The Mailman Artwork

One thing that has amazed me about The Mailman is all the different artwork that has been created to sell this movie around the world. We spent a lot of time developing our poster and one sheet design, only to find that in most territories no matter what you supply them, they are going to do their own artwork. I believe one of the reasons is they wanted to market The Mailman as a horror film, which it isn't. It could be best described as a stalker film. Click on any thumbnail to enlarge.

Here is the DVD cover for the United States DVD release. I like this piece the best, although I'm not really sure it represents the movie, but when did distributors ever let that stop them?

This is the artwork for the Canadian DVD release. Note the 'Frankenstein' stitches on the Mailman's face.

Here is a variation on the Canadian artwork. I have no idea where the movie was sold with this artwork. Again, note the ghoulishness they gave to the Mailman's face.

This is one comes from somewhere in Asia.

This piece is from Thailand. Of all the artwork it is the closest to our original artwork design. This came from a CD jewel case. Apparently they don't have DVD's in Thailand, they use what is called VCD Video. The movie comes on a CD-Rom, or in this case 2 CD-Roms.

This is the original poster artwork done by Eddie Passarelli. He did several versions. We chose the 'red tint' one to send out when we were looking for distribution. Eddie did the artwork and posters for 'The Appointment', 'Look @ Me' and 'Interviewing Norman' as well.

This is the back of the one-sheet, artwork by Eddie Passarelli. A one-sheet is an 81/2" x 11" two sided mini-poster. It is one of the main items you use for publicizing and promoting your film to distributors, although the importance of the one-sheet has probably been minimized with the advent of internet websites.

This was the second version of the back of the one sheet, much darker in tone.

Here is the 'original' original one sheet and poster design made for The Mailman. This artwork was designed by Elvis Strange. Elvis was the production designer for both The Mailman and Interviewing Norman. The All American motif just wasn't selling this as a 'scary' movie. When you compare this with the U.S. DVD release artwork you can see quite a contrast.

And here is the back of the one sheet designed by Elvis Strange.

	Here is the DVD cover for the United States DVD release. I like this piece the best, although I'm not really sure it represents the movie, but when did distributors ever let that stop them?
	This is the artwork for the Canadian DVD release. Note the 'Frankenstein' stitches on the Mailman's face.
	Here is a variation on the Canadian artwork. I have no idea where the movie was sold with this artwork. Again, note the ghoulishness they gave to the Mailman's face.
	This is one comes from somewhere in Asia.
	This piece is from Thailand. Of all the artwork it is the closest to our original artwork design. This came from a CD jewel case. Apparently they don't have DVD's in Thailand, they use what is called VCD Video. The movie comes on a CD-Rom, or in this case 2 CD-Roms.
	This is the original poster artwork done by Eddie Passarelli. He did several versions. We chose the 'red tint' one to send out when we were looking for distribution. Eddie did the artwork and posters for 'The Appointment', 'Look @ Me' and 'Interviewing Norman' as well.
	This is the back of the one-sheet, artwork by Eddie Passarelli. A one-sheet is an 81/2" x 11" two sided mini-poster. It is one of the main items you use for publicizing and promoting your film to distributors, although the importance of the one-sheet has probably been minimized with the advent of internet websites.
	This was the second version of the back of the one sheet, much darker in tone.
	Here is the 'original' original one sheet and poster design made for The Mailman. This artwork was designed by Elvis Strange. Elvis was the production designer for both The Mailman and Interviewing Norman. The All American motif just wasn't selling this as a 'scary' movie. When you compare this with the U.S. DVD release artwork you can see quite a contrast.
	And here is the back of the one sheet designed by Elvis Strange.