Motion picture press kit collection, 1960s-2000.

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Motion picture press kit collection, 1960s-2000.

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This collection contains hundreds of motion picture press kits donated by George Mason University English professors Peter Brunette, Jr. and Margaret R. Yocom. The press kits promote foreign as well as domestic films, mostly from the past two decades, and range in format from glossy, full-color booklets to packets printed out in black and white and stapled together.

10 linear ft.

George Mason University, Fenwick Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7969968

George Mason University, Fenwick Library

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Brunette, Peter.

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Press kits are packets of printed material distributed to promote the release of a forthcoming film. They often include photographs along with text promoting the film and providing information on actors, directors, and producers. As our collection suggests, press kits can range from glossy, full-color booklets to loose assemblages of photographs, slides, and stapled packets of information. Since distribution of expensive, full-color press kits is often limited to industry leaders (critics, promo...