Movie Posters – Vintage – Reproduction – Original Movie Poster Resource

1.The Forgotten – $21,022,111
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2. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow - $6,658,035
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3. Mr. 3000 – $5,094,867
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4. Resident Evil: Apocalypse- $4,035,512
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5. First Daughter – $4,002,067
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6. Cellular – $3,660,608
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7. Shaun of the Dead – $3,330,781
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8. Wimbledon – $3,323,570
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9. Without a Paddle – $2,353,609
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10. Hero – $2,244,628
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‘Star Wars’ box in stratosphere on opening day

Hollywoodreporter.com
Sep. 23, 2004
By Brett Sporich

‘Star Wars Trilogy,’ the most anticipated DVD of the year, generated $115 million in worldwide sales during its first day in release Tuesday, but that figure from executives at 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment also includes sales of the ‘Star Wars Battlefront’ video game. Unit sales numbers were not immediately available for the four-disc set featuring remastered and newly crafted versions of ‘Star Wars,’ ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ and ‘Return of the Jedi.’”

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Movie poster artist to sign new collection

Drew Struzan works include Star Wars

Pasadena Star-News
September 19, 2004
By Anissa V. Rivera , Staff Writer

“PASADENA — Drew Struzan’s art graces the collections of Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Disney chairman Michael Eisner. But you also may have seen them at your nearest cineplex.
The man hailed as ‘the last of the great poster artists’ has produced his first book.
“The art of our age is movies, and the art that represents movies is posters,’ said Struzan, 58, of Pasadena.”

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From Amazon.com:

The Movie Posters Of Drew Struzan

Editorial Reviews
“Drew Struzan’s talent for capturing what is both human and heroic in the face of a movie character has made him the top Hollywood film campaign artist for the past 30 years. Struzan, the last of the great poster artists, according to The Boston Globe, has created the images for some of the biggest and most successful box office hits in cinematic history, including Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Back to the Future, the complete Star Wars series, E.T., Blade Runner, Rambo, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, and Hook. This compilation of his cinematic art, accompanied by text explaining his particular vision of each character, features a foreword by the director George Lucas.”

Shaun of the Dead

INTERVIEW: Director Edgar Wright

Cinema Confidential News: 09/22/04
By Thomas Chau in New York City

“It’s been a while since someone has been able to successfully blend horror and comedy together but that’s exactly what the comedy team behind the cult British show ‘Spaced’ has done.
Director Edgar Wright and star Simon Pegg bring their wacky comic styles to their very successful zombie import, ‘Shaun of the Dead.’ A romance, horror, comedy, spoof all in one, the film takes us back to George Romero’s classic zombie films and puts a new twist in the genre.”

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Learn About Movie Posters

Learn About Movie Posters is a very comprehensive movie poster site, that bills itself as:

“The largest and most comprehensive FREE reference site about movie posters and all associated areas.
- Over 6500 pages of reference on all types of topics.
- Archiving over 88,000 titles & 26,000 images in our Movie Poster Database (MPDB).”

Some of the areas of movie poster collecting covered are:

- Overview of Collecting
- Sizes of different movie posters
- Different forms of posters
- Charts
- Condition/Grading
- History of Movie Posters
- Lithography/Printing Processes
- Movie Poster Distribution
- Artists
- Non-U.S. Movie Posters
- Quasi and Non Collectible Movie Posters
- Caring for your posters
- Movie Poster Listings

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This week’s releases of new, original movie posters from MovieGoods, include:
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Find The Longest Yard Original Movie Posters >>
Find Paparazzi Original Movie Posters >>
Find Alfie Original Movie Posters >>
Find Raise Your Voice Original Movie Posters >>
Find The Grudge Original Movie Posters >>
Find Team America: World Police Original Movie Posters >>
Find Surviving Christmas Original Movie Posters >>

Sky Captain soars

Stunning visuals, sense of fun elevate adventure flick
By Tom Long / The Detroit News
9/17/04

“A technological wonder from beginning to end, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is an undeniable visual feast, a true world-of-tomorrow exercise in computer-generated wizardry.”

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All grown up: Comic book fans are transforming popular culture

David Kronke
Los Angeles Daily News
Sept. 1, 2004 12:00 AM

“Frank Miller is perhaps film’s most influential comic artist. Filmmakers cribbed relentlessly from his “Dark Knight Returns” in forming the 1989 “Batman,” and now, director Robert Rodriguez (“Once Upon a Time in Mexico,” “Spy Kids”) brought Miller on to co-direct an adaptation of his comic “Sin City,” about a violent town with a corrupt police force, starring Jessica Alba and Bruce Willis.
Rodriguez, speaking recently at San Diego’s Comic-Con International, exulted of Miller, “He was making the best movies never seen on a big screen — already drawn.”

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More buzz on what could be one of the hot movies of 2005:

Poster girl Jessica Alba plays a less-angelic role

www.herald-dispatch.com
LIFE |Sunday, Sept. 12, 2004

“Frank Miller has always been known for his dark comic images. But he may get a new reputation when the poster for the film adaptation of his ‘Sin City’ hits theater showcases.
Already, the poster is selling well on the Internet, where teen boys are finding Miller’s twisted graphic novel more accessible, thanks to Jessica Alba.
Alba, former star of TV’s ‘Dark Angel,’ plays stripper Nancy Callahan…”

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As reported on ign.com FilmForce:

Sin City Movie Clip

“September 14, 2004 – Movie-List has made available extended footage from Sin City first seen at July’s San Diego Comic-Con.
The footage includes scenes between Josh Hartnett and Marley Shelton (shot in Noirish black & white and intercut with comic book panels); Benicio Del Toro and Clive Owen; Bruce Willis and Jessica Alba; Mickey Rourke as Marv; and appearances by Rosario Dawson, Nick Stahl, and Brittany Murphy.”

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The Weekend Warrior and MovieGoods News predicted the top spot for Resident Evil. A sleeper pulls down the number ten spot – Napoleon Dynamite .

1. Resident Evil: Apocalypse – $23,036,273
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2. Cellular – $10,100,571
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3. Without a Paddle – $4,512,552
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4. Hero – $4,420,702
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5. The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
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6. Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid – $2,807,475
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7. Paparazzi – $2,771,056
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8. Collateral – $2,718,073
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9. Vanity Fair – $2,613,777
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10. Napoleon Dynamite – $2,516,879
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Not movie posters, but shows a growing trend in poster collecting:

Wall flowers

By MARY SHUSTACK
THE JOURNAL NEWS
(Original publication: September 9, 2004)

“Back in the early 1990s, Swann Auction Galleries began holding an annual vintage-poster auction. These days, the Manhattan auction house hosts five poster sales every year.
‘I think it’s reflective of the market,’ says Nicholas Lowry. ‘It shows that the public has an appetite that’s growing.’
…A true vintage poster is an original item created for use as as advertising vehicle, touting anything from a product to a performance.”

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Team America: World Police: new comedy from the “South Park” creators

Cellular: hot new thriller opens in theatres this coming weekend

Sin City: tremendous buzz and excitement around this 2005 comic book adaptation

The Aviator: Scorsese and DiCaprio are both hoping for Oscar nods for this one

National Treasure: upcoming Jerry Bruckheimer thriller stars Nicolas Cage

Mr. 3000: Bernie Mac stars in this new baseball comedy

Wimbledon: Kirsten Dunst and Paul Bettany star in new romantic comedy

Garden State: indie hit starring Zach Braff is one of the hottest posters around

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Box Office News from MovieGoods – September 8th Edition

“The summer movie season ended with a huge thud over the Labor Day weekend with Hero taking the top spot with only $11.5 million in ticket sales, which is the lowest #1 weekend total of the year. Hero was also in the top spot the previous weekend.

Four new films debuted last weekend but none of them managed to make any impact. Paparazzi fared the best in fourth spot with $8 M, Wicker Park was sixth with $6 M, Vanity Fair was eighth with $6M, and The Cookout was ninth with $6 M. The comedy Without a Paddle is showing some legs by rebounding back to second spot last weekend with $9 M, finishing just ahead of Anacondas with $8 M. Without a Paddle, with a very modest production and marketing budget, has now taken in over $40 M in its three week run.

Three new films will make their theatrical debuts this coming weekend. Criminal, Cellular and Resident Evil: Apocalypse are all opening on Friday. The smart money is on the Resident Evil sequel to top the charts come Monday morning.”

The Weekend Warrior has posted his Weekend Projections for Sept. 10:

Coming Soon! – The Weekend Warrior

“WEEKEND PROJECTIONS
After a dead Labor Day weekend, the box office is ready to bounce back with the first big movie of the fall season, the sequel to the video game horror-action movie, Resident Evil: Apocalypse. Milla Jovovich is back as Alice in the movie that continues where the first one left off, and the mostly male fans of the games and zombies should flock to see this one opening weekend.”

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