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Russ Ryan is an avid fan of movie posters -- sometimes even more so than the actual movies themselves! But he's not just a poster geek, he also was lucky enough to have a film produced by the makers of AMERICAN PIE -- the classic, unforgettable, much less successful National Lampoon presentation, REPLI-KATE, starring Ali Landry, James Roday, and Eugene Levy.

The Gun Show

That lovable peacenik, Al Capone, once said in The Untouchables, “They say you can get further with a kind word and a gun than just a kind word.” Well, you wouldn’t know it by this post, but I’m actually an anti-gun advocate — except, of course, when it comes to the movies! Hypocritical? Definitely. But the (phallic?) symbol of the gun seems to be a universal theme everywhere in the world of movie posters.

So if you like these mean machine sheets, then you might like my other pals, Django, Dillinger, and the Twins.

Gun To The Head!

Okay, I need these movie posters like a hole in the head…but they do stick in your mind!

From the design houses of Grinsson (left) and Soubie (right), here are They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? and The Skull

Scary Phones!

Who you gonna call? Sorry, wrong number! Here’s a terrifying line of some of the scariest (and not so scary) movie posters featuring telephones, including the French versions of Experiment In Terror (Georges Kerfyser) and Phone Call From A Stranger (Roger Soubie).

Apartment Therapy Goes To The Movies…

Though they don’t really feature movie posters, Apartment Therapy has a nice little feature on the best movie interiors and production designers in the film biz, starting with one of my favorites, The Royal Tenenbaums

Lancy Drew!

Although La Grande Illusion is definitely his magnum opus, Bernard Lancy (1892-1964) has plenty of French grandes that are equally timeless — and he’s one of the select few French artists also commissioned do a Japanese poster (for The Philadelphia Story). (via MoviePosterDB)

Illusions of Grandeur

Today’s smackdown features the grandiose illustration work of French poster artists, Hervé Morvan (top right + middle) and Bernard Lancy (top left)…

Of course, this Grand Illusion has nothing to do with the classic 1970’s album by Styx

Movie Posters Separated At Birth…

Frank Sinatra’s The Detective tries to make a clean Getaway with this poster ripoff…or vice versa (since Le Detective did come out four years prior, although it could be a reissue)!

Jane Russell Dies

Jane Russell has died at the age of 89. Having busted out in the 1970’s as the commercial spokesperson for the ‘Cross Your Heart’ bra, the buxom bombshell will be forever remembered for her sultry turns in The Outlaw and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, as well as a whole bounty of smokin’ movie posters…

Remake Monday: Dinner Time!

The original 1998 French comedy release, The Dinner Game, was recently given an American re-makeover with Dinner With Shmucks (2010).