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1Nov2017

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German Movie Posters, International Movie Posters

The Running Man | 1987 | German A1

The Running Man is a 1987 film directed by Paul Michael Glaser. It was produced by George Linder and Tim Zinnemann with Steven E. de Souza writing the screenplay. The film is based on the 1982 novel The Running Man by Richard Bachman who is a pseudonym for Stephen King. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, María Conchita Alonso, Jesse Ventura, Jim Brown and Richard Dawson. The storyline is based around a television show called “The Running Man”. Set in the dystopian United States between 2017 and 2019, the show is about convicted criminals who are called ‘Runners’ and the hunters, a gang of professional killers who are called ‘Stalkers’. The prize should the runners win and escape a near-certain death is a chance to be pardoned by the totalitarian police state that the United States has beco...

2Aug2017

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US Movie Posters, US One Sheet

Predator | 1987 | Final | US One Sheet

Predator is a 1987 film directed by John McTiernan. It was co-produced by Lawrence Gordon, Joel Silver and John Davis with Jim Thomas and John Thomas co-writing the screenplay. Predator stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Elpidia Carrillo, Bill Duke, Jesse Ventura, Kevin Peter Hall, Shane Black, Sonny Landham and Richard Chaves. The storyline follows an elite special forces team who are on a mission to rescue hostages from guerrilla territory in Val Verde in Central America's Northern Triangle. Instead of rescuing the hostages they find themselves being hunted by the ultimate enemy, the Predator. Nothing like it has ever been on earth before. It kills for pleasure, it hunts for sport. Following the release of Rocky IV there was a running joke in Hollywood saying that since Ro...

19May2017

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Lobby Cards

The Running Man | 1987 | UK Lobby Card

The Running Man is a 1987 film directed by Paul Michael Glaser. It was produced by George Linder and Tim Zinnemann with Steven E. de Souza writing the screenplay. The film is based on the 1982 novel The Running Man by Richard Bachman who is a pseudonym for Stephen King. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, María Conchita Alonso, Jesse Ventura, Jim Brown and Richard Dawson. The storyline is based around a television show called “The Running Man”. Set in the dystopian United States between 2017 and 2019, the show is about convicted criminals who are called ‘Runners’ and the hunters, a gang of professional killers who are called ‘Stalkers’. The prize should the runners win and escape a near-certain death is a chance to be pardoned by the totalitarian police state that the United States has beco...

The Running Man | 1987 | Final | US One Sheet

10Dec2016

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US Movie Posters, US One Sheet

The Running Man | 1987 | Final | US One Sheet

The Running Man is a 1987 action film directed by Paul Michael Glaser and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, María Conchita Alonso, Jesse Ventura, Jim Brown and Richard Dawson (in his final film). It is very loosely based on the 1982 novel The Running Man, written by Stephen King and published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. The film, set in a dystopian United States between 2017 and 2019, is about a television show called The Running Man, where convicted criminal called runners must escape death at the hands of professional killers. However, in the book, the runners are normal citizens who begrudgingly participate in the games for a chance to win some credits to support their families. Original director Andrew Davis was fired one week into filming and replaced by Paul Michael Glaser....