Chicago
2002
Design Studio
BLT Communications
Art Director
Dawn Baillie
Photographer
Albert Watson
Designer
Jeroen de Waal
Client
Miramax Pictures
DIMENSIONS
40 x 26 7/8 in. (101.6 x 68.3 cm)
OBJECT NUMBER
PH.8166
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
Chicago, Entertainment, Film, Illinois, United States
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Dawn Baillie, Poster House Permanent Collection
KEYWORDS
Chicago, Entertainment, Film, Illinois, United States
This is one of three character posters produced for the film, Chicago. Unlike the payoff poster, a character poster highlights an individual figure within a film. Today, this type of imagery is primarily used for social-media campaigns or wild-postings, while in the 2000s and earlier it would have appeared on a poster in theaters as promotion for high-budget productions. While all of the character posters have the same stock Chicago skyline as the payoff poster, a special photoshoot was held for each actor in character, complete with an on- set choreographer to create Broadway-inspired poses and give the costumes movement.
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