THE OMEGA MAN
TITLE: The Omega Man
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YEAR: 1971
FILM STUDIO: Warner Bros. / Walter Seltzer Productions
DIRECTOR: Boris Sagal
CAST: Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Rosalind Cash, Paul Koslo, Eric Laneuville
TAGLINE: “The world is dead. One survivor. Then the others. Crawling in darkness. Hiding from light. The strangest sect of all. Hunting the last man on earth.”
GENRE: Science Fiction / Horror
POSTER PRINTER: M.A.P.S. Litho Pty. Ltd.
POSTER DESIGN FEATURES:
Original Australian Daybill in a stark black-and-white photographic montage style. Charlton Heston dominates the upper artwork holding a scoped rifle, surrounded by fragmented portraits and scenes from the film. The oversized THE OMEGA MAN title fills the centre and lower section in bold stylised typography, with a small post-apocalyptic illustration running along the base. The minimalist monochrome treatment gives the poster a much harsher, more dystopian feel than many colour campaigns of the period. The supplied example clearly carries the M.A.P.S. Litho Pty. Ltd. printer credit at lower right.
COLLECTOR’S NOTES:
The Omega Man is the second major screen adaptation of Richard Matheson’s novel I Am Legend, following The Last Man on Earth and preceding the later Will Smith adaptation. Charlton Heston stars as Robert Neville, apparently the last unaffected human after biological warfare devastates civilisation.
The film is a key title in Heston’s run of early-1970s dystopian science fiction, alongside Soylent Green and Planet of the Apes, giving this Australian Daybill strong crossover appeal for collectors of Charlton Heston, post-apocalyptic cinema, Richard Matheson adaptations and cult science fiction.
PROVENANCE:
This original Australian cinema poster is being sold directly by the family of its original collector, a projectionist who screened films during their Australian theatrical release. It is supplied with documented provenance and a Certificate of Authenticity confirming its originality and collection history, providing a direct connection between the poster and its working Australian cinema past.