Mean Streets 1973 Academy Cinema UK Quad Film Poster, Peter Strausfeld

One of our new collection highlights. This original 1973 Academy Cinema UK Quad for Mean Streets is Peter Strausfeld at his boldest: all punchy red, stark black line and stripped-back graphic swagger. It is a brilliant match for the film’s raw energy, turning Scorsese’s breakthrough into a poster with serious wall power.

Directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel, Mean Streets is one of the key American films of the 1970s. Gritty, restless and full of attitude, it announced Scorsese as a major force and remains a landmark of modern crime cinema.

Issued for London’s legendary Academy Cinema, this poster carries the extra cachet of one of Britain’s great repertory venues, famous for championing the most exciting world and independent cinema of the day. Peter Strausfeld was central to that identity, creating hand-crafted posters that stood apart from standard film advertising and have since become highly collectible in their own right and this is undeniably one of his best and most coveted.

This vintage movie poster has been professionally linen-backed and is sized 30 x 40 (plus a little more with the linen). It will be sent rolled (unframed)

• Year: 1963
  
• Poster Type: UK Quad
  
• Style: Academy Cinema
  
• Art By: Peter Strausfeld
  
• Rolled/Folded/Other: Rolled
  
• Condition: Near Mint/Mint
  
• Condition Details: Paper darkened with age a little. Just very light wear, handling/creasing in places. Looks amazing.