Most of the Times Square posters have some identifying information on them — a copyright notice, the film’s local distributor, a code number — but not this one, so we have to go on what’s on it.
The logo and the artwork are from the UK movie poster, which was also (the artwork at least) used across Europe. The text is in English, and the AA is a now-replaced British Board of Film Censors rating. (Also, I got this item from a seller in England. Back in April. Current events kept me from doing anything with it until recently.) So I think I’m safe saying that what we have here is a piece of British Times Square promotion, probably produced by EMI Films, almost certainly in early 1981, basically pushing Robin Johnson’s status as Robert Stigwood’s “female Travolta.” As we’ve seen, starting from almost the second the film was released, the promotion tactics became focused ever more closely on its third-billed star, a situation that would continue around the world for the next two years. And in my opinion, an unfortunate victim of this strategy was Robin herself, as the unflichingly honest criticisms she gave of the movie in her interviews caused RSO to reappraise her value, ultimately deciding that her willingness to trash their product in public outweighed her talents as an actress in that product, causing RSO never to cast her in anything again, while simultaneously keeping her under contract so she couldn’t use her obvious abilities in the service of some other film company to compete against Robin-less RSO projects. Again, in my opinion.
So much for a face of the 80s. But even more to the point… that’s an illustration. It isn’t really her face. Obviously the illustration by poster artist Cummins was used so people would make the connection between this poster and the movie poster, but still… Maybe if I find the time I’ll doctor up a version of what I think this poster should have looked like.
If anyone cares, the image here isn’t really an accurate representation of what the actual physical object looks like, because I’ve cleaned it up so much. It is a good representation of what you’d see if you were looking at the poster, though.
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Times Square U.K. Movie Poster
Times Square Movie Poster, Belgium
Locandina Times Square (Movie Poster, Italy)
“Toda la Basca!” … a Times Square – Times Square movie poster, Spain
poster, AAT ID: 300027221
30″ (H) x 40″ (W)
ROBIN JOHNSON
a face of the 80’s
starring in
TIMES SQUARE
AA
1442 px (W) x 1080 px (H), 96 dpi, 359 kb (image)
![1982 German movie poster for TIMES SQUARE (1980). Text: ROBERT STIGWOOD Presents "TIME SQUARE" Starring TIM CURRY TRINI ALVARADO ROBIN JOHNSON PETER COFFIELD HERBERT BERGHOF DAVID MARGULIES ANNA MARIA HORSFORD Executive Producers KEVIN McCORMICK JOHN NICOLELLA Directed by ALAN MOYLE Produced by ROBERT STIGWOOD and JACOB BRACKMAN Screenplay by JACOB BRACKMAN Story by ALAN MOYLE and LEANNE UNGER Associate Producer BILL OAKES An EMI-ITC Production Soundtrack erschienen auf dem RSO-Label bei der DEUTSCHEN GRAMMOPHON GmbH mit Superstar TIM CURRY ("ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW") mit TRINI ALVARADO und ROBIN JOHNSON Nach "SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, GREASE, "JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR und "TOMMY präsentiert ROBERT STIGWOOD jetzt den frechsten und fetzigsten Film über die Teenies auf der wildesten Meile von New York! TIMES SQUARE ...ihr könnt uns alle mal!! schröder-filmverleih DOLBY STEREO FSK FREIGEGEBEN [Translation:] Soundtrack from RSO appears on DEUTSCHEN GRAMMOPHON GmbH with superstar TIM CURRY ("ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW") with TRINI ALVARADO and ROBIN JOHNSON After "SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER", "GREASE", "JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR" and "TOMMY" ROBERT STIGWOOD now presents the sassiest and craziest movie about teens on the wildest mile of New York! TIMES SQUARE ... you can all [kiss our asses]! schröder-film distributors DOLBY STEREO FSK RELEASED](http://robinjohnson.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Times_Square_movie_poster_Germany_1982_1080px.jpg)
![1981 Mexican movie poster for TIMES SQUARE (1980) Text: NO SOMOS CRIMINALES... Y SI NOS TRATAN COMO TAL USAREMOS ANTIFAZ NO NECESITAMOS ANTIDEPRESIVOS QUEREMOS AMOR NO SOMOS INOCENTES... NO SOMOS CULPABLES... SOMOS JOVENES NO SOMOS GOLFAS... AYUDENOS A VIVIR ORGANIZACION APOLO, S.A. Presenta a ROBIN JOHNSON • TRINI ALVARADO • TIM CURRY en Guerreras de Nueva York Director ALAN MOYLE Un Film de Robert Stigwood [WE ARE NOT CRIMINALS ... AND IF WE'RE TREATED THAT WAY WE'LL WEAR MASKS WE DO NOT NEED ANTIDEPRESSANTS WE WANT LOVE WE ARE NOT INNOCENT ... WE ARE NOT GUILTY ... WE ARE YOUNG WE ARE NOT WHORES ... HELP US TO LIVE APOLO ORGANIZATION, S.A. Presents ROBIN JOHNSON • TRINI ALVARADO • TIM CURRY in Warriors of New York Director ALAN MOYLE A Film by Robert Stigwood]](http://robinjohnson.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Times_Square_Movie_Poster_Mexico_1981_1080px.jpg)
