lydecker Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 I've always thought that one of the reasons that It's A Wonderful Life didn't do all that well at the box office when it first appeared in theaters is that the poster art made it seem like such a happy, happy, movie. No hint of the protagonist's "I hate my life and this crummy little town" attitude, potential suicides or arrests can be gleaned from this artwork! Imagine the shock of audiences when they watched wholesome Jimmy Stewart thrashing poor old Uncle Billy and trashing small town America. "But, hey", the marketing department no doubt thought: "We got them into the theater, didn't we??" Here's a link to the IAWL poster since the powers that be forbad my posting the artwork in this thread for reasons only known to them. https://www.movieposter.com/poster/MPW-37013/It_s_a_Wonderful_Life.html I'm sure there are plenty of others. Lydecker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElCid Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 There is a thread on movie posters you may wish to visit. Very few of them are reflective of the actual movie content. Sort of like the covers of pulp fiction novels. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dabb Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 ... Here's a link to the IAWL poster since the powers that be forbad my posting the artwork in this thread for reasons only known to them. https://www.movieposter.com/poster/MPW-37013/It_s_a_Wonderful_Life.html I'm sure there are plenty of others. Lydecker I was successful test-posting a poster from your linked page. Perhaps it was just temporary - there were a couple other features here that weren't working a few hours ago but are now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinbad47 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew books and other series also had covers that often depicted scenes different from what the book described; a movie poster or a book cover is designed to get you to buy a movie ticket or pick up the book and purchase it, period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dabb Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Now this one is questionable. The babe in Robby's arms is nowhere to be found in the movie, along with the background images, but the inserts to the right are scenes from the film. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lydecker Posted July 23, 2015 Author Share Posted July 23, 2015 The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew books and other series also had covers that often depicted scenes different from what the book described; a movie poster or a book cover is designed to get you to buy a movie ticket or pick up the book and purchase it, period. True that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NipkowDisc Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Now this one is questionable. The babe in Robby's arms is nowhere to be found in the movie, along with the background images, but the inserts to the right are scenes from the film. yeah, and whoever would think Robby could hold his legs that far apart. and notice how the two slanted gyros in his transparent head cap are suppose to come across like eyes and the orange-colored instrumentation a nose, mouth and a temple hickey. bob kinoshita must've loved this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dabb Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Here's one - not too drastic. The main problem I see here is Bogie appears to be from The Petrified Forest.. not The Maltese Falcon - and Mary Astor appears even more beautiful in this poster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lydecker Posted July 24, 2015 Author Share Posted July 24, 2015 Here's one - not too drastic. The main problem I see here is Bogie appears to be from The Petrified Forest.. not The Maltese Falcon - and Mary Astor appears even more beautiful in this poster. Right. If not Petrified Forest, they surely grabbed the Bogie shot from some other WB gangster poster. Mary looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenIsHere Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Princess Leia never showed any leg and cleavage as seen in this poster in the original STAR WARS. Luke Skywalker was never depicted open-shirted, revealing sculpted pecs and ripped abs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lydecker Posted July 26, 2015 Author Share Posted July 26, 2015 Preincess Leia never showed any leg and cleavage as seen in this poster in the original STAR WARS. Luke Skywalker was never depicted open-shirted, revealing sculpted pecs and ripped abs. Yep, Mark Hamill didn't quite fit the picture! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonesomePolecat Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Christmas? What Christmas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Christmas? What Christmas? That is a good one. They didn't even use any green or red in this poster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Neither Flynn nor Davis look like this in this film. It seems that Warners just took two stock paintings of their stars and put them together. The only thing on this poster that reflects the film's actual content is the book on the cover showing that this film is based on this novel. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Apparently global warming has led to scantily clad women in the Arctic: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Apparently global warming has led to scantily clad women in the Arctic: Yeah and besides Rich, nowhere on that poster does it say Jane Russell reprises her "The Outlaw" role in this thing, huh?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lydecker Posted July 28, 2015 Author Share Posted July 28, 2015 That is a good one. They didn't even use any green or red in this poster. I never thought about how weird it was that the poster had no green or red in it! Were they trying to hide that it was a Christmas movie??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lydecker Posted July 28, 2015 Author Share Posted July 28, 2015 Apparently global warming has led to scantily clad women in the Arctic: Yep, apparently skimpy clothing with red hooker pumps is standard Arctic wear. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 The two women in this film wear jumpsuits, unless I missed this particular dame somehow: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 The two women in this film wear jumpsuits, unless I missed this particular dame somehow: I don't know what this movie is, but the poster (albeit, misleading) sold me on it. This looks amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Yep, apparently skimpy clothing with red hooker pumps is standard Arctic wear. Maybe she's hoping the gorilla with the tiny face will keep her warm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 The puppet people never attack a dog with a knife. In fact, the puppet people don't attack anything or anyone. Per the tag-line, the "doll dwarfs" part I suppose is accurate (although they seem about the same height as say a Barbie doll, they don't seem like they're tiny dolls like Polly Pocket or something) and there are no crushing beasts. They have a ridiculous run in with what looks like an angry Labrador or something (definitely not this ferocious looking Rottweiler or Doberman) and I think they might encounter a rat outside. This poster is full of lies and I, for one, felt deceived when I watched it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Thanks in large part to his role in "Airplane" and after Leslie Nielsen reinvigorated and recast his career in a more comedic style, in the movie "Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult", nowhere in that movie is Leslie pregnant, let alone holding himself like this... (...though of course in THIS case, this poster's image was a spoof of the famous and then somewhat controversial Demi Moore Vanity Fair magazine cover page photo) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Thanks in large part to his role in "Airplane" and after Leslie Nielsen reinvigorated and recast his career in a more comedic style, in the movie "Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult", nowhere in that movie is Leslie pregnant, let alone holding himself like this... (...though of course in THIS case, this poster's image was a spoof of the famous and then somewhat controversial Demi Moore Vanity Fair magazine cover page photo) This is hilarious and disturbing at the same time. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Movie Collector OH Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Princess Leia never showed any leg and cleavage as seen in this poster in the original STAR WARS. Luke Skywalker was never depicted open-shirted, revealing sculpted pecs and ripped abs. Looks like the artist had disco fever on his mind. The Death Star even looks like a giant disco ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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