# Modern movies done as classic posters **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 24, 2014, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-movies-done-as-classic-posters/691509 "2014-06-24T03:14:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-movies-done-as-classic-posters/691509/1 "2014-06-24T03:14:54Z")
An artist named Peter Stults has caused an online commotion with his imaging of recent movies done as classic film posters, with casts of the past. [Here are](https://www.behance.net/gallery/2783319/What-if-Movies-reimagined-for-another-time-place) [both parts](https://www.behance.net/gallery/6782155/What-If-Movies-Re-Imagined-Vol-II) of his gallery. My fave is Julie Andrews starring in “The Sixth Sense”. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-movies-done-as-classic-posters/691509/2 "2014-06-24T03:51:05Z")
Martin & Lewis and Jack Lemmon in “The Hangover” has a certain charm to it! ---
**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:** [June 24, 2014, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-movies-done-as-classic-posters/691509/3 "2014-06-24T04:11:05Z")
There’s a [third](https://www.behance.net/gallery/16088367/What-If-Movies-Re-Imagined-Vol-III) gallery as well. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2014, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-movies-done-as-classic-posters/691509/4 "2014-06-24T04:19:37Z")
I’m not seeing Leonard Nimoy in _Die Hard_. He’s never done that kind of action movie. I think a better idea would have been to reset the movie in the late sixties and have Lee Marvin or Robert Mitchum as the star. They were the kind of actors cast in John McLane roles. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-movies-done-as-classic-posters/691509/5 "2014-06-24T04:40:14Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I’m not seeing Leonard Nimoy in _Die Hard_. He’s never done that kind of action movie. Isn’t that the point? Bruce Willis had never done that kind of action movie before either. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-movies-done-as-classic-posters/691509/6 "2014-06-24T14:18:58Z")
The _Blade Runner_ one is genius. I mean, Bogart and Ava Gardner are a gimme, but a young Marlon Brando in the Roy Batty role? Perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-movies-done-as-classic-posters/691509/7 "2014-06-24T16:05:52Z")
The only one I don’t think is right is _For Special Services_. Isn’t that a 60s Jean Shrimpton, an early 70s Jagger and a Network-era Holden, and a (what?) 1990s Renault? (what is that car? I can’t place it.) What era is that one from? ETA is the Walter Mitty an update of the 1947 film, or a back date of the 2013 film? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-movies-done-as-classic-posters/691509/8 "2014-06-24T17:31:44Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > The _Blade Runner_ one is genius. I mean, Bogart and Ava Gardner are a gimme, but a young Marlon Brando in the Roy Batty role? Perfect. Yeah, that was my favorite of the bunch. Also liked _Inception_, _Avatar_, _28 Days Later_, and _Iron Man 3_. Some of the others seemed a bit arbitrary. ---
**Author:** ![tullsterx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-movies-done-as-classic-posters/691509/9 "2014-06-24T17:37:22Z")
I like the Avatar one best. Shatner as Sully is near perfection. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-movies-done-as-classic-posters/691509/10 "2014-06-24T17:48:53Z")
The\* 28 Days Later\* poster borrows from _I Am Legend_: [http://www.bookfever.com/book\_photos/49425.jpg](http://www.bookfever.com/book_photos/49425.jpg) Doesn’t mean it isn’t cool - just noting. Wonder if these are all borrowed images, or whether he adds his own artwork as well. I’d buy a couple, but he needs to offer them in bigger sizes. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-movies-done-as-classic-posters/691509/11 "2014-06-24T18:11:18Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > The only one I don’t think is right is _For Special Services_. Isn’t that a 60s Jean Shrimpton, an early 70s Jagger and a Network-era Holden, and a (what?) 1990s Renault? (what is that car? I can’t place it.) What era is that one from? SAAB 900, I believe; late '90s. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-movies-done-as-classic-posters/691509/12 "2014-06-24T18:38:34Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > Martin & Lewis and Jack Lemmon in “The Hangover” has a certain charm to it! Out of all of them, that’s the one that works the best for me.