{"product_id":"that-man-from-rio-リオの男-original-japanese-movie-poster-1964-rare-stb-tatekan-size-51-146-cm","title":"“That Man from Rio” \/ 「リオの男」, Original Japanese Movie Poster 1964, Rare STB Tatekan Size (51 × 146 cm)","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"108\" data-end=\"341\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eThis is an \u003cstrong data-start=\"119\" data-end=\"170\"\u003eoriginal Japanese STB tatekan theatrical poster\u003c\/strong\u003e printed for the Japanese release of \u003cstrong data-start=\"207\" data-end=\"237\"\u003eThat Man from Rio \/ 「リオの男」\u003c\/strong\u003e, Philippe de Broca’s exhilarating 1964 French-Italian adventure comedy starring \u003cstrong data-start=\"318\" data-end=\"340\"\u003eJean-Paul Belmondo\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"343\" data-end=\"691\"\u003eOne of the great international action entertainments of the 1960s, \u003cstrong data-start=\"410\" data-end=\"431\"\u003eThat Man from Rio\u003c\/strong\u003e is celebrated for its breathless pacing, inventive stunt work, comic energy, and vivid location photography. It remains a landmark of European popular cinema and is widely cited as a major influence on the later adventure style of \u003cstrong data-start=\"663\" data-end=\"690\"\u003eRaiders of the Lost Ark\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"693\" data-end=\"712\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"693\" data-end=\"712\"\u003eFilm background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"714\" data-end=\"988\"\u003eThe film follows \u003cstrong data-start=\"731\" data-end=\"752\"\u003eAdrien Dufourquet\u003c\/strong\u003e, a young French Air Force serviceman enjoying a brief period of leave. His holiday is abruptly derailed when his girlfriend, \u003cstrong data-start=\"878\" data-end=\"887\"\u003eAgnès\u003c\/strong\u003e, is kidnapped by criminals connected to the theft of a rare Amazonian statuette from a Paris museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"990\" data-end=\"1202\"\u003eDetermined to rescue her, Adrien follows the kidnappers across the Atlantic and into Brazil, launching into a frantic, globe-spanning adventure that takes him through \u003cstrong data-start=\"1157\" data-end=\"1201\"\u003eRio de Janeiro, Brasília, and the Amazon\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1204\" data-end=\"1353\"\u003eDirected by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1216\" data-end=\"1237\"\u003ePhilippe de Broca\u003c\/strong\u003e, the screenplay was written by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1269\" data-end=\"1352\"\u003eJean-Paul Rappeneau, Ariane Mnouchkine, Daniel Boulanger, and Philippe de Broca\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1355\" data-end=\"1443\"\u003eThe film stars \u003cstrong data-start=\"1370\" data-end=\"1442\"\u003eJean-Paul Belmondo, Françoise Dorléac, Jean Servais, and Adolfo Celi\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1445\" data-end=\"1672\"\u003eUpon release, the film was a major international success and received an \u003cstrong data-start=\"1518\" data-end=\"1585\"\u003eAcademy Award nomination for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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Maximum thrills! Unprecedented scale! 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