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How some of Hollywood's most iconic movie posters came to be and the artist behind them

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By Michael Brownlee Verified, Benjamin Gamson
| KNSD-TV (San Diego, CA) Verified
Before social media, movie posters drummed up interest in upcoming films and Bob Tanenbaum was the person who designed those posters. By 1977, the artist worked on "Battlestar Galactica," "Planet of the Apes," "Cujo," "Corvette Summer," "Hell or High Water" and "A Christmas Story." "The way the movie industry looked at it, if the movie was a hit, it was because of the poster, if the movie was a bomb, it was because of the poster," Tanenbaum said.
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How some of Hollywood's most iconic movie posters came to be and the artist behind them

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By Michael Brownlee Verified, Benjamin Gamson
| KNTV-TV (San Jose, CA) Verified
Before social media, movie posters drummed up interest in upcoming films and Bob Tanenbaum was the person who designed those posters. By 1977, the artist worked on “Battlestar Galactica,” “Planet of the Apes,” “Cujo,” “Corvette Summer,” “Hell or High Water” and “A Christmas Story.” “The way the movie industry looked at it, if the movie was a hit, it was because of the poster, if the movie was a bomb, it was because of the poster,” Tanenbaum said.
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How some of Hollywood's most iconic movie posters came to be and the artist behind them

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By Michael Brownlee Verified, Benjamin Gamson
| KNBC-TV (Los Angeles, CA) Verified
Before social media, movie posters drummed up interest in upcoming films and Bob Tanenbaum was the person who designed those posters. By 1977, the artist worked on "Battlestar Galactica," "Planet of the Apes," "Cujo," "Corvette Summer," "Hell or High Water" and "A Christmas Story." "The way the movie industry looked at it, if the movie was a hit, it was because of the poster, if the movie was a bomb, it was because of the poster," Tanenbaum said.
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