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

it's that man again

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Inspector Clouseau (1968)

woah - i knew they went so far as to stitch together a Clouseau film from old Sellers footage after he died, but somehow never knew they'd attempted to crank one out without him while he was busy filming something else. explains why the next one had the otherwise nonsensical title The Return of the Pink Panther, with the PP label sticking to the remaining films.

here's a few i've saved up on my phone recently...

https://posteritati.com/posters/000/000/020/525/the-secret-invasion-md-web.jpg

The Secret Invasion (1964)

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.rogerebert.com%2Fuploads%2Fmovie%2Fmovie_poster%2Fthe-st-valentine-s-day-massacre-1967%2Flarge_auPgBhwemenu6x7Hl6XfUoUQgL2.jpg&f=1&nofb=1

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967)

https://pics.filmaffinity.com/cannonball_carquake-636536120-large.jpg

Cannonball (1976)

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Zero to Sixty (1978)

http://images.moviepostershop.com/chomps-movie-poster-1979-1020232849.jpg#CHOMPS

C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979)

they'd attempted to crank one out without him while he was busy filming something else

Not only without Sellers, but without the creator/writer/director of the others, and the guy that did the music for the others

All three were otherwise engaged making some racist-ass nonsense elsewhere

https://i.imgur.com/eTbM7uP.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/qJ1pZGu.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/4zQEZ2j.jpg

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Racist-Ass Nonsense (1968)

guessing that Davis was also busy at first, hence the one with the redder elephant, and then became available later in the promo cycle. The red elephant one is a better representation of the film though (and probably exists in a 'widescreen' version, given the door framing)

btw C.H.O.M.P.S was totally something I was aware of in pop culture for a moment - maybe from video box covers or ads for TV screenings - and had completely forgotten about. seeing that it was a Zarkoff/Barbera collab is a pretty spectacular way to be reminded of its existence!

lolol

Barbera recalled that Arkoff's son Louis suggested that rather than a Doberman, the dog would have to be a non-threatening dog in the Benji mold. Barbera attributes this change in focus in the story to the film's lackluster performance at the box office. In his autobiography, Barbera wrote that the film "did okay... but it never made the splash it should have." Because of this, the future film deals between Hanna-Barbera and AIP were canceled.

Also from wikipedia, it was originally released as a PG film in American summer, then edited for dog profanity and reissued as a G at Christmas.

RIP Sue Lyon

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Towing, 1978

― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, December 29, 2019 2:11 AM bookmarkflaglink

watched this last week, as there's an iffy transfer on Amazon Prime right now. it's all right actually! you do feel the different touch of a female director, doing a local Chicago based-on-a-true-story caper. the sound mix is sort of staggeringly awful in places and i really wasn't following the plot a lot of the time but there's kind of a nice hangout vibe to it imho. a passable way to spend 85 minutes. Ebert gave it a low star rating but a decent review.

Ronnie Corbett has something of a headstart on the others for recognisability in chibi form

steam-engine time: we managed to have two chibi Corbetts in one month itt

RIP Sean Connery

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A Fine Madness, 1965

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzY4OTRhNWYtYzZiZS00NDdiLTg3YzYtNGVlZjgyMGJlYzdjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODA0MDg5NTg@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg

La poliziotta a New York / A Policewoman in New York (1981)

Nice, and also obviously trying to riff / cash in on

https://i.imgur.com/dCaa3OC.jpg

(since we're doing non-country-of-origin versions...)

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Keep It In The Family, 1973

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/mp2GaNONsfYLipXQ4lPpdiclQg0.jpg

You Must Be Joking, 1965

https://img.moviepostershop.com/harrys-war-movie-poster-1981-1020248565.jpg

Harry's War, 1981

HERRMANN SMASH!

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mRbtLLnmCww/UufhHqmtWvI/AAAAAAAAGTc/cvyvdqkTZKI/s1600/Malibu+Beach.jpg

Malibu Beach, 1978

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/htpYQeLAKQfBxdp2GcYk1fJOY1f.jpg

Jungle Rats, 1988

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71mYsMSiKNL._AC_SL1000_.jpg

The Man From Clover Grove, 1975

Wow, the Dove Foundation certainly loved that movie

synopsis from imdb

A poor farmer is always inventing things. A lot of them don't work, but the toys he makes brings joy to the children at the local orphanage. It is a very good movie.

man that looks bad. Glad they still found a way to work in a dodge charger police chase even though it's about an inventor bringing toys that don't work to an orphanage

trivia

The movie's closing credits dedication read: "This picture is dedicated to the forgotten children in our world".

#saveourforgottenchildren

why is that nun driving a tractor full of screaming women away from a burning building

you want her to drive towards it??

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

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Half a Sixpence, 1967

getting depressing "the B plot from Hello, Dolly" vibes from that

what? it's clearly everything a motion picture can be

THE BIGGEST BLOOMIN' ONION OF THE YEAR!

c'mon, that's clearly an English movie. Mr Steele will not be encountering American food in it.

Here he is in the US that year, though, with a typical American dance partner:

http://images.moviepostershop.com/the-happiest-millionaire-movie-poster-1968-1020206257.jpg

The Happiest Millionaire, 1967

another great underdog story from Uncle Walt

so gonna happen

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/3lXWCXumFeoJQLgW4YiOtTweilO.jpg

Mandingo, 1975

https://img.moviepostershop.com/once-upon-a-horse-movie-poster-1958-1010681641.jpg

Once Upon A Horse, 1958

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjkxODM5OTcxM15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwOTg4MzkwMzE@._V1_.jpg

What Comes Around, 1985

Not only Directed by Jerry Reed, Will Oldham appears as the younger version of Bo Hopkins' character.

Also: Reed/Hopkins/Corbin=Good Ol' Boy Hat Trick!

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Off The Mark/Crazy Legs, 1987

Love the tag line for What Comes Around.

Almost as good as the tag line for Off the Mark

(referring to the full tag line, including both top and bottom of poster, natch)

Better one for Off the Mark would've been " Off base... and missing the mark."

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They Call Me Bruce, 1982

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They Still Call Me Bruce, 1987

My poster for "Heat" - 1995 by #MichaelMann #AlPacino #RobertDeNiro #ValKilmer pic.twitter.com/m1lnZ8sR6R

— Tony Stella (@studiotstella) February 6, 2020

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/2h7YIFIHWW4ZkN6jX6d96ZJLHFN.jpg

Mean John Barrows, 1976

From the wiki synopsis:

Meanwhile, a Mafia war starts brewing between the Racconi family and the Da Vincis (the family, not the painter).

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White Lightning, 1973

sam's son, 1984

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/zhEAAOSww9xZLzgA/s-l1600.jpg

White Lightning is an okay movie but def not as exciting as that poster would make it seem... I don't really remember any police-car explosions for example. For a while Burt Reynolds is wearing the EXACT same style of blue snap-button cowboy shirt that I thrifted ages ago and wear to all manner of fancy occasions, so that was cool. The main thing the film's lacking is Jerry Reed's fantastic theme song from the sequel.

https://i.imgur.com/TAAL9I6.jpg

Revenge Of The Cheerleaders, 1976