Here’s the 1971 version of Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory vs. Charlie and The Chocolate Factory (2005). (via ImpAwards)
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Sometimes Lesser Is Morer…
From the school of McGinnis comes Ron Lesser, a celebrated illustrator of steamy pulp paperbacks and Civil War art, who is probably most famous in the movie poster world for his work on High Plains Drifter and Ryan’s Daughter.
Whichever of his many styles you prefer, his range is impressive as he seamlessly draws sexy babes, Confederate soldiers, cigar-chomping cowboys, soulful Indians and Impressionist landscapes with equal aplomb!
Big Bad Fish!
In honor of this weekend’s wide-mouth release of Piranha 3D, here’s a boat-load of some of the nastiest sea creatures to ever glisten the silver screen…
I’m There!
Character posters flashback from the Dylan biopic, I’m Not There…
McCarthyism Is Good
No, no, not Joseph McCarthy and the Hollywood blacklist! I’m talkin’ Frank McCarthy (1924-2002), the longtime illustrator whose career spanned over 50 years, doing magazine covers and paperbacks (Avon, Bantam, Dell) and brought us the high-octane one-sheets for The Dirty Dozen, The Great Escape (Paul Crifo did the International version), and many more, including split-duties with Robert McGinnis on the James Bond posters for Thunderball and You Only Live Twice.
Mr. McCarthy quit commercial work in 1974 and, like many of the other greatest poster artists of his generation, such as John Solie, Howard Terpning, and Robert Tanenbaum, moved to Arizona to focus his talents on Western art.
Who’s Got Next?
Now that The Expendables have blasted their way into our consciousness, it will only be a matter of time before these slew of action films get remade into something bigger and badder.
By the way, The Black Six featured a gang of ex-NFL players from the 70’s, so it would be interesting to see which current athletes/actors they would cast for that today…Hmm, how ’bout an NBA version with Shaq, LeBron, Kobe, Ray Allen, and Dennis Rodman to get the ball rolling?
Remake Monday: Bastardized!
Okay, Quentin Tarantino‘s Inglorious Basterds (2009) isn’t technically a remake of the Inglorious Bastards of ’78 — other than the title and a slight plot resemblance of ex-WWII soldiers wreaking havoc on the Nazis…but, with the recent success of The Expendables, there’s no doubt that QT reinvented what surely will be a new wave of 70’s style action-adventure ensemble films.
Feel The Expendability!
This weekend’s big new release is like an action fan’s wet dream. Whether or not it muscles out a billion bucks at the box office, you’ve gotta admire Stallone & Co. for trying!
New Woody
Here’s the new one-sheets for Woody Allen’s latest, You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger (via MoviePosterDB)…
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