You Only Live Twice (1967), style A poster, British

You Only Live Twice (1967), style A poster, British

Artist: Frank McCarthy (1924-2002)

Unframed: 30 x 40 in. (76 x 102 cm)

The advertising department for the film's release created three different posters, featuring Sean Connery in the bathtub (surrounded by girls), Connery with the famous Little Nelly flying machine, and Connery inside the volcano.

British film posters were typically distributed folded until 1977 when they started to be sent out rolled. Unusually, in the 1960s United Artists distributed some of the Bond posters rolled. The vast majority of the Bond posters were folded. This poster is one of the rarer unfolded examples.

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.