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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides: You know how you know a movie is going to be a major blockbuster? When all of the other studios clear their releases schedules for a certain weekend because they know their movies won't have a chance. This is one of those weeks.Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides: You know how you know a movie is going to... more
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It's about two thirds into Morgan Spurlock's "Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold" that the filmmaker's point about the overwhelming presence of marketing in movies, and his clever way of making it, truly clicks. A deviously meta moment, it follows a large chunk of the "Supersize Me" documentary filmmaker's attempts to sell advertising in a film to finance a film about advertising.It's about two thirds into Morgan Spurlock's "Pom Wonderful Presents:... more
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Morgan Spurlock's new documentary about product placement is pretty cool.
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Does Morgan Spurlock's latest effort "The Greatest Movie Ever Sold" seem familiar?" It may be because it happened 13 years ago.
Conceptual artists The Art Guys (Michael Galbreath, Jack Massing) and designer Todd Oldham created this fusion of art and advertising. The Art Guys sold advertising on their suits and wore them for a year in this art project that puts marketing, branding, celebrity and pop culture under the microscope.
The similarities between this project created in 1998 and 1999 and Spurlocks Greatest Movie are eerie. At times situations and dialogue are virtually identical. There are many coincidences in the content. You be the judge... submitted for your approval.
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Oscar-nominated filmmaker Morgan Spurlock visits infoMania to give host Brett Erlich a lesson in selling out. Inspired by a particularly egregious product placement in the show "Heroes," Spurlock made a movie entirely about how corporate brands have wormed their way into what we see on the big and small screens - and somehow got the suits to pay for the whole thing. The result is "POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold," which opens this weekend. And surely nobody has worn a suit jacket festooned with 22 corporate logos as suavely as Spurlock.
infoMania is a half-hour comedy show that airs weekly on Current TV. Picture the ultimate office water-cooler, only with funnier co-workers who willingly stay up late imbibing all forms of media so you don't have to. Caveat: Bring your own water. Hosted by Brett Erlich and co-starring Sergio Cilli, Erin Gibson, Ben Hoffman and Bryan Safi, infoMania airs on Thursdays at 11/10c on Current TV.
Go to http://current.com/infomania for more, and make sure to check out our Facebook profile for special features at http://facebook.com/infomania.
Current Media, the Peabody-and Emmy Award-winning television and online network founded in 2005 by Al Gore and Joel Hyatt, engages viewers with smart, provocative and timely programming -stories that no one else is telling in ways that no one else is telling them. Current's programming shines a light where others won't dare and boldly explores important subjects -- opening minds, sparking conversations and forming deep connections with its viewers. The channel's audience is comprised of affluent, curious, social and connected adults who crave the kind of entertaining, enlightening, witty and informative programming found on Current's TV and online properties. Current is now available via cable and satellite TV in 75 million households worldwide - 60 million households in the US - through distribution partners Comcast (Channel 107); Time Warner ; DirecTV (Channel 358 nationwide); Dish Network (Channel 196 nationwide); Verizon and AT&T. In the UK and Ireland, Current is available on BSkyB (Channel 183) and Virgin Media (Channel 155), and in Italy, Current is available on Sky Italia (Channel 130). Viewers can also find Current online at www.current.com.Oscar-nominated filmmaker Morgan Spurlock visits infoMania to give host Brett Erlich a... more
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