You Only Live Twice / Si Vive Solo due Volte (1967) Poster, Italian, Re-release 1970s. Style B

You Only Live Twice / Si Vive Solo due Volte (1967) Poster, Italian, Re-release 1970s. Style B

Artist: Averardo Ciriello (1918-2016)

Unframed: 39 1/4 x 28 in. (99.5 x 71 cm)

This poster was designed to promote a very small James Bond film festival in Italy in the 1970s. This poster is unique in design. Prior to conservation linen backing a 007 United Artists archive stamp could be seen on the reverse.

Exceptionally rare. No more than two of these posters have surfaced to-date.

This was the fifth James Bond film produced by Eon Productions. It was directed by Lewis Gilbert, in the first of three Bond films that he would direct for Eon Productions. The screenplay for the film was written by Roald Dahl, and is vaguely based on Ian Fleming's 1964 novel. During filming it was announced that Sean Connery would retire from playing Bond, although he did make a come back in Diamonds are Forever in 1971 and Never Say Never Again in 1983.