1990 opening day "Quigley Down Under" film advertisement...
LOS ANGELES TIMES, Oct. 14, 1990 (an original vintage newspaper leaf from the Calendar section) This offering consists of four complete pages (two double-sided sheets on one single leaf), serving as a rare piece of cinematic ephemera, highlighted by an original vintage print advertisement announcing the opening day release of "QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER" starring Tom Selleck on one of the pages. (see images).
In addition to the featured movie ad, which captures the era's distinct theatrical promotional graphics and classic key art, the surrounding pages provide a fascinating snapshot of late 20th-century entertainment and pop culture. Printed on authentic newsprint with genuine vintage toning, this original leaf is not a modern reprint, making it an ideal piece for custom framing, film history display, or inclusion in a dedicated cinema memorabilia collection.
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Background: Quigley Down Under (1990) remains a standout modern Western that reinvigorated the genre by shifting its frontier narrative to the harsh 1860s Australian Outback while tackling dark historical themes, specifically the brutal displacement and extermination of Indigenous Australians by European landowners. Directed by Simon Wincer and driven by Basil Poledouris’s sweeping score, the film elevated Tom Selleck’s post-Magnum, P.I. cinematic career as the noble American sharpshooter Matthew Quigley, juxtaposed against Alan Rickman’s chillingly charismatic turn as the ruthless rancher Elliot Marston—a performance that cemented Rickman as one of cinema’s defining action-movie villains of the era alongside his roles in Die Hard and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Beyond its gripping moral conflict and memorable climax featuring Quigley’s iconic reveal that he can quick-draw a handgun just as lethal as his famous long-range 1874 Sharps rifle, the film left a lasting cultural legacy on firearms history, directly inspiring the annual real-world Matthew Quigley Buffalo Rifle Match in Montana, the largest rifle competition of its kind in the United States.