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Re: Hondo's Daybill and One Sheet Q&A [Re-Titled]

Who knows what was going on with distribution back in those days? The owners of Valhalla might have known a cheap printer? They may have sold posters at the cinema (hoping for a cult following). Perhaps it was part of the distribution agreement to have posters made? The 80s were an odd time.

dedeposter

Re: The Horror Quiz

Aussie poster for Halloween still the best around for the film. No wonder it is commanding crazy money

theartofmovieposters

Re: Hondo's Daybill and One Sheet Q&A [Re-Titled]

I wonder whether the Valhalla would have just relied upon their calendar to promote most films they didn't actually have a financial interest in? Many fridges at the time had a Valhalla calendar on them. Here's one from Sydney with the aforementioned Big Meat Eater.

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dedeposter

Re: Hondo's Daybill and One Sheet Q&A [Re-Titled]

I've never seen any for Plan 9 or Robot Monster. I did attend that double bill at the Valhalla back in the 80s.

Rick

Re: Rare Australian Posters Of Australian Films

theartofmovieposters said:

There are a bunch of these, hmmm how do I say, odd daybills for this time period. I assume there was alot of this made and self distribution happening in the 80s?

Yes, I know that when I worked on films back in the 80s, a lot of them were made independently and had posters printed by the filmmakers even before they had distributors. Often they'd use a random printing company who did a good rate, and there was no sticking to the standard poster sizes. I worked on a few Paul Cox films and tried to get them to conform to a standard one sheet but I think they ended up being slightly different in size...oh well, I tried!

dedeposter