According to the Chinese Zodiac, 2011 is the Year of the Rabbit, which begins on February 3 and ends on January 22. So even though we might be jumping the gun, let’s get a headstart on the new year…
Category Archives: Movie Poster Smackdown
Movie Poster Mutiny!
I’ve never really been much of a boat person, but these French posters of The Caine Mutiny sure bring out the beauty of the drama, especially the work of artist, Rene Peron (bottom)!
Don’t Be So Petty…
Here’s a few International versions of Operation Petticoat Junction, another early Blake Edwards production…
Breakfast With Blake
What I forgot to mention in yesterday’s post about the passing of Blake Edwards is that pre-dating his extensive comedy résumé, he also directed Breakfast At Tiffany’s, undoubtedly one of the most well known movie poster images of our time…
Barbarella-palooza!
The AllPosterForum recently had a Sci-Fi smackdown about the iconic 60’s Barbarella poster featuring the artwork of several top movie poster artists such as Robert McGinnis (top left), Boris Vallejo (top, third from left), and The Hildebrandt Bros (top, far right)…
The Way We Was…
Over the long weekend, I picked up the Italian 1p movie poster (aka “foglio”) of The Way We Were from EMoviePoster for $40 (top left).
Initially, moments after winning, I felt a bit of buyer’s remorse since I’m not a huge Streisand fan, but then I saw that it was going for $300 and up on other websites, which made me feel much better…Plus, with Christmas coming around the corner, I need to get something for Grandma. You know how the ladies love that Bobby Redford!
Marriage and Divorce, Italian Movie Poster Style
Continuing with the Italian theme, here are some of the best foreign film posters from the Marcello Mastroianni-Sophia Loren romance sagas, Divorce Italian Style (1961) and Marriage Italian Style (1964). (The order is Italian, French, Argentinean, and another Frenchie by Ferracci.)
Monday Poster Smackdown!
Here’s the Burt Reynolds classic, The Cannonball Run by two movie poster artist heavyweights…Drew Struzan (USA) vs. Clement Hurel (France). Vroom, vroom!
For The Birds
Wow, these French movie posters for Hitchcock’s The Birds (the first two are by Boris Grinsson) make my eyes go ravenous! And be sure to check out the Cliff Notes Video of the film below…
Movie Poster Museum 