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- From: jittlov@gumby.cs.caltech.edu (Mike Jittlov)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.mike-jittlov
- Subject: WIZARD MOVIE Poster FAQ
- Date: 19 Nov 1992 09:00:45 GMT
- Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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- Summary: Kelly Freas Wizard Posters Still Available..
- Keywords: Kelly Freas, Wizard, Posters, Movie memorabilia, Jittlov
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- THE INCREDIBLY COLORFUL AND PERSONALLY AUTOGRAPHED
- FRANK KELLY FREAS POSTERS
- OF
- THE WIZARD OF SPEED AND TIME!
-
-
- A Brief History of the Poster
-
- Frank Kelly Freas is one of the fantasy and science fiction
- worlds' most beloved and acclaimed artists - and one who really
- makes/lets all of his real-life subjects look their best. He
- has painted beautiful portraits of the original STAR TREK cast,
- as well as the Saints of South America, many covers for ARGOSY
- and MAD Magazines. And he is a 10-time Hugo Award Winner.
- (Always wondered what he did with 10 of those little cars...)
-
- In mid-1984, Frank Kelly Freas was commissioned to paint a
- fantasy poster of my "Wizard of Speed and Time" personnum.
- Kelly took several Polaroids of me, and prepped for a portrait.
-
- This painting wasn't my idea, and I was reluctant. The movie
- was already enough to brand me an ego-maniac, so I felt uneasy
- about my face all over a canvas. I drew a sketch from the new
- WIZARD RUN's opening (which ia still unfilmed, that observatory
- is a temp shot)...how about the full wizard, flying through new
- realities, taking energy from his own world and giving "magic"
- to the poster-viewer? Minimize my face, concentrate on the
- fantasy elements, and I'd like to see our leading lady's image
- in the largest planet, etc etc.
-
- Instead of reeling from the fool filmmaker's requests, Kelly
- actually listened to me - and then really got into the spirit
- of the movie. He not only created a knock-out poster, but even
- added a lot of subliminals throughout:
-
- * Paige's dreamy face (and a kind of curled up nude behind her)
- is up there in the planet - which is an odd taffy-pull thing
- (with "Polly", Kelly's first wife & model, woven in the forms
- - and maybe more).
- * Below it is a portrait of Einstein (which I sometimes see -
- maybe it's an IQ indicator).
- * Down across the entire bottom, the nebulae create a vague but
- readable "Here Comes Mike Jittlov" (awwww).
- * Above that, is a cat-faced planet. (Maybe for our 23-year-old
- housecat...I didn't ask.) (But I _like_ cats.)
- * The entire star-spread behind the Wizard looks like a heart,
- upside-down - matching the wiz-hood shape.
- * In the star-stream to the right, 5" above the title, is a
- teeny-tiny Happy-Face (since I am credited/blamed by some for
- creating it in the early 60's). (Actually arose from several
- people, synchronically - and maybe from that type-glyphed :-)
- * In the star-stream to the right (8" N, 3" W), there's teeny
- tiny Pac-Man, which I did NOT in any way invent or create, and
- which is brashly depicted here without a copyright.
- * Above the Wizard, to the right, is a Cackling Spider Planet
- (- a presagent to Meriday Beth's jumpy spider <*>^<*>?)
- * At the fingertips of the Wizard's left hand (as a wink to the
- author of "Subliminal Seduction"), the lightning bolts form
- the letters SEX (or SFX, depending on your upbringing)
- * And there's gotta be more sublims that even _I_ can't find!
- (because Kelly just grins when I ask him...)
-
- I also did the WIZ titles at bottom, designing and Xacto-cutting
- letters from a sheet of yellow Pantone paper, after my filmmaking
- production hours. Looks fairly professional. Kelly was delighted.
- And he said the painting original was mine to keep, as his gift.
-
- Shortly after my esteamed business partner (who also played the
- evil, slimey, embezzling, sociopathic producer in our WIZARD film)
- locked me out of our office (I'm only the corporation President),
- I did demand the Freas original artwork - but e.b.p. said it was
- gone, he had no idea where it was. The original oil painting, its
- four-color separations, my title-treatment - all have vanished.
- [Let me know if you see anyone with these, as I'd really like them
- returned. The original is about 20x30 - smaller than the poster.]
-
- Well, before you could say "Restraining Order", the e.b.p. then
- vanished with all our office equipment, video machines, supplies
- and records, without a forwarding address. The only thing left
- behind was the small, unwieldy pile of these posters - the last of
- the already small 4,000 print-run. Many of these survivors were
- bent, torn, scored or otherwise damaged. But not all of them...
-
- INSERT SHAMELESS AD:
-
- I have saved the perfect ones, and culled out any printing errors.
- These are the same posters that we sold at WorldCon 1984, and they
- are still in brilliant mint condition.
-
- They are FAR from your dime-a-dozen, ordinary, commercial, tissue
- -thin, theatrical one-sheets (the ones that crazed collectors are
- paying Big $$$$ for)! THESE are all lithograph-printed on heavy
- duty 80-lb. Nova-coat gloss cover-stock! And they will endure.
-
- They are rare. They are the original. They are the last of their
- kind. (Jeeze - can I identify with that..) Suitable for framing.
-
- And they are STILL a measily $25! Not available in stores! Not
- on TV! Nor anywhere else!! Some people are already reselling
- them for $100! That's insane! Buy them from the Source, & save!!
-
- Act now (like, while I'm still alive) and you can even get my
- legendary 20-minute autograph for FREE - and without waiting in
- a 5-hour sci-fi convention line!
-
- And unlike most of the other movie-star-director-writer-producer-
- editor-animator types, my signature is actually LEGIBLE. Unlike
- most busy Hollywood moguls (Walt Disney), my signature is actually
- REAL! Furthermore and in conclusion, it's calligraphied in gold
- ink (in a subliminal-free space) (I think) to YOU PERSONALLY!
- (Goshes - i should write one to MYSELF, while there's still TIME!)
-
- -*- What to DO -*- What to DO -*- What to DO -*- What to DO -*-
-
- A) Send me money - $25 American, in cashable check form.
- B) Send me a poster tube, 2-3 feet long, at least 2" in diameter
- - the heavier the better (the USPO does crush these things, I
- cannot guarantee condition, so send to me the best - which you
- may find at your local art supply or hardware store, for $3-$6)
- C) Send me sufficient return postage (usually $2.90 - or whatever
- you've paid to send it), in US stamps (no machine-stamps, the
- Los Angeles PO won't accept them)
- D) Enclose Your LEGIBLY-written name and return address
- E) OR - Pick it up personally at the Wiz-House for $25 in cash,
- and forget steps A) thru D)
-
- E-mail me with preferences for how you'd like it autographed or
- dedicated. (G-rated, please, and nothing untrue [ie: "To My
- Constant Companion.."]. I don't just sign my name - it has to be
- TO somebody, to You or to One You desire.) And LEGIBLY - please!!
- The sig-phrase below (from the movie's birthday song) is a
- favorite, as is "Nothing Stops the Creative Spirit" (the sublim
- seen on a single frame in the WIZ RUN, where the Wall comes down).
-
- If you send any letters or tapes, anything you want a response on
- or want returned - please enclose self-addressed-stamped-envelopes
- or mailers, and your patience (because it's just me, here - no
- secretary, staff or funding).
-
- If you want me to call you (collect!), email a number and the best
- time (which is tween 2pm and midnight, Hollywood Standard Time).
-
- _________________________________________ ___._`.*.'_._ ________
- Mike Jittlov - Wizard, etc . . + * .o o.* `.`. +.
- 902 North Maltman Avenue ' * . ' ' |\^/| `. * . *
- Hollywood, CA 90026-2714 (: May All Your \V/ Good Dreams
- jittlov@gumby.cs.caltech.edu and Fine Wishes /_\ Come True:)
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- Someone asked about the OTHER poster - seen on the VHS and laserdisk
- packaging. There's a long story about that... but for now:
-
- I am not selling any of my Shapiro Glickenhaus Ent >:P posters.
- Yet. I prefer to wait until that company goes physically bankrupt,
- first, and the principle devils wind up in the hottest region of
- their appropriate hereafter, to be cursed with eternal gas attacks.
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