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

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

...and thus concludes tonight's Personal Journey Through Horny Britannia & Scotland w/C. Grisso/McCain.

solid work. the range of Fast Lady variations is impressive!

http://www.thevideobeat.com/media/description-pix/work-is.jpg

Work Is a Four-Letter Word, 1968

Here's a closer look at that excellent example:

https://i.imgur.com/2RWIUVz.jpg

^^The Movie Whose Theme Song Broke Up The Smiths!

Debut feature from Martin Campbell, the director of Goldeneye, The Mask Of Zorro, Casino Royale, the original 1985 Edge Of Darkness, and the American remake of Edge Of Darkness:

https://i.imgur.com/t9W4bqN.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/1XtI0mZ.jpg

The Sex Thief (1973)

(Despite having left New Zealand years before Taika Waititi was born, Campbell also gave 36-year-old Waititi his first role in an American blockbuster.)

Wiki says that for the US release in 1976 (as Her Family Jewels), producers inserted hardcore scenes involving other actors, to suggest the cast were actually having sex. That is nuts!

nuts AND butts, probably

ha!

But also if this happened with a movie I'd starred in I'd probably sue or fire my agent.