You Only Live Twice
UK Quad "Style A" (Volcano) British Quad poster created by artist Frank McCarthy for the 1967 James Bond film, You Only Live Twice.
Here are some fascinating facts about this specific film and its production:
• Near-Fatal Escape: The film's core production team—including producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, director Lewis Gilbert, cinematographer Freddie Young, and production designer Ken Adam—narrowly escaped death while in Japan. They were booked on BOAC Flight 911 but canceled at the last minute to attend an unexpected ninja demonstration. Twenty-five minutes after takeoff, that exact plane disintegrated over Mount Fuji, killing everyone on board.
• The Massive Volcano Set: The iconic volcano lair pictured on the right side of the poster was constructed at Pinewood Studios and cost roughly $1 million in 1966—nearly matching the entire budget of the first Bond film, Dr. No. It was so enormous it required its own internal climate control to clear out fog during shooting.
• The Roald Dahl Connection: Famous children's author Roald Dahl wrote the screenplay. He famously disliked Ian Fleming's original novel, calling it a "travelogue," and essentially discarded the entire book's plot to write a completely new space-hijacking story.
• Custom Toyota Supercar: The legendary Toyota 2000GT featured in the movie was never commercially built as a convertible. Because Sean Connery was 6'2" and couldn't fit inside the standard 45-inch-tall coupe, Toyota specially rushed the modification of two hardtops into open-roof models solely for the production.
Here are some fascinating facts about this specific film and its production:
• Near-Fatal Escape: The film's core production team—including producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, director Lewis Gilbert, cinematographer Freddie Young, and production designer Ken Adam—narrowly escaped death while in Japan. They were booked on BOAC Flight 911 but canceled at the last minute to attend an unexpected ninja demonstration. Twenty-five minutes after takeoff, that exact plane disintegrated over Mount Fuji, killing everyone on board.
• The Massive Volcano Set: The iconic volcano lair pictured on the right side of the poster was constructed at Pinewood Studios and cost roughly $1 million in 1966—nearly matching the entire budget of the first Bond film, Dr. No. It was so enormous it required its own internal climate control to clear out fog during shooting.
• The Roald Dahl Connection: Famous children's author Roald Dahl wrote the screenplay. He famously disliked Ian Fleming's original novel, calling it a "travelogue," and essentially discarded the entire book's plot to write a completely new space-hijacking story.
• Custom Toyota Supercar: The legendary Toyota 2000GT featured in the movie was never commercially built as a convertible. Because Sean Connery was 6'2" and couldn't fit inside the standard 45-inch-tall coupe, Toyota specially rushed the modification of two hardtops into open-roof models solely for the production.
Before
Disclaimer
The object and/or subject of this report is private property. This page is for informational purposes only. Unless clearly stated otherwise, all conservation and restoration has been performed by Poster Mountain (PM) or Los Angeles Paper Group (LAPG)I) PM-LAPG has not knowingly withheld any significant information from its evaluation report and to the best of its knowledge all statements and evaluations in this report are true and correct.
II) PM-LAPG stated in the Evaluation Report its own personal, unbiased and professional analysis, opinions and conclusions, which are subject to the assumptions and limited conditions in this evaluation report as set forth hereinabove.
III) PM-LAPG has no present or prospective interests in the property which is the subject matter of this report and it has no present or prospective personal interests or bias with respect to the participants in this matter.
IV) PM-LAPG and its employment and/or compensation for performing this evaluation or any future anticipated evaluation was not conditioned on any agreement or understanding, written or otherwise, that it would report (or present analysis in support) as predetermined specific authenticity, a predetermined evaluation that favors the cause of any party or the attainment of any specific result or occurrence of a specific subsequent event, such as value or marketability.
V) PM-LAPG prepared all opinions and conclusions about the subject property that were set forth in this Evaluation Report. If it has relied on significant evaluation assistance from any individual or individuals in the performance of this evaluation or the appropriation of this evaluation report, PM-LAPG has named such individuals and disclosed the specific task performed in this evaluation report. PM-LAPG certifies that any individual so named is qualified to the same extent as PM to perform the task. PM-LAPG has not authorized anyone to make a change to any item in this evaluation report, therefore, any change made to this evaluation is unauthorized and PM-LAPG will not take responsibility for it.
VI) The Client may not disclose or distribute this Evaluation Report to any potential purchasers of the subject property without first obtaining PM-LAPG's prior written consent. This consent must be obtained before this evaluation report may be disclosed or distributed to any other party, including, but not limited to, the public through advertising, public relations, news, sales, or other media.