John Dearstyne/David Weisman Kentucky Fried Movie One-Sheet Movie Poster Finished Artwork with Preliminary Poster Study

JOHN DEARSTYNE Finished Original: The finished one-sheet artwork intended for a second movie poster advertising campaign of the John Landis cult comedy classic. Jim Abrahams and Jerry & David Zucker also worked on this film. This original was created in 1977, using black ink and pastel paints, drawn on roughly 18 x 21 inch heavy board (the piece is currently sealed in a frame, so I can't provide the exact size and make-up of the art board). The principle image of the egg monster is approximately 15 inches wide by 16 inches tall and it is signed "Dearstyne" in the lower left egg shell portion of the piece. The background is painted solid black and the egg monster is various shades of yellow and gold with a pink tongue. The artwork has been professionally triple matted, using acid free ragboard, up to roughly 23.5 x 25.5 inches in size. The matting and backing will be included, so the original is ready to simply frame and hang. As provenance, this original was published in "The Great Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Movie Memorabilia Book, Volume One" on page 114 (name misspelled as "Deerstyne"). The central monster image was used in European and Scandinavian poster releases, and this original can be seen on the Chapter Selections insert card in the current DVD release, albeit re-colored in green (shown alongside the original). John also painted the film poster for "Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes" and drew other film production artwork in the later seventies. A one-of-a-kind, off the wall, original from one the seventies best sketch comedy films.

DAVID WEISMAN Preliminary Study: This color production original artwork study was done in 1977 for the second movie poster ad campaign of the John Landis film. The large colorfast marker image (no loss of color intensity over the years) is drawn on 14 x 24 inch thin white paper and is mounted on 20 x 29 inch black crescent board. There are a few small light tan droplet stains in the lower left white border. The artwork depicts a monster hatching from an egg with the tag, "There's Nothing Chicken About..." Below this is a hand-lettered logo and some hand-lettered screen credits. As provenance, this original was published in "The Great Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Movie Memorabilia Book, Volume One" on page 91. David has also done film production illustrations for "Dark Star," "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" and "Cheech & Chong's Next Movie."

Both for $1,975