Valley of Gwangi (1969) Ray Harryhausen Original Release 10 B&W Publicity Stills

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Special Visual FX by Ray Harryhausen.Original Release - 10 B&W Publicity Stills. 8" x 10". VG condition. No tack holes, creases or stains. Like new. 8 pieces (numbered 1-8) of an art and photo package for newspaper advertising (including original distribution bag) plus 2 original release, B&W theatrical publicity stills (flat mounted to card stock).Special-effects animator Harryhausen dusted off an old script written by his mentor, Willis O'Brien (KING KONG, 1933), titled "The Valley of the Mist," and decided to make it his next project. Two years later the retitled film, now THE VALLEY OF GWANGI, opened to mediocre reviews and an indifferent public. Anyone bothering to pay attention might have noticed that Harryhausen's movie contains some of the most breathtaking stop-motion sequences ever put on film.Set in a small Mexican town in the year 1912, the story places circus promoter Franciscus in a strange valley where time has stopped and prehistoric creatures still live--creatures that he and his men stumble across while trying to capture a tiny horse (believed extinct 50 million years ago), which has turned up in the village.What the little animal leads them to is a giant, ferocious allosaur which the cowboys try to lasso (this scene stands among Harryhausen's finest moments). After several run-ins with the beast (and other prehistoric read more
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