GANDHI MOVIE POSTER 27x41 ORIGINAL AUTHENTIC Ben Kingsley 1982 Near Mint

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Original National Screen Service  NSS Litho
Folded flat as distributed by National Screen Service for Columbia
Never hung or displayed. Like new, near mint condition. No smells, mold, etc
No rips, tears, holes or age damage. No edge fraying, slight broken ink from folding machine
Poster is NOT
A "REPRINT", "REPRODUCTION" or "
PRINT
".
THIS IS AN ORIGINAL ONE SHEET PRODUCED BY AND DISTRIBUTED BY NSS (National Screen Services) and the STUDIO TO BE DISPLAYED IN THE THEATERS and for
promotion only
Gandhi
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Richard Attenborough
Produced by
Richard Attenborough
Written by
John Briley
Starring
Candice Bergen
Edward Fox
John Gielgud
Trevor Howard
John Mills
Martin Sheen
Ben Kingsley
Music by
Ravi Shankar
George Fenton
Cinematography
Billy Williams
Ronnie Taylor
Edited by
John Bloom
Production
companies
Goldcrest Films
International Film Investors
National Film Development Corporation of India
Indo-British Films
Distributed by
Columbia Pictures
Release date
30 November 1982 (
New Delhi
)
3 December 1982 (United Kingdom)
10 December 1982 (United States)
Running time
191 minutes
[1]
Country
United Kingdom
India
Language
English
Budget
million
[2]
Box office
7.8 million
[2]
Gandhi
is a 1982
epic
historical drama
film based on the life of
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
, the leader of India's
non-violent
,
non-cooperative
independence movement
against the United Kingdom's
rule of the country
during the 20th century. The film, a British-Indian
co-production
, was
written
by
John Briley
and produced and directed by
Richard Attenborough
. It stars
Ben Kingsley
in the title role.
The film covers Gandhi's life from a
defining moment in 1893
, as he is thrown off a South African train for being in a
whites
-only compartment, and concludes with his
assassination
and funeral in 1948. Although a practising
Hindu
, Gandhi's embracing of other faiths, particularly Christianity and Islam, is also depicted.
Gandhi
was released in India on 30 November 1982, in the United Kingdom on 3 December, and in the United States on 10 December.
[3]
It was nominated for
Academy Awards
in eleven categories, winning eight, including
Best Picture
and
Best Director
for Attenborough,
Best Actor
for Ben Kingsley, and
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
for Briley. The film was screened retrospectively on 12 August 2016 as the opening film at the Independence Day Film Festival jointly presented by the Indian
Directorate of Film Festivals
and
Ministry of Defence
, commemorating the 70th
Indian Independence Day
.
[4]
[
dead link
]
[5]
The screenplay of
Gandhi
is available as a published book.