|
Because
the majority of the Canadian population is English-speaking
and shares an open border with the US, the movie industry
of the two countries have become intertwined. Most major
studios also have a filming studio in Canada.
Because
of the complexities of the structure of the studios,
to understand Canadian movie paper, please see Poster
Distribution in Canada (above).
Before
the collapse of National
Screen Service (NSS), material was sent to the 4
Distribution Centers. Each center would modify the poster
according to the local censor boards. See Poster
Distribution in Canada (above)
Quite often this was done by use of a
snipe or a stamp, like
the one shown. The
snipe was normally placed over the US ratings box. It
is also quite common to find posters that were used
in Canada to have the US ratings boxes blanked out or
covered with a blank snipe
The
major differences will come out of the Montreal Branch,
where major changes were made primarily for the French
posters.
Quite
often older posters that the studio shipped to Canada
will have a stamp which was required by most censor
boards.
Newer
material carry the sticker:
American
or French movie posters that are printed and released
in Canada do not have the Canadian sticker, but posters
that are brought into the country do.
For
the Quebec Distribution area, older posters quite often
have a Censor Stamp:
After
the collapse of the NSS, there has been a slow rise
in Canadian Distribution Companies. Currently the best
way to tell the difference in the US and Canadian releases
is to look at the Distributor logo on the bottom right
of the poster credits for distributors such as Alliance.
See Production
& Distribution in Canada (above)
~~~~~~~~~~
LAMP Sponsors in Canada
For links to other LAMP
dealers that handle Canadian material, as well as events
and other related material, be sure to check the Canadian
Dealer and Travel Map
~~~~~~~~~~
Here
are the Canadian posters that we have in the
LAMP-MoviePosterDatabase so far.
~~~~~~~~~~
|
