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Premiere of "Leprechaun", in a Los Angeles newspaper...
Premiere of "Leprechaun", in a Los Angeles newspaper...
Item # 725002
January 08, 1993
LOS ANGELES TIMES, Jan. 8, 1993
* Original "Leprechaun" film advertisement
* Grand Opening Day movie premiere
* American horror comedy - Warwick Davis
* Jennifer Aniston's 1st major role debut
* Best publication to be had ? (very rare as such)
A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "Leprechaun" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the leading newspaper from the home of the entertainment industry - the Hollywood area's prime publication.
Page 13 of section VI has a 19 x 11 inch advertisement (not counting the locations underneath) for the film printed on it's opening day. (see images).
A quite rare issue as it would not have been saved since it contains no historically significant content. Complete first and F sections only with a total of 60 pages, nice condition.
background: Released in 1993, Leprechaun is a cornerstone of "so-bad-it’s-good" cinema that successfully blended Irish folklore with the 90s slasher craze, primarily remembered today for featuring Jennifer Aniston in her pre-Friends film debut. The plot follows a vengeful, ancient leprechaun (played with menacing glee by Warwick Davis) who is accidentally freed from a crate and begins a murderous rampage through a North Dakota farmhouse to reclaim his stolen pot of gold. While the film was originally intended to be a straightforward horror movie, the absurdity of the kills—including the infamous pogo-stick execution—and Davis’s witty, rhyming dialogue shifted it into the realm of horror-comedy. Despite being panned by critics at the time for its thin plot and campy tone, its low-budget charm and the sheer charisma of its tiny antagonist turned it into a massive commercial success, spawning seven sequels that took the character everywhere from the inner city to outer space.
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