Movie Poster Collecting: Lane Smith

Saturday, June 3, 2017

The Distinguished Gentleman (1992) - (Eddie Murphy) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Moaty for the 1992 Jonathan Lynn film The Distinguished Gentleman based on a story by Marty Kaplan and Jonathan Reynolds, screenplay by Marty Kaplan and starring Eddie Murphy as Thomas Jefferson Johnson. Plot summary: When The Honorable Thomas Jefferson Johnson [James Garner] dies, another man with the same name in the same Congressional district decides to take advantage of the situation to get himself elected to the same office formerly held by the deceased Thomas Jefferson Johnson. After he succeeds he finds he is not prepared for the realities of life in Washington as a member of the US House of Representatives.

Cast and crew: Jonathan Lynn, Moaty, Marty Kaplan, Eddie Murphy, Lane Smith, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Joe Don Baker, Victoria Rowell, Grant Shaud, Charles S. Dutton, Victor Rivers, Chi McBride, Sonny Jim Gaines, Noble Willingham, Gary Frank, Daniel Benzali, Cynthia Harris

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Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Prison (1987) - (Lane Smith) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian promotional poster for the 1987 Renny Harlin film Prison based on a story by Irwin Yablans, screenplay by C. Courtney Joyner and starring Lane Smith as Warden Eaton Sharpe. Plot summary: When Charles Forsythe [Viggo Mortensen] is executed for a crime he did not commit, he is unexpectedly revived from his deceased state in a murderous rage years later when the prison where he was executed is reopened and the prisoners are told to tear down the walls of the old execution room. The film was made at the Old State Prison AKA Wyoming Frontier Prison in Rawlins, Wyoming.

Cast and crew: Renny Harlin, Viggo Mortensen, Chelsea Field, C. Courtney Joyner, Lane Smith, Licoln Kilpatrick, Tom Everett,Ivan Kane, Andre De Shields, Tommy Lister, Stephen E. Little, Mickey Yablans, Larry Flash Jenkins, Arlen Dean Snyder, Hal Landon Jr., Matt Kanen, Rod Lockman