On Buzzr last week, they ran the series of Match Game 75s Alex Karras was a panelist on. Inspired, I jumped onto imdb to research posters, since Alex Karras was kind of born to be on the kind of posters in this thread. The problem is, I couldn't really find any! There was this thing, which tries for the effect (which it seems this film is just screaming for) but cheaps out with photos and falls short.
http://www.pastposters.com/cw3/assets/product_full/JamieF-AC/nobodys-perfekt-cinema-one-sheet-movie-poster-(2).jpg
Nobody's Perfekt, 1981
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 00:38 (nine years ago)
Back to regular programming...
http://www.newmoviesondvd.co.uk/wp-content/themes/newmoviesondvd/posters/fast-break-50377-poster.jpg
Fast Break, 1979
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 00:39 (nine years ago)
http://i2.listal.com/image/153472/936full-short-cuts-poster.jpg
Short Cuts, 1993
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 00:44 (nine years ago)
More Gabe Kaplan
http://www.newmoviesondvd.co.uk/wp-content/themes/newmoviesondvd/posters/tulips-374956-poster.jpg
Tulips, 1981
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 00:49 (nine years ago)
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTk1MTIzMTQwOF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwODk0MTQyMQ@@._V1_UY1200_CR13,0,630,1200_AL_.jpg
Off and Running, 1991
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 00:51 (nine years ago)
Never knew Gabe Kaplan tried that hard to have a film career.
― tales of a scorched-earth nothing (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 02:15 (nine years ago)
can't seem to find a larger version of this - Pinball Summer, 1980 ("there's a whole lot of scoring goin' on")
http://storage.canoe.ca/v1/dynamic_resize/id/1406563/?size=205x650&site=nstein_elephant-prod&wm_add=&authtoken=9e2729ce3537b0f6d6bde75a39988cda&quality=80&stmp=1221712139
― soref, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 03:36 (nine years ago)
Would watch
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 03:39 (nine years ago)
Recruits, 1986
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ECIirnKutk0/UBcYj-2D2MI/AAAAAAAAKv8/E6wtFv5oqZM/s1600/RECRUITS.jpeg
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a-jx60SnWL4/VsiauogTkOI/AAAAAAADV90/5vWfxKmSneQ/s640/recruits-movie-poster-1986-1020204686.jpg
― soref, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 03:42 (nine years ago)
Argentina's version:
http://108.imagebam.com/temporarylink/lQC9-nXmPUbloc7GYlMK8A/1486438384/41753/417520065/Cover%2001.jpg
― soref, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 03:43 (nine years ago)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/92/Gas_FilmPoster.jpeg/220px-Gas_FilmPoster.jpeg
Gas, 1981 (wikipedia notes that it is "not to be confused with a similar-sounding 1970 film Gas-s-s-s", which doesn't seem to have had one of these posters, sadly)
― soref, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 04:04 (nine years ago)
Hahaha I remember specifically searching for Gas-s-s-s once on the hunch that it'd have one of these.
"Recruits" may be unique in offering both a 70s jam-packed and an 80s bold-outline-with-airbrush variation.
― tales of a scorched-earth nothing (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 06:01 (nine years ago)
http://pics.filmaffinity.com/night_patrol-479334962-large.jpg
Night Patrol, 1984
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 06:03 (nine years ago)
https://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/6/A70-3381
Hog Wild, 1980
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 06:06 (nine years ago)
JACK DAVIS!
https://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/146/MPW-73238
The Class of Miss MacMichael, 1978
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 06:14 (nine years ago)
Also promoted in a claustrophobic airbrush fashion:
http://gallerytheimage.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/Original_Watermark/the_class_of_miss_macmichael_us1sh.jpg
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 06:15 (nine years ago)
More Jack...
https://www.cinematerial.com/media/posters/sm/tj/tjy94g4e.jpg?v=1456682627
It's Showtime, 1976
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 06:21 (nine years ago)
emerging from clickhole
https://scottbrothers.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/4707411834_4003651fb7_o.jpg
Eight On The Lamb, 1967
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 06:24 (nine years ago)
Wow at that first Recruits poster, they don't even try to pretend it's anything else than a Police Academy knock-off!
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 16:05 (nine years ago)
I wonder what the turning point was w/r/t to the era of "just draw some giant cartoon boobs on there"
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 16:36 (nine years ago)
A*P*E: Attacking Primate Monster (1976)
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/93/f3/26/93f326ca532f3a0f52c316618bacbef7.jpg
― painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture (DavidM), Friday, 10 February 2017 22:29 (nine years ago)
"Well what are we going to add to the script to keep the Poseidon lawyers off our back?"
"Hmmm, I've got an idea."
DIALS PHONE
CUT TO:
"Well what are we going to add to the script to keep the Kong lawyers off our back?"
PHONE RINGS
― pplains, Friday, 10 February 2017 22:48 (nine years ago)
lol
I feel most movie posters would do well to include "NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH KING KONG" at the bottom.
― tales of a scorched-earth nothing (Doctor Casino), Friday, 10 February 2017 23:06 (nine years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/Pb0i4zn.jpg
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 12 February 2017 04:06 (nine years ago)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ae/Beastieboysvideoanthology.jpg
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 13 February 2017 18:38 (nine years ago)
http://pics.filmaffinity.com/the_new_centurions-735348733-large.jpg
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 18 February 2017 22:03 (nine years ago)
Should have been the real one:
http://movieposters.2038.net/p/Jackie-Brown.jpg
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 18 February 2017 22:04 (nine years ago)
― tales of a scorched-earth nothing (Doctor Casino), Friday, February 10, 2017 5:06 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
http://i.imgur.com/qmUwM68.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/2mdPNBR.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/uxK3KcT.jpg
― pplains, Sunday, 19 February 2017 01:08 (nine years ago)
ahhahaa, thank you
― tales of a scorched-earth nothing (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 19 February 2017 02:30 (nine years ago)
None of those have caricatures, but I couldn't get that post out of my head.
― pplains, Sunday, 19 February 2017 02:47 (nine years ago)
Other candidates: King Ralph, The King and I, The Bling Ring, etc.
― tales of a scorched-earth nothing (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 19 February 2017 02:50 (nine years ago)
Or ...
http://i.imgur.com/6A8Ka74.jpg
― pplains, Sunday, 19 February 2017 03:19 (nine years ago)
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/9f/0a/f8/9f0af8f1065d19f8dc161044dbe157ea.jpg
The King of Comedy, 1983
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 20 February 2017 20:59 (nine years ago)
NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH KING KONG
― new noise, Tuesday, 21 February 2017 04:42 (nine years ago)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C5XLOjyUYAAuz5r.jpg:large
The Wicked Lady (1983)
― Neil S, Thursday, 23 February 2017 16:20 (nine years ago)
IIRC that Cannon Group doc makes it seem neither wild nor wicked (all these posters have a serious protest-too-much quality in the captions), and additionally pretty creepy and uncomfortable, unless I'm thinking of a different Golan/Globus schlock highwaywoman picture.
― tales of a scorched-earth nothing (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 23 February 2017 17:04 (nine years ago)
ugh when i was like 12 we got a new vcr. as a celebration of this my dad rented this movie (which very rarely happened otherwise) and insisted the family watch it together. cue very awkward silences at various sex scenes.
― new noise, Thursday, 23 February 2017 17:47 (nine years ago)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5c/Magical_Mystery_Tour_New_Line_1974.jpg/220px-Magical_Mystery_Tour_New_Line_1974.jpg
Magical Mystery Tour (1974 reissue)
― tales of a scorched-earth nothing (Doctor Casino), Friday, 24 February 2017 17:49 (nine years ago)
apologies if this has appeared here before... there was no mention in the thread text and I don't recall seeing this poster.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjA3ZTNlNDAtZTllYS00NTU4LTg3YTAtNDQ0YzYxNjJkZGNmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjUyNDk2ODc@._V1_.jpg
Summer Camp (1979)
― new noise, Monday, 27 February 2017 19:03 (nine years ago)
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTcyNTQ0NjQ3Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNDUyODExMTE@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,697,1000_AL_.jpg
The Chaperone (2013)
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Saturday, 11 March 2017 06:02 (nine years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/2FbGunT.jpg?1
― “Yeah. Huh, thanks.” (los blue jeans), Saturday, 18 March 2017 22:51 (nine years ago)
The "International Thriller" genre that flourished from the 70s through to the early 80s (aka, my favourite genre of films to fall asleep to on a lazy Sunday afternoon) is gold for this thread.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Saturday, 18 March 2017 22:55 (nine years ago)
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_t4imCZ3BYc/WNVPCo11gWI/AAAAAAAAMVM/lTQwdGbDt_cOuVtrV-7pYsSyM-1FkUZoACLcB/s1600/Live%2Ba%2BLittle%2BSteal%2Ba%2BLot.jpg
Live a Little, Steal a Lot (aka, Murph the Surf) [1975]
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Monday, 27 March 2017 15:14 (nine years ago)
that ones great
― gr8080, Monday, 27 March 2017 17:01 (nine years ago)
Think this is another Mad artist, Jack Rickard, doing a Jack Davis:
https://scontent.fman2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/17499110_10210632578424777_6330577998974206509_n.jpg?oh=2c3d6f8caf6c1791b606c95e87d876a7&oe=595F46FA
― Bernie Lugg (Ward Fowler), Saturday, 1 April 2017 02:36 (nine years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/AOmFdYv.jpg
― “Yeah. Huh, thanks.” (los blue jeans), Saturday, 1 April 2017 03:18 (nine years ago)
how could they afford to make so many of these films no one's heard of? tax losses? were many just ultra-cheap? it's insane!
― piscesx, Saturday, 1 April 2017 03:46 (nine years ago)
Cheap to make + less competitive cinema scene (and generally NO competition for first-run kiddie fare) + captive markets in places like overseas army bases + guaranteed TV advert revenue when it goes to The Wonderful World of Disney + vinyl record, storybooks, other miscellaneous tie-ins + some of these were actually popular and successful in their own right? I think?
― tales of a scorched-earth nothing (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 1 April 2017 05:58 (nine years ago)
And also cash-ins were much easier to turn around and execute. Hence all the copycat American Graffitis, Smokeys, Meatballs etc.--most of which were in theatres within a year of the originals.
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 1 April 2017 07:22 (nine years ago)
^^Obviously I'm speaking in more general terms than I think the Doc was. Disney is a thing unto its own: They had an assembly line going with loads of contract people running without fail up until the 80s anyway, and even after that they merely adjusted the model to emphasize cable content.
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 1 April 2017 07:29 (nine years ago)