post movie posters done in a busy/claustrophobic caricature style from the 70s and 80s

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like these:

http://i.imgur.com/S2B1s74.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/NQGmxtu.jpg

ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, 25 October 2013 16:48 (eleven years ago)

http://images.moviepostershop.com/cannonball-run-2-movie-poster-1984-1020248508.jpg

Josefa, Friday, 25 October 2013 17:02 (eleven years ago)

http://www.impawards.com/1982/posters/best_little_whorehouse_in_texas_xlg.jpg

obie stompin' moby (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 25 October 2013 17:05 (eleven years ago)

http://www.moviegoods.com/Assets/product_images/1020/48575.1020.A.jpg

obie stompin' moby (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 25 October 2013 17:07 (eleven years ago)

http://www.americanartarchives.com/davis,j_mad_world1963.jpg

wk, Friday, 25 October 2013 17:09 (eleven years ago)

sorry, I missed the '70s/'80s part

wk, Friday, 25 October 2013 17:10 (eleven years ago)

The Long Goodbye one is in the tradition of this, I guess, or of Mad magazine: (x-post, speaking of!)

http://images.wikia.com/its-a-mad-mad-mad-mad/images/1/1f/It

Josefa, Friday, 25 October 2013 17:10 (eleven years ago)

Double x-post, yikes!

Josefa, Friday, 25 October 2013 17:11 (eleven years ago)

Are there any posters in the last 15 years that are a throwback to this style?

obie stompin' moby (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 25 October 2013 17:15 (eleven years ago)

http://meansheets.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/a-house-1-copy-enlarge.jpg

sleepingsignal, Friday, 25 October 2013 17:16 (eleven years ago)

machete kills has a poster like this.

sleepingsignal, Friday, 25 October 2013 17:17 (eleven years ago)

(in this tradition, that is)

sleepingsignal, Friday, 25 October 2013 17:18 (eleven years ago)

Are there any posters in the last 15 years that are a throwback to this style?

― obie stompin' moby (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, October 25, 2013 12:15 PM (1 minute ago)

detroit rock city?

ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, 25 October 2013 17:18 (eleven years ago)

xp no caricatures though nm

sleepingsignal, Friday, 25 October 2013 17:21 (eleven years ago)

detroit rock city?

― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, October 25, 2013 1:18 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

!!! yes

obie stompin' moby (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 25 October 2013 17:21 (eleven years ago)

and Mallrats!

obie stompin' moby (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 25 October 2013 17:21 (eleven years ago)

FYI this movie owns:

http://i.imgur.com/DXdVv3Q.jpg

ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, 25 October 2013 17:23 (eleven years ago)

http://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/14/13101/full-972x1440/51e16f50/wet_hot_american_summer.jpeg

christmas candy bar (al leong), Friday, 25 October 2013 17:23 (eleven years ago)

woah japanese take on this style:

http://i.imgur.com/yW1UCNL.jpg

ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, 25 October 2013 17:27 (eleven years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/Kzo3Ryg.jpg

ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, 25 October 2013 17:29 (eleven years ago)

http://meansheets.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/american-graffiti.jpg?w=584

sleepingsignal, Friday, 25 October 2013 17:35 (eleven years ago)

http://images.moviefanatic.com/iu/t_full/v1364991767/the-fish-that-saved-pittsburgh-poster.jpg

scott seward, Friday, 25 October 2013 17:37 (eleven years ago)

http://wrongsideoftheart.com/wp-content/gallery/posters-c/cooley_high_poster_02.jpg

scott seward, Friday, 25 October 2013 17:40 (eleven years ago)

http://wrongsideoftheart.com/wp-content/gallery/posters-s/slaughters_big_rip_off_poster_01.jpg

scott seward, Friday, 25 October 2013 17:41 (eleven years ago)

http://wrongsideoftheart.com/wp-content/gallery/posters-b/bamboo_gods_and_iron_men_poster_01.jpg

scott seward, Friday, 25 October 2013 17:42 (eleven years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/XacS5Ol.jpg

乒乓, Friday, 25 October 2013 17:46 (eleven years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/uSJJJqa.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ek6HzV8.jpg

ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, 25 October 2013 17:50 (eleven years ago)

pretty much half of all 70's movie posters.

scott seward, Friday, 25 October 2013 17:55 (eleven years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/Mnz5Z7Y.jpg

ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, 25 October 2013 17:57 (eleven years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/3lIx48u.jpg

乒乓, Friday, 25 October 2013 17:59 (eleven years ago)

http://adammcdaniel.com/RichardAmsel2.htm

http://i.imgur.com/Zo51FL9.jpg

乒乓, Friday, 25 October 2013 18:01 (eleven years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/9CXyAxn.jpg

ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, 25 October 2013 18:01 (eleven years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/dDoCZ0T.jpg

ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, 25 October 2013 18:10 (eleven years ago)

I've never seen that Nashville poster upthread before! Altman's preferred poster artwork ended up on the soundtrack instead:

http://www.interviewmagazine.com/files/2009/08/04/img-nashville_105700420061.jpg

A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 October 2013 18:10 (eleven years ago)

Came up on my Nashville image search:

http://attackofthekillerlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/barrylyndon2.jpg?w=449&h=640

A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 October 2013 18:12 (eleven years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/G70HDmh.jpg

ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, 25 October 2013 18:12 (eleven years ago)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8d/California_split.jpg

A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 October 2013 18:13 (eleven years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/yOdPW08.jpg

ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, 25 October 2013 18:14 (eleven years ago)

Every Bond movie of that period to thread...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/36/Live_and_Let_Die-_UK_cinema_poster.jpg

not a lunch that is hot (snoball), Friday, 25 October 2013 18:15 (eleven years ago)

http://wpc.556e.edgecastcdn.net/80556E/img.news/NExYbO1rjwxqAF_1_1.jpg

A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 October 2013 18:15 (eleven years ago)

http://www.impawards.com/1978/posters/california_suite.jpg

Josefa, Friday, 25 October 2013 18:16 (eleven years ago)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0c/The_Man_with_the_Golden_Gun_-_UK_cinema_poster.jpg
Wikipedia's alt text:
A man in a dinner jacket holding a pistol is in the centre of the picture. Various scenes and images surround him, including two women in bikinis, a midget with a pistol, a car stunt and explosions. At the bottom right, oversized and pointing towards the man in the dinner jacket, is a golden gun, with a hand holding a bullet, about to load the gun. The top of the picture has the words "ROGER MOORE as JAMES BOND 007". At the bottom are the words "THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN"

not a lunch that is hot (snoball), Friday, 25 October 2013 18:17 (eleven years ago)

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lschmxxO8P1r13zreo1_400.jpg

brio, Friday, 25 October 2013 18:17 (eleven years ago)

Charltonem Hestonem

brio, Friday, 25 October 2013 18:18 (eleven years ago)

http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/11/MPW-5611

Josefa, Friday, 25 October 2013 18:18 (eleven years ago)

http://www.filmbrain.com/photos/uncategorized/crackers2.jpg

A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 October 2013 18:19 (eleven years ago)

http://blogintomystery.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/heavymetalmoebiusb.jpg?w=367&h=500

A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 October 2013 18:21 (eleven years ago)

http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/77/MPW-38847

A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 October 2013 18:22 (eleven years ago)

http://www.authortonypiazza.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Freebie-Poster.jpg

A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 October 2013 18:25 (eleven years ago)

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDZjODRhY2QtNzkwZC00ZjE4LWE1YWUtY2NhMDAyNTVjNjhkXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_.jpg

America (1986)

visiting, Thursday, 22 May 2025 04:16 (four months ago)

(scans tiny list of names for "Bronson Pinchot," in vain)

Doctor Casino, Thursday, 22 May 2025 10:30 (four months ago)

But with the semi-mythical Zack Norman!

I am the stranger, killing the Boer (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 22 May 2025 13:10 (four months ago)

https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/1/3/6/5/2/2/136522-sitting-ducks-0-2000-0-3000-crop.jpg?v=96f560e5c6

Sitting Ducks (1980)

cryptosicko, Tuesday, 3 June 2025 03:27 (four months ago)

Zack Norman again!

The Yellow Kid, Tuesday, 3 June 2025 11:14 (four months ago)

distant memories of resenting that that movie was rated R, preventing this young Mad Magazine fan from partaking.

Primrose Cash Po (bendy), Wednesday, 11 June 2025 14:59 (four months ago)

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTNkNzdjYWUtNjgxYy00MmU1LWJjYTEtMjVmNTE4MjU3N2I2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg

Going Berzerk (1983)

visiting, Wednesday, 11 June 2025 22:57 (four months ago)

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjA1YzJmZWYtOWU3YS00MjUyLThkMjAtMDgzZGE0OTM0N2Q2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg

Basic Training (1985)

Basic Training (a.k.a. Up the Military) is a 1985 sex comedy film by Andrew Sugerman. It is often considered to be one of the worst films of 1985.

Kim Kimberly, Monday, 16 June 2025 22:16 (four months ago)

A Jack Davis that I don't think has been posted here:
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2RiYTQ5YzgtMzEyMC00NWI0LWI1NTctOWM3YmJkNDdjMmMyXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_.jpg

Crime Busters (1977)

visiting, Thursday, 26 June 2025 17:18 (three months ago)

AKA Crimebusters

visiting, Thursday, 26 June 2025 17:24 (three months ago)

https://rarefilm.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Freddie-of-the-Jungle-217x300.jpg

Freddie of the Jungle (aka Gorilas a todo ritmo) (1981)

Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Saturday, 28 June 2025 11:47 (three months ago)

https://image.cnbcfm.com/api/v1/image/108167835-17515709602025-07-03t192339z_1153882299_rc22ffaq2e89_rtrmadp_0_usa-congress-tax.jpeg?v=1751570984&w=1480&h=833&ffmt=webp&vtcrop=y

I thought this had a little bit of the screwball comedy poster vibe

very uncomedic otherwise, unfortunately

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 4 July 2025 03:26 (three months ago)

three weeks pass...

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjNkNDE0MGItZGUwYy00MjczLWJmNTItMTRjNzA0NmQ0MDY4XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_.jpg

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (1982)

visiting, Sunday, 27 July 2025 21:24 (two months ago)

Less busy but interesting

https://i.imgur.com/GTdPGGL.jpeg

je ne sequoia (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 29 July 2025 20:54 (two months ago)

https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/9/7/1/2/5/97125-alexandria-again-and-forever-0-1000-0-1500-crop.jpg?v=c42758cdd7

Alexandria: Again and Forever, 1989

Lithium Just Madison (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 8 August 2025 21:00 (two months ago)

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjc1MWNjODktOTM1Ni00NjAyLTkwZGItZDkxMTFiOTM0ZTA3XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg

Happy Birthday, Gemini (1980)

There is a Jack Davis poster for this movie that has been here before... here's the VHS cover.

visiting, Tuesday, 12 August 2025 00:31 (two months ago)

unquestionably a step down, but glad some other kinda MAD-ish artist got the work.

Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 12 August 2025 01:17 (two months ago)

It's always interesting seeing what went onto the video covers. I get that the composition of an illustration meant for a movie poster might not work when shrunk down into the shape of a vhs box, but sometimes the replacement covers seem random. And they had to pay someone to paint a new picture!

visiting, Tuesday, 12 August 2025 01:29 (two months ago)

^^It might have been a rejected pitch, or art used in other territories.

Lithium Just Madison (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 12 August 2025 02:34 (two months ago)

a collage rather than illustration (and not comedic) but this caught my eye for the device of everything spilling from the book.

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzU2MzQyNTEtNWUxMy00Y2M3LWJhMTktZjk0NjNmYjAwN2RlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjI4MjA5MzA@._V1_.jpg

The New Centurions (1972)

visiting, Thursday, 14 August 2025 00:57 (two months ago)

It belongs here I think. Book concept is gold.

Doctor Casino, Thursday, 14 August 2025 01:57 (two months ago)

https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/9/6/1/5/9/6/961596-the-fantastic-funnies-0-2000-0-3000-crop.jpg?v=a61b9b9549

The Fantastic Funnies, 1980.

cryptosicko, Tuesday, 19 August 2025 03:19 (two months ago)

https://cdn.posteritati.com/posters/000/000/056/302/stingray-md-web.jpg

Stingray, 1978

Lithium Just Madison (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 19 August 2025 04:56 (two months ago)

I'm not good at embedding images anymore, but have we done Dirty Tricks?

the way out of (Eazy), Wednesday, 20 August 2025 04:24 (one month ago)

It was posted upthread... image is broken now.

Kim Kimberly, Wednesday, 20 August 2025 05:32 (one month ago)

Bonus vhs cover

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmU5M2ZjNjgtNDU5My00NDE2LWI3N2QtM2Q0NThmZjMzN2IyXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_.jpg

Kim Kimberly, Wednesday, 20 August 2025 05:36 (one month ago)

Probably safe to say that any movie Rich Little was in probably had one of these posters.

cryptosicko, Wednesday, 20 August 2025 12:00 (one month ago)

See also: DeLuise, Dom

je ne sequoia (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 20 August 2025 12:55 (one month ago)

Rich Little as Brennan

I've occasionally wondered what is the origin if this convention, where a non-lead actor is called out at the end of the credits with their character name. It's something that is really common in sitcoms -- "And Jason Alexander as George" for example.

Kim Kimberly, Wednesday, 20 August 2025 23:54 (one month ago)

yeah, it's almost like you're a guest star rather than part of the ensemble

with Rich Little, that's probably the case anyway

Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 20 August 2025 23:56 (one month ago)

Exclusive Alamo Drafthouse poster for Honey Don't

https://www.instagram.com/p/DNeUoaHtEg6/

Lithium Just Madison (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 21 August 2025 03:18 (one month ago)

The Fall Guy's poster was a kind of tip of the cap to this style:

https://www.comingsoon.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/03/the-fall-guy-imax-poster.png?resize=819

Tracer Hand, Thursday, 21 August 2025 11:42 (one month ago)

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTY5ZTQyYTYtZDVlMS00Zjk3LTkyMTgtNjA5ODViODgwOGMxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_.jpg

Uphill All the Way (1986)

visiting, Friday, 29 August 2025 02:53 (one month ago)

Caught Stealing has kind of a fun variation on this.

The whole city’s coming after him.#CaughtStealingMovie – Sneak Peeks August 23, in theatres everywhere August 29. Get tickets. https://t.co/u9yioQH4US

Poster Artwork by Ise Ananphada pic.twitter.com/RaYzuYb9s5

— Caught Stealing Movie (@StealingMovie) August 20, 2025

the way out of (Eazy), Friday, 29 August 2025 03:04 (one month ago)

Oh and lol "MEL TILLIS as BOOGER"

the way out of (Eazy), Friday, 29 August 2025 03:05 (one month ago)

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDNlNWRmZjMtZWJmYS00MDllLWFhODEtYjFhNzcxOWRlYWNjXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_.jpg

The Monitors (1969)

visiting, Wednesday, 3 September 2025 02:45 (one month ago)

this seems familiar but i couldn't find it here...
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNmIxMmViZTItYzVhNS00NThiLWJiY2MtODBjNjU1MGQ2OWI1XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_.jpg

Bury Me an Angel (1971)

Kim Kimberly, Thursday, 11 September 2025 20:06 (one month ago)

what a tagline

budo jeru, Thursday, 11 September 2025 20:27 (one month ago)

three weeks pass...

non-comedic but busy enough.
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMmQ4YmRhZDktMDhjMS00ZGQ1LWE1M2ItNWE2MDY3ZWIzN2VmXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_.jpg

Velvet Smooth (1976)

visiting, Sunday, 5 October 2025 18:57 (two weeks ago)

the best version of this i could find
https://i.ibb.co/ymMcwGGg/bad-manners-blu.webp

Bad Manners (1984)

visiting, Sunday, 12 October 2025 20:13 (one week ago)

It's relatively mild, but Take This Job and Shove It (1981) - the first monster truck comedy! - has a busy poster:
https://alchetron.com/cdn/take-this-job-and-shove-it-film-16e74ed2-deda-405a-b23d-6cfbe902686-resize-750.jpg

Why was I reading about that film? It was the first film financed by Cinema Group Ventures, whose next film was Walter Hill's Southern Comfort. The company seems to have bimbled along without attracting enough attention for a Wikipedia page. Their next film after that was Hysterical, which is one of those not-quite-the-80s comedies from the late-70s/early-80s that has dropped off the face of the Earth, although it also has a busy poster:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8b/Hysterical_1983_poster.jpg

It's so obscure that the official trailer appears to be a VHS rip. It has 1970s icon Richard Kiel! But in 1983. That's like having Blondie and The Muppets, but in 1983. It feels weird.

The company went on to produce Best Defense, the rotten Dudley Moore film that had Eddie Murphy in a kind of tacked-on cameo. It opened at number two on the same weekend as Ghostbusters because Eddie Murphy was so hot back then. Imagine if he had been in Ghostbusters. The film would have made infinite money. But it would have been a completely different film - or at least the second half would have been completely different - because there's no way they would have given Eddie Murphy as little to do as they gave Ernie Hudson.

Ashley Pomeroy, Sunday, 12 October 2025 21:06 (one week ago)

Does Velvet Smooth really have a guest star called Emerson Boozer? It seems so. He was an actual person:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerson_Boozer

And he still is, because he's still alive. But he was as well.

Shove It dates from the tiny, tiny window of time when it seemed that Robert Hays might go on to be a major comedy star. And for a brief moment he was, because next year he was in Airplane II, which at least made a profit if not very much money. And then, oblivion.

Ashley Pomeroy, Sunday, 12 October 2025 21:14 (one week ago)

Noticing the name on the truck there, leading me to interesting details in Wikipedia articles

"The original Bigfoot appears in the 1981 film Take This Job and Shove It, where it appears as the main character's personal truck. This was the first appearance of a monster truck in film. A virtual Bigfoot is used by the character Aech inside the virtual reality universe OASIS in the 2018 film Ready Player One. Other appearances by Bigfoot trucks in film include Cannonball Run 2, Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment, Road House, Police Academy 6: City Under Siege, Tango & Cash, and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle."

I don't think I heard about monster trucks until the 90s, but that wasn't my mien at the time.

bendy, Monday, 13 October 2025 13:55 (six days ago)

Well, you must have missed out on Bigfoot and the Muscle Machines!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNVIKxMJEyk

peace, man, Monday, 13 October 2025 13:59 (six days ago)

Afraid I did miss out! But maybe I did hear about monster trucks in the eighties? Like wrestling, which seemed to be getting big in the eighties, but became such a phenomenon in the next decade it eclipsed its earlier pop culture status.

bendy, Tuesday, 14 October 2025 01:44 (five days ago)

feel like this one was probably here before but it didn't come up in a quick search:
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjdlMDljZjctNDVhMi00NmRkLWFmZDQtZGRlOTE5MDc3OWU4XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg

Meatballs III: Summer Job (1986)

The ghost of a dead porn star comes to Earth to help a nerd with his sex life.

Also, RIP Drew Struzan. I'm guessing the poster is much better than the movie.

visiting, Wednesday, 15 October 2025 20:06 (four days ago)

It is.

She's the Tariff (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 15 October 2025 20:11 (four days ago)

verging on straight illustration but plenty busy... fantastic poster for a (iirc) great movie:

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYmY1MzhhN2QtMzdjMC00MDU2LWI3YmEtZjY0MzkxYzRlOTI3XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_.jpg

Busting (1974)

visiting, Saturday, 18 October 2025 00:39 (yesterday)


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