Jim Lang


Biography

Life Events

Photo Collections

Pretty Baby - Lobby Card Set
Pretty Baby - Lobby Card Set
None Shall Escape - Movie Poster
None Shall Escape - Movie Poster
Pepe le moko - Movie Poster
Here is a 1950s re-issue Belgian poster for Pepe le moko (1937), starring Jean Gabin and Gabriel Gabrio.
Those Lips, Those Eyes - Movie Poster Design
Here is an original mock-up design of a movie poster for Those Lips, Those Eyes (1980), starring Frank Langella and Tom Hulce. The preliminary design seen here is lacking the type and is for the "Style B" 1-Sheet.
A Foreign Affair - Publicity Art
A Foreign Affair - Publicity Art
Diner - Behind-the-Scenes Photos
Here are a few photos taken behind-the-scenes during production of Diner (1982), written and directed by Barry Levinson.
The Poseidon Adventure - Movie Posters
The Poseidon Adventure - Movie Posters
Easy Rider - Lobby Cards
Here are a few Lobby Cards from Easy Rider (1969), starring Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda, and Jack Nicholson. Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.
Wild Guitar - Lobby Cards
Here are some Lobby Cards from Wild Guitar (1962). Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.
This Island Earth - Lobby Card Set
Here are several Lobby Cards from This Island Earth (1955). Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.
Having a Wild Weekend - Movie Poster
Having a Wild Weekend - Movie Poster
Pygmalion - Movie Poster
Pygmalion - Movie Poster
Queen Bee - Behind-the-Scenes Photos
Queen Bee - Behind-the-Scenes Photos
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry - Pressbook
Here is the original campaign book (pressbook) for Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974). Pressbooks were sent to exhibitors and theater owners to aid them in publicizing the film's run in their theater.
Battleground - Behind-the-Scenes Stills
Here are a number of photos taken behind-the-scenes during production of MGM's Battleground (1949), directed by William Wellman and starring Van Johnson, Ricardo Montalban, James Whitmore, George Murphy, and many others.
The Big Chill - Movie Poster
Here is the American one-sheet movie poster for The Big Chill (1983), starring Kevin Kline, JoBeth Williams, William Hurt, Glenn Close, and Jeff Goldblum. One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.
The Fallen Idol - Movie Poster
Here is the 1-sheet movie poster from the American release of the British film The Fallen Idol (1948), starring Ralph Richardson. One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.
Jack of Diamonds - Color Scene Stills
Here are some color scene stills from MGM's Jack of Diamonds (1967), starring George Hamilton and Joseph Cotten.
3 Godfathers - Movie Poster
Here is the American one-sheet movie poster for 3 Godfathers (1949), starring John Wayne. One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.
We Were Strangers - Lobby Cards
Here are several Lobby Cards from Columbia Pictures' We Were Strangers (1949), starring John Garfield and Jennifer Jones. Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.
Darktown Strutters - Movie Poster
Here is the American one-sheet movie poster for the Blaxploitation picture Darktown Strutters (1975). One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.
The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas - Scene Stills
Here are a few Scene Stills from The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas (1982), starring Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton.
Futureworld - Pressbook
Here is the original campaign book (pressbook) for AIP's Futureworld (1976). Pressbooks were sent to exhibitors and theater owners to aid them in publicizing the film's run in their theater.
Carrie - German Lobby Cards
Here is a set of Lobby Cards from Germany for Brian De Palma's Carrie (1976), starring Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, and William Katt.
Moonfleet - Behind-the-Scenes Photos
Here are a number of photos taken behind-the-scenes during production of MGM's Moonfleet (1955), starring Stewart Granger, Viveca Lindfors, and George Sanders, and directed by Fritz Lang.
Death Race 2000 - Pressbook
Here is the campaign book (pressbook) for Roger Corman's Death Race 2000 (1975). Pressbooks were sent to exhibitors and theater owners to aid them in publicizing the film's run in their theater.
Scream Blacula Scream - Pressbook
Here is the campaign book (pressbook) for Scream Blacula Scream (1973). Pressbooks were sent to exhibitors and theater owners to aid them in publicizing the film's run in their theater.
The Harder They Come - Movie Poster
Here is the American one-sheet movie poster for the cult film The Harder They Come (1972), starring Jimmy Cliff. One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.
Coffy - Movie Poster
Here is the American one-sheet movie poster for the grindhouse favorite, Coffy (1973). One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.
Foxy Brown - Movie Poster
Here is the American one-sheet movie poster for the grindhouse favorite, Foxy Brown (1974). One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.

Videos

Movie Clip

Hearts Of The West (1975) -- (Movie Clip) You've Got Your Man! Director Kessler (Alan Arkin) pitches a difficult idea to his stunt cowboys and Lewis (Jeff Bridges), not yet hip to the biz, volunteers, later consoled by Pike (Andy Griffith) et al, in Hearts Of The West, 1975.
Dont Look Back (1967) -- (Movie Clip) Lies And Rubbish At Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, May 1965, subject Bob Dylan in a good-humored but spiky backstage exchange with student columnist and future record executive Terry Ellis, D.A. Pennebaker on camera, in his documentary Dont Look Back, 1967. Available on DVD and Blu-ray from the Criterion Collection.
Dont Look Back (1967) -- (Movie Clip) Subterranean Homesick Blues The de facto music video that opens D.A. Pennebaker’s much-praised documentary about Bob Dylan’s 1965 tour in England, this scene shot in New York, Dylan’s recording, flipping the cards with puns and intentional errors, and that is Allen Ginsberg in the background, from Dont Look Back, 1967. Available on DVD and Blu-ray from the Criterion Collection.
Dont Look Back (1967) -- (Movie Clip) Percy's Song, Etc. First fleeing an event in a hired car, Bob Dylan with Joan Baez and friends, then in a London hotel, 1965, Joan performing Dylan’s Percy’s Song and Love Is Just A Four-Letter Word, both at the time un-released, Dylan typing, in D.A. Pennebaker’s documentary Dont Look Back, 1967. Available on DVD and Blu-ray from the Criterion Collection.
Dont Look Back (1967) -- (Movie Clip) Only A Pawn In Their Game D.A. Pennebaker directing and editing, first from filmmaker Ed Emshwiller’s footage of Bob Dylan in Greenwood, Mississippi, July 1963, then The Times They Are A-Changin’ and To Ramona from his Royal Albert Hall shows, May, 1965, in Dont Look Back, 1967. Available on DVD and Blu-ray from the Criterion Collection.
Cherry 2000 (1988) -- (Movie Clip) Toast Is Just The Beginning Still listening to the voice of the broken sex-robot wife he's on a mission to replace, executive Sam (David Andrews) joins his hired
Yi Yi (2000) -- (Movie Clip) Is It Really You? Because the kid (Jonathan Chang) wouldn't eat at his uncle's wedding, dad
Yi Yi (2000) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Not Worthy Of You Opening with the wedding, director Edward Yang introduces the Taipei family at the center of his societal portrait, with emphasis on Kelly Lee as daughter Ting-Ting, Zeng Xinyi as an interloper visiting Grandma (Tang Ruyun), and Wu Nianzgen Wu the befuddled dad, in the international hit Yi Yi, 2000.
The Big Doll House (1971) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Long Time Woman The song, credited to Les Baxter sideman Hall Daniels and heard frequently in Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown, is performed by Pam Grier, appearing in her first speaking role (as inmate
The Big Doll House (1971) -- (Movie Clip) Green, Scared And Pretty After a lewd body-cavity search on intake at the third-world (unspecified, though shot in the Philippines) women's prison Collier (Judy Brown) meets cellmates Grear, Alcott, Bodine, Ferina and Harrad (Pam Grier, Roberta Collins, Pat Woodell, Gina Stuart and Brooke Mills), in producer Roger Corman's profitable New World Pictures release The Big Doll House, 1971.
From Beyond The Grave (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Sausages Again? First sketch of the home life of Ian Bannen as downtrodden London middle manager Lowe, who bought shoelaces from the will-be villain, in the second segment (titled An Act Of Kindness) of the horror anthology, carrying little weight with his wife (Diana Dors as Mabel) or son (John O'Farrell), the first feature from the later Hollywood-based prolific TV director Kevin Connor, in From Beyond The Grave, 1973, from stories by Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes.
Olivia (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Before The Tragedy After a prologue from the novel by Dorothy Bussy, we meet the English title character, Marie-Claire Olivia, riding with Victoire (Yvonne de Bray), the cook at the provincial French finishing school, referring to a troubled history, and meeting the headmistress Miss Julie (Edwige Feuillère), from director Jacqueline Audry's provocative Olivia, 1951.

Trailer

Who'll Stop The Rain (1978) -- Original Trailer Promoting the high-brow thriller, directed by Karel Reisz
Foxy Brown (1974) -- Original Trailer From writer-director Jack Hill and Roger Corman's American-International Pictures, promoting the low-budget follow up to Pam Grier's surprise hit Coffy, 1973, the trailer for Foxy Brown, 1974.
Black Mama, White Mama (1972) -- (Movie Clip) Original Trailer Noisy trailer for the low-rent Philippine-shot knock-off of The Defiant Ones, starring Pam Grier and Margaret Markov, from Roger Corman’s American International Pictures and a story co-credited to Jonathan Demme, Black Mama, White Mama, 1972.
Doc (1971) -- Original Trailer Brassy theatrical trailer for producer-director Frank Perry’s distinct but little-noticed take on Doc Holliday, starring Stacy Keach, with Faye Dunaway, and Harris Yulin as Wyatt Earp, from an original screenplay by newsman Pete Hammil, Doc, 1971.
Say Amen, Somebody (1982) -- 2019 Re-release Trailer Trailer promoting the 2019 restoration of the acclaimed documentary by George Nierenberg, Say Amen, Somebody, 1982, featuring singer Willie Mae Ford Smith and composer and educator Thomas A. Dorsey.
Outlaw Blues (1977) -- (Original Trailer) Trailer for the light but well-received Peter Fonda country music cum outlaw/fugitive feature, with a rare movie role for popular TV star Susan Saint James, in Outlaw Blues, 1977.
Terminal Man, The (1974) -- (Original Trailer) Theatrical trailer for director Mike Hodges’ 1974 adaptation, co-written with the original novelist Michael Crichton, of The Terminal Man, starring George Segal, with Joan Hackett, Richard Dysart and Jill Clayburgh.
Coming Home (1978) -- (Original Trailer) With the Simon and Garfunkel recording of Paul Simon’s “Bookends,” the original trailer for director Hal Ashby’s Coming Home, 1978, which won Best Actor and Best Actress Academy Awards for Jon Voight and Jane Fonda, and for the original screenplay by Nancy Dowd, Waldo Salt and Robert C. Jones.
Rain Man (1988) -- (Original Trailer) Original trailer for director Barry Levinson’s Rain Man, 1988, the #1 box office film of the year and winner of Academy Awards for Best Picture, Director, Best Actor (Dustin Hoffman) and screenplay (Ronald Bass, Barry Morrow), from United Artists, also starring Tom Cruise.
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) -- (Original Trailer) Original trailer for Irishman Pierce Brosnan’s second appearance as James Bond, and the 18th feature in the series (which was tentatively titled Tomorrow Never Lies until a fortuitous typo caused all concerned to change their minds), Tomorrow Never Dies, 1997, with Jonathan Pryce, Teri Hatcher and Judi Dench as “M.”
View To A Kill, A (1985) -- Original Trailer Trailer for the 14th Eon Productions and MGM/UA James Bond Feature (the first to follow the independent or “unofficial” Sean Connery feature Never Say Never Again, 1983), with Roger Moore, Christopher Walken the villain (assisted by Grace Jones) and Tanya Roberts, from TV’s Charlie’s Angels, as Bond-girl Stacey.
Live And Let Die (1973) -- (Original Trailer) Fans today might forget that Jane Seymour was “introduced” as a Bond girl in the eighth feature in the series, with Roger Moore in his first outing, and Yaphet Kotto the chief villain, with no trace in the trailer of the hit theme song by Paul & Linda McCartney and Wings, from Live And Let Die, 1973.

Promo

Xhanfize Keko, Director Of The Week, Women Make Film Original profile of Xhanfize Keko Director Of The Week in TCM’s Women Make Film series, and director of Tomka And His Friends, 1977.
Byambasuren Davaa, Director Of The Week, Women Make Film TCM’s original profile of Byambasuren Davaa, Director Of The Week in TCM’s Women Make Film series, and director of The Cave Of The Yellow Dog, 2005.
TCM Movie Camp -- (Original Promo) Original promo for the new TCM weekly franchise Movie Camp, hosted by William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg, premiering Sunday, 7th at 8pm ET.
A. Arnold Gillespie -- (Movie Promo) Friday Night Spotlight Promo for TCM's Friday Night Spotlight for April, 2015, Academy Award winners Ben Burtt and Craig Barron join Ben Mankiewicz for a salute to special effects wizard A. Arnold "Buddy" Gillespie, every Friday at 8pm ET starting April 3rd.
Mel Brooks -- (Original Promo) -- AFI Life Achievement Award TCM's broadcast of the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award event honoring writer, director, producer and performer Mel Brooks, Wednesday, July 24 at 8pm ET.
Greer Garson -- (Movie Promo) By Keith Carradine Actor Keith Carradine with a personal tribute to TCM's Star Of The Month for March, 2013, the critical and box office favorite from MGM, Greer Garson.
Kate Flannery -- (TCM Podcast) November 2012 Kate Flannery, best known as feisty "Meredith Palmer" on the hit NBC sitcom "The Office," is an avid TCM fan and the guest in the first TCM Podcast for November, 2012.
Essentials Jr 2012 -- The Circus (1921), Bill Hader From Bill Hader's introduction to Charles Chaplin's The Circus, 1928, featured on TCM's Essentials Jr., Sunday June 24th at 8pm ET.
Essentials Jr 2012 -- The Thief Of Bagdad (1940), Bill Hader From Bill Hader's introduction to The Thief Of Bagdad, 1940, featured on TCM's Essentials Jr., Sunday July 15th at 8pm ET.
TCM Podcast -- Lizz Winstead (Movie Promo) May 2012 Daily Show co-creator and author, Lizz Winstead, joins producer Scott McGee to talk about Star of the Month Joel McCrea and the sophisticated, ensemble comedy Dinner At Eight. Log on now to facebook.com/tcmtv and tell us who YOU would cast in a Dinner At Eight remake.
Winona Ryder: Guest Programmer -- (Movie Promo) December 2011 Original promo for our December, 2011 Guest Programmer, Academy Award nominee and friend of TCM, Winona Ryder, appearing with Robert Osborne on Wednesday the 20th, starting at 8pm ET.
October On TCM -- (Movie Promo) October 2011 Saw You First by GIVERS behind TCM's promo for October, 2011, featuring Star Of The Month Buster Keaton, Spotlight director Nicholas Ray, and a Stephen King original special. For more about the artist, please visit GIVERSmusic.com

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