Movie Poster Collecting: Dick Anthony Williams

Wednesday, July 4, 2018

Edward Scissorhands (1990) - (Johnny Depp) US one-sheet

This is an original 27" x 41" US one-sheet poster for the 1990 Tim Burton film Edward Scissorhands based on a story by Tim Burton and Caroline Thompson, screenplay by Caroline Thompson and starring Johnny Depp as Edward Scissorhands. Plot summary: Edward Scissorhands is an inventor's creation who has scissors for hands. Edward is awkward doing most things but endowed with remarkable skill at such tasks as trimming and sculpting hedges and hair.

Cast and crew: Johnny Depp, Tim Burton, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, Anthony Michael Hall, Kathy Baker, Robert Oliveri, Conchata Ferrell, Caroline Aaron, Dick Anthony Williams, O-Lan Jones, Vincent Price, Susan Blommaert, Linda Perri, John Davidson

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Saturday, July 25, 2015

The Jerk (1979) - (Steve Martin) US one-sheet

This is a 27" x 41" US one-sheet for the 1979 Carl Reiner film The Jerk based on a story by Steve Martin and Carl Gottlieb, screenplay by Steve Martin, Carl Gottlieb and Michael Elias and starring Steve Martin as Navin R. Johnson. This was Steve Martin's first starring role in a feature film. Plot summary: Navin personally narrates his story for the viewer. He tells us he is a foolish homeless bum adopted by an African American sharecropper who does not realize he is adopted until adulthood. He leaves home and hitchhikes to St. Louis looking for the Roger Wolfe Kahn Orchestra, whose performance of "Crazy Rhythm" he has heard on the radio and liked. On the road he falls in love with Marie [Bernadette Peters], but Marie reluctantly leaves him because of the lack of financial security. Navin's fortunes take a turn for the better when an invention is a commercial success, so he finds and marries Marie. Then problems with the invention and a series of lawsuits reverse his fortunes; Navin is soon homeless again and abandoned once more by Marie.

Cast and crew: Carl Reiner, Steve Martin, Carl Gottlieb, Michael Elias, Bernadette Peters, Mabel King, Catlin Adams, Richard Ward, Bill Macy, Dick Anthony Williams, M. Emmet Walsh, Dick O'Neil, Maurice Evans, Helena Carroll, Renn Woods, Pepe Serna, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGee"