Duncan's TV Ad Land (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
Honda Australia is promoting the Honda Jazz as the versatile vehicle of choice with “Imagination”, a television commercial using 1.4 million virtual megablocks. The commercial demonstrates the car’s interior space and versatility using the language of a strikingly familiar object -- a child’s plastic block. More than a million multi-coloured Mega Bloks flow into and [...] ©...
Duncan's TV Ad Land (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Subaru’s latest brand campaign in Australia, “Crowd”, features customers riding on the shoulders of Subaru employees through the streets of Kiev and the country roads of Crimea in the south of Ukraine. The ad is part of the “All 4 The Driver” campaign, which also includes posters, press, online and experiential advertising. The effort was [...] © 2009 The Inspiration...
Mr. Peel's Sardine Liqueur (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Released in November 1983, William Friedkin’s DEAL OF THE CENTURY doesn’t seem to have the support of even the most die-hard fans of the director out there. I think THE GUARDIAN actually has more admirers and I’d be happy to say something nice about THE HUNTED (sadly, I have never seen THE BRINK’S JOB, which seems to be unreleased on DVD in the U.S.). But as for this Chevy Chase...
A.V. Club (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Bob Dylan sang about how there’s no success like failure, but in the films of Michael Ritchie, the opposite is often true. Elected to the Senate after a brutal, compromise-filled campaign in The Candidate , Robert Redford turns to his closest advisor and asks, “What do we do now?” He’s lost sight of the sure moral ground on which he once stood, and the trip across the finish...
DVD Talk (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Highly Recommended Michael Ritchie's debut feature, Downhill Racer (1969), is a quietly thrilling, beautifully-shot film about a particularly American theme. What does it mean to be a champion? Is it a worthy goal in and of itself? These questions are posed in a far more elegant fashion by the film itself, but what's interesting about them is the fact that they are in a "sports film" at...
scaryideas (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Subaru : Crowd Rider (All 4 The Driver) [Video] Agency: Leo Burnett, Sydney Executive Creative Director: Andy DiLallo Executive Creative Director: Jay Benjamin General Manager: Peter Fitzhardinge Senior Creative: Gary Dawson Executive Producer: Adrian Shapiro Business Director: Tamara Klemich Production Company: Revolver, Sydney Director: Steve Rogers Executive Producer: Michael Ritchie Producer:...
Hollywood Elsewhere (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
"Trailblazers," a booklet essay by Todd McCarthy inside the forthcoming Downhill Racer DVD, explains the curious mystique of Robert Redford's David Chappellet, "a determined loner from Colorado who...singlemindedly pursues the goal of winning with a total disregard for protocols and personal niceties. He's a heel, a good-looking backwoods hick who hides his ignorance and social unease...
Valley News Dispatch (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Williamsport man who was staying in the Alle-Kiski Valley surrenders to Vandergrift police.
Shadowscope (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
57-year-old Michael Ritchie of Valparaiso, Indiana was been arrested and charged with criminal deviate conduct and sexual battery last Wednesday. The man is accused of sexually assaulting a man under his care at a group home he manages in...
The Wicked Stage (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Great news for Randy fans, from the Taper: WORLD PREMIERE OF RANDY NEWMAN’S “HARPS AND ANGELS” AT MARK TAPER FORUM IN NOVEMBER 2010 Grand Finale of 2010 Season to Feature Music and Lyrics of Beloved Songwriter The infectious music and lyrics of one of America’s most beloved songwriters will be featured as the grand finale of the Taper’s 2010 season, it was announced today...
Culture Monster (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
Plays about love and Big Pharma, magicians, a son’s death in Iraq and life at the post office are part of this fall's DouglasPlus series of new works, which the Center Theatre Group will announce today. Artistic director Michael Ritchie...
scanners (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
At home, Mark Whitacre (Matt Damon) has a business line and a personal line. You should know that because the FBI does, and so do his bosses at Archer Daniels Midland ("Supermarket To The World"™). Mark is pretty good...
The Sports ITeam Blog (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
It's been 40 years since Robert Redford and Gene Hackman starred in "Downhill Racer," a film that included footage of real ski racers bouncing and skidding (and sometimes cartwheeling) down the world's most treacherous race courses. In four decades, no one has made another memorable feature film about the camera-friendly sport of ski racing, probably because the 1969 version was so complete....
scaryideas (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
Subaru Liberty GT : Drifter (Not for the faint of heart) [Video] Agency: Leo Burnett, Sydney Executive Creative Directors: Andy DiLallo, Jay Benjamin Copywriters: Mark Schöller, A. Chris Moreira Art Directors: A. Chris Moreira, Mark Schöller Executive Producer: Adrian Shapiro Production Company: Revolver Film, Sydney Director: Steve Rogers Executive Producer: Michael Ritchie Producer: Georgina...
The Playgoer (Free subscription) | 08/25/2009
By Steven Leigh Morris Oscar and Grammy Award-winning composer Stephen Schwartz’s new (and first) opera, Séance on a Wet Afternoon , will have its world premiere, Sept. 26 at The Granada in Santa Barbara. The music and libretto were both written by Schwartz; his son Scott Schwartz ( Bat Boy: The Musical , Golda’s Balcony , Tick,Tick . . . Boom ) will direct. New York City Opera...
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