During an interview for his latest documentary, pom wonderful presents. The greatest movie ever sold a documentary about branding, advertising and product placement that is financed and made possible by brands, advertising and product placement. For 30 days, the filmmaker ate nothing but the fastfood, resulting in shocking health results. Morgan spurlocks documentary the greatest movie ever sold opens in theaters april 22. The greatest movie ever sold was the implementation process. Morgan spurlock dubs mac and me the worst movie ever sold. Park city morgan spurlocks new documentary is now called pom wonderful presents.
In the film, and in interviews, spurlock explores the fight against terrorism and views the argument from both sides, in which he tries to find osama bin laden. The talk was tied into his upcoming film the greatest movie. A documentary about branding, advertising and product placement that is financed and made possible by brands, advertising. The song was made available for download on 1 april 2011.
Selling morgan spurlocks greatest movie ever sold the new. What i want to do is make a film all about product placement, marketing and advertising, where the entire film is funded by product placement, marketing and advertising. Culver city, ca january 20, 2011 sony pictures worldwide acquisitions spwa announced today that it has acquired u. Whilst supersize me had its moments, and clearly had a big impact on how people view fastfood, it was still a film stating something most people should already know. The film, which follows the directors attempts to finance a documentary about product placement in film and. The greatest movie ever sold yeah, thats actually the full title, morgan spurlocks new takedown of product placement in television shows and movies, starts. In this movie, morgan spurlock studies the world of marketing by attempting to sell brands a chance to be apart of the film. Selling morgan spurlocks greatest movie ever sold the. Low budget films that made more than their money back page. Morgan spurlock could sell you the brooklyn bridge. So the movie will be called the greatest movie ever sold. Essay greatest movie ever sold 1167 words bartleby.
We saw all these blockbusters getting made with co promotion and wondered if we could make a docbuster. Morgan spurlock director, left and joshua wanatik stunt son in a scene from pom wonderful presents. Morgan spurlock discusses the greatest movie ever sold with krista smith at the sundance film festival. Morgan spurlocks take on product placement, pom wonderful presents. A documentary about branding, advertising and product placement that is financed and made possible by brands, advertising and product placement. The simpsons was renewed on february 6, 2019 for a thirtyfirst and thirtysecond season. Amusing but unfocused, morgan spurlocks latest is another enjoyably flawed documentary. Today, i watched the greatest movie ever sold, it is directed by morgan spurlock, or probably better know as the super size me guy. Director morgan spurlock fundamentally changed how mcdonalds operates with his 2004 documentary. Low budget films that made more than their money back. The greatest movie ever sold by morgan spurlock a film about advertising, paid for by advertising. It helped launch the careers of vinnie jones and jason statham. Morgan spurlock makes documentary film and tv that is personal, political and, above all, deeply empathetic.
The greatest movie ever sold official trailer 2011. The greatest movie ever sold official trailer 2011 youtube. The greatest movie ever sold 2011 morgan spurlock in the greatest movie. With humor and persistence, filmmaker morgan spurlock dives into the hidden but influential world of brand marketing, on his quest to make a completely sponsored film about sponsorship. Morgan spurlock was born on november 7, 1970 in parkersburg, west virginia, usa as morgan valentine spurlock. The greatest movie ever sold isnt the greatest ever made. Morgan spurlock tries to stay pure by selling out by jordan zakarin a white male, 2554 years old, middle class and clean shaven, stands at a sheetz gas pump, eating a fresh sheetz sandwich and filling his car with reliable sheetz fuel. Morgan spurlocks the greatest movie ever sold might be.
Ryan anderson product placement assignment 2320 greatest movie ever sold in this movie, morgan spurlock studies the world of marketing by attempting to sell brands a chance to be apart of the film. Then on october 30, 2007, a video game was released. Weve seen so many brands integrated into film storylines and backdrops that by now were almost inured to it. The movie gives you an in depth look inside the business of advertising by. He is a producer and writer, known for super size me 2004, the greatest movie ever sold 2011 and leon. The greatest movie ever sold, the documentarians playful but tough look at product placement that was a hit at the sundance film festival and opens in theaters friday. We saw all these blockbusters getting made with copromotion and. Morgan spurlocks the greatest ted talk ever sold film. Morgan spurlock, already an anticorporate crusader known for his fast food attacking super size me documentary, stars in the the most meta movie ever made, the greatest movie ever sold, and works to answer those questions. The city of altoona, pennsylvania was paid to change its name to pom wonderful presents.
Spurlock made the announcement after the films world premiere saturday. One of the key factors of the success of morgan spurlocks pom wonderful. Documentary filmmaker morgan spurlock super size me gave a presentation at ted in march titled the greatest ted talk ever sold. The greatest movie ever sold, a film that was entirely financed by brand partners doing product placement in the film which deconstructs and satirizes product placement in film. He says hes not selling out hes buying in to this business model which he says is rampant in the entertainment.
After a flood of rejections, he takes a series of meetings with companies willing to align their brand with hisand make no mistake, spurlock is as much a brand as donald trump or outkasts big boi, who show up to talk about product endorsement. Filmmaker morgan spurlock dives into the mysterious but influential world of brand marketing, on his quest to make a completely sponsored film. Today, it is considered a cult classic and one of the most respected heist films ever made. The movie gives you an in depth look inside the business of advertising by showing the steps and decisions involved. The greatest movie ever sold 2011 directed by morgan. Examples of such sources include metacritic, roger eberts list of mosthated films, the golden turkey awards, leonard maltins movie guide, rotten tomatoes, the stinkers bad movie awards, the cult tv series mystery science theater 3000, and the golden. Boundarypushing oscar nominated filmmaker morgan spurlock explores the world of product placement in pom wonderful presents. The greatest movie ever sold, a film that was fully financed through product placement from various brands, all of which are integrated transparently into the film. After watching his documentary pom wonderful presents. The money went to the citys police department budget.
Besides a great number of sponsoring and nonsponsoring corporate figures appearing in the film, others include. The cast is made up mostly of nonprofessional actors, which gives an authenticity to the movie. Spurlock uses his irreverent comedic style to infiltrate corporate boardrooms and ad agency. Heres the official synopsis for the greatest movie ever sold filmmaker morgan spurlock explores the world of product placement, marketing and advertising in pom wonderful presents. Spurlocks hilarious movie, now called pom wonderful presents. Assignment 2320 greatest movie ever sold in this movie, morgan spurlock studies the world of marketing by attempting to sell brands a chance to be apart of the film. He has been married to sara bernstein since may 2, 2016. Which is one of the points made by morgan spurlock and a number of talking heads in pom wonderful presents. In the greatest movie ever sold, morgan spurlock super size me renders the process transparent as he documents his attempts to get madison avenue to fund his film. The greatest movie ever sold is a 2011 documentary film about product placement, marketing and advertising directed by morgan spurlock. Morgan spurlock explores the world of product placement, marketing and advertising in pom wonderful presents. The greatest movie ever sold trailer supersize mes morgan spurlock explores product placement in his new film. Intrepid filmmaker morgan spurlock directs this bitingly ironic documentary, which scrutinizes the pervasive marketing, advertising and product placement practices that. The reality is made to be humorous but, at the same time, true.
The first low budget guy richie film to absolutely smash it at the box office. This is, of course, part of an actual deal he made with pom to become his. Morgan spurlocks the greatest movie ever sold might be the. April 27, 2011 does the movie about product placement live up to its hype. Morgan spurlock sets out to make a movie about product placement with funding from product placement. Morgan spurlock director, mane on tailphoto by daniel marracino, courtesy of sony pictures classics morgan spurlock directorphoto courtesy of sony pictures classics. Watching this film after viewing the commercials we watched in class made me come to the realization. I was asked to cover the sxsw film festival screening of morgan spurlocks new documentary, pom wonderful presents. Seann william scott was born in cottage grove, minnesota, to patricia anne simons and william frank scott, a factory worker. The films listed below have been cited by a variety of notable critics in varying media sources as being among the worst films ever made. After a flood of rejections, he takes a series of meetings with companies willing to align their brand with hisand make no mistake, spurlock is as much a brand as donald trump or. Morgan spurlocks new documentary, the greatest movie ever sold, is now out in theaters nationwide excuse me pom wonderful presents.
Noam chomsky, professor emeritus of linguistics at massachusetts institute of. Kaufen sie the greatest movie ever sold gunstig ein. Morgan spurlock, the director behind the controversial films super size me and where in the world is osama bin laden. I n his documentary, pom wonderful presents the greatest movie ever sold sony pictures classics, morgan spurlock set out, as he puts it, to make a. Morgan spurlock, still selling, adds old navy, trident and. Boundarypushing oscarnominated filmmaker morgan spurlock explores the world of product placement, marketing and advertising in pom. His face has also been seen from his basketballplaying appearance on a.
The greatest movie ever sold continues this formula, only this time you dont get the added. I made it a point after to let each one know that their willingness to peel bak they. I requested this movie with the intention of writing an article discussing product placement in movies with particular reference to demolition man and the fifth element but the greatest movie ever sold shows the audience nearly everything i wanted to say. The connection to the movie and the city is from a local convenience store chain sheetz from altoona appears in the movie as one of morgan spurlock s sponsors for the film. Qualifizierte bestellungen werden kostenlos geliefert. The greatest ted talk ever sold, ted talks spurlocks second feature documentary, where in the world is osama bin laden. Its more of a mission quest, with spurlock succeeding in getting his movie made with product placement cash.
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