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5 Fantastic Chinese Movie Poster Rip-Offs

Hollywood's piracy problems in China include advertising movies, too.
6:36 PM PDT 3/13/2012 by Eriq Gardner

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When most people think about piracy in China, they think about the street vendor in
Shanghai who sells bootleg copies of DVDs. A Chinese website has made an entertaining
case that the Chinese film industry is copying much more. Wenxuecity.com recently took a
look at some Chinese movie posters and took a stab at identifying the source of their
inspiration. Here's our five favorites...
Eaters (2009) vs. Daddy Day Camp (2007)

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(h t t p://w w w .flick r .com /ph ot os/6 5 4 2 9 5 1 4 @N0 2 /6 8 3 3 0 0 5 2 0 4 /)

The Ides of March (2011) vs. Lao Nan Ren Li Xian Ji (2011)

(h t t p://w w w .flick r .com /ph ot os/6 5 4 2 9 5 1 4 @N0 2 /6 9 7 9 1 4 0 2 5 9 /)

The Message (2009) vs. Talk To Her (2002)

(h t t p://w w w .flick r .com /ph ot os/6 5 4 2 9 5 1 4 @N0 2 /6 8 3 3 0 2 0 5 8 4 /)

Vantage Point (2008) vs. Seven 2 One (2009)

(h t t p://w w w .flick r .com /ph ot os/6 5 4 2 9 5 1 4 @N0 2 /6 8 3 3 0 4 3 7 9 6 /)

Detective Langlang (2010) vs. Sherlock Holmes (2009)

(h t t p://w w w .flick r .com /ph ot os/6 5 4 2 9 5 1 4 @N0 2 /6 8 3 3 0 4 7 7 5 6 /)

Here's the full list (h t t p://w w w .w en x u ecit y .com /n ew s/2 0 1 2 /0 3 /0 5 /1 6 6 6 0 7 5 .h t m l) of copycat

movie posters from China.
A new trade deal (h t t p://w w w .h olly w oodr epor t er .com /n ew s/w h a t -ch in a s-t r a de-dea l-m ea n s2 9 6 9 9 0)

with China, which lifts the 20 films-per-year import quota by granting 14 more 3D

or IMAX titles per year, could solve some of this. Hollywood will have reason to post their
own movie posters around Shanghai.
E-mail: eriqgardner@yahoo.com
Twitter: @eriqgardner

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chinesem/nod ie poster ripoff-ers, y u no change color palette at least ?

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5 months ago (#comment-464889995)
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Here is the opening to that Detectiv e Tanglang (not Langlang I think) show:
http://www.y outube.com/watch?v ... (h ttp://www.y ou tu be.com /watch ?v =BDN Hpl -CC2Q)
It sounds kinda familiar, no?
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At least that second one only stole the concept of the Ides of March poster and not
the entire poster itself.
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Please do another story on BOLLY WOOD MOV IE POSTERS COPIES FROM

HOLLY WOOD... India is as much a thief as China!!
http://www.glamzzle.com/bolly w... (h ttp://www.gl am zzl e.com /bol l y wood-m ov i e-posters-copi eddu pl i cate-sam e-h ol l y wood.h tm l )

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