Poster details
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- Title
- Hot Fuzz
- AKA
- Chumbo Grosso (Brazil)
- Year of Film
- 2007
- Director
- Edgar Wright
- Starring
- Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Dalton, Paddy Considine, Edward Woodward, Billie Whitelaw, Rafe Spall
- Origin of Film
- UK
- Type of Poster
- One sheet
- Style of Poster
- --
- Origin of Poster
- USA
- Year of Poster
- 2007
- Designer
- New Wave Creative
- Artist
- --
- Size (inches)
- 26 13/16" x 39 6/8"
- SS or DS
- DS
- NSS #
- --
- Tagline
- They're Bad Boys. They're Die Hards. They're Lethal Weapons. They are...
Make no mistake about it, this poster is a direct homage to the US one sheet for Michael Bay’s nutso action ‘classic’ Bad Boys 2. As well as being one of several action films that are referenced and paid homage to in Hot Fuzz, it also features as one half of the double-bill of DVDs that Danny Butterman (Nick Frost) shows to Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg). I like this bit of trivia on the IMDb.
This infamous line was also featured in Fuzz: Shit just got real (HD)
Playing the marketing campaign straight-faced really works and unaware American cinema-goers would have been forgiven for thinking they were in for a traditional all-American action fest. The international one sheet is also great and features the skyline of the sleepy English town where the film is set.
This article from 2006 discusses the poster references in more detail.
Here’s the official trailer for the film and a nice alternative one. If you haven’t caught it already, the film is an absolute must-see.