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Vintage original 27x41 in. US one-sheet poster from the popular 1970's drama/romance, ODE TO BILLY JOE, released in 1976 by Warner Bros. and directed by Max Baer. Unrestored and folded as originally issued, it is in fine+ condition with small scattered creases simply from handling over time. There are no pinholes, tears, stains, writing, or other flaws. PLEASE NOTE that this example is the "NSS 76/70 1-SHEET" style (as indicated in the bottom right corner) and the bottom section with the credits was printed on a separate piece of paper stock that was affixed the back of the artwork piece. This was how this particular poster was issued by NSS, so there must have been some change and it was less expensive to print a separate piece to reflect the change to the NSS credits in the bottom right corner as opposed to reprinting the entire poster itself.
Ode to Billy Joe is a 1976 American drama film, directed and produced by Max Baer Jr., with a screenplay by Herman Raucher, starring Robby Benson and Glynnis O'Connor. It is inspired by the 1967 hit song by Bobbie Gentry, titled "Ode to Billie Joe." Made for $1.1 million, the film grossed $27 million at the box office, plus earnings in excess of $2.65 million in the foreign market, $4.75 million from television, and $2.5 million from video. However, reviews were mostly negative. Gentry's song recounts the day when Billie Joe McAllister committed suicide by jumping off the Tallahatchie Bridge on Choctaw Ridge, Mississippi. When Gentry and Raucher discussed the screenplay, she explained she did not know why the real person who inspired the character of Billie Joe had killed himself. Raucher thus had a free hand to pick a reason. His novelization of the story, published the year of the film's release as a movie tie-in, used the same rationale for the suicide. |