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

http://originalvintagemovieposters.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Wrecking-Crew-4487.jpg

The Wrecking Crew (1969)

watching The Silencers last week made me think of doing a run through the posters of all the Matt Helm flicks, so letting forks' post prompt me:

https://i.imgur.com/LYuVZKD.jpg

(big & tall)

https://i.imgur.com/L5Ig7cu.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/nXdudOX.jpg

(going blue)

The Silencers (1966)

The first Martin-starring, Bond-spoofing, barely-adapting version of a Donald Hamilton book was such a hit that the second came out in the same calendar year. Dino made riding a gunbarrel look so good on two of the original posters that Ann-Margret got in on the action for the sequel.

https://i.imgur.com/XmwfMud.jpg

(more size)

She didn't quite get it right every time.

https://i.imgur.com/91L7ZRS.jpg

(ghost ride the grip)

Murderer's Row (1966)



Cracking them out so fast meant the first one could even run as the second's B-feature. They took a leisurely 12 months before the third one (and 14 until The Wrecking Crew, by which stage Dean is barely bothering to take steps onscreen, let alone run or duck in action scenes).

https://i.imgur.com/qb3NgRr.jpg

(enlarged to kill)

Another take on the same painting, and a bold statement from the Ontario Board of Censors:

https://i.imgur.com/jZ5neyS.jpg

The Ambushers (1967)

speaking of 1966 Bond spoofs with large, impractical beds in them, Doc's posting of Our Man Flint upthread has decayed, so let's look at a few options:

https://i.imgur.com/5BgSMc4.jpg

(hueg) / (alternate take)

https://i.imgur.com/zTo5eff.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/XJ9u0tH.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/VK1XH88.jpg

(hueg)

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTM4MTRlOWQtN2YwZi00M2Y2LWJjMGYtYjc1YTdhNTFjYjUzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzc5MjA3OA@@._V1_FMjpg_UX800_.jpg

No Deposit, No Return (1976)

good hunting there sic

Here's an interview, with loads of great art, by the guy who painted one of the Silencers posters, and one of the Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo posters.

One fun oddity is that he was commissioned to do a new, action-packed Raiders Of The Lost Ark poster while the UK original was up all over the country, because that was deemed to be too dull

https://i.imgur.com/IdeqCKx.jpg

And this seems-to-be-unused poster for The Apple (1980), under the title Star Rock:

https://i.imgur.com/bUafZU1.jpg

Original art and roughs for some 80s Bond posters in there, too.

His busy-ish caricature poster for The Castle (1997) does to the photographic Australian original what the pullquote says the film does to an Oscar-winner.

https://i.imgur.com/dLmdi0j.jpg

(hueg's the serenity)

The Wrong Arm Of The Law, 1963

― shivers me timber (sic), Tuesday, January 19, 2021 8:34 PM (three months ago)

this seems to have been a deliberate riff on another Sellers / Jeffries / Cribbins crime comedy:

https://i.imgur.com/ABXKHNl.jpg

Two Way Stretch (1960)

alt painting from Australian release, less-cropped DVD

Here Come the Tigers (1978)

― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Monday, April 1, 2019 9:23 PM (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink

Alternate poster:
http://rarefilm.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Here-Come-the-Tigers-1978.jpg

one of the most obvious "make it look like THIS poster" examples we've seen

This has been brought up before, but I'm astounded at just how many Smokey/Bad News Bears/Animal House/American Graffiti knock-offs there where in the '70s.

The 1986 John Cleese vehicle Clockwise has an absolutely terrible poster, proposing that a huge image of a soggy, naked Cleese is all that's needed to get punters into cinemas around the globe.

Imagine if one of these pieces of concept art had been commissioned and finished, though:

https://i.imgur.com/WDhu5L6.jpg

(clock-size)

cited four years ago, but I can't find the image:

https://i.imgur.com/D7pcyOM.jpg

Hot Stuff (1979)

(I did discover that both stevie and joygoat have cover-connectioned Mutiny On The Corner years apart, though)

further context for Hot Stuff's place in cinematic history

Directed By Dom DeLuise!

Okay, that totally takes it to next level

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTVkOTEzMDAtN2Q0Zi00NzlkLWJhZTYtOTg4MTkyZGM1NDAwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjI4MjA5MzA@._V1_FMjpg_UX538_.jpg

The Gumball Rally (1976)

https://thedullwoodexperiment.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/masquerade.jpg

Masquerade, 1965

hueg

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2UzNTI3N2UtM2U4Mi00ZmY2LWFlNjgtZDgwMTMxYjEwMGE4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzc5MjA3OA@@._V1_.jpg

Money Talks, 1972. Allen Funt's sequel to What Do You Say to a Naked Lady? (1970)
https://resizing.flixster.com/LthghuUDtS1SRsgotbFnXNmDsZQ=/fit-in/1152x864/v2/https://flxt.tmsimg.com/assets/p6026_v_v7_aa.jpg

whoa a jack davis we haven't seen already!!

Lend it, spend it, legal tend it, save it, crave it, yell and wave it, steal it, peel it, wheel and deal it, nurse it, curse it, reimburse it, stash it, slash it, try to cash it.

Technologic

Arf. Great poster.

Why thank you

great find. those candid camera movies are supposed to be really bad iirc.

I was just coming here to post the Booksmart one - there's a higher-res view on Amazon, but it doesn't really increase the resemblance of anyone.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lionbeen-Booksmart-Movie-Poster-70/dp/B07SPHLCBK

I feel like a lot of the "retro" ones don't have enough stupid bullshit for the characters to be doing, or don't give enough visual room for it somehow. In the old ones it's like Where's Waldo --- if you were standing in line outside the theater staring at one, you could have really kept yourself occupied for a few minutes. Points for including a banner-flying biplane, though.

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZGY2NzkyNzktOGM3YS00YWU2LTllMzktYTIzNjgwMmJiODI1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMzU0NzkwMDg@._V1_FMjpg_UX800_.jpg

They're a Weird Mob (1966)

^ not to scale

Not eligible for the thread per se, but enjoyable nevertheless: Italian poster for the theatrical release of 'Concerto con delitto,' about the "supergiallo" Tenente Columbo

https://i.imgur.com/eifGd6i.jpg

Les tribulations d'un chinois en chine (1965)

https://i.imgur.com/0VJuxEw.jpg

AKA Tribulations de un Chino en China

(en grande)

https://i.imgur.com/nZC501X.jpg

AKA Up To His Ears

(hueg, alt tagline)

RIP Charles Grodin

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODRkMGM3ODktMDY0Zi00NmZhLWIzODctZmQ0ZDNjNjdmODVjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMzU0NzkwMDg@._V1_.jpg

Just Me And You, 1978

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/6c/9a/4f/6c9a4fe1def96b8fc6d865517055b649.jpg

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51TvENFL09L._AC_.jpg

Sunburn, 1979

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNGExMjZmY2YtZThkZi00NGMzLWI1YWUtZjc2YmI1MjcxYWYwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTQxNzMzNDI@._V1_.jpg

Last Resort, 1986

This came up as 'related' on Last Resort...not sure if it's been posted.

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTFhYTQ5NWMtMGZjNi00MTQyLTlmMTEtZGM5NWFhN2E1MmVkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjAxMjEzNzU@._V1_.jpg

State Park America's Best Idea, 1988

solid work.

Movies that should have had posters like this, just to set the audience's expectations: Hudson Hawk, Bonfire Of The Vanities, Ishtar.

Disappointed these never happened:

American Hustle needed a poster like those ITT.

― ...out of that weakness, out of that envy, out of that fear.. (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, January 12, 2014 9:44 PM (seven years ago) bookmarkflaglink

wolf of wall street too

― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Monday, January 13, 2014 8:35 AM (seven years ago) bookmarkflaglink

Or "Argo", with an angry elbows-flailing Khomeini caricature up in the corner

― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Monday, January 13, 2014 10:36 AM (seven years ago) bookmarkflaglink

https://i.imgur.com/hS7Jpqf.jpg

The Face Of Fu Manchu (1965)

(techniscope-sized)

Did not realize the original Raiders had this!

🎬’Raiders of the Lost Ark’ starring Harrison Ford premiered in theaters 40 years ago today, June 12, 1981 pic.twitter.com/EpuIC6rI7u

— RetroNewsNow (@RetroNewsNow) June 12, 2021

ctrl + f ‘raiders’ and ‘struzan’ for more discussion

the Polish poster is busier (but still no caricature)

Steven Spielberg's RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK - Released this day in 1981 - Polish release poster - Art by Andrzej Krajewski pic.twitter.com/d6gYEb9rlf

— Hill Illustration (@charliehillart6) June 12, 2021

Had the Struzan poster on my wall as a kid

Amazingly shitty Raiders poster from the UK
https://a.1stdibscdn.com/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-for-sale/1121189/f_213420921605020088505/21342092_master.jpg

It's The Sun Wot Reviewed It

RIP NED BEATTY

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDRmMDdkNjQtZTgyNy00ODYyLWFiNDAtM2Q5Zjc2ZjBjZjMyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjgxMTkzOQ@@._V1_.jpg

Time Trackers, 1989

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51lQ0BgzA-L._AC_.jpg

Purple People Eater, 1988

https://dyn1.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5B9%2F0%2F6%2F1%2F9061739%5D%2Csizedata%5B850x600%5D&call=url%5Bfile%3Aproduct.chain%5D

Gray Lady Down, 1978

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTI1MDA1ODcwMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwMjc3MDA5._V1_.jpg

The Great Bank Hoax, 1977

https://moviemem.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/THIEFWHOCAMETODINNERWS.jpg

https://unobtainium13.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/0033bee5_medium.jpeg?w=584

The Thief Who Came To Dinner, 1973

RLAP

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2UyYTRiMTEtOWY2ZC00Yzk5LWI4MzUtNmIwYWRlNzNmNTU3L2ltYWdlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzc5MjA3OA@@._V1_FMjpg_UY734_.jpg

Cooley High (1975)

RIP Frank Bonner

https://c8.alamy.com/comp/E5NCXB/the-hoax-us-poster-from-left-bill-ewing-frank-bonner-1972-E5NCXB.jpg

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjcwYWUxYWUtMGY2Yi00OTIzLWE4MWItZTVmOTg1ZTlkMDkzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTE4NzE2NjE@._V1_.jpg

The Hoax, 1972

As promised, view #3

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RIP Frank Bonner

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The Hoax, 1972

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjc0ODg2YTktYmQzYy00NjI5LWI4ZGYtZDRhYzNmYmJmZWU5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjI4MjA5MzA@._V1_.jpg

The Punch and Judy Man, 1963

https://d9nvuahg4xykp.cloudfront.net/6535384670084117620/-2031174879262890134.jpg

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom, 1968

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjA1MDY2MTU3Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwODk0ODk3MQ@@._V1_.jpg

Please Sir!, 1971

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTk0MGU1NGYtOTRjZi00OTk1LTg1NDMtM2ZmYWEyMTA5M2Q3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjI4MjA5MzA@._V1_.jpg

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0087/8772/2320/products/IMG_4649.jpg?v=1552668662

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/69/Fast_lady_movieposter.jpg

The Fast Lady, 1962

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjQxMTI5YWYtNDNhMC00NTgxLTkxOTYtODFjMDVlNGRjODY1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjI4MjA5MzA@._V1_.jpg

Father Came Too, 1964