It has been brought to my attention that Philip Gips designed the posters that I had previously credited solely to Steve Frankfurt. The pair worked closely together on a number of their projects in which Frankfurt was the lead art director, including Rosemary’s Baby and All That Jazz — and even formed their own New York ad agency, Frankfurt Gips Balkind.
Anyway, let’s give it up for co-creator Mr. Gips and some of his best work…
In honor of the upcoming Memorial Day weekend, Premiere has a list of The 60 Greatest American War Movies.
Diff’rent Strokes child star, Gary Coleman, has died at 42.
I’ve always enjoyed the old-fashioned hand-drawn posters and I’m pretty sure this low-fi style from the 70’s and early 80’s will soon be making a comeback on the indie film scene. (BTW, an artist named J. Isom was credited with the artwork for Honkytonk Man, but I cannot confirm if this same artist also did Breezy.)
There’s a new book out by Paul Newman’s buddy-in-crime, A.E. Hotchner, called Paul and Me. And it sounds like Newman was quite the prankster!
Aside from the many great stories about the man and his numerous charitable acts not involving salad dressing, the book got me all nostalgic about those wonderful movie posters from The Hustler, most notably the French versions by Boris Grinsson…
Supermodels have always been great at selling magazines, but not so bankable at the box office — unless you count Zoolander (although, to be fair, that didn’t become a cult hit until well after it was released on DVD/cable).
Let’s take a look at some of the best and worst beauties over the years…
Is it me or do 90’s Sean Penn and 70’s Dustin Hoffman strangely resemble each other? Maybe it’s just the posters — and some of their choices of roles.
Sad day for the poster world. Fantastic fantasy art illustrator, Frank Frazetta, died today at the age of 82.
Let’s hope he made up with his son, Frank Frazetta Jr., who reportedly tried breaking into dad’s museum last year with a backhoe.
I got a hold of Mr. Obrero over the weekend to explain the Dorero-Obrero mishap and he sent me an early version of what his Never Say Never Again poster looked like “before the lawyers took everything out”.
What I also didn’t know is that he did the artwork for the original Masters of the Universe toys and lunchboxes.
So if you’re into all things Obrero, check out Rudy’s own masterful website here — as well as this interview with him from 2009.
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