Description: 13" wide by 18" tall black & white colored multi-paged advertising / promo booklet from the 1965 Louis Malle movie "Viva Maria" starring French Blonde Bombshell actress Brigitte Bardot-The oversized pressbook was sent to movie theatres back in the day to show examples of the different posters that all feature images of the stars inside and on back in movie poster / newspaper ad form- The theatres would cut out the corresponding style ad for use in local newspapers, mailers and magazines in a ready to use format- Has wear and soiling consistent with age and normal use and one of the small ad images has been cut out for use in the local newspaper by the theatre owner, but it would still frame up so nicely-Folded as mailed-ORIGINAL, NOT A REPRODUCTION! $ 7.95 postage required. 1965 French Blonde Bombshell Brigitte Bardot Viva Maria Movie pressbook booklet- Click images to enlarge Description Check it out...Here's an uncommon original 13" wide by 18" tall black & white colored multi-paged advertising / promo booklet from the 1965 Louis Malle movie "Viva Maria" starring French Blonde Bombshell actress Brigitte Bardot-The oversized pressbook was sent to movie theatres back in the day to show examples of the different posters that all feature images of the stars inside and on back in movie poster / newspaper ad form- The theatres would cut out the corresponding style ad for use in local newspapers, mailers and magazines in a ready to use format- Has wear and soiling consistent with age and normal use and one of the small ad images has been cut out for use in the local newspaper by the theatre owner, but it would still frame up so nicely-Folded as mailed-A great VINTAGE item ready for display! This is the ONLY one I have, so... Never seen this poster catalog before and don't expect to ever see another one! Here's some info on the movie: Viva Maria! is a 1965 comedy-adventure film starring Brigitte Bardot and Jeanne Moreau as two women named Maria who meet and become revolutionaries in the early 20th century. It also starred George Hamilton as Florès, a revolutionary leader. It was co-written and directed by Louis Malle, and filmed in Eastman Color. It was released in both French and an English-dubbed version. In 1907 in a Central American country called San Miguel, Maria II (Brigitte Bardot), the daughter of an Irish Republican anarchist, meets Maria I (Jeanne Moreau), the singer of a circus. After her father dies, Maria II hides in the circus where she sees Maria I's partner commit suicide after a failed love affair. Both Marias agree to form a theatrical team. In her debut as a singer Maria II accidentally invents striptease, an action that lets the circus achieve great fame. Shortly afterwards the Marias meet Florès (George Hamilton), a socialist revolutionary. He invites them to join his cause, a revolution against "El Dictador" (José Ángel Espinoza). But Florès is soon shot. On his deathbed he makes Maria I promise to carry through with his cause and she agrees. Though at first reluctant to acquiesce to Florès' and Maria I's endeavor, Maria II joins the cause when she comes to the aid of her vulnerable friend. The rest of the film concerns the revolution. After Maria I leads her men into an ambush, and Maria II saves them, the women create a peasant army, organizing the countryside into a quasi-Socialist state. There are numerous sight gags and comic actions. Preparing to take the capital city, the Marias are captured by Catholic churchmen who fear the disorder of a revolution and want to stop the people from treating the women like saints. After a bungled attempt to tickle torture them (the Inquisition's equipment is too old to work well) the Marias are rescued by their victorious army. Finally they move to France, where the circus is recreated as a successful musical version of the revolution. The women now wear dark wigs to look more "Latin American." According to Jeff Stafford of Turner Classic Movies, "Malle's idea [was] to take a buddy movie and subvert it. For inspiration, he instructed Carrière to consider the Gary Cooper - Burt Lancaster relationship in Vera Cruz (1954), which was a favorite Western of the two collaborators. By replacing the traditional male protagonists with two strong females, Viva Maria! not only worked as an amusing gender twist on a popular formula but was seen in some quarters as a political statement. Malle said German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder later told him that Viva Maria! fascinated him and his fellow students at Berlin University. Malle recalled, 'It was a time of those radical student movements, and they saw in the heroines the two different approaches to revolution.'" Malle conceived of the film as "a sort of burlesque boxing match—sexpot v. seductress"; he got the film financed on the condition that Moreau commit to the project. The male lead was George Hamilton, whom Malle cast on the strength of his performance in Two Weeks in Another Town. Malle said "he was a personal choice and I am happy with him... He's more interested in being in the social columns - I don't understand - when he should be one of the greatest of his generation." Moreau and Bardot became "like two pals in the army" after 16 weeks of principal photography in Mexico, including Texcoco. Filming started 18 January 1965. An extra was killed during filming when he fell off an ox cart. Filming was also held up when Bardot fell ill. Dialogue is in English, French, Spanish, and German, depending on the actor. The French version includes extensive English subtitles. Time called it a "jaunty but slipshod farce"; "Having saddled himself with an idea that often seems too silly for words, Director Malle rides to the rescue with more anti-state, anti-church, antedated spoofery than he can gracefully handle. His rhythm is erratic, as though he were trying to make a movie in five or six different styles at the same time, none wholly his own. But even the deadly slow stretches are redeemed by cameraman Henri Decaë, whose breathtakingly sophisticated photography is a show in itself, imperceptibly shaded as the action moves from lush Rousseau tropics to the cabaret scenes that exude a smoky golden haze in which Moreau and Bardot appear like creatures of Lautrec or Degas, ineffably alluring." According to Variety, the film has "B.B. in her best form since And God Created Woman, and brilliantly matched by Jeanne Moreau. They are backed by a rollicking, comic adventure opus impeccably brought off by director Louis Malle." The film was a box office hit in France with 3,450,559 attendees. It was the ninth most popular film of 1965 in France, after The Sucker, Goldfinger, Thunderball, Gendarme in New York, Mary Poppins, Fantomas Unleashed, God's Thunder and The Wise Guys. It grossed $875,000 in rentals in the U.S. and $4,875,000 in rentals worldwide. In 2010, Viva Maria! was exhibited at the 21st Ankara International Film Festival as part of a "Power and Rebellion" programme. Both Moreau and Bardot were nominated for Best Foreign Actress at the 20th British Academy Film Awards; Moreau won the award. This is an ORIGINAL item, NOT A REPRODUCTION item! Postage information is listed at the bottom-$ 7.95 postage is required. Payment We accept Paypal payments. 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