BEFORE the Wall came down and the EU came knocking, Polish film posters for American film were handmade. Nowadays, Poles are seduced to Americans films with the usual cocktail of edited quotes from critics and airbrushed photography. But when US publicity material was banned, film posters for Yankee movies were created by artists interpreting the film.
There is no proof that they were more effective in getting punters in to watch the film. But the billboards would have been more beautiful:
Gremlins
Artist: Jan Mlodozeniec
Year: 1985
Roman Holiday
Artist: Jerzy Flisak
Year: 1959
Cabaret
Artist: Wiktor Gorka
Year: 1973
Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown
Artist: Hanna Bodnar
Year: 1978
Sleeping Beauty
Artist: Hanna Bodnar
Year: 1962
Sunset Boulevard
Artist: Waldemar Swierzy
Year: 1957
101 Dalmatians
Artist: Liliana Baczewska
Year: 1967
Willow
Artist: Wieslaw Walkuski
Year: 1989
Young Frankenstein
Artist: Jerzy Flisak
Year: 1979
Planet of the Apes
Artist: Eryk Lipinski
Year: 1969
Poltergeist
Artist: Jakub Erol
Year: 1984
Alien
Artist: Jakub Erol
Year: 1980
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Artist: Grzegorz Marszalek
Year: 1983
Dirty Dancing
Artist: Mieczyslaw Wasilewski
Year: 1989
Tootsie
Artist: Wieslaw Walkuski
Year: 1984
Dances with Wolves
Artist: Andrzej Pagowski
Year: 1991
Cleopatra
Artist: Eryk Lipinski
Year: 1968
The Return of the Pink Panther
Artist: Edward Lutczyn
Year: 1977
Star Wars
Artist: Jakub Erol
Year: 1978
The Empire Strikes Back
Artist: Miroslaw Lakomski
Year: 1983
Return of the Jedi
Artist: Witold Dybowski
Year: 1984
2001 : A Space Odyssey
Artist: Wiktor Gorka
Year: 1973
Working Girl
Artist: Andrzej Pagowski
Year: 1990
Weekend at Bernie’s
Artist: Jakub Erol
Year: 1990
War Games
Artist: Mieczyslaw Wasilewski
Year: 1985
Wall Street
Artist: Andrzej Pagowski
Year: 1988
Vertigo
Artist: Roman Cieslewicz
Year: 1963
The Birds
Artist: Bronislaw Zelek
Year: 1965
Rosemary’s Baby
Artist: Andrzej Pagowski
Year: 1984
Taxi Driver
Artist: Andrzej Klimowski
Year: 1978
The Untouchables
Artist: Mieczyslaw Wasilewski
Year: 1987
Paper Moon
Artist: Jerzy Flisak
Year: 1975
Fatal Attraction
Artist: Maciej Kalkus
Year: 1988
The Godfather
Artist: Tomasz Ruminski
Year: 1973
The Godfather: Part II
Artist: Andrzej Klimowski
Year: 1976
The Terminator
Artist: Jakub Erol
Year: 1987
Empire of the Sun
Artist: Andrzej Pagowski
Year: 1989
Back to the Future
Artist: Mieczyslaw Wasilewski
Year: 1986
Sabrina
Artist: Maciej Zbikowski
Year: 1967
Ordinary People
Artist: Jan Mlodozeniec
Year: 1983
Terms of Endearment
Artist: Andrzej Pagowski
Year: 1985
The Graduate
Artist: Maciej Zbikowski
Year: 1973
The Muppet Movie
Artist: Waldemar Swierzy
Year: 1982
Labyrinth
Artist: Wieslaw Walkuski
Year: 1987
Dumbo
Artist: Anna Huskowska
Year: 1961
Spotter: Buzzfeed
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