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- Title
- 48 Hrs
- AKA
- 48 Hours
- Year of Film
- 1982
- Director
- Walter Hill
- Origin of Film
- USA
- Type of Poster
- One sheet
- Style of Poster
- --
- Origin of Poster
- UK
- Year of Poster
- 1983
- Designer
- Unknown
- Artist
- Brian Bysouth
- Size (inches)
- 27" x 39 13/16"
- SS or DS
- SS
- NSS #
- --
- Tagline
- When a cool cop has a tough convict as a partner and 48 hrs to catch a killer, a lot of funny things can happen in...
A unique design and artwork on this English one sheet for the Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte comedy action film 48 Hrs. In 2012 I met and interviewed the artist responsible, Brian Bysouth, and the resulting article can be read here. This poster was briefly discussed:
Another favourite of mine is your painting for 48 Hrs, which features Eddie Murphy raising his middle finger. Was that from your design?
No, I can’t recall who designed that. I need to check my invoice books to confirm, as I’d always write who briefed me to do the painting. Sorry, but I never really liked that design. I’d been given poor reference material and I think Nick Nolte’s likeness is fairly dire. I spent a while on it because of that difficulty but really didn’t like the painting because I never liked the design.