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This painting was created for the 1974 Italian theatrical re-release of the 1961 classic science-fiction movie.
THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE was a British science fiction disaster film starring Edward Judd, Leo McKern and Janet Munro. It was directed by Val Guest and released in 1961, and is one of the classic apocalyptic films of its era. The film opened at the Odeon Marble Arch in London on 23 November 1961.
The film, which was partly made on location in London and Brighton, used matte paintings to create images of abandoned cities and desolate landscapes. The production also featured the real Daily Express, even using the paper's own headquarters, the Daily Express Building in Fleet Street, London, and featured Arthur Christiansen as the Express editor, a job he had held in real life.
THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE was a British science fiction disaster film starring Edward Judd, Leo McKern and Janet Munro. It was directed by Val Guest and released in 1961, and is one of the classic apocalyptic films of its era. The film opened at the Odeon Marble Arch in London on 23 November 1961.
The film, which was partly made on location in London and Brighton, used matte paintings to create images of abandoned cities and desolate landscapes. The production also featured the real Daily Express, even using the paper's own headquarters, the Daily Express Building in Fleet Street, London, and featured Arthur Christiansen as the Express editor, a job he had held in real life.
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About Nevio Zeccara
Nevio Zeccara made his debut in 1952 with several aviation and fantasy stories for Il Vittorioso. In the 1960s, he did erotic comics like 'Hessa'. In Il Giorno dei Ragazzi, Zeccara drew 'Willy West' and 'Gigi Strip'. He joined the Giolitti studio and began a production for the foreign market, most notably 'Star Trek' for the United States. For the British market, he did 'Battler Britton' in Thriller Comics, war stories in War Picture Library and 'Phantom for Five'.
From the 1970s, he was back on the Italian market with 'Max Martin' in Il Giornalino. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, he also did 'Gli Astrostoppisti', 'L'Operazione Cobra', 'Ricorda Corea', 'Salvate Venezia', 'Topeka Smith', 'Les Bourlingueurs de l'Espace' and 'Kriss Boyd', among many others. In 1996, he started the series 'Metal City'.
