Stone Poster Original Daybill (Rare Advance Art) Re-Issue Bikers
Rare Country Of Origin Daybill Poster Stone.This daybill was released by the film's producers - Hedon Productions as the film was self distributed by them at this point, post November 1979. This was due to the the five year contract with the previous distributors BEF coming to an end. Rarely do you find this Advance artwork being available.
Stone is a 1974 Australian biker film written, directed and produced by Sandy Harbutt. It is a low budget film by the company Hedon Productions. Police officer Stone goes undercover with the Gravediggers outlaw motorcycle gang, to find out who is murdering their members, one by one. The film stars Ken Shorter and features Rebecca Gilling, Bill Hunter, Helen Morse and Gary Macdonald. Several other cast members went on to appear in Mad Max (1979). The film's soundtrack was composed by Billy Green and featured some members of his group Sanctuary. Motorcycles featured include the legendary Kawasaki Z1 (900). Stone initially rides a Norton. The Hells Angels club (Sydney) provided assistance during production. The promotional trailer video features narration by radio and media personality John Laws. The film was featured in the documentary, 'Not Quite Hollywood', in which Quentin Tarantino enthuses about his admiration for the film. Although Stone was given an "R" rating it grossed $1,572,000 at the box office in Australia, which is equivalent to $10,611,000 in 2009 dollars. It made a profit to its investors within 18 months and is now considered a cult classic!
