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Behold Paramount's 100th Anniversary Celebration Poster!!
Paramount is celebrating 100 years of Paramountness - and have issued a clever poster to commemorate their reign. The image below is EMBIGGENABLE. Various image files of this poster are making their way 'round the Internet now - this one originates HERE and is EMBIGGENABLE!
Love their graphic for WINGS (1927). The recently issued, fully restored Blu-ray is breathtaking, and the quality / scale / technical sophistication of the film is staggering even by today's standards. Highly recommended as a piece of film history, and for sheer entertainment value. I've already watched hundreds of movies and television shows since the beginning of 2012 - WINGS remains the picture with which I am most in love this year. Well, maybe behind WRATH OF KHAN...
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Should get this and make a set of them
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Remains one of the all time funniest movies ever! I can quote that thing line for line, and it still holds up! "Sexual Chocolate!" LOL
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So what year was left off?
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Christ.
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June 5, 2012, 10:22 a.m. CST
Uh...and 74 three times. Guess I misunderstood the concept here.
by bah
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June 5, 2012, 10:24 a.m. CST
Clearly, the poster isn't "One icon for every year". I see 1974 at least three times, 1969 at least two, etc. And it's not even GOOD films (Tomb Raider? REALLY?!!)
by AlienFanatic
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Looks like they commissioned the same guys that did this poster back in November: http://www.dkngstudios.com/2011/11/07/william-james-murray-art-print/
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Yay!
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i know they got the starfleet logo on there signifying the series kicked off in 79 but cmon Khan shouldve been on there!
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June 5, 2012, 10:33 a.m. CST
Too many recent films to appease contemporary talent
by No Respectable Gentleman
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June 5, 2012, 10:34 a.m. CST
Raiders?...check...Doom?...check..Crusade?..check...Skull?....Skull?......
by CARTMANEZ
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although what could the icon be for that? the TOS style Starfleet 'A'? the JJprise? (Khan couldve been white hair man, Search = Spock head, Voyage = Whales, Frontier = God, VI = a klingon BOP, Generations = nexus, FC = Borg Cube, Insurrection = who cares, Nemesis = the same)
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Tomb Raider? Huh?
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June 5, 2012, 10:51 a.m. CST
Original Italian Job love... waait a minute, those ain't real minis!
by Scott
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I got a tattoo of that scene almost exactly. No hills though. Wow!
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...that they remembered THE WARRIORS
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June 5, 2012, 11:14 a.m. CST
Can anybody tell what that is between Wayne's World and Crocodile Dundee?
by Ronald Raygun
I'm stumped. I can't even tell what I'm looking at.
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Thanks Cletus. I could see the camera, but I never would've guessed that was a bed and a doorway. They should've thrown in a girl sleepwalking in her underwear or something.
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@ronald raygun It's the 1990's classics the hunt for red October ... It's the periscope in red :-) Hth Regards Dez
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@ Ronald ray gun It's hunt for red October from 1990 it's the periscope in red :-)
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Is that the pottery scene from Ghost?
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June 5, 2012, 11:35 a.m. CST
Actually Crystall Skull is on one of the other posters. And it's a great movie.
by Proman1984
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June 5, 2012, 11:36 a.m. CST
Besides, there's a lot of subpar films that get included here. I don't want to be that guy but the selection criterias here are pretty lax
by Proman1984
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June 5, 2012, 11:37 a.m. CST
I thought they were buildings. It is the bedroom. FM
by Tikidonkeypunch
Mommy Dearest in '81. Is that Zoolander in 2001?
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I think Super 8 is at the bottom between Godfather 2 and Chinatown
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I like that they're trying to give props to Friday 2 and all, but we all know that Jason didn't get the hockey mask until Part, 3-D, which came out in 82. Other than that, I love this poster, especially since they gave King Kong '76 some love.
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June 5, 2012, 11:48 a.m. CST
The football behind bars --- I guess that's "The Longest Yard"
by jawsfan
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Maybe I'm not seeing it but I find it weird that it isn't included...
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June 5, 2012, 11:51 a.m. CST
Yeah the inclusion of G.I. Joe was confusing? I wouldn't boast about that
by Wcwlkr
I understand putting the Transformers logo even though they should be ashamed to call those piles of Shit Transformers. But uh G.I. Joe it didn't make that much money.
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June 5, 2012, 11:53 a.m. CST
Now that I have studied it carefully I have to say my favorite design goes to War of the Worlds.
by Mitch
Followed by Friday 2 and The Longest Yard.
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June 5, 2012, 11:55 a.m. CST
Clarification the 2011 icon that looks like a Film strip with a car & train in it? Not sure
by Wcwlkr
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Super 8
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7th row down, 5th one over
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an A list SF director revisting aliens after 3 decades ...what can go wrong?!
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Makes my day to see that on there!
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June 5, 2012, 12:24 p.m. CST
Remember Kids, collect all of the Paramount Pictures icons and you win a free kick in the nuts!
by Christian Sylvain
sincerely, Brad Grey.
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To the right of the Paramount logo
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June 5, 2012, 12:31 p.m. CST
I don't care how you draw them. Oompa Loompahs from the orignal movie
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
are creepy. They are right up there with those blue flying monkeys from Wizard of Oz.
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The one who points out that '1981' had fuck all to do with either being the first 'Friday' or the first 'Friday' featuring Jason's hockey mask.
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June 5, 2012, 12:33 p.m. CST
Holy crap, 1979. The Warriors. The Baseball Furies!
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Yessssssssss! "I'm gonna shove that bat up your ass, and turn you into a popsicle." James Remar aka Ajax.
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June 5, 2012, 12:34 p.m. CST
Make a great set of pogs. I didn't give a shit about them at the time, but these would make a great series.
by openthepodbaydoorshal
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And if anyone's moustache is going to beat me to it, I can think of no greater moustache.
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I kid because I love.
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June 5, 2012, 12:35 p.m. CST
Okay, why did they make the stick figure in the shower for Psycho a dude?
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
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Tom Cruise having a six month long meltdown that the head of Paramount blames for shaving $100 million from War of the Worlds' BO, leading him to fire Cruise from the company.
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The first one came out in 1980, not 1981. Part 2 came out in 1981.
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FIrst out, I really dig this one and I´ll have to get me one. Now, I couldn´t identify a bunch of them so, please help me get the whole thing in order, including confirmations on those with question marks, ok? Now, from top to bottom, left to right: 80: Airplane! 86: Top Gun 60: Psycho 91: Addams Family 07: There Will Be Blood 97: Titanic 07: Transformers 09: Up in the Air (?) 72: Black Stallion (?) 81: Friday the 13th 02: ? 92: Wayne's World 09: Paranormal Activity 86: Crocodile Dundee 90: Hunt for Red October 99: ? 70: Patton (?) 75: ? 79: Star Trek 68: Rosemary´s Baby 81: Raiders of the Lost Ark 84: Beverly Hills Cop 34: Cleopatra (?) 77: Saturday Night Fever 82: 48 Hrs. 74: ? 04: Spongebob Squarepants 01: Zoolander (?) 86: Thelma & Louise 87: Planes, Trains & Automobiles 90: ? 79: Meatballs 78: Deer Hunter 76: Bad News Bears 88: ? 96: Mission: Impossible 61: Breakfast at Tiffany´s 94: Forrest Gump 08: Cloverfield 99: South Park 69: True Grit 79: ? 98: Truman Show 79: Warriors 88: Naked Gun 56: Ten Commandments 04: Team America (?) 73: Paper Moon 71: ? 86: ? 07: ? 93: ? 33: ? (I mean it´s a Marx Bros one, but which? 58: Vertigo 06: ? 20: Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde 83: Trading Places 82: Officer and a Gentleman 11: Rango 95: Braveheart 08: Benjamin Button 68: Barbarella 90: Days of Thunder 63: Nutty Professor 84: ? 71: Harold & Maude 87: Fatal Attraction 89: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 88: Coming to America 81: ? 09: G.I.Joe: Rise of Cobra 76: Marathon Man 73: Serpico 96: Beavis and Butthead Do America 84: Footloose 69: High Noon (?) 01: Tomb Raider 76: King Kong 39: Gulliver´s Travels 44: ? 12: ? 53: War of the Worlds 06: Dreamgirls 10: Shutter Island (?) 03: School of Rock 50: ? 83: Flashdance 74: Godfather Part II 11: Super 8 74: Chinatown 10: ? 05: ? 11: ? 11: ? 89: Pet Sematary 74: Longest Yard 42: Sullivan´s Travels 54: Rear Window 69: Italian Job 27: Wings Evidently I´m not all that well-versed in contemporary titles. Or, I hope, these guys are already considering classics some subpar material. Feel free to enlighten me, please.
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72 - Not Black Stallion -- The Godfather 02 - Jackass 99 - Election 75 - ? 74 - ? 90 - Ghost?? 88 -Scrooged??? 79 - Escape from Alcatraz 71 - Charlie and the Chocolate factory 86 - ? 07 - No Country for Old Men 93 - ? 33 - ? 06 - An Inconvenient Truth 84 - Temple of Doom 81 - Mommy Dearest 44 - ? 12 - ? 50 - ? 10 - ? 05 - ? 11 - Tintin 11 - the Bieber movie (title?)
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81: I think is Mommie Dearest "NO WIRE HANGERS!!!!!! EVER!!!
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1933 - Duck Soup 1986 - Pretty in Pink 1993 - What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
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only less interesting.
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Looks like Cheech & Chong to me (Up In Smoke)
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Ferris Beuller
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Seriously? I thought this would be the year for a good release of Shane on DVD or Blu-ray. I guess not. Does Alan Ladd Jr even work at Paramount anymore?
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June 5, 2012, 1:22 p.m. CST
slder78, bah, thanks. sure, I missed the Bardem 'do and the wire hanger bit. for sure. let me check on those others you gave me
by eloy
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June 5, 2012, 1:24 p.m. CST
is 1950 supposed to be Sunset Blvdd? Is that even a Paramount release?
by eloy
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June 5, 2012, 1:28 p.m. CST
bah, for sure. I think Deer Hunter was Universal. I got Cimino´s Oscar winning film confused with Cheech & Chong
by eloy
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June 5, 2012, 1:31 p.m. CST
as for Ferris, once again, you´re right. Which means Thelma is not from Paramount. I dont remember where it is from, though.
by eloy
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Murder on the Orient Express?
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June 5, 2012, 1:39 p.m. CST
2008, second row below Paramount logo is Benjamin Button.
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
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Not to mention that there is no hockey mask in either of the first two films.
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really?
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Poor bunny
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Fo' Sho'
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The Starfleet logo is the wrong shape. The right side needs to extend lower than that. I'm just saying.
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lazy lazy placement, with some lazy lazy selections. otherwise... love it
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Airplane!, Top Gun, Psycho, Addams Family, There Will Be Blood, Titanic, Transformers, Up in the Air, The Godfather, Friday the 13th, Jackass, Wayne's World, Paranormal Activity, Crocodile Dundee, Hunt for Red October, Election, Catch 22, Nashville, Star Trek TMP, Rosemary's Baby, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Beverly Hills Cop, Cleopatra, Saturday Night Fever, 48 Hours, Murder on the Orient Express, Spongebob Squarepants, Zoolander, Ferris Bueller, Planes Trains and Automobiles, Ghost, Meatballs, Up in Smoke, Bad News Bears, Scrooged, Mission Impossible, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Forrest Gump, Cloverfield, South Park, True Grit, Escape from Alcatraz, Truman Show, Warriors, Naked Gun, 10 Commandments, Team America, Paper Moon, Willy Wonka, Pretty in Pink, No Country for Old Men, Gilbert Grape, Duck Soup, Vertigo,
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Inconvenient Truth, Dr Jekyll & Mr.Hyde, Trading Places, Officer and a Gentlemen, Rango, Braveheart, Benjamin Button, Barbarella, Days of Thunder, Nutty Professor, Temple of doom, Harold and Maude, Fatal Attraction, Last Crusade, Coming to America, Mommie Dearest, GI Joe, Marathon Man, Serpico, Beavis and Butthead, Flashdance, Once Upon a Time in the West, Tomb Raider, King Kong remake, Gulliver's Travels, Double Indemnity, The Loves of Queen Elizabeth, War of the Worlds, Dreamgirls, Shutter Island, School of Rock, Sunset Blvd., Flashdance, Godfather 2, Super 8, Chinatown, The Fighter, Hustle and Flow, Adventures of TinTin, Justin Beiber Never Say Never, Pet Cemetery, Longest Yard, Sullivan's Travels, Rear Window, Italian Job, Wings
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I watch too many movies. :)
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What is the meaning of 2010 (last column, third from bottom)?
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It is SHUTTER ISLAND. Thanks Ronald Raygun (my favorite Garbage Pail Kid, ftw)!
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But G.I. Joe and Tomb Raider get nods? That is inexcusable! Cool poster none the less though.
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I'm with No Respectable Gentleman on this poster; terrific graphic design but relatively little to show before 1970. It's as if Paramount is celebrating its 40th anniversary, not the 100th. The studio had a long history of ignoring and dismissing its back-catalog, going back as far as selling off a huge chunk of pre-1950 sound features originally made by Paramount Pictures. These films came under Universal ownership in 1962, when MCA bought US Decca/MCA. We know the demographic they are shooting for, and they threw in a couple of bones like Wings and War of the Worlds, but it's a pretty shallow list when the likes of Zoolander and Tomb Raider outweigh Shanghai Express, It's a Gift, Union Pacific, This Gun For Hire, Going My Way, Stalag 17, and countless other OLD movies that the youngsters have never heard of... or care to hear of. They shuffled up the title graphics to de-emphasize the history of Paramount, not to celebrate it.
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Completely agree with your assessment of them obfuscating the past catalogue. Particularly insulting, I think, is the inclusion of GI Joe, which is a most forgettable actioner, and Tomb Raider, which is a mind-numbingly awful fucking movie; putting it alongside Godfather is downright grotesque. Though I have to tell you that, out of the examples you offered of good cinema left behind I only recognized Going My Way and Stalag 17 as likely candidates to be considered iconic- and I constantly strive to make myself as much of a connoisseur as I can possibly become, although you probably outrank me. Zoolander is one of my all-time favorite comedies, however
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Shanghai Express and It's a Gift were Best Picture Oscar contenders, Union Pacific was the official winner of the first ever Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and I'm just bonkers for Veronica Lake & Alan Ladd so that's why This Gun for Hire was in there. I figure if Paramount had acknowledged a few of their past award winners and contenders over some of the contemporary schlock, the poster would have a little more validity as a true representation of the studio's achievements, but marketing is much more important than art or history. As for outranking, eloy, it's not a competition, only an exhibition. I really don't prefer old movies over new - I love 'em both. Only get rankled when something gets the short shrift simply because of chronology or aesthetics (how many people turn off monochrome flicks simply because of a lack of color!). And if somebody is celebrating 100 years, don't try to obscure or downplay more than half of it. And any Paramount retrospective that lacks a mention of Shane is invalid in my book. Heck, I'm ashamed of not listing it in my previous post. And for what it's worth, I got a kick out of Zoolander, too, just not as a cinematic icon.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but in the 1970s "King Kong", isn't Kong on top of the World Trade center, not the Empire State building. And isn't he shot down by helicopters, not biplanes? It was a contemporary retelling after all...
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They may have been afraid to show the World Trade Center after 9/11 and create a bad feeling.
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Test yourself on how many of these you know. Here's the link: http://www.sporcle.com/games/rockgolf/100-years-of-paramount-the-poster
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