post movie posters done in a busy/claustrophobic caricature style from the 70s and 80s

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http://images.moviefanatic.com/iu/t_full/v1364991767/the-fish-that-saved-pittsburgh-poster.jpg

scott seward, Friday, 25 October 2013 17:37 (twelve years ago)

http://wrongsideoftheart.com/wp-content/gallery/posters-c/cooley_high_poster_02.jpg

scott seward, Friday, 25 October 2013 17:40 (twelve years ago)

http://wrongsideoftheart.com/wp-content/gallery/posters-s/slaughters_big_rip_off_poster_01.jpg

scott seward, Friday, 25 October 2013 17:41 (twelve years ago)

http://wrongsideoftheart.com/wp-content/gallery/posters-b/bamboo_gods_and_iron_men_poster_01.jpg

scott seward, Friday, 25 October 2013 17:42 (twelve years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/XacS5Ol.jpg

乒乓, Friday, 25 October 2013 17:46 (twelve years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/uSJJJqa.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ek6HzV8.jpg

ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, 25 October 2013 17:50 (twelve years ago)

pretty much half of all 70's movie posters.

scott seward, Friday, 25 October 2013 17:55 (twelve years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/Mnz5Z7Y.jpg

ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, 25 October 2013 17:57 (twelve years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/3lIx48u.jpg

乒乓, Friday, 25 October 2013 17:59 (twelve years ago)

http://adammcdaniel.com/RichardAmsel2.htm

http://i.imgur.com/Zo51FL9.jpg

乒乓, Friday, 25 October 2013 18:01 (twelve years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/9CXyAxn.jpg

ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, 25 October 2013 18:01 (twelve years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/dDoCZ0T.jpg

ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, 25 October 2013 18:10 (twelve years ago)

I've never seen that Nashville poster upthread before! Altman's preferred poster artwork ended up on the soundtrack instead:

http://www.interviewmagazine.com/files/2009/08/04/img-nashville_105700420061.jpg

A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 October 2013 18:10 (twelve years ago)

Came up on my Nashville image search:

http://attackofthekillerlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/barrylyndon2.jpg?w=449&h=640

A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 October 2013 18:12 (twelve years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/G70HDmh.jpg

ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, 25 October 2013 18:12 (twelve years ago)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8d/California_split.jpg

A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 October 2013 18:13 (twelve years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/yOdPW08.jpg

ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, 25 October 2013 18:14 (twelve years ago)

Every Bond movie of that period to thread...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/36/Live_and_Let_Die-_UK_cinema_poster.jpg

not a lunch that is hot (snoball), Friday, 25 October 2013 18:15 (twelve years ago)

http://wpc.556e.edgecastcdn.net/80556E/img.news/NExYbO1rjwxqAF_1_1.jpg

A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 October 2013 18:15 (twelve years ago)

http://www.impawards.com/1978/posters/california_suite.jpg

Josefa, Friday, 25 October 2013 18:16 (twelve years ago)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0c/The_Man_with_the_Golden_Gun_-_UK_cinema_poster.jpg
Wikipedia's alt text:
A man in a dinner jacket holding a pistol is in the centre of the picture. Various scenes and images surround him, including two women in bikinis, a midget with a pistol, a car stunt and explosions. At the bottom right, oversized and pointing towards the man in the dinner jacket, is a golden gun, with a hand holding a bullet, about to load the gun. The top of the picture has the words "ROGER MOORE as JAMES BOND 007". At the bottom are the words "THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN"

not a lunch that is hot (snoball), Friday, 25 October 2013 18:17 (twelve years ago)

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lschmxxO8P1r13zreo1_400.jpg

brio, Friday, 25 October 2013 18:17 (twelve years ago)

Charltonem Hestonem

brio, Friday, 25 October 2013 18:18 (twelve years ago)

http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/11/MPW-5611

Josefa, Friday, 25 October 2013 18:18 (twelve years ago)

http://www.filmbrain.com/photos/uncategorized/crackers2.jpg

A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 October 2013 18:19 (twelve years ago)

http://blogintomystery.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/heavymetalmoebiusb.jpg?w=367&h=500

A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 October 2013 18:21 (twelve years ago)

http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/77/MPW-38847

A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 October 2013 18:22 (twelve years ago)

http://www.authortonypiazza.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Freebie-Poster.jpg

A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 October 2013 18:25 (twelve years ago)

Jack Davis rakin the bucks back then

obie stompin' moby (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 25 October 2013 18:25 (twelve years ago)

not to get all thread police but the thread title has the word CARICATURE in it, not just any old illustration

ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, 25 October 2013 18:26 (twelve years ago)

http://i2.listal.com/image/145793/600full-fast-times-at-ridgemont-high-poster.jpg

(Fast Times at Ridgemont High)

Josefa, Friday, 25 October 2013 18:27 (twelve years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/9L5uH9S.jpg

ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, 25 October 2013 18:33 (twelve years ago)

http://images.moviepostershop.com//mother-jugs-and-speed-movie-poster-1020215182.jpg

brimstead, Friday, 25 October 2013 18:35 (twelve years ago)

ha i guess these are all Jack Davis

ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, 25 October 2013 18:35 (twelve years ago)

http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/c8/e6/66/c8e666e6e3b2f743be1382d638f4c190.jpg

A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 October 2013 18:36 (twelve years ago)

Everything about Boogie Nights has to do with the '70s, and sure enough, that extends to the poster, too.

http://mrrumsey.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/boogie_nights_ver1.jpg?w=300

(A couple of the images above aren't showing up for me at work, so sorry if it's already been posted.)

clemenza, Friday, 25 October 2013 18:54 (twelve years ago)

lol waht is that Caan-Gould caper flick above and how bad is it

Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 25 October 2013 18:58 (twelve years ago)

http://www.impawards.com/1978/posters/harper_valley_pta_ver1.jpg

Darin, Friday, 25 October 2013 19:05 (twelve years ago)

http://blogwaybaby.com/Harper%20Valley%20PTA.jpg

Darin, Friday, 25 October 2013 19:05 (twelve years ago)

http://ilarge.listal.com/image/135818/968full-the-cheap-detective-photo.jpg

Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 25 October 2013 19:06 (twelve years ago)

http://www.impawards.com/1979/posters/hot_stuff.jpg

Darin, Friday, 25 October 2013 19:07 (twelve years ago)

http://product-images.highwire.com/58136/69892.jpg

Darin, Friday, 25 October 2013 19:08 (twelve years ago)

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ibs2wXDLL._SY300_.jpg

Darin, Friday, 25 October 2013 19:08 (twelve years ago)

SPIES poster is by moebius
american graffiti by mort drucker

http://www.thewhippitinn.com/carry_on_films/carry_on_girls/images/poster.jpg

Ward Fowler, Friday, 25 October 2013 19:12 (twelve years ago)

http://i2.listal.com/image/137827/600full-what%27s-up%2C-doc%3F-poster.jpg

Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 25 October 2013 19:25 (twelve years ago)

^best movie

ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, 25 October 2013 19:25 (twelve years ago)

WONDERFUL THREAD

have long wanted there to be a name for this basically vanished genre of movie poster illustration, this shit was like 75% of any video store i ever visited as a kid. Especially great for actually kinda serious heavy movies like California Split.

Doctor Casino, Friday, 25 October 2013 19:37 (twelve years ago)

lol waht is that Caan-Gould caper flick above and how bad is it

― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, October 25, 2013 1:58 PM (59 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Harry and Walter Go To New York! With Michael Caine & Diane Keaton! It's actually pretty good, not great, but entertaining nonetheless. The two bits of trivia from the imdb:
The film went massively overbudget and caused such a major cash crisis that Columbia Pictures nearly went out of business until a fund of German dentists, Cinerenta, agreed to help

co-finance the studio's other films.

After disastrous previews, Columbia heavily cut the film down. Director Mark Rydell claimed most of the film's jokes were the main victims.

A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 October 2013 20:03 (twelve years ago)

That triva should read:

The film went massively overbudget and caused such a major cash crisis that Columbia Pictures nearly went out of business until a fund of German dentists, Cinerenta, agreed to help co-finance the studio's other films.

After disastrous previews, Columbia heavily cut the film down. Director Mark Rydell claimed most of the film's jokes were the main victims.

A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 October 2013 20:04 (twelve years ago)

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMmE2N2ZkNmItMjE0OC00MDk2LWIwNjgtYmY5YmViMzM5MjliXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_.jpg

The Hellcats (1968)

Kim Kimberly, Monday, 29 December 2025 23:39 (six months ago)

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNmUxOTM4MzMtYTU3Yy00NTJhLWFiOTUtYmEzZTk5YzlkZjY2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_.jpg

Throw Out the Anchor! (1974)

Kim Kimberly, Monday, 29 December 2025 23:41 (six months ago)

two weeks pass...

so many Brewsters in the 80s, what happened to all the Brewsters

Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 14 January 2026 10:17 (five months ago)

they drooped

the important "maybe his head just did that" theory (stevie), Wednesday, 14 January 2026 10:55 (five months ago)

three weeks pass...

far predating the usual movies here but this is a beautiful poster:

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w1280/fjZyRK70hMNZAHOooKaWSbGC41E.jpg

Derby Day (1923)

visiting, Wednesday, 4 February 2026 18:40 (four months ago)

https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6712c07982bef431579bcba5/e562fc12-4612-462f-be4a-427a40b73b4a/Baltimore_Bullet_SMALL.jpg
the baltimore bullet, 1980

andrew m., Wednesday, 4 February 2026 21:27 (four months ago)

James Coburn has got to be high up on the list of actors who appeared in movies with these kind of posters.

Lithium Just Madison (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 4 February 2026 22:00 (four months ago)

Tied with Dom Deluise iirc

Don Knotts, Dick van Dyke in contention as well

calmer chameleon (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 4 February 2026 23:47 (four months ago)

https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/7/0/5/1/6/70516-safari-3000-0-2000-0-3000-crop.jpg?v=e3445f993a

Safari 3000, 1982

cryptosicko, Tuesday, 10 February 2026 13:44 (four months ago)

https://i.postimg.cc/zGtLw4c7/s-l1200-(1).jpg

calmer chameleon (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 15 February 2026 23:29 (four months ago)

god I loved that movie as a kid

congragulations (stevie), Monday, 16 February 2026 08:48 (four months ago)

also anita morris got done dirty by the artist of that VHS cover

congragulations (stevie), Monday, 16 February 2026 08:49 (four months ago)

didn’t know Bob Hoskins was in it

Toe Bean Sprout (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 16 February 2026 09:13 (four months ago)

three weeks pass...

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQeMxp-sJ4jLDfD5ADrHe1Yq6f7Qm_-5m0095bC5uSibdEo0evxCIxYohQ&s=10

Tyler Perry's Joe's College Road Trip, 2026

Lithium Just Madison (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 12 March 2026 18:55 (three months ago)

one month passes...

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2M1ZTA0MTItZWNhYS00ZDAxLWIyMDQtMzIxNDg2N2NhYjcwXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg

The Hollywood Knights (1980)

visiting, Monday, 20 April 2026 23:08 (two months ago)

Introducing Robert Wuhl! Opposite Fran Drescher! In a FLOYD MUTRUX film!!? Good god

Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 21 April 2026 16:00 (two months ago)

lead character is ... Newbomb Turk!? I never heard the source of the band name, just thought it was just a phrase they turned

bendy, Tuesday, 21 April 2026 16:20 (two months ago)

Tony Danza! Michelle Pfeiffer!

The New Blockader (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 21 April 2026 16:25 (two months ago)

🖼

Tyler Perry's Joe's College Road Trip, 2026

Tyler Perry’s Ruth’s Chris

The New Blockader (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 21 April 2026 16:48 (two months ago)

one month passes...

#onethread

https://www.audiophileusa.com/images/products/FFAEE62E-97F7-5055-3C5FEAA9178C2F34_x.jpg

Lithium Just Madison (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 24 May 2026 21:58 (one month ago)

Jackie D!

the first of many brazen movies (stevie), Monday, 25 May 2026 15:00 (one month ago)

two weeks pass...

https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/1/7/6/7/8/17678-gold-0-1000-0-1500-crop.jpg?v=4b4447077e

Gold (1974)

cryptosicko, Wednesday, 10 June 2026 11:28 (two weeks ago)

That's great, and also, that's supposed to be Roger Moore?!?

Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 10 June 2026 12:29 (two weeks ago)

https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/3/8/3/7/1/2/383712-the-miles-ahead-0-1000-0-1500-crop.jpg?v=3943d1a9b3

This one, for a 1990 film alternately known as Hot Sneakers and The Mile Ahead, isn't quite what this thread celebrates, but it has some of the same energy. Plus, here's the plot description:

Geeky accountant with a boring life is given a pair of magic red sneakers by an angel, which turns him into an amazingly fast runner. He enters an important race and soon is noticed by the CIA and the KGB.

cryptosicko, Friday, 19 June 2026 13:28 (one week ago)

When the DP is in the cast list too you know you're in trouble

pax ramona (Matt #2), Friday, 19 June 2026 13:35 (one week ago)

They're really banking on those credits to sell the film.

cryptosicko, Friday, 19 June 2026 13:38 (one week ago)

Starring Mark Duffus

The Yellow Kid, Friday, 19 June 2026 18:39 (one week ago)


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