Movie Poster Spotlight :: Foreign Jobs :: A Set of Italian Photobustas for Robert Moore's Murder By Death (1976)

Speaking frankly,  Murder By Death (1976) didn't do a whole lot for me when first encountered, but it has grown on me considerably with each successive viewing. The plot of throwing a bunch of old school literary detectives from the pages of Dashiell Hammett (Sam Spade, Nick and Nora Charles), Agatha Christie (Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot) and Earl Derr Biggers (Charlie Chan) into an Old Dark House Murder Mystery is a bit inspired as far as spoofs go, but if there is one problem with Neil Simon's script it's that all these characters crammed into one place aren't given any space to breath, with only James Coco's prissy and buffoonish take on Poirot making any real hay out of this crowded ensemble. The interplay with his chauffeur (James Cromwell) is hilarious. And Alec Guinness, of course, is hilarious but he has the advantage of interacting with everyone. The rest of the casting is spot on, mind you, I just wish they were all given just a little bit more to do.

Murder by Death (1976) Rastar Pictures :: Columbia Pictures / P: Ray Stark / AP: Roger M. Rothstein / D: Robert Moore / W: Neil Simon / C: David M. Walsh / E: John F. Burnett / M: Dave Grusin / S: Peter Falk, Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, James Coco, Eileen Brennan, Elsa Lanchester, David Niven, Maggie Smith, Nancy Walker, Estelle Winwood, James Cromwell, Richard Narita

Movie Poster Spotlight :: Foreign Jobs :: Greetings, Fellow Programs: The World According to TRON (1982)

 Spanish One Sheet:

French Grande:

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 Austrailian Daybill:

 
British Quad:

 
 Italian Photobustas:

 
I showed the trailer for TRON (1982) to a co-worker in her early 20s awhile back and she commented, "But that's not how computers work." To which I replied, "I know, but now imagine the huge disappointment for those of us who saw it back in '82 and then found later that WASN'T how computers really worked." End of line.

TRON (1982) Lisberger/Kushner :: Walt Disney Productions :: Buena Vista Distribution Company / EP: Ron Miller / P: Donald Kushner / AP: Harrison Ellenshaw / D: Steven Lisberger / W: Steven Lisberger, Bonnie MacBird / C: Bruce Logan / E: Jeff Gourson / M: Wendy Carlos / S: Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, Cindy Morgan, Barnard Hughes, Dan Shor, David Warner

Movie Poster Spotlight :: Foreign Jobs :: A Set of Italian Photobustas for Star Wars (1977)

The first person who says "Don't you mean A New Hope?" gets tossed in the Sarlacc pit with Lame-O-Fett. Yeah, yeah, fine, whatever, I totally blew the deadline for May the 4th on this one. But to make up for it, here, have four promotional posters courtesy of Coca-Cola and Burger King issued way back in 1977. I had the ones with droids and Vader, and just like my collector glasses, I wish like hell I knew where they all went.

Other Points of Interest:

First run ads for Star Wars at the Morgue.

Second run ads for Star Wars at the Morgue. 

Star Wars (1977) Lucasfilm :: 20th Century Fox / EP: George Lucas / P: Gary Kurtz, Rick McCallum/ D: George Lucas / W: George Lucas / C: Gilbert Taylor / E: Richard Chew / M: John Williams / S: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Peter Cushing

Movie Poster Spotlight :: Foreign Jobs :: A Beautiful Set of Italian Photobustas for Robert Aldrich's Whatever Happened to Baby Jane (1962)

Whatever Happened to Baby Jane (1962) Associates and Aldrich Company :: The Seven Arts Pictures :: Warner Bros. / EP: Kenneth Hyman / P: Robert Aldrich / D: Robert Aldrich / W: Lukas Heller, Henry Farrell (novel) / C: Ernest Haller / E: Michael Luciano / M: Frank De Vol / S: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono, Maidie Norman, Anne Barton