This is a 27" x 39" Lebanese one-sheet poster designed by Gasour for
the 1985 Mohamed Abdel Aziz film Take Care of Your Mind based
on story, screenplay and dialogue by Ahmed Abdel Wahab and starring
Adel Imam as Wael Abdel Halim. Plot summary: Wael Abdel Halim was
studying for a masters degree in psychology while working in a cabaret
at night to meet expenses. In the mornings he would go to a hospital
for field training in mental illness. He met a girl there named Salwa
[Sherihan] who had severe psychological problems; he became
emotionally involved and decided to marry her after she improved under
his care.
Cast and crew: Mohamed Abdel Aziz, Ahmed Abdel Wahab, Naima Al
Soghayar, Umran Bahar, Ahmed Bedir, Aziza Helmy, Sherihan, Galal El
Sharkawy, Fouad Ahmed, Laila Yousra, Sayed Sadeq, Adawi Geith,
Sausan Rabia, Na'im Esa, Shawqi Shamekh, Awatef Takala, Rafet Ragi,
Ahmed Abuabih, Sameh Mojahed, Hussein al-Sherif, Samir Rostam,
Badria Abdel Gawad, Hoda Kamal, Mahmoud Abu Galila, Samia Hatam, Zizi
Farid
Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Hassan Mazhar
Gasour and Anise to promote the 1989 105-minute Mohamed Abdel Aziz color
film Bad Guy [al-fata al-sherrir] starring Nour El-Sherif
based on the 1983 Brian De Palma film Scarface with screenplay
and dialogue by Basyouni Othman and cinematography by Kamal Korayem.
Plot summary: This film is not as realistic as Scarface, the
sets and production values are cheaper, Cairo bears very little
resemblance to Miami and Nour El-Sherif, great as he is, is no Al
Pacino. However it roughly follows the original story
line, consisting of a series of loosely connected bitter
disputes and violent clashes culminating in a mass armed assault on
a sumptuous mansion. In this narrative Salah [Nour El-Sherif] is
given a seven-year prison sentence for manslaughter. In prison he
meets Said [Ali al-Hagar] and a strong friendship grows between them.
When Salah gets out of prison he cannot find a job so he takes up
dealing in currency for a trader. He gains the trader's confidence
and becomes wealthy while working for him. Salah discovers that his
girlfriend Elham [Noura], for whom he has been searching since his
release from prison, has married Zohdi [Mohamed El Dafrawy], an
important crime boss. He fights with Zohdi over Elham. Said tries to
convince Salah to give up the life of crime and stops working with
him. Zohdi's gang fails in its attempt to kill Salah and its members
are all arrested. Salah marries Elham after her divorce from the
arrested Zohdi. She also tries unsuccessfully to convince Salah to
give up his life of crime. Members of Zohdi's gang raid the home of
Salah and Said; Salah defeats them, Said is injured and Salah
continues his criminal activity.
Cast and crew: Nour El-Sherif, Noura, Mohamed Abdel Aziz, Basyouni Othman, Aziza Helmy, Said Tarabeek, Kamal Korayem, Mohamed El Defrawy, Ali al-Hagar, Sayed Sadeq, Ahmed Abou Ebia, Salwa Othman, Kawsar Ramzy, Nasr Seif, Hamdi Morsy, Ahmed Redwan, Mohamed Abu Hashish, Ahmed Sami Abdullah, Metawei Awis, Hafez al-Ebiari, Othman al-Hamamsi, Hosni Abdel Galil, Sami Attaya, Fouad Ferghali, Sayed Hassan, Shukry Mansour, Salah Sadeq, Hosni Saqr, Nabawia Said, Mohamed Halali, Sayed Alam, Samir Abdel Hamid, Hussein Abdel Wahab, Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed
