Film posters are promotional objects produced for cinema display and wider distribution. Their designs vary across territories and formats, but commonly combine an image with the film’s title, cast and release information. Artwork may also be adapted for pressbooks, advertising, home-video packaging and other publicity materials.

Queen composed music for Flash Gordon (1980) and Highlander (1986). Freddie Mercury also contributed to the soundtrack of Giorgio Moroder’s 1984 version of Metropolis, which combined tinted footage, new effects and subtitles with a contemporary pop soundtrack. The objects shown here document these connections between Queen’s music and cinema.