CROSS CREEK

Original British 27 inch x 40 inch 1-Sheet Poster for the 1983 Martin Ritt Drama CROSS CREEK, based on the Pulitzer Prize novel by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and starring Mary Steenburgen, Rip Torn, Peter Coyote, Dana Hall, Alfre Woodard and Joanna Miles.

In 1930’s Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings moves to Florida’s backwaters to write in peace. She feels bothered by affectionate men, editor and confused neighbors, but soon she connects and writes The Yearling, a classic of American literature.

Poster art by Brian Bysouth.

Brian Bysouth was born in London in 1936 and attended Willesden Art School as a junior. He joined Downtons agency in the late 1950s where his first accepted film art was for “Tiger Bay”. Apart from a short break with another agency he stayed with Downtons until 1973 when he went freelance. In 1983 he joined Feref Associates where he stayed till his retirement in 2002. In his 40 odd year career he has produced some of the most iconic film posters, from the initial “Tiger Bay” to “Cromwell”, “The Golden Voyage of Sinbad”, “The Island at the Top of the World”, “Raiders of the Lost Ark”, “Big Trouble in Little China”, “The Bounty” and “The Emerald Forest”.

The poster is in fine unfolded (rolled) condition