Star Wars Weekends Advertisements

Disney has just published a slew of hilarious advertisements promoting the Disney parks' upcoming Star Wars Weekends event.

See my favorite one above, some other great ones below, and all of them here at /Film.

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'WALL-E' Oscar Campaign Begins

In my opinion, WALL-E, while not being Pixar's best work, was definitely one of the best movies of the year. It had romance, comedy, action, and a robot that you couldn't help but fall in love with (read my full review here).

Due to the fact that critics and moviegoers alike all loved WALL-E, Disney has started its campaign to make Pixar's most recent feature eligible for all categories of the Oscars, including Best Picture. The campaign's first step was an add of the cover of today's Daily 'Variet•E':

I am glad that WALL-E is attempting to break the Academy out of their animated film bias tendencies. There is no reason in the world as to why an animated movie can't be better than a live action one.

So, For Your Consideration: WALL-E, in all categories, including Best Picture and Best Animated Feature.

Go WALL-E!!

Source: The Pixar Blog

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The Best Advertisements of Cannes Do Not Relate to Their Products

Here are some videos and pictures that represent the Grand Prix edition of Creativity's Top 5 Winners. Basically, that just means that they were the best ads from Cannes. Here they are, in all of their glory. Being supremely awesome, yet not even close to relating to their products.

Film Grand Prix: Cadbury 'Gorilla'

Agency: Fallon, London
Director: Juan Cabral
Production Company: Blink

Titanium Grand Prix: Uniqlo 'Uniqlock'

Agency: Projector, Tokyo
Creative Director: Koichiro Tanaka
Website: http://www.uniqlo.jp/uniqlock/
(Click on the link and watch the video. Note: it is in Tokyo time)

Film Grand Prix: Xbox 'Halo 3'

Agency: TAG, San Francisco; McCann Erickson, San Francisco
Client: Microsoft
Creative Directors: Scott Duchon, Geoff Edwards, John Patroulis
Art Directors: Nate Able, Tim Stier

Source: AdAge.com

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