Film poster for Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back: Museum Object and Cultural History
Film poster for Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back: Date: 1981. Distributed by: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, American, founded 1935. Commissioned by: Lucasfilm Ltd., LLC, American, founded 1971.
The object in the museum catalogue
Original poster from the 1981 theatrical re-release of the 1980 film Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back. The poster has a black background and illustrations of stills of the movie "The Empire Strikes Back" in the upper half. Stills include the actors, characters, and battle scenes. Stills are depicted as a collage within a sliver rectangle. In the lower half in yellow font is the movie title [THE / EMPIRE / STRIKES / BACK]. Below the title is the billing block .
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1981
- Distributed by: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, American, founded 1935
- Commissioned by: Lucasfilm Ltd., LLC, American, founded 1971
- Subject of: Billy Dee Williams, American, born 1937
- Type: posters
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 41 1/16 × 26 15/16 in. (104.3 × 68.4 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Advertising
- Topic: Film
- Topic: Hollywood (Film)
- Object number: 2014.35.23
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Personal Collection of Bill Ivory Larson
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Lucasfilm Ltd. Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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