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1976 "Two-Minute Warning" premiere ad...

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NEW YORK TIMES (section 2 only) Nov. 7, 1976

  • "Two-Minute Warning" opening day movie advertisement
  • Action sniper thriller film premiere - Charleston Heston

Page 9 of this "Arts and Leisure" section has a nice full page poster -like advertisement for the upcoming opening day premiere showing of the film "TWO-MINUTE WARNING" starring  Charleston Heston in New York City. Nice for display. 
Complete section 2 only with all 40 pages, nice condition.

Background: The 1976 action-thriller Two-Minute Warning stands out as a unique entry in the 1970s disaster genre due to its unconventional portrayal of a sniper terrorizing the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the stark contrast between its theatrical and television cuts. Unlike typical thrillers of the era, the original film presented the sniper as a completely silent, faceless entity with no revealed motive or identity, leaning into raw, unmotivated chaos that culminates in a harrowing, realistic stadium stampede. What makes the movie particularly rare and culturally notable, however, is its infamous NBC network television edit: concerned about broadcast violence and copycat threats, Universal Pictures shot over 40 minutes of entirely new footage—creating an alternative storyline where the sniper was reframed as a mere distraction for a high-stakes art heist—which effectively created two fundamentally different versions of the film and led director Larry Peerce to disown the television cut.

Category: The 20th Century
Price
$57
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.