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[scaramunga]

I have located a Man With The Golden Gun pressbook. Very insightful into the promotion of the films. I'm guessing this was sent out to local newspaper, music stores, radio stations and book stores?

Does anyone know if there are pressbooks for the other James Bond films?

It lists out the artwork for newspapers. Assorted sizes and measurements.

There is notes about the soundtrack. The mention a recording of The Man With The Golden Gun by The Ventures? It says it's on United Artists Records. I'd love to hear that one.

The next note is for AMC. They list the following items: Large window and showroom display of posters, Several 2' x 3' posters showing AMC car action shots form the film to be used for giveaways, Glossy stills aslo used as giveaways showing Moore as Bond driving the Hatchback (autographed by Moore), Ad mates and prepared radio spots plugging these giveaways. The also reference the following stills from National Screen? FF T-5, GG T-1, GG T-9, GG T-7, GG T-8, GG T-10, GG T-6, GG T-11.

Who and what is National Screen? Were these cards different than the lobby cards?

Colibri, lighters. The made the Golden Gun of course. They also advertised for the films at stores through jewelry stores? Advertising displays and prmotion at prestigious stores... Do these ads still exist?

Nikon Cameras. More stills referenced.

Signet Paperback. Instructing stores to promote the book at stores, libraries and also newspaper reviews.

Tie Up Stills. Actors with products, actions shots, actor shots.

Free TV and Radio spots! The Television and radio spot announcements are now available and should be saturating your local airways as soon as possible. Order them from: Domestic Distribution Advertising Dept. United Artists Corp. 729 Seventh Ave. New York, NY 10019

There is a free teaser trailer available and regular trailer. Order from National Screen.

There is also a few articles about the film and the actors too.

Very cool.

I'd love to know if more of these were sent for the other films. Of course I would also like to know about the ads and of course National Screen and Domestic Distribution Advertising and how this whole process worked.

[scaramunga]

Here is a listing for The Ventures 45.

http://www.soundtrac...p?movieid=23182

[Cruiserweight]

Press kits are released for films all the time.

[scaramunga]

So they do exist for all of the other Bond films then?

What about the promotional items that are mentioned?

Edited by scaramunga, 24 September 2007 - 02:46 AM.

[Cruiserweight]

I'm not sure if all the bond films have them but i saw one for Octopussy on Ebay and i think i may have saw one for Live And Let Die but i'm not one hundred percent sure on that one.

[ACE]

There are press (or campaign) books for all (Bond) films.
These days, the information is on electronic or on CD.
Each has material relating to on screen partners and sponsors and licensees and all product relating to the publicity of the films.
A number of the aforementioned associated parties also have their own Bond related press material.
They are a mine of fascinating information that gets lost along the way.
National Screen was the company that made the trailers and posters for the Bond films in the UK.

[Simon]

Presskits, as someone above mentions, are different to Pressbooks. The kits are Production notes, a number of b/w stills, usually in a folder (if US kits from Spy to TND (DAD and CR were CD Note entries))

Pressbooks are the US equivalent to the UK Campaign books.

They stopped being issued, I think, on both sides of the pond with LTK, so they exist for all films from Dr No to LTK.

The US books are all b/w and larger format. The UK books are colour covered and until Octopussy were all large format too. From Octopussy, they were printed in standard A4 book size.

The few anomolies to this were that for Thunderball to OHMSS, they were even larger format and landscape presented; ie., horizontal.

In the UK, from GoldenEye, similar information was created for a spiral bound photocopied presentation and these too stopped at TWINE. They contained an absolute wealth of information, far more than in the Campaign/Pressbooks. There was nothing for DAD.

And then for CR, there was a superlatively produced landscaped book called a Marketing Guide. This was smaller than the previous landscape Campaign Books, but had a card cover and fold out inner pages.

I have a complete run of the UK side of things from Dr No to CR - and they took bl--dy ages to collect.

Will they produce something for Bond 22?

[doublenoughtspy]

Nice run down Simon, I was about to post the same info.

Also of note - there are spiral bound media guides for AVTAK & TLD in the US - or are you considering those "pressbooks"?

Because from what I understand there is no U.S. Octopussy pressbook. There are bound large ad tearsheets but it isn't a pressbook per se.

Basically in the early 80s pressbooks were phased out in the US, and presskits came into favor.

Some nice pics here: http://www.toysofbon.../brochures.html

As you can see from the sample photos (and he includes brochures as well - another animal all together) - the US and UK ones are great - but you shouldn't ignore foreign ones either as sometimes they have great shots not used in English speaking countries.

For OHMSS I have:

US Pressbook
UK Exhibitors Campaign Book (with Ford Insert)
Spanish Pressbook
2 different French Pressbooks (one black, with photos, another is a yellow folder style with typed information in loose pages)
Italian Pressbook
Japanese Pressbook fold out
German Pressbook with folder including newspaper ads & poster
Chinese Pressbook

[Simon]

Hi Charles.

I am really unaware or unknowledgeable about the American Pressbooks. I have not collected the US ones but curiously, I do have the spiral bound AVTAK one - for some reason. I don't consider the spiral bound productions in the UK for GE thru TWINE, Campaign books; just that they do contain the same, and indeed, far more information. It just isn't a nice presentation. And indeed the CR Media Guide is not a Campaign book, but has similar info in a superb presentation.

So your last US Pressbook was for FYEO, whereupon they went spiral bound for a couple of films?

I cannot believe you have a Chinese Pressbook - unreal. Must be very interesting.

Another quick question, (off topic). Do you have the US Colour Still set for Casino Royale 1967? Could you describe the numbers and credits at the bottom. Just picked up a UK set (apparently), but they have the US NS numbering and they are Printed in the USA. So curious as to whether I have been given a US or UK set.

Cheers.

[doublenoughtspy]

So your last US Pressbook was for FYEO, whereupon they went spiral bound for a couple of films?

Correct. I think United Artists when completely Presskit after 82 or so. I'm not sure about other studios.

I cannot believe you have a Chinese Pressbook - unreal. Must be very interesting.

It's on very thin paper (rice paper maybe?) and only a couple pages. It might be more a program than a pressbook - but the vendor claimed it was a pressbook.

Another quick question, (off topic). Do you have the US Colour Still set for Casino Royale 1967? Could you describe the numbers and credits at the bottom. Just picked up a UK set (apparently), but they have the US NS numbering and they are Printed in the USA. So curious as to whether I have been given a US or UK set.

Cheers.

I'll check.

BTW, that sort of thing still goes on today. For instance the Bond Legacy book - EVERY copy in English was printed in the UK. The US ones were printed in Britain then shipped to the US and given US dust jackets...

[scaramunga]

Wow! Thanks for all of these informative posts!

Are the ads and stills referred to in my original post, the same as the lobby cards?

For say, The Man With The Golden Gun. There would have been a pressbook (which I have), lobby cards, film trailers and radio ads?

Would the lobby cards for the different markets be the same ones, just with different languages?

I'm just trying to somewhat see what all is involved to collect 1 film of all the promo stuff for it. And just for the other things that I have missed, etc.

What about AMC ads? Would they have exclusive ads? What are the stills that the pressbook refers to (Example GG T-3)?

Is National Screen still around? Did they retain and destroy promotional artwork and trailers and ads then?

It would be really cool to assemble a book of the stills, pressbooks and press kits for the films I think.

I also saw the note on Media Guides for A View To A Kill? How are these different than the press book and kits?

[Simon]

Are the ads and stills referred to in my original post, the same as the lobby cards?
No

For say, The Man With The Golden Gun. There would have been a pressbook (which I have), lobby cards, film trailers and radio ads?
Yes

Would the lobby cards for the different markets be the same ones, just with different languages?
No - US and UK would use the Eastern Hemi and Western Hemisphere versions of the US cards. The other markets did their own thing

I'm just trying to somewhat see what all is involved to collect 1 film of all the promo stuff for it. And just for the other things that I have missed, etc.

What about AMC ads? Would they have exclusive ads? What are the stills that the pressbook refers to (Example GG T-3)?
Yes, could do. The stills are individual press stills that could be ordered through NSS/UA to compliment the stills sent out as a Presskit. If someone is doing an article requiring specific illustration, then it could be provided.

Is National Screen still around? Did they retain and destroy promotional artwork and trailers and ads then?
Yes. That was the idea, but quite how much they did retain, recover, destroy is open to speculation. Afterall, why is there so much available through the collectors' markets if they had done the job?

It would be really cool to assemble a book of the stills, pressbooks and press kits for the films I think.
I have done articles for someone to use on the Lobby Cards for US/UK, and also the UK FOH card sets. Graham Rye may/should be using them at some point. Have been thinking of doing one for UK Campaign books. Presskits will be more difficult as only from Spy in the US, did they start using folders to collect it all together in pack. I have all US kits in such form from Spy and have all numbered stills apart from two for Spy and two for AVTAK. The UK kits are less impressive - no folder and fewer stills.

I also saw the note on Media Guides for A View To A Kill? How are these different than the press book and kits?
These are the same as the spiral bound UK Guides for GE thru TWINE.

[Mr Twilight]

There is notes about the soundtrack. The mention a recording of The Man With The Golden Gun by The Ventures? It says it's on United Artists Records. I'd love to hear that one.

Man with the golden gun - Ventures

I'm stunned! I did check out the link to the 7" single. I always thought it was a simple cover but it looks like it was commissioned. Odd and surprising to me. Do someone have some more information about this? What does it says more in the pressbook about it?

[Simon]

I'll check.

Just wondering whether you had checked.

Thanks.

S.

[scaramunga]

Any response?

Does someone have a copy of this version? I'm curious to hear it.

[scaramunga]

I would think it would be a really cool thing to put something together web or in a book form with a sampling of promo materials for each film. Organized in chapters and maybe even alternating or using different items for each of the films to show what was used.

The 2 press books that I have found are not too informative, but they are so unique too.

Here's a cool Bond subject that has not been addressed very well. The advertising of the films and promotion.