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Those ads were done over 55 years ago. This is the correct way to view Peak’s outstanding career. Related: The 15 Steamiest Movies on Netflix Right Now. Hunter S. Thompson‘s infamous novel about drug use and living on the fringes is brought to life in this Salvador Dali-esque trippy image. Do you have a favorite movie poster that you’ll never forget? Alas, as splendidly presented as it is, the poster was partially blamed for the film’s financial failures, as it neglected to feature any of the film’s stars (including then James Bond, Timothy Dalton). This is the stuff of Hollywood legend. The 1970s was a golden age for brutal horror, thanks to the nixing of Hollywood’s standard censorship code in the late 1960s. 35. It’s so intimidating. The is the first of three science fiction masterworks from the summer of 1982 we’ve placed consecutively. Get ’Em Here! While also available in a red/Hannibal flavour, this blanched Jodie Foster image is the more famous and more powerful of the two. Oscar-winning graphic designer and opening titles wizard Saul Bass utilizes Vertigo‘s central plot device and the theme of cyclical obsession to unforgettable effect. Some Bob Peak Pre- Movie Poster Illustrations. Nothing on Earth could come between them. Halloween was the most successful independent film ever for two full decades, eventually dethroned by The Blair Witch Project (another horror pic with a killer poster). Recipes. Sports Illustrated, TV Guide, and Time (over 40 covers). Eons ago when I was a commercial art student, the two illustrators that impressed me the most were Bernie Fuchs and Bob Peak. The dreamy, neon-hued one-sheet teases the film’s visual beauty, and the film’s central theme of identity. Available at $3.95 (US), click on image to order. The poster cemented this powerful image as its most famous scene, and quickly became the source of parodies galore (see: Hot Shots Part Deux).

Testament to the fact that sometimes less is more. “The man, the music, the madness, the motion picture!” Adapted by Peter Shaffer from his own play, Miloš Forman‘s biopic won eight Oscars including Best Picture. Though there are films from a wide variety of genres on this list, you’ll notice it’s heavy on action, sci-fi and horror genre titles.

A poster that’s become synonymous with Ridley Scott’s chilling space horror in spite of the fact it looks absolutely nothing like the Xenomorph eggs that appear in the final film. Using Lissajous spirals to recreate the film’s titular sensation, it is a simple, yet enormously effective image that works doubly well when translated to the film’s opening titles.

Wes Craven lumped for the same trick Hitchcock used some 36 years earlier in Psycho, by putting his most famous star front-and-centre, only to kill her character off early in the film. of our, Mouthwatering recipes, handy kitchen tips, and more delivered to your inbox, The 50 Best, Most Iconic Movie Posters of All Time. By creating an account, you accept the terms and Superbly riffed-on in the posters to both sequels, this artwork from master of the medium Drew Struzan takes all of the film’s iconic objects (Marty’s threads, the DeLorean, the flaming tyre tracks) and combines them in a single, stunning image. Gray was paid $25 for the shot – not a bad leg-up.

Slow down. The simplified, almost cartoonish shapes of a corpse sum up the themes and premise of Otto Preminger’s courtroom drama efficiently and effectively; the simple, unusual orange/yellow colour schemes makes it instantly recognisable. The 50 Best Movie Posters Ever. Richard Donner‘s Superman was a groundbreaking smash. Refresh your page, login and try again. Fact: it (and she) also appears in Leprechaun 5: Leprechaun in The Hood. Few things grab your attention on a film poster quite like a naked body. Look closer, and it’s a headshot in more ways than one: every fragment of The Cage is made up of bullet and shell casings.

By 1994, you couldn’t enter student accommodation anywhere in the country without seeing Uma Thurman’s smouldering gaze staring back at you. DP— this is an excellent post featuring an illustrator who was the pace setter during a most of his career. The Silence of the Lambs remains the only horror film in history to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards. Interestingly, the navel on display does not, in fact, belong to Suvari but is the displaced midriff of Chloe Hunter.

Hard to think of it now, but in the late ‘80s Batman was not widely considered the brooding, grizzled grumperhero we all know and love today. The irony was not lost on director Milos Forman when The People Vs Larry Flynt – a film about censorship – had its poster censored. The most iconic logo in cinema?

Not to say that it should be abolished -- just put in its proper, diminished place. An early design from the legendary Saul Bass, his trademark jaunty typography and bold emblematic graphics proving an ideal fit for Billy Wilder’s screwball romantic comedy. No doubt the most iconic of all is Goldfinger, teases the image of Jill Masterson (Shirley Eaton)’s shimmering dead body. The throwback original one-sheet for Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford)’s first outing advertised “The Return of the Great Adventure.” Bingo.

Trainspotting’s iconic shade of orange, its character-defining lineup poses, and a swaggering quote from a certain film magazine ensured its place in history. The Oscar winner plays an ethically challenged arms dealer in Andrew Niccol‘s war drama. Instead, the designer opts for an extreme close-up of Drew Barrymore’s face, her eyes accentuated in glistening blue. The most iconic poster of all time. Is this shapely gam the most famous leg in film history?

I believe Peak’s work will receive even more attention in future years. Prolific poster artist Bill Gold strikes, well, gold, with this instantly famous silhouette. Legend has it that Bryan Singer and Christopher McQuarrie came up with the idea for The Usual Suspects by visualising a poster featuring “a bunch of criminals who meet in a police lineup”.

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