the orange one was really good for the few weeks it lasted, but it quickly gave way to more conventional posters with headshots of firth/rush and - a few weeks later - of firth, rush and bonham-carter. for the distributors to have released the orange poster they mustn't, contractually, have had to give parity to the other two actors in the campaign, but once the film snowballed and they needed everyone promoting and pushing the film it probably made more sense to shift to the more banal but inclusive campaign, n
--- On Thu, 7/4/11, Richard Evans <[email protected]> wrote: From: Richard Evans <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOPO] The (new) King's Speech poster To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, 7 April, 2011, 21:14 D-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-depressing. The simple graphic orange one was quite nice. Strange how they even left his pores there on that one, whereas other styles they did the standard heavy retouching so it looked like Colin Firth was one of the mutants advertising face cream. On 7 Apr 2011, at 16:40, Neil Jaworski wrote: hallo mopoersi thought this Guardian article about The King's Speech new US campaign was very droll and interesting. it seems to me that the new poster is trying to channel It's A Wonderful Life! will doug taylor be adding this one to his oscar collection?...... http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2011/apr/07/kings-speech-us-poster-swearless-family# Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] 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: [email protected] 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: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
