Straw Dogs (1971)

Cursed with several low-budget releases in the UK; instead I wanted to use the broken glasses poster as to my mind it's a classic. Dropping it into the MGM template made sense as they handled the US DVD release.

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Dressed to Kill (1981)

The usual drill.

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

Rounding out the Dollars trilogy. Only reservation I have with this one is the van Cleef/Wallach billing on the front; that's roughly where it was on the poster but it looks too far down, yet moving it up closer to Eastwood's name looks just as weird.

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Foxy Brown (1974)

Another MGM photomontage replaced by a classic original poster. Look at that, why would you not want an image like that on the front cover?

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For a Few Dollars More (1965)

Much the same thing as A Fistful of Dollars; the plan was to come up with something that worked both as a standalone and next the other parts of the trilogy on the shelf.

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The Defiant Ones (1958)

Another MGM release given a photomontage cover; I much prefered the original poster, ridiculously exaggerated physiques for Sid & Tone notwithstanding.

 

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A Fistful of Dollars (1964)

The Dollars Trilogy have often been the victims of dull giftset and/or collection work on DVD; I really wanted to do a standalone-style cover using the original poster.

 

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Blow Out (1981)

MGM/UA issue a lot of classic films on DVD but they always use a dull photo-montage template for the covers - a real shame when the original film had a beauty of a poster like this.

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Blue Velvet (1986)

One of my favourite films - and one that's been repeatedly saddled with cheap-looking UK releases, usually dominated by Frank Booth (the sleeve is for Secular Entertainment's two-disc special edition). Whereas America and much of Europe got one of MGM's better efforts, a smart wrap-around featuring the classic Kyle-and-Isabella on blue velvet background. So this one was pretty simple, adding UK bells and whistles to the German release.

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