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Lotto
"Migrate" |
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60s
27 Apr 2006 |
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The bricks sweep majestically into the arm like a flock of migratory birds and people stop to see them as they journey towards warmer climes. All in an effort to persuade you that you could do the same thing if you win a big prize in the National Lottery.
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888 Ladies
"Ballad" |
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60s
27 Apr 2009 |
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Another excellent commercial for the online bingo service has a young woman doing her bit for bingo by recording a ballad. Despite her determination to lay down the track, it's evident that she has no ability and the other people in the studio know it. Great fun.
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Jetblue
"DVD" |
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30s
27 Apr 2009 |
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A really charming animated film from the USA shows a young woman aboard a plane being surrounded by other passengers when she fishes out her DVD player. She then slides down a chute and lands in a seat on one of the advertised airline's planes and finds peace.
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Walkers
"Groovy Kind Of Love" |
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2 mins
27 Apr 2011 |
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Gary Lineker is linked romantically with Elle Macpherson in the latest addition to the considerable canon of Walker's ads featuring the footballer turned pundit. But the big-eared Match Of The Day host cannot be faithful to the Australian ex-model as he prefers the company of a bag of crisps.
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Bavaria
"Charlie Sheen" |
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55s
27 Apr 2012 |
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Charlie Sheen trades on the reputation he built last year in this extraordinary Dutch commercial for a non-alcoholic beer. The troubled television star checks out of rehab with a promise to his doctors that he will avoid the substances that landed him in the shit last year but what is he to make of all the people apparently swilling beer in the streets?
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VW Up
"Needle In A Haystack" |
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40s
27 Apr 2013 |
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The young woman in this ad is so tall that she can't find a mate with the same stature, so when her latest potential paramour rolls up in the advertised vehicle she's momentarily dejected. But what's this? The man's a giant. She gets her 'happy ever after' and the public learns that this small car isn't as small as they supposed.
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Co-op
"BBQs" |
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60s
27 Apr 2016 |
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This super film by Nice Shirt's JJ Keith perfectly captures the mood in the DAVID house as spring takes hold and a whole world of garden possibilities open up to us. For Mrs DAVID this involves lengthy and expensive trips to far-flung garden centres but for the man himself it can only mean one thing... meat grilling on a barbecue.
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Selfridges
"Incredible Machines" |
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3 mins 57s
27 Apr 2016 |
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This bold and beautiful film for Selfridges - to promote their latest Body Studio installation - celebrates the confidence five iconic women have in their own physique. From plus size model to 70 year old fashion muse, these are all women who inhabit their bodies on their own terms and refuse to kowtow to the judgemental gaze of the media - and of men, who tend to dictate what is and isn't acceptable.
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P & G
"Rio" |
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2 mins
27 Apr 2016 |
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P & G harness the directorial talents of Rattling Stick's Jeff Nichols to pulsating effect in this ad celebrating the supportive figures behind Olympic greatness just in time for Mother's Day (in the US). Vignettes show children from across the globe experiencing discomfort or anxiety - and the responses from the mums who possess the strength for two.
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Martini
"Play With Time" |
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60s
27 Apr 2016 |
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This swish commercial for Martini marks the vermouth's return to the world stage and it arrives with a swagger and a no-nonsense stance on time-wasting. Forget the digits on your balance screen - hours, minutes, and seconds are the currency of choice. It may not do much for your accountant's mental well-being, but the ad communicates its philosophy in a pacy, entertaining style with some surreal flourishes.
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Lowe's
"House Love" |
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3 mins
27 Apr 2016 |
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This lovely film by Peter Thwaites creates a parallel between two neighbours' burgeoning love affair and something similar going on with their respective houses. Using The Carpenters classic 'We've Only Just Begun' as its soundtrack, it opens on the day a new family moves in and lets us see how the daughter of the incoming family catches the eye of the boy across the road.
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Sherwin-Williams
"Epiphany" |
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30s
27 Apr 2017 |
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Those who've recently given their house a fresh lick of paint may be tempted to go again thanks to this vivid Sherwin-Williams commercial. Plumes of paint surge through space before colliding in spectacular fashion. As hues mingle, the camera glides through clouds and cyclones of colour. Not a bad view, eh?
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Smirnoff Ice
"Dog Train" |
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30s
27 Apr 2005 |
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Second ad featuring Uri the hip young Russian enjoying the Arctic tundra because it enables him to drink his favourite tipple at the right temperature without need for a fridge. Here he hurtles across the snowy landscape with the help of a load of huskies.
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Friends Reunited
"School Children" |
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30s
27 Apr 2006 |
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Originally run a while ago, this ad for the popular marriage-busting Web Site was lifted directly from a scene in Woody Allen's Annie Hall in which Alvy Singer's classmates report on their future progress.
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Channel 4
"Burning House" |
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60s
27 Apr 2007 |
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The usual suspects are asked what they would rescue from their house if it was ablaze. The answers vary according to how seriously the question was taken with Russell Brand telling us that he'd grab the Nazi gold he acquired during the war. As usual, Gordon Ramsay wins the prize for top git.
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Next
"Fountain" |
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50s
27 Apr 2009 |
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Next's fashions are shown off by a group of pretty young things hanging out in a Mediterranean village. They do all the usual things you'd expect as well as changing clothes more often than Cher in concert.
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Vodafone
"Different" |
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40s
27 Apr 2009 |
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Tom Jones's version of If I Ruled The World is mimed by a young man of Asian heritage with striking blue eyes. His attire sets him apart from his siblings and makes it clear that he, like the advertised proposition, is different.
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Visit The Heart
"Medieval Chocolate" |
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30s
27 Apr 2009 |
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This amusing ad for tourism in the Midlands (or the Heart of England as they like to think of themselves) has a reconstruction of a mediaeval execution with an unlikely victim beneath the axe... a Cadbury Creme Egg. Not that the egg will mind... as the ads for the product indicate.
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Electoral Commission
"Invisible Wall" |
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30s
27 Apr 2009 |
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A woman who has decided to vote in the European elections in June hits an invisible wall because she's forgotten to register. Although the metaphor might appear to be a bit heavy-handed, it would probably do the trick if it didn't slightly suggest it's already too late.
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Emma Trust
"Ballot Box" |
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30s
27 Apr 2010 |
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One of three films warning the electorate about the reality of giving their vote to the BNP. In this spot, the opening in the top of a ballot box forms into a swastika once someone has posted their vote containing a cross against a nationalist party.
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Emma Trust
"Letter Box" |
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30s
27 Apr 2010 |
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One of three films warning the electorate about the reality of giving their vote to the BNP. A swastika is formed from the envelopes sitting on a doormat once a leaflet advertising a nationalist party has been posted through the letter box.
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Emma Trust
"Vote" |
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30s
27 Apr 2010 |
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One of three films warning the electorate about the reality of giving their vote to the BNP. Here, the cross denoting someone's vote for a nationalist party becomes a swastika as we hear sounds from a Nazi rally.
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Optus
"Socceroos" |
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60s
27 Apr 2010 |
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According to this impressive-looking ad, the Socceroos have been getting ready for the World Cup in South Africa by training against animals one might expect to find on a safari in the African bush. Mind you, wild animals could enliven one or two of the matches.
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Capital One
"Airport" |
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30s
27 Apr 2011 |
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This is one of a breezy pair of new ads for Capital One featuring Alec Baldwin. The American film star has reinvented himself as a comedy actor through his role in the hit show 30 Rock. Here, he debunks the claims made by rival companies when it comes to airline tickets.
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TLC
"A New Kind of TV" |
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60s
27 Apr 2013 |
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Sometimes commercials serve as much as a warning as an enticement. This minute-long ad for a new TV station, for example, clearly provides the discerning viewer with all the information required to know they should avoid it at all costs. The experience would be like being strapped in a chair while Kerry Katona loudly reads 'Take A Break'.
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