The purpose of a movie poster is supposed to make us curious, to arouse anticipation, to make us smile.

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He made up a movie poster for the fictitious film, and even took out ads in Hollywood trade papers, announcing the production.

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Several Bollywood studios in India are setting up a trial this fall in which phone owners can aim at a movie poster and download ringtones based on songs from those films.

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Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt recently showed off an Android phone that could be used like a credit card, but similarly equipped devices could also pull up a movie trailer in proximity to a movie poster or act like a fast pass through a turnstile.

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Dwayne Johnson understands that being a movie star in 2013 means more than just having your face on the poster, but rather having your face on the poster of a movie that people would probably want to see anyway.

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English director Colin Nutley cast her in the lead of his movie Black Jack in 1990 after spotting her on a film poster.

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As part of a ticket giveaway to viewings of Arnold Schwarzenegger's Terminator 3, Benioff insisted Salesforce put the movie poster image on its website.

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