27 Things You Didn't Know About Reservoir Dogs

13. It Popularised Individual Character Posters

Reservoir Dogs
Miramax

Pretty much every major movie with an ensemble cast these days will feature a glossy marketing campaign of individual posters for each character, as reached its hilarious apex with the literally dozens of posters released for the recent Avengers: Endgame.

The practise has enjoyed a major uptick in recent years with the advent of online marketing, yet it's a trend that actually started back with Reservoir Dogs, which was the first major American movie to release character-specific posters in this fashion.

Each of the heist members received their own poster, announcing their name complete with one of their most iconic quotes. You can't knock its effectiveness, really.

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