If imitation is indeed the sincerest form of flattery, then the poster makers of The Adjustment Bureau must be head over heels crazy about Michael Clayton.
Category Archives: Poster Ripoffs
Poster Ripoff?
After taking a closer look at The Big Heat poster/cover (illustrated by Anselmo Ballester) of Dave Kehr’s Italian Film Posters, it reminded me of the famous Blade Runner one sheet designed by John Alvin…
LEGS!
Keeping up with the body parts theme, here’s a nice little spread from Imgur via Cinematical…
Poster Ripoff?
Looking over all these French movie posters recently has gotten me googly-eyed…Is it just my visual paranoia or does this cheesy 80’s teen rom com with John Cusack rip off a 1968 foreign cult classic?
Poster Ripoff #2: Scary Faces!
Laugh and the whole world laughs with you…Scream and you scream alone.
Btw, the French poster for There’s Always A Price Tag (top right) is by French artist, Jacques Fourastie, of Pickpocket fame.
Poster Ripoff?
They say great artists steal and bad artists just copy. Well, this looks like a bad Adaptation — even though I loved the Spike Jonze movie!
Flashback: Poster Lawsuit!
Hollywood lawsuits are common…even in the world of movie posters. And famous artists are no exception. Back in 1987, Saul Steinberg sued Columbia Pictures for filching his classic 1976 New Yorker mag cover (“View of the World From 9th Avenue”) to use for their 80’s Robin Williams immigrant comedy, Moscow On The Hudson. And it looks like Steinberg had a pretty good case.
Vic Gets Ripped?
Recognize the similarities between the much-lauded 1989 Oscar winner, Driving Miss Daisy, and Vic Fair’s poster for the 1973 British melodrama, The Hireling? Hmmm.
Poster Ripoff?
I couldn’t help but notice the strong resemblance between the posters for Mel Gibson’s new thriller, Edge of Darkness, and a 1956 movie called Edge of the City starring Sidney Poitier, which was dreamt up by everyone’s favorite design legend, Saul Bass.
Movie Poster Museum 