Conan The Destroyer (1984) Advance 1-Sheet and 50 similar items

Vintage original 27x41 in. US advance one-sheet poster from the hit 1980's action/adventure fantasy, CONAN THE DESTROYER, released in 1984 by Universal Pictures and directed by Richard Fleischer, in which Conan leads a ragtag group of adventurers on a quest for a princess (Olivia d'Abo). This is the more rare advance one-sheet poster ("Coming Soon to Select Theatres") and depicts a large image of a hunky, long-haired and bare-chested Conan (Arnold Schwarzenegger) in the top half with cast members Wilt Chamberlain, Olivia d'Abo and Grace Jones below him amidst a battle scene. Unrestored and folded as originally issued, this vintage original advance one-sheet is in near-fine condition with a water stain in the two bottom panels that is not visible but which has caused light rippling in those panels only and several diagonal creases on the bottom corners. There are no pinholes, tears, or other flaws. Arnold Schwarzenegger was set to return once again as Conan for the spin-off film, Red Sonja (1985), and the abandoned third installment, "Conan the Conqueror." However, in 2014 Schwarzenegger announced he was finally going to return as Conan for the first time in 30 years in The Legend of Conan, which is rumored to take place many years after Conan the Barbarian (1982) and it will ignore this film as if it never happened. Wilt Chamberlain and Grace Jones didn't get along on set. Chamberlain had to keep asking Jones to turn down her boom box. Grace Jones put two stuntmen in the hospital by accident with a fighting stick; she trained for 18 months to prepare for the film.