BB17-017 — The Island
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YEAR: 1980
FILM STUDIO: Universal Pictures / Zanuck-Brown Productions
TAGLINE: For three hundred years, a terrifying secret has been kept from the outside world.
DIRECTOR: Michael Ritchie
CAST: Michael Caine, David Warner, Angela Punch McGregor, Frank Middlemass, Don Henderson
GENRE: Adventure, Thriller, Horror
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POSTER DESIGN FEATURES: Dramatic Australian daybill featuring a tattooed fist clutching a knife as it rises from vivid blue water, with a motorboat and dark island silhouette beyond. The oversized white title, deep blue and purple sky and skull-and-crossbones tattoo create a strong nautical horror image. The artwork is attributed to illustrator Charles Gehm.

COLLECTOR'S NOTE: Original Australian daybill for the 1980 Peter Benchley adaptation starring Michael Caine. The connection to Benchley, author of Jaws and The Deep, together with Michael Caine, pirate imagery and Charles Gehm artwork, gives this poster appeal across horror, adventure, nautical and 1980s cinema collecting.