Robert Culp died today at the age of 79. I mostly remember him from that campy 80’s TV show, The Greatest American Hero and later when he was relegated to playing cranky lawyers and executives — but he had a pretty distinguished career as a heartthrob back in the day. And some pretty colorful posters, too! May he rest in peace.
Once dubbed “The Michelangelo of Pop Art”, Guy Peellaert (1934-2008), was probably most famous for his 70’s rock album covers and psychedelic art/music/fantasy book, Rock Dreams. But he also happened to create the haunting poster for Taxi Driver, and quite a few others. And although he passed away a few years ago at the age of 74, you can still check out his official website here.
You’d think Hollywood would have made a classic Spring Break movie by now — but the results have been mixed. At least the posters are pretty! And now Moviegoods is paying tribute to the college party season.
Just when I think I’ve seen about every James Bond movie poster artist out there, another one pops up…Case in point: R. Dorero, who created the Never Say Never Again poster, which was also Sean Connery’s last turn as 007. As for Mr. Dorero, his whereabouts are apparently also classified as not much information is available on him. But you can get the Lebanese version of NSNA for $23 at EMoviePoster.com!
I would like to pay my respects to the life of Peter Graves (who died yesterday at the age of 83) by showcasing one of his most oft-quoted movies, Airplane, whose poster was designed by acclaimed New York artist, Robert Grossman. Who could believe that lines like “Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?” would still resonate after all these years? Godspeed, Mr. Graves.
His name is Gouzee. Daniel Gouzee. Or Dan Gouzee for short. And I can’t figure out why this artist isn’t more well-known since he’s only contributed to some of the most popular movie franchises in motion picture history (i.e. James Bond). Oh well. Sit back and enjoy his work!
Sad news today about ex-teen star, Corey Haim.
There’s an artist known as Scakisbrick who’s probably most famous for the Cheech & Chong movie posters — but I don’t really know anything more about him/her other than stumbling across the name at EMoviePoster and Posteritati.
Do you know who he/she is?
Upon hearing of Burt Reynolds‘ recent heart surgery (and expected full recovery!), I got a little wistful recalling some of his more popular movies from the 70’s and 80’s. Other than Clint Eastwood, I can’t think of another movie star who was featured in so many cool posters — if not, entirely successful movies. And I’m not talking about the macho, rugged, respectable Deliverance Burt or The Longest Yard Burt — I mean the funny, goofy, cheesy Burt from Paternity (by of my faves, Birney Lettick) and Stroker Ace…Get well, Burt. We love ya!
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