this thread put me in mind of the late, great Lionel Hutz: "Mr. Simpson, this is the most blatant case of fradulent advertising since my suit against The NeverEnding Story" one poster that springs to mind is the style b for Kubrick's 'The Killing' and don't get me started on King Kong ;-) http://www.movieposterdb.com/poster/581b4474 neil
--- On Thu, 27/8/09, Craig Miller <cr...@wolfmill.com> wrote: From: Craig Miller <cr...@wolfmill.com> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Posters Should Not Foreshadow To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Date: Thursday, 27 August, 2009, 6:33 PM I am the MoPo member who designed the later one-sheet for THE WICKER MAN. When the showed me the artwork that Warner Bros. had come up with for the film, I couldn't believe that they'd given away the surprise ending. (Thanks for liking my version.) Craig. At 11:57 PM 8/26/2009, you wrote: yes it does in a way, BUT to be truthfull, the aussie video, which has it as a photo, scared the shite outta me (and gave it ALL away), but I was still surprised at the ending, the US poster, or rather one of them (2 releases - for the original ) was designed by a member of Mopo (my favourite art, but still want a UK 1sht) and I managed to get a rolled version, in my top 3 films of all time (maybe top 5 depending on the day and my mood) Ari --- On Thu, 27/8/09, Craig Miller <cr...@wolfmill.com> wrote: > From: Craig Miller <cr...@wolfmill.com> > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Posters Should Not Foreshadow > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > Received: Thursday, 27 August, 2009, 11:29 AM > > > The original US poster for THE WICKER MAN (the original > one, not > > the awful remake) showed the surprise ending. > > > Craig. > > > > > At 05:58 PM 8/26/2009, you wrote: > > the other > night, i watched for > the first time, KIND LADY. ....with the great ethel > barrymore. > > > > afterwards, i did a poster search. boy, am i glad > that i didn't > read the poster first. the poster gives away the > plot; the poster > ruins the development of the plot....; would have ruined > the first > 25minutes, or so. > > > > poster link from bruce's site: > > http://www.emovieposter.com/imagearchive/poster/162129.html > > > > > > POSTERS SHOULD NOT TELL THE STORY!!!!! > > > > agree? > > > > of course, hitchcock's THE WRONG MAN does this in the > title. > > > > > > michael > > > > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at > www.filmfan.com > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: > lists...@listserv.american.edu > > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its > content. > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Craig Miller > Wolfmill > Entertainment > cr...@wolfmill.com > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at > www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing > List > > Send a message addressed to: > lists...@listserv.american.edu > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible > for its content. > > __________________________________________________________________________________ Find local businesses and services in your area with Yahoo!7 Local. Get started: http://local.yahoo.com.au Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Craig Miller Wolfmill Entertainment cr...@wolfmill.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
