USA Movie Poster Artists…

Posted on May 31, 2013 by russ

Click on the name or movie poster to learn more about each artist’s most famous posters…

Drew Struzan Drew Struzan 2 John Alvin

Saul Bass Saul Bass 2 Saul Bass & Elaine Bass

Bill Gold Bill Gold 2 Robert McGinnis

Bob Peak Bob Peak 2

Richard Amsel Birney Lettick

Robert Tanenbaum Howard Terpning Mort Künstler

Jack Davis Mort Drucker Jack Rickard

Tom Jung Hildebrandt Brothers

Frank Frazetta Renato Casaro Boris Vallejo

John Solie John Berkey Frank McCarthy

Reynold Brown Mitchell Hooks

Milton Glaser Paul Rand Tomi Ungerer

Alberto Vargas Thomas Hart Benton Norman Rockwell

Richard Avedon Al Hirschfeld

Steve Frankfurt Philip Gips Guy Peellaert

Albert Kallis Jim Pearsall Ted Coconis

Paul Crifo Rudy Obrero Ron Lesser

Steven Chorney Dan Gouzee Huyssen & Huerta

Phil Roberts Morgan Kane Rick Meyerowitz

Mick McGinty Robert Grossman

David McMacken Wilson McLean Larry Noble

Peter Palombi Larry Salk Scakisbrick

Alex Katz Nagel Elaine Hanelock

Ocean’s 17?

Posted on May 14, 2013 by russ

Even teenage thieves have to start somewhere…

The Great Gatsby Returns!

Posted on May 9, 2013 by russ

On the eve of the high-profile release of The Great Gatsby remake, The New York Times recently discussed how retailers like Barnes & Noble and WalMart were having a classic New School vs. Old School debate on whether to feature the movie tie-in edition (below, left) or the original book cover art (right) for their shelves. (NYT)

Perhaps even design legend, Saul Bass, might’ve been inspired by Gatsby, too, when you look at his 1960s one-sheet for Bonjour Tristesse. And just in case you missed it (or are a loyal Bing fan), Mr. Bass was given the Internet’s highest honor yesterday with a Google Doodle tribute on the search engine king’s main page. (Guardian)

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The Great Gatsby-father?

Posted on May 1, 2013 by russ

A fascinating story to come out of next week’s release of Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby…

Did you know that Francis Ford Coppola was hired to do a rewrite on the 1974 version of Gatsby (with Robert Redford) — right before The Godfather was released? Apparently Redford liked his work so much on The Way We Were (another uncredited polish — not Polish like the Flisak poster below on the left) — that FFC was brought in to save the day. Town & Country gives Coppola’s first-hand account of being holed up in a Paris hotel room, battling to capture the ghosts of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel.

Hmmm, sounds an awful lot like Woody Allen’s Midnight In Paris! (THR)

Remakes vs. Originals

Posted on April 19, 2013 by russ

So many remakes, so little time…If you have a hard time remembering (or even knowing about) the forefathers of some of today’s films — take a look at IMP’s excellent ‘Remakes vs. Originals’ movie poster breakdown! (IMP)

The Catcher in the Rye Returns

Posted on April 18, 2013 by russ

Anybody who went to English class in the past sixty years or so has probably read J.D. Salinger’s classic coming-of-age novel, The Catcher in the Rye (below, right).

And now there’s a documentary coming out soon about the notoriously reclusive (now deceased) author, which is aptly-titled, Salinger — and I’m liking the paperback cover-inspired poster. (THR)

Dressed For DePalma!

Posted on March 28, 2013 by russ

Has anybody ever wondered if Brian DePalma’s French movie posters (both designed by Michel Landi) have a ~~foot~~ shoe fetish?

Cannes Kind of Love…

Posted on March 25, 2013 by russ

The new poster for The 2013 Cannes Film Festival is a tribute of sorts to the 1960s Paul Newman-Joanne Woodward starrer, A New Kind of Love — although I’ve always had a deep crush on the French version by Roger Soubie (top right). (DHD)

The Hangover Gets Harry?

Posted on March 12, 2013 by russ

MovieTalk thinks The Hangover III people are making fun of Harry Potter…but just imagine how bad the Enemy Mine producers are feeling without a single mention! (Yahoo)