Does This Movie Poster Look Familiar?
Filed under: Documentary, Sundance, Fandom, Movie Marketing, Images, Posters
I bet you'll look at this for a second and go, "Um, did they remake The Breakfast Club, or .... what?" No, they did not remake the John Hughes cult classic, but they did remake the poster for the new documentary American Teen. One of the more popular films from the Sundance Film Festival, American Teen was quite often the subject of debate. People loved it, but couldn't understand how someone would market it. After all, how do you sell a documentary about teenagers to teenagers? Sure, it works on MTV ... but would it work on the big screen?
Obviously, Paramount Vantage is running with the quote most often heard amongst critics in Park City: "It's like The Breakfast Club, but a documentary." Even our own James Rocchi was in agreement when he opened up his Sundance review with, "Nanette Burstein's documentary American Teen opens not far from John Hughes country, both geographically and artistically: we're introduced, in quick order, to four students at the high school in Warsaw, Indiana, on the first day of class."
Is American Teen the next Breakfast Club? I guess we'll find out when it arrives in theaters on July 25. (Oh, and for fun we've included the original Breakfast Club poster after the jump.)
[via Film School Rejects]
The original poster for The Breakfast Club ...
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3-29-2008 @ 3:24AM
AJ Wiley said...
I'm not a Breakfast Club fan, but I love that. I was already looking forward to the movie, and now I am even more so.
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3-29-2008 @ 5:17AM
Niels said...
I can't remember ever having seen the original poster, but it was what come to my mind on seeing this post. It screamed 'Breakfast Club', even without reading the caption. Even if it has been some time since I've last seen the movie, it triggered the memory. Funny how the human brain works. All it takes is an image or a sound and you remember a film or song. With songs I frequently know the rest of the song after hearing the first notes, even if I haven't heard it in years. Without even trying. And yet I sometimes can't remember where I've saved a document I was working on just yesterday. (But that's OK. I'd rather remember some good times from long ago, than something less fun from yesterday.)
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