True Grit
BLT Communications, Dawn Baillie, Douglas Tomich, Paramount Pictures
2010
DIMENSIONS
40 x 27 in. (101.6 x 68.6 cm)
OBJECT NUMBER
PH.8179
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
United States
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Dawn Baillie, Poster House Permanent Collection
KEYWORDS
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This teaser poster for True Grit is unusual in that it relies entirely on typography to sell the film, allowing for the title and the names of the actors and directors to be uncharacteristically large. The design is modeled after classic “Wanted” posters commonly associated with the Wild West. While it was created digitally, the manicules (images of a hand pointing with its index finger) and decorative display type of the title both reference traditional American letterpress printing.
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