The work that goes into poster or rather went into the posters, is great. And the movie/documentary is giving us one of the best that ever drew anything (no pun intended). It does help that while not a man of big words, the man behind the posters, is a very likable one. And he is also very funny too.

There are a lot of famous people who comment on the work and we get a lot of background information. We also get how the man came to the business, how he climbed the ladder. All this might sound trivial, but it is really nicely told with a joke thrown in there for good measure. You really feel like you got to know the guy, after watching this. A real nice homage and a good documentary

Movie poster artist Drew Struzan has created many of the most iconic movie posters of the last few decades, and "Drew: The Man Behind the Poster" is a loving tribute and examination of his long career. Composed mainly of interviews with the various actors, producers, and directors whose movies Struzan made posters for, as well as unobtrusive narration that keeps the story going. Notable are interviews with Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, who talk about Struzan''s posters for Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, ET, and Back to the Future.

Drew Struzan comes off as a humble, extremely talented, and very nice guy who had a rough start in life but truly made his mark on movie history.

This documentary was recently made available on Netflix, and I highly recommend it--well made, and interesting to movie buffs, Star Wars fans, and even people who have never heard of Struzan.

Documentary about Drew Struzan, the graphic artist who designed the legendary posters for the Star Wars and Indiana Jones movies, as well as many iconic eighties movie posters.

The film tells Struzan's life story chronologically, starting off with his unhappy childhood, his first years as a professional artist (drawing mainly record sleeves), his success in Hollywood and, finally, his retirement. We go from A to B to C and so on, with many celebrities providing sound bites, from George Lucas and Spielberg to fans and film makers Frank Darabont and Guillermo del Toro (who payed Struzan out of his own pocket to make posters for the Hellboy-movie, even though Del Toro knew the studio wouldn't use them).

This doesn't go very deep. We get to know the man behind the poster just a little.The stories he tells stay well within Struzan's own comfort zone. You never get the impression the film makers try to get more out of him. So, it's a little about the man, a little about his process as an artist and a lot about his legacy. But do we really need a documentary to tell us that every Star Wars fan has Struzan's images burned in his or her brain? It helps that Struzan is a very nice person, who's not afraid to talk about his loveless parents and all the times he got cheated business wise. But all in all, the feeling remains that the film makers were too easily content with what they had. As for the form, it's quite uninteresting, with lots of talking heads and prosaic shots in Struzan's studio and house.