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3:10 To Yuma / one sheet / advance / USA

17.05.11

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10 To Midnight / quad / photo style / UK

18.05.11

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Force 10 from Navarone / B2 / Japan

04.04.16

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Typically detailed artwork by the British artist Brian Bysouth features on this Japanese poster for the release of the 1978 film Force 10 From Navarone. Created as a sequel to the 1961 film The Guns of Navarone, the film is loosely based on the 1968 novel of the same name by Alistair MacLean. The 17 year gap between films was due to MacLean’s treatment of a sequel to ‘Guns…’, written shortly after the original film was met with box-office success, becoming bogged down in development hell. When it was clear that the production was going nowhere MacLean turned his treatment into a novel. The Producer of ‘Guns…’, Carl Foreman, spent years trying to get the sequel off the ground and eventually succeeded by scraping together a budget from five different international sources. The final screenplay bears little resemblance to MacLean’s novel released a decade earlier.

Because almost two decades had passed since ‘Guns…’, the two actors who had played the leads in that film, Gregory Peck and David Niven, were decided to be too old to convince as the leads and the parts of Miller and Mallory were awarded to Edward Fox and Robert Shaw. Brit director Guy Hamilton, best known for a number of James Bond adventures, including Goldfinger and Diamonds are Forever, was given the task of directing, having impressed with his 1969 WWII film ‘Battle of Britain’.

The story sees the pair tasked with hunting down a traitor from the original mission, a German spy who has infiltrated the Yugoslavian resistance and is masquerading as Captain Lescovar (Franco Nero). They join up with an elite American sabotage unit, known as Force 10, which is led by Colonel Barnsby (Harrison Ford, fresh off the success of Star Wars in 1977) who have a mission to carry out of their own. The crew steal an RAF Lancaster bomber and head towards the mission site but the plane is shot down by German fighters and most of the squad are lost. Miller, Mallory and the remaining soldiers are soon captured and imprisoned by German forces but all is not lost as they have a spy of their own in the ranks, Maritza (Barbara Bach) who helps them to escape and continue their mission. Soon they come across Lescovar and the Partisan army. A plan to destroy a large bridge being used by the German forces unites them together, but the German spy’s double-crossing threatens to jeopardise everything.

Force 10 would prove to be Shaw’s penultimate role as he died a year later during the filming of Avalanche Express. The film was met with less than stellar box-office results and general audience indifference, likely not helped by there being such a large gap between the films.

The artwork on this poster was painted by Brian Bysouth who is one of my favourite poster artists and was responsible for many classic posters from the 1960s to the 1980s, including the final painted poster for a James Bond film, The Living Daylights. In 2012 I was fortunate to meet and interview Brian for this site and the article can be read here. The other posters I’ve collected by Brian can be seen by clicking here.

The artwork was reused around the world with the original title, painted to resemble part of the dam, redrawn depending on the language required. The results page for Force 10 on emovieposter.com shows some of these alternative versions, including those for the French and Italian releases. Interestingly this Japanese poster features the title printed down the left hand side, rather than painted onto the dam.

Note that there is an alternative style of poster for the film, the artwork of which can be seen here, that also features the dam bursting and is, I’m fairly certain, erroneously credited to Brian on emovieposter. If anyone has any ideas who the artist of that version is please get in touch or leave a comment below.

10 To Midnight / quad / artwork style / UK

25.04.12

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Title
10 To Midnight
AKA
Bloody Sunday (original script title)
Year of Film
1983
Director
J. Lee Thompson
Starring
Charles Bronson, Lisa Eilbacher, Andrew Stevens, Gene Davis, Geoffrey Lewis, Wilford Brimley
Origin of Film
USA
Genre(s) of Film
Charles Bronson, Lisa Eilbacher, Andrew Stevens, Gene Davis, Geoffrey Lewis, Wilford Brimley,
Type of Poster
Quad
Style of Poster
Artwork style
Origin of Poster
UK
Year of Poster
1983
Designer
Unknown
Artist
Rosslyn
Size (inches)
30 2/16" x 40"
SS or DS
SS
Tagline
Back in town... with a vengeance!

J. Lee Thompson‘s 10 to Midnight is often called a cross-genre film since it mixes elements of police thrillers with scenes typically seen in slasher films. Charles Bronson stars as Leo Kessler a detective on the hunt for a crazed killer who stabs female college students to death after they reject his advances. The murderer, played by Gene Davis (his IMDb pic is a still from this film), always strips naked to carry out his crime and thus leaves no evidence behind. Eventually Kessler goes against his partner’s advice and plants evidence to frame the killer, but when this ruse is discovered the killer is released and executes his revenge against the detective.

The film is apparently based on the crimes of two real-life serial killers, Richard Speck and Ted Bundy, and the screenplay was originally called Bloody Sunday before being renamed to its current title, which is totally unconnected to the plot.

The film was produced and released by Cannon Films, the legendary production house responsible for a slew of low-budget films throughout the 1980s. Unusually, 10 to Midnight was given two quad posters to promote it; this one featuring artwork and a photographic style, which I also have in the collection and can be seen here. I’m not sure why there were two designs released, but it may be that this artwork style came first and then the photo one was designed for other areas of the UK? The film was released around the time when illustrations were being used less and less as distributors decided that audiences no longer trusted posters (and video sleeves) with artwork, so that might have something to do with it.

I’m also unsure who is responsible for the artwork but there is the word Rosslyn visible as a neon sign in the background street scene so that might be the surname of the illustrator. I’m a fan of the way the knifeman is pointing out the time with his arms.

The original trailer is on YouTube.

A Nightmare On Elm Street / B1 / bath style / Japan

17.05.11

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Air Guitar Nation / one sheet / USA

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Amelie / B1 / green style / Japan

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Belle De Jour / one sheet / 1995 re-release / USA

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Big Man Japan / one sheet / Japan

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Big Trouble In Little China / B1 / Japan

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Boy A / B1 / Japan

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Bug / B1 / Japan

17.05.11

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Title
Bug
AKA
Bug - La paranoia è contagiosa [The paranoia is contagious] (Italy)
Year of Film
2006
Director
William Friedkin
Starring
Ashley Judd, Harry Connick, Jr., Michael Shannon
Origin of Film
USA
Genre(s) of Film
Ashley Judd, Harry Connick, Jr., Michael Shannon,
Type of Poster
B1
Style of Poster
--
Origin of Poster
Japan
Year of Poster
2008
Designer
Unknown
Artist
--
Size (inches)
28 10/16" x 40 7/16"
SS or DS
SS
Tagline
--

Cadence / one sheet / USA

17.05.11

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Title
Cadence
AKA
--
Year of Film
1990
Director
Martin Sheen
Starring
Martin Sheen, Charlie Sheen, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Beach
Origin of Film
USA
Genre(s) of Film
Martin Sheen, Charlie Sheen, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Beach,
Type of Poster
One sheet
Style of Poster
--
Origin of Poster
USA
Year of Poster
1990
Designer
Unknown
Artist
--
Size (inches)
26 10/16" x 39 11/16"
SS or DS
SS
NSS #
910014
Tagline
--

I keep this poster in my collection to remind me how bad poster design can get.

Floating head(s)
Inane press quotes from outlets you’ve never heard of
Bad typography
Terrible layout

Carrie / B2 / Japan

17.05.11

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Casino Royale / B1 / facing style / Japan

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Close Encounters Of The Third Kind / B1 / Spielberg style / Japanese text / Japan

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Diary Of The Dead / B1 / Japan

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Duel / B2 / Japan

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Frozen River / B1 / Japan

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Ghost In The Shell / B1 / style B / Japan

17.05.11

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Title
Ghost In The Shell
AKA
Kôkaku kidôtai (Japan - original title)
Year of Film
1995
Director
Mamoru Oshii
Starring
Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ōtsuka, Iemasa Kayumi
Origin of Film
Japan
Genre(s) of Film
Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ōtsuka, Iemasa Kayumi,
Type of Poster
B1
Style of Poster
Style B
Origin of Poster
Japan
Year of Poster
1995
Designer
Thesedays
Artist
Hiroyuki Okiura
Size (inches)
28 6/8" x 40 10/16"
SS or DS
SS
Tagline
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Inglourious Basterds / B1 / style B / Japan

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Inglourious Basterds / B1 / style A / Japan

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Jaws: The Revenge / one sheet / international

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JCVD / B1 / Japan

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Joanna / B2 / Japan

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