 1979 romantic comedy about a an older man and his young, earth-mama musical girlfriend. The role of Marta Heflin was originally written for Sandy Dennis, but due to a costar's cat allergies coupled with Dennis' pension for bring cats to script readings, the role was recast with Sheila Shea. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine, with a small dampstain to the margin of image 1.

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1974. Lobby card from the 1974 film, an early and unusual entry in the American neo-noir canon. Based on the 1937 novel, a hard boiled classic by proletarian writer Edward Anderson. Robert Altman made almost no mistakes in the 1970s, and this was one of the many high spots. The director, along with novelist-screenwriter Calder Willingham, adapted a forgotten but seminal work from the dust bowl era and brought it to life with Carradine and Duvall, two actors who were staples of his highly successful stable of actors during the New Hollywood era. 11 x 14 inches. Near Fine, with a couple of shallow corner creases and some light rubbing. Hanna 69. Spicer, p. 436.

Chicago: Olive Films, 1969. Collection of 4 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1969 film. Based on the novel by Peter Miles. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine condition.

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1976. Set of eight vintage color studio still photographs from the 1976 western film. With the stamp of a Canadian film distributor on the verso. Based on the 1968 play "Indians" by Arthur Kopit. A revisionist look at the Buffalo Bill legend, in which the buffoonish Bill hires Chief Sitting Bull to star in his Wild West Show, but finds himself frequently butting heads with Sitting Bull's own vision of the American west. Shot on location in Alberta, Canada. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Pitts 554.

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1970. Collection of five vintage, borderless, oversize photographs from the 1970 film. With a small French distribution label from Twentieth Century-Fox on the recto of each photograph. Based on the 1968 novel by Richard Hooker, and, in turn, the basis of acclaimed television show which ran for 11 seasons on CBS. Winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes, and nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actress, winning for Best Adapted Screenplay. 12 x 9.5 inches. Pinholes to the corners of a single photograph, Near Fine overall. National Film Registry.

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1973. Collection of five vintage studio still photographs from the 1973 film. Based on the 1953 novel by Raymond Chandler, the sixth Philip Marlowe book. Screenwriter Leigh Brackett, who also co-wrote the screenplay for "The Big Sleep" (1946), updated not just the setting from the 1950s to the 1970s, but the attitudes, themes, and relationships as well. The result was less of a straight adaptation than it was a satire of the traditional detective story, a New Hollywood classic. Shot on location in California and Mexico. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Arrow 903. Ebert III. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Silver and Ward US Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir.

Burbank, CA: American Broadcasting Companies, Inc, 1975. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Robert Altman on the set of the 1975 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. Robert Altman's brilliant, caustic view of American politics and culture, seen through the microcosm of five days in the Nashville country and gospel music scene, with 24 main characters and multiple storylines, a tour-de-force, and a key piece of New Hollywood Cinema. Winner of an Academy Award, nominated for four more including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress. Shot on location in Nashville, Tennessee. 10 x 7 inches. Some brief toning to portions of recto, else Near Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 683. Ebert I. Eureka 80.

N.p.: Lions Gate Films, 1977. Three vintage studio still photographs of actress Janice Rule from the 1977 film. Director Robert Altman's experimental, dreamlike masterwork about three ethereal, fractured women, originally overlooked but later celebrated. Featuring brilliant performances from Shelley Duvall as the self-deluded, socially maladroit Millie, Rule as the mysterious pregnant painter Willie, and Sissy Spacek as the young, timid, and fawning Pinky. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set in a small California desert town, and shot on location in Palm Springs, Thousand Palms, and Desert Hot Springs, California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1971. Vintage studio still photograph of Warren Beatty from the 1971 film. Based on the 1959 novel "McCabe" by Edmund Naughton. One of Robert Altman's most acclaimed films. John McCabe (Warren Beatty) arrives in the Old West mining town of Presbyterian Church quickly asserting himself among the locals and setting up shop, running a brothel and a bathhouse. Soon after, cockney prostitute Constance Miller (Julie Christie) arrives and proposes running the brothel for McCabe at a fifty/fifty split. One of the finest revisionist Westerns made. Beautifully shot by cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond and brilliantly edited by Lou Lombardo, "McCabe and Mrs. Miller," is widely regarded as one of the finest of the New Hollywood films. In 2010 it was selected for the US National Film Registry. Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Set in Washington and shot on location in Vancouver British Columbia Canada. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. Ebert I.… Read More

Paris: Gamma, 1985. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Robert Altman and actor Carol Burnett on the set of the 1985 television film, which originally aired on HBO on April 1. With a printed mimeo snipe on the verso along with the stamps of Gamma Film. Two women meet at a laundromat and reveal secrets about their lives. The third and final film collaboration between Altman and Burnett, following "A Wedding" (1978) and "HealtH" (1980). Shot on location in Paris. 10.25 x 7 inches. Fine.

N.p.: N.p., 1994. Vintage borderless double weight color reference photograph of director Robert Altman with Julia Roberts and Lyle Lovett on location at Roissy Airport (Charles de Gaulle Airport) for the 1994 film. French and English printed "Sipa Press" snipe and "Pica Pressfoto" label on verso. Altman's lightly sardonic take on Paris Fashion Week featuring an enormous and star-studded ensemble cast of international actors, models, and designers. Set in and shot on location in Paris, France . 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

NP: FINE LINE FEATURES/NEW LINE CINEMA. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1992. Poster. Promotional one-sheet POSTER for the Robert Altman directed film. (27" X 41") Near fine on single full-color printed sheet. (Traces of faint foxing at margins & on image, though lightly discernible. Trace of foxing on blank reverse. ) Nicely suited for framing. (B) .

N.p.: N.p., 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1969 film, showing a topless Sandy Dennis. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1965 novel by Peter Miles, about a woman who becomes obsessed with a mute teenage boy. Director Robert Altman's breakthrough film. Shot on location in Vancouver, Canada. 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good only, with pinholes on the corners and edges and paper tape reinforcements on the verso, and light creasing overall. Olive 540.