{"product_id":"futureworld-original-release-japanese-movie-poster-1976-b2-size-51-x-73cm-l23-copy","title":"“Futureworld” (未来世界 \/ DELOSWORLD), Rare Original Japanese First-Release Movie Poster 1977, B1 Size (c. 72 × 103 cm) JA24","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is an \u003cstrong\u003eoriginal Japanese B1 theatrical poster produced for the first Japanese release of\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFutureworld\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ein 1977\u003c\/strong\u003e. Directed by \u003cstrong\u003eRichard T. Heffron\u003c\/strong\u003e, the film stars \u003cstrong\u003ePeter Fonda, Blythe Danner, Arthur Hill, John Ryan, Stuart Margolin\u003c\/strong\u003e, with \u003cstrong\u003eYul Brynner returning in a special appearance as the Gunslinger\u003c\/strong\u003e from \u003cem\u003eWestworld\u003c\/em\u003e. The film opened theatrically in Japan on \u003cstrong\u003e18 June 1977\u003c\/strong\u003e, distributed by \u003cstrong\u003eToho-Towa\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA sequel to Michael Crichton’s groundbreaking \u003cem\u003eWestworld\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFutureworld\u003c\/em\u003e expands the original film’s concept of the Delos amusement park into a much larger conspiracy thriller. Rather than simply asking what happens when sophisticated androids malfunction, the sequel imagines a corporation using \u003cstrong\u003eperfect artificial replicas of influential human beings to manipulate the outside world\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDesign\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an exceptionally elaborate \u003cstrong\u003eJapanese large-format montage design\u003c\/strong\u003e, considerably more information-rich than many of the film’s international campaigns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poster is organised into a dramatic \u003cstrong\u003ethree-column structure\u003c\/strong\u003e, with the central panel functioning as the principal image and the two outer columns presenting a sequence of photographic scenes from the film.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDominating the centre is \u003cstrong\u003ePeter Fonda\u003c\/strong\u003e, his face partially transformed by exposed mechanical circuitry and an artificial eye. 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