Promotional art for the original APES films was frequently as colorful and distinctive as the projects it was pimping - particularly outside of the US.
Here’s a small sample of how the films were sold overseas; there are a few striking domestic posters in this batch as well (I particularly love the more recently produced Alamo Drafthouse art).
This is all bold, raw, evocative, provocative, and pretty great...
[CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE]
Here’s a small sample of how the films were sold overseas; there are a few striking domestic posters in this batch as well (I particularly love the more recently produced Alamo Drafthouse art).
This is all bold, raw, evocative, provocative, and pretty great...
[CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE]
I’m a huge, HUGE fan of the the original PLANET OF THE APES films (even though I strongly contend one must see all five of them to fully appreciate the power of the concept...what they were doing, and how they went about it, was rather remarkable from a structural standpoint, even by today's standards).
I also love ancillary APES goodness from that era (like this short-lived NBC cartoon series which often seemed to embody Pierre Boulle’s literary source material more fully than any of the big screen adaptations)…
I also love ancillary APES goodness from that era (like this short-lived NBC cartoon series which often seemed to embody Pierre Boulle’s literary source material more fully than any of the big screen adaptations)…
….and even the not-very-good-but-I-still-love-it-because-it’s-APES live action television series.
Someday, I’ll have a collection of these posters mounted and hanging on my walls. My lady will sigh, and my children will believe I'm more insane than they already think I am. But I will endure.
Someday…
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Someday…
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