# Film-Poster Paintings from Ghana

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-poster-paintings-from-ghana/514574>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 21, 2009, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-poster-paintings-from-ghana/514574 "2009-10-21T03:39:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-poster-paintings-from-ghana/514574/1 "2009-10-21T03:39:35Z")

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Probably Not Safe for Work, so I’ll break the link:

> **[Film Poster Paintings from Ghana](http://assemblyman-eph.blogspot.com/2009/08/film-poster-paintings-from-ghana.html)**
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> In the 1980s video cassette technology made it possible for “mobile cinema” operators in Ghana to travel from town to town and village to vi...

More gory than lewd, but interesting nonetheless. I remember when Thailand used to do this very same thing, although not so horrific. They would paint the actual poster on a giant board displayed above the cinema, and it was always a hoot to see the finished product. The stars ended up looking nothing like they did in real life.

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**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-poster-paintings-from-ghana/514574/2 "2009-10-23T03:25:06Z")

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This really takes me back. I haven’t been to Ghana in… geez, like 25 years, but I remember these kinds of signs – not just for movies, but for all kinds of different things – consumer products, businesses and whatnot. It seemed to me a very collectible kind of folk art, though maybe a little tricky to get home on the airplane. I remember in particular one sign painter who had incredible technical skill, married with a certain bravura. I wish I could remember his name. It was the same as some famous Western figure – Michael Jackson, maybe?

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**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-poster-paintings-from-ghana/514574/3 "2009-10-23T03:56:35Z")

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Why is there a salmon in the poster for The Spy Who Loved Me?

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-poster-paintings-from-ghana/514574/4 "2009-10-23T04:01:55Z")

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Sylvester Stallone and Pauly Shore were in _Evil Dead II_?

Cool site.

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**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-poster-paintings-from-ghana/514574/5 "2009-10-23T04:13:22Z")

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> [@Mindfield](#):
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> Why is there a salmon in the poster for The Spy Who Loved Me?

I think you were led astray by the Red Herring… :smack:

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**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-poster-paintings-from-ghana/514574/6 "2009-10-23T05:02:55Z")

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Fascinating stuff… thank you for posting this!