'American Gangster' Posters Hit JoBlo: Paging Tony Montana ...
Filed under: Action, Drama, Deals, Noir, Universal, Movie Marketing
The movie may not be due until November, but JoBlo's Movie Emporium has the posters now: Ridley Scott's American Gangster has officially begun the promotional lifecycle. The film -- which was slated to be directed by Antoine Fuqua until he fell off the project and Ridley Scott stepped in -- revolves around the New York drug trade in the '70s -- and features Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe. (And the director's chair wasn't the only switcheroo: Originally, Benicio Del Toro was cast in what would become Crowe's role.) The plotline revolves around an ex-dealer who actually has a change of heart and works with a NYPD narcotics officer to try and stop the flood of heroin that hit New York in the '70s -- but with Scott attached to direct, look for great action and more than a little grit (as well as smoke-filed rooms, venetian blinds and rain, too).
The posters look great -- there's one for Washington and one for Crowe -- and to me the most interesting things about the posters are first, the observation that Universal's marketing department doesn't even have to show all of Washington and Crowe's faces for us to know who they are -- and if that's not proof of super-stardom on their part, I don't know what is. The second thing -- which leapt into my mind unbidden as I looked at Crowe's poster, as seen here -- is that between the black-and-white look and the focus on well-dressed men packing heat, I got a real Scarface vibe off these posters. Time will tell if American Gangster is fit to fill Tony Montana's elegant, blood-soaked shoes; the film is currently set to open November 21st.
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5-07-2007 @ 9:33PM
jen said...
American Gangster's release date is Nov. 2 2007. See the official website: www.americangangsters.net.
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5-20-2007 @ 10:43AM
Francisca Susi said...
Very cool poster indeed. I like the Crowe poster more because it grabs my attention right away compared to the Denzel version that only plays black-black combination. But overall they're very very classic and classy movie poster. I really can't wait to see this movie. It's gonna be awesome.
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