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The greatest movie ever sold, spurlock sets his cultural insights on a new target. Mar 21, 2011 boundarypushing oscarnominated filmmaker morgan spurlock explores the world of product placement, marketing and advertising in pom wonderful presents. The premise of the greatest movie ever sold is a limp one. The film is essentially a making of documentary for a film that doesnt exist. Watch the movie trailer for the greatest movie ever sold 2011. The greatest movie ever sold 2011 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. Get us in your inbox sign up to our newsletter for the latest and greatest from your city and beyond. The movie gives you an in depth look inside the business of advertising by showing the steps and decisions involved. Morgan spurlocks new documentary, the greatest movie ever sold, finances itself by its own bootstraps. You may remember directorpresenter morgan spurlock from his offthewall investigation of the fast food industry, supersize me, in which he commits to eating nothing but mcdonalds for a month with disastrous results.
The premise behind the production is that the documentary itself would be entirely paid for by sponsors, thus being a form of metafilm. The premise of the greatest movie ever sold is more intriguing than the execution. The greatest movie ever sold, as the maker of the pomegranate juice drink bought the naming rights. Rent the greatest movie ever sold 2011 on dvd and bluray. The main gimmick being mocked in this documentary by morgan spurlock is product placement, where movies or tv shows use or mention a famous product or brand name. The greatest movie ever sold is a 2011 documentary film about product placement, marketing and advertising directed by morgan spurlock. The greatest movie ever sold 2011 official trailer hd. Rent the greatest movie ever sold 2011 starring morgan spurlock and ben silverman on dvd and bluray. Find out what are all the songs in the greatest movie ever sold movie 2011 and who sings them. The greatest movie ever sold critics consensus the greatest movie ever sold plays smartly to spurlocks strengths, and the result is a breezy, albeit not particularly. The greatest movie ever sold official trailer 2011.
New dvd releases august 2011 latest info on new dvd releases. The greatest movie ever sold was shown at the sundance film festival in january 2011. The greatest movie ever sold is the documentary film based about brand advertising and financing of a product. A fascinating, whimsical whirlwind of a ride, the greatest movie ever sold nevertheless does serious business. Aug 02, 2011 complete new tv and movie dvd release schedule for august 2011, plus movie stats, cast, trailers, movie posters and more. The greatest movie ever sold official trailer 2011 youtube. Rent the greatest movie ever sold 2011 on dvd and blu. Mar 18, 2011 trailer for the documentary the greatest movie ever sold boundarypushing oscarnominated filmmaker morgan spurlock explores the world of product placement, marketing and advertising in pom wonderful presents. A documentary about branding, advertising and product placement that is financed and made possible by brands, advertising and product placement. Complete new tv and movie dvd release schedule for august 2011, plus movie stats, cast, trailers, movie posters and more. The greatest movie ever solds attack on the ubiquity of product placement could be seen as a win for the advertising industry morgan spurlock launches assault against onscreen. 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. At the 2011 hot docs opening and canadian premiere screening of morgan spurlocks pom wonderful presents the greatest movie ever sold the peppy logoclad filmmaker told the audience his film will have the effect of changing the way we look at advertising, tv, and films. Apr 15, 2011 in the greatest movie ever sold, he takes you behind the scenes as he exuberantly pitches potential sponsors, among them pom wonderful, jetblue, kao brands maker of ban antiperspirant, and a.
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Park city documentary premieres following the world premiere of morgan spurlocks hilarious and sly new documentary at sundance, he announced a title change. May 03, 2011 so the movie will be called the greatest movie ever sold. Morgan spurlock super size me, where in the world is osama bin laden unleashes a new documentary about. However, in a fabulous twist, the filmmaker partners with the very brands and advertisers he hopes to examine in order to make the very. The greatest movie ever sold 2011 directed by morgan.
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In the greatest movie ever sold actually titled pom wonderful presents. He goes on a wild goose chase to find the company that meets his needs as far as what he expects out of the movie. Intrepid filmmaker morgan spurlock directs this bitingly ironic documentary, which scrutinizes the pervasive marketing, advertising and product placement practices that. That the greatest movie ever sold is about corporate product placement in films is an example of what might be recognised as a classic spurlock twist. Spurlock is making a movie about the prevalence of advertising and product placement, so he. The greatest movie ever sold offers a humorous look at the ways in which advertisers resort to ever more subtle tricks and gimmicks in movies. 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. The greatest movie ever sold dvd release date august 23, 2011. Apr 22, 2011 for the greatest movie ever sold, spurlock whores himself out bigtime. In fact, the films greatest shock comes in a brief excursion to sao paulo, brazil, a city that has banned all outdoor advertising.
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Apr 21, 2011 morgan spurlocks new documentary, the greatest movie ever sold, finances itself by its own bootstraps. Apr 22, 2011 watch the movie trailer for the greatest movie ever sold 2011. The greatest movie ever sold continues this formula, only this time you dont get the added bonus of seeing a man vomit out of his car window. 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.
Spurlock, trying to finance his movie, decides to try to make the documentary iron man 2 by having corporate sponsors pop up. In greatest movie, he gleefully accepts his sponsorships on camera just to show you how wrong this all is. Apr 20, 2011 the greatest movie ever sold, as the maker of the pomegranate juice drink bought the naming rights. The greatest movie ever sold 2011 official trailer hd documentarytrailers. Selling morgan spurlocks greatest movie ever sold the. Get the greatest movie ever sold dvd and bluray release date, trailer, movie poster and movie stats. Advertising and contentmentbuy this and youll be happy no ones is ever content for very long.
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