MOVIE POSTERS FROM GHANA. This is crazy. Kinda NSFW. - Blu-ray Forum

OrlandoEastwood · 09-28-2009, 03:09 AM

http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/09/...etter-in-ghana

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Apparently in Ghana in the 80s, entrepreneurial-minded guys would drive around from village to village with a VCR, projector, and generator and create a sort of mobile cinema.

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In order to promote these showings, artists were hired to paint large posters of the films (usually on used canvas flour sacks). The artists were given the artistic freedom to paint the posters as they desired - often adding elements that weren’t in the actual films, or without even having seen the movies. When the posters were finished they were rolled up and taken on the road. [via assemblyman-eph]

Long story short, if you give a Ghanian artist a movie title and a canvas sack, nine times out of ten you get something weirder and cooler than any of the photoshopped garbage we get over here. Holy crap, I think this one’s about Twilight fans.

LOL at the Evil Dead 2 poster.

Jellybeans · 09-28-2009, 03:10 AM

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Originally Posted by OrlandoEastwood

http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/09/...etter-in-ghana

LOL at the Evil Dead 2 poster.

I like the drawing and style!

OrlandoEastwood · 09-28-2009, 03:13 AM

The Assemblyman link has more than what's on FilmDrunk.

Duffy12 · 09-28-2009, 04:26 AM

Here are a few more Ghana posters from 'io9'.

http://io9.com/5355252/the-curious-a...sters/gallery/

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OrlandoEastwood · 09-28-2009, 04:33 AM

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http://cache-foo-07.gawkerassets.com...ababe71005.jpg

LOL, the Ewoks wasn't on the FilmDrunk or Assemblyman page.

silversnake · 09-28-2009, 07:38 AM

Cujo the killer dog...

BStecke · 09-28-2009, 07:51 AM

Wow, those are classic! I've never seen a bloodthirsty cocker spaniel before. Or maybe it's an Irish Setter. Kind of got a dog-minotaur thing going with the horse size body. I'd love to see one for Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Raiders of the Lost Ark.

hardcorefrokid · 09-28-2009, 09:27 AM

Dedication.

deckardp · 09-28-2009, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by silversnake

Cujo the killer dog...

I also like the that it says Rolls-Royce Video at the top. Is that what they traveled in to show the movies, or what they wished they were driving?

MCT · 09-28-2009, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by silversnake

Cujo the killer dog...

OrlandoEastwood · 09-28-2009, 08:04 PM

If you look at the Terminator 2 poster, the "O" is heart shaped.

sub-zero · 09-28-2009, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by OrlandoEastwood

If you look at the Terminator 2 poster, the "O" is heart shaped.

He terminates with love.

SillyMammo · 09-28-2009, 08:51 PM

The Ewoks movie looks like a mash-up of Return of the Jedi and Lord of the Rings. Hobbits and Ewoks fighting side by side in "The Scouring of the Shire" with Gandalf the Jedi leading the charge.

sub-zero · 09-28-2009, 08:54 PM

I would love to have the Evil Dead one.

Deadset · 09-28-2009, 08:55 PM

Nice find Orlando. Great posters.

OrlandoEastwood · 09-28-2009, 10:06 PM

They were obviously still doing it in the late 90's because...

I wish the snake would have eaten

[Show spoiler]

. LOL.

GLaDOS · 09-28-2009, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by silversnake

Cujo the killer dog...

09-28-2009, 07:51 AM	#7
BStecke Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jun 2007 4K collection:182 Blu-ray collection:567 DVD collection:1 Digital collection:1 iTunes collection:1 Blu-ray reviews: 1 Trading Score:6	Wow, those are classic! I've never seen a bloodthirsty cocker spaniel before. Or maybe it's an Irish Setter. Kind of got a dog-minotaur thing going with the horse size body. I'd love to see one for Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Raiders of the Lost Ark. Last edited by BStecke; 09-28-2009 at 08:02 AM.

09-28-2009, 10:06 PM	#16
OrlandoEastwood Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Jun 2008 Location:R-Point Blu-ray reviews:86 Trading Score:24	They were obviously still doing it in the late 90's because... I wish the snake would have eaten [Show spoiler]J. Lo . LOL.

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09-28-2009, 03:13 AM	#3
OrlandoEastwood Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Jun 2008 Location:R-Point Blu-ray reviews:86 Trading Score:24	The Assemblyman link has more than what's on FilmDrunk.

09-28-2009, 04:26 AM	#4
Duffy12 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jul 2009 Location:Among the Tuatha’an 4K collection:20 Blu-ray collection:272	Here are a few more Ghana posters from 'io9'. http://io9.com/5355252/the-curious-a...sters/gallery/ .

09-28-2009, 07:38 AM	#6
silversnake Blu-ray Champion Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Montreal Home Theater Gallery:22 4K collection:7 Blu-ray collection:498 Blu-ray reviews:6 Trading Score:32	Cujo the killer dog...

09-28-2009, 09:27 AM	#8
hardcorefrokid Power Member Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Southern California Blu-ray collection:97 Blu-ray reviews: 16	Dedication.

09-28-2009, 08:04 PM	#11
OrlandoEastwood Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Jun 2008 Location:R-Point Blu-ray reviews:86 Trading Score:24	If you look at the Terminator 2 poster, the "O" is heart shaped.

09-28-2009, 08:51 PM	#13
SillyMammo Expert Member Member since:Aug 2008 4K collection:426 Blu-ray collection:1086 Trading Score:2	The Ewoks movie looks like a mash-up of Return of the Jedi and Lord of the Rings. Hobbits and Ewoks fighting side by side in "The Scouring of the Shire" with Gandalf the Jedi leading the charge.

09-28-2009, 08:54 PM	#14
sub-zero Active Member Member since:Jul 2009	I would love to have the Evil Dead one.

09-28-2009, 08:55 PM	#15
Deadset Man in the Box Top contributor Member since:Jan 2007 Home Theater Gallery:28 4K collection:247 Blu-ray collection:2478 DVD collection:214 iTunes collection:3 Prime collection:52 Blu-ray reviews: 14 Trading Score:34	Nice find Orlando. Great posters.

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