Roman polanski director (31 resultados)

DVD. Condición: Very Good. 1st. 1 disc in oriiginal case. a World War II holocust true-life story of pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman and his years spent hiding from the Nazis in Warsaw near Berlin. The story was influenced by director Roman Polanski's similar personal experiences. Size: Run time = 2 Hours, 30 Minutes. Color (ilustrador).…

Vintage studio still photograph of Donald Pleasence from the 1966 film. Roman Polanski's third film, and second film in English. Compared since its release to Harold Pinter and Samuel Beckett in terms of tone and theme, a psychological thriller of the first order, exploring themes of horror, frustrated sexuality, and alienation-concepts the director has mined and evolved for decades with great invention. Set in and shot on location at Lindisfarne Castle, England. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 577. Grant UK. …

Vintage studio still photograph from a re-release of the 1969 film, showing Ringo Starr and Raquel Welch passing through a galley of topless slave girls. Based on the 1960 novel by Terry Southern, about a homeless drifter who is adopted by the world's richest man in order to test the limits of human avarice. Paul McCartney wrote and produced "Come and Get It," the first international hit from the power-pop group Badfinger, for the film. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus.…

Collection of 3 vintage black-and-white single studio still photographs from the 1976 film. Set in Paris, and shot there on location. 8 x 10 inches. Fine.

Two vintage press photographs of Roman Polanski from the iconic 1974 neo-noir film. One photo shown. Please inquire to see the other. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Silver Neo-Noir. Spicer US.

Eight vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1979 British and French production. Based upon the the 1891 Thomas Hardy novel "Tess of the d'Urbervilles," and one of director Roman Polanski's most acclaimed works, wherein Nastassja Kinski stars as the titular character; a young, innocent, and shy peasant girl, sent by her impoverished family to visit wealthy relatives seeking employment, only to be seduced and left pregnant by her supposed cousin Alec. The ninth film adaptation of the novel. Winner of three Academy Awards including Best Cinematography, and nominated for three others including Best Picture and Best Director. Set in Thomas Hardy's Wessex during the 1880s, shot on location in Manche, Ille-et-Vilaine, Calvados, and Côtes-d'Armor, France. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. BFI 2098. Criterion Collection 697. …

Vintage borderless studio still photograph, with bottom margin, of Roman Polanski from the 1974 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. A definitive entry in the New Hollywood canon and a worthy rival to director Roman Polanski's 1968 masterpiece "Rosemary's Baby." Nominated for eleven Academy Awards, winning one for Best Original Screenplay for Robert Towne. Set in 1930s Los Angeles, shot on location throughout California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Grant US. Penzler, 101 Greatest Films of Mystery and Suspense. Schrader's Canon Fodder 43. Silver and Ward Neo-Noir US. Spicer Neo-Noir US.…

Four vintage color studio still photographs from the 1968 film. Provenance stamps on the versos. Based on the 1967 novel by Ira Levin. A seminal horror film, one of the best genre pictures ever made, from the earliest days of the New Hollywood cinema, bringing together newcomer Roman Polanski as director, established producer William Castle, young star Mia Farrow, and Hollywood veteran John Cassavetes. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Ruth Gordon and nominated for Best Screenplay. Set and shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good, with pinholes at the corners. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 630. McPadden, Heavy Metal Movies. Rosenbaum 1000.…

Draft script for the 1972 film. Bound at the rear are an additional 11 pages that include a complete Cast List and Unit List. Filmed on location in Italy as "Che?," the film also saw later release in the US as "Diary of Forbidden Dreams." A lesser known film in the director's oeuvre, a comedic and highly sexualized homage to Alice in Wonderland, starring Sydne Rome as an American hitchhiker who stumbles upon an increasingly bizarre and decadent party at an Italian villa. Blue wrappers as originally used. Title page present, noted as copy No. 4 in pink manuscript ink, with credits for screenwriters Brach and Polanski. 122 leaves, mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good bound internally with two gold brads.…

Two vintage candid photographs from the 1968 film. With manuscript annotations on the verso of each. A seminal horror film, one of the finest genre pictures ever made, from the earliest days of the New Hollywood cinema, bringing together Hollywood newcomer Roman Polanski, old-time producer William Castle, young star Mia Farrow, and John Cassavetes. Set and shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 630. Rosenbaum 1000.…

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Vintage reference photograph of Roman Polanski on the set of the 1968 film. Mimeo snipe on verso. Of note, the Paramount Pictures mimeo snipe announces that playing with "Rosemary's Baby" is the Neil Simon "laugh hit, 'The Odd Couple.'" Based on the 1967 novel by Ira Levin. A seminal horror film, one of the best genre pictures ever made, from the earliest days of the New Hollywood cinema, bringing together newcomer Roman Polanski as director, established producer William Castle, young star Mia Farrow, and Hollywood veteran John Cassavetes. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Ruth Gordon and nominated for Best Screenplay. Set and shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine National Film Registy. Clover, Men, Women and Chainsaws. Criterion Collection 630. Rosenbaum 1000. …

Oblong-8vo. (100 : 150 mm). 1 p. Boldly signed card of the Polish-French film director, producer and screenwriter, with a portrait image affixed. From the collection of the late Kurt Schimmelpfennig, Düsseldorf. Polanski directed internationally known films including Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown and The Pianist.…

Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1966 film. "Photo Rank" stamps on the versos. Two wounded gangsters seek refuge in a secluded beachfront castle, home to a meek Englishman and his strong-willed wife. Director Roman Polanski's second English-language release. Shot on location at Lindisfarne Castle, Northumberland, England. 9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 577. Grant US.…

Vintage reference photograph from the 1966 film. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Two wounded gangsters seek refuge in a secluded beachfront castle, home to a meek Englishman and his strong-willed wife. Shot on location at Lindisfarne Castle, Northumberland, England. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 577. Grant US. …

Vintage reference photograph from the 1965 film, showing director Roman Polanksi and a camera crew capturing a scene in Catherine Deneuve's apartment (Deneuve behind the camera to the right). Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Polanski's second feature film, and his first in English. A disturbed young woman experiences a variety of hallucinations and nightmares when left alone in the apartment she shares with her sister. A breakthrough role for Catherine Deneuve, and the film that paved the way for Polanski's future success. Set and shot on location in London. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. Criterion Collection 483. Grant UK. Spicer UK. …

Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph from the 1976 film, showing director-actor Roman Polanski and actress Isabelle Adjani. Collection stamp on the verso. Based on the 1964 novel "Le locataire chimerique" (or "The Tenant" in the US edition) by Roland Topor. The third and final film in Polanski's "Apartment Trilogy," following "Repulsion" and "Rosemary's Baby," about a man who finds out that the previous tenant of his Parisian apartment attempted suicide by jumping out the window. Slowly, the man becomes obsessed with the tenant, taking on more and more of her habits, ultimately including her attempts at self destruction. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set and shot on location in Paris. 9 x 6.75 inches. Near Fine.…

Vintage studio still photograph from the UK release of the 1955 Polish film, showing actors Tadeusz Lomnicki, Urszula Modrzynska, Tadeusz Janczar, Ryszard Kotys, and Roman Polanski. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on screenwriter Bohdan Czeszko's 1951 novel "Pokolenie." Andrzej Wajda's first film as director, and the first entry in what would become known as his Three War Films trilogy, set during World War II, followed by "Kanal" (1956) and "Ashes and Diamonds" (1958). Set and shot on location in Warsaw. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. Criterion Collection 283.…

Vintage reference photograph from the 1967 film, showing Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate. Layout annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. An elderly professor travels with his assistant to Transylvania, looking for vampires. During his trip, the assistant falls in love with the daughter of an inn keeper, who has recently caught the eye of the vampiric Count von Krolock. Sharon Tate would star the same year in Mark Robson's "Valley of the Dolls," just two years before her violent death at the hands of the Manson Family in 1969. Shot on location in Italy. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.…

Vintage reference photograph of Roman Polanski and a camera crew capturing a scene with actors Jacqueline Bisset, Donald Pleasence, and Lionel Stander. With a printed mimeo snipe specific to the film's UK release affixed to the verso. Two wounded gangsters seek refuge in a secluded beachfront castle, home to a meek Englishman and his strong-willed wife. Shot on location at Lindisfarne Castle, Northumberland, England. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 577. Grant US.…

Three borderless reference photographs taken on the set of the 1965 film. Two photographs with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos, and one with a date stamp reading 8 OCT 1965. Roman Polanski's second feature film, and his first in English. A disturbed young woman experiences a variety of hallucinations and nightmares when left alone in the apartment she shares with her sister. A breakthrough role for Catherine Deneuve, and the film that paved the way for Polanski's future success. Set and shot on location in London. One photograph 8 x 9.5 inches, two photographs 7 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus, with light wear and creasing at the corners. Criterion Collection 483. Grant UK. Spicer UK.…

Vintage reference photograph of Roman Polanski and Mia Farrow in front of the flagship Tiffany & Co. store on Fifth Ave, New York City, during the filming of the 1968 film. Based on the 1967 novel by Ira Levin. A seminal horror film, one of the best genre pictures ever made, from the earliest days of the New Hollywood cinema, bringing together newcomer Roman Polanski as director, established producer William Castle, young star Mia Farrow, and Hollywood veteran John Cassavetes. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Ruth Gordon and nominated for Best Screenplay. Set and shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine National Film Registy. Clover, Men, Women and Chainsaws. Criterion Collection 630. Rosenbaum 1000.…

Vintage borderless black-and-white reference photograph from the French release of the 1971 film. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 726.

Vintage reference photograph from the 1965 film, showing director Roman Polanksi shooting Catherine Deneuve as she enters the apartment that she will not be able to leave. Polanski's second feature film, and his first in English. A disturbed young woman experiences a variety of hallucinations and nightmares when left alone in the apartment she shares with her sister. A breakthrough role for Deneuve, and the film that paved the way for Polanski's future success. Set and shot on location in London. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. Criterion Collection 483. Grant UK. Spicer UK.…

Collection of eight vintage French photographs from the 1962 Polish film. Starring actors and images of the sailboat are seen, including a few candid moments, and a full-length portrait of actor Anna Ciepielewska. Nearly all with numerical annotations in manuscript pencil on the versos. Also included is an original French language press packet for the film, detailing synopsis and star biographies. Housed in a white envelope with annotations in manuscript ink, including French film title, and a "Pictorial Service" rubber-stamp. Polanski's directorial debut, and his only Polish language film. A couple on a sailing trip picks up a hitchhiker, just for kicks. The sexual tension mounts in dramatic film noir fashion. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Seven photos 5 x 7 inches, borderless. Ciepieleska photo 7 x 9.25 inches. Envelope 10 x 12.5 inches. Press packet ditto-style mimeograph on white stock, five leaves, corner-stapled. Photos and packet Near Fine, envelope Very Good overall. Criterion Collection 215. Grant France.…

Vintage oversize photograph of Roman Polanski on location in Warsaw in 2001 during the production of his 2002 film. Based on the 1946 memoir by Wladslaw Szpilman, about his survival in the Nazi-occupied Warsaw Ghetto during World War II. Winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes and three Academy Awards, including Best Director and Best Screenplay. Nominated for four others, including Best Picture. Set in Warsaw, shot on location in Brandenberg and Berlin and Warsaw. 9.5 x 12 inches. Fine. In a custom museum-quality frame, archivally mounted, with UV glass. …

Vintage reference photograph from the 1968 film, showing actress Mia Farrow. Printed mimeo snipe and layout annotations on the verso. Based on the 1967 novel by Ira Levin. A seminal horror film, one of the best genre pictures ever made, from the earliest days of the New Hollywood cinema, bringing together newcomer Roman Polanski as director, established producer William Castle, young star Mia Farrow, and Hollywood veteran John Cassavetes. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Ruth Gordon and nominated for Best Screenplay. Set and shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine, lightly creased at the corners, with pinholes at the top right corner. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 630. McPadden, Heavy Metal Movies. Rosenbaum 1000.…

Collection of 18 vintage photographs from the 1968 film, including 17 studio stills and one reference photograph. Based on the 1967 novel by Ira Levin. A seminal horror film, one of the best genre pictures ever made, from the earliest days of the New Hollywood cinema, bringing together newcomer Roman Polanski as director, established producer William Castle, young star Mia Farrow, and Hollywood veteran John Cassavetes. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Ruth Gordon and nominated for Best Screenplay. Set and shot on location in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 630. McPadden, Heavy Metal Movies. Rosenbaum 1000.…

Collection of 32 vintage keybook snapshot photographs, from the 1972 film. Possibly unique. A lesser known film in director Roman Polanski's oeuvre, a comedic and highly sexualized homage to Alice in Wonderland, starring Sydne Rome as an American hitchhiker who stumbles upon an increasingly bizarre and decadent party at an Italian villa. Filmed on location in Italy as "Che?," the film also saw later release in the US as "Diary of Forbidden Dreams." 5 x 3.5 inches. Near Fine to Very Good plus.…

Three reference photographs featuring Roman Polanski and Catherine Deneuve on the set of the 1965 film. Shot by still photographer Laurie Turner. Two of the photos in this set reflect one another, one showing Polanski in the foreground and Deneuve in a mirror, and the other in reverse. The third shows Polanski at work on one of the film's claustrophobic final scenes, wherein hands are emerging from both walls of a narrow hallway. The third still has a mimeo snipe on the verso describing the film. Polanski's second feature film, and first film in English, heralding the arrival of one of the twentieth century's greatest directors. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 483. Grant US. Spicer US.…