Briefly: Apple to air iPhone ad during tonight's Oscars

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  • Reply 61 of 112
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Bageljoey View Post


    I hate to be contrarian, but I don't see that either.

    This is an add that will be seen mostly by movie buffs based on the venue. If they are like me, they will have an emotional connection to many of those clips. After the first 10, I was totally hooked and excited to see which actors/movies would show up next. By the time the iPhone showed up, it was the perfect TA DA! My positive emotional attachments to those movies were immediately tied into that phone. Meanwhile, it was all strung together with the simple greating "hello" or some variant.



    It gave me a welcoming vibe.

    Im not sure what issues you must have to come away thinking "I'm not worthy"



    "Issues?" Oh, I have none..... indeed, not even any "positive emotional attachments" or "emotional connections" to inanimate objects!
  • Reply 62 of 112
    Thanks Cake. Your version was super !



    Did like the ad.



    Henry Ledgard
  • Reply 63 of 112
    For those of us living outside the US, thanks for the posting of the vid...



    I think the ad was a perfect teaser; short, simple, using lots of familiar characters in quick sucession to catch the people trying to dash off for a quick cup of coffee and then showing them the product and giving a date. Anybody, no matter how strong the call of nature to visit the littel room down the hall, would have watched through to the end of the ad, which is just what they wanted.



    No need to bore anybody with specs or anything else; people's minds are already 1000% focused on the OScars, and any specs would not be retained in memory. The trick is to get people's interest up, then give 'em more later.



    Bet Apple's site gets an increase in hits tonight.
  • Reply 64 of 112
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by solipsism View Post


    Thanks, Chucker, that is all I wanted.



    HERE is the ad on Google Video.



    Now we wait for some super-Apple-(slash)-movie-fanboy to list every actor and movie from the commercial.



    Thanks peoples, I watching video now. Heh. Not bad, not bad at all. Looks like Apple IMHO "gets" the iPod and iPhone advertising. They're just jinxed with the Mac advertising .



    Nice ad though ...Of the top of my head - Big Lebowski, Incredibles, BackToTheFuture.... LucilleBall....

    Good one for the movie buffs.
  • Reply 65 of 112
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by anantksundaram View Post


    "Issues?" Oh, I have none..... indeed, not even any "positive emotional attachments" or "emotional connections" to inanimate objects!



    Awww, h3ll, didn't mean to imply that I didn't have issues!



    I'm a computer nerd, a movie freak and even a commercial geek. I love 'em all (when done well)! This commercial was hitting on all three of these things.



    I didnt mean to get personal back there. (Its not like you were harshing on my Dixie Chicks...)







    (Rot'nApple--I'm just kidding there. Don't really have time for another fight...)
  • Reply 66 of 112
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by solipsism View Post


    Thanks, Chucker, that is all I wanted.





    HERE is the ad on Google Video.





    Now we wait for some super-Apple-(slash)-movie-fanboy to list every actor and movie from the commercial.



    I'm working on it:





    Lucile Ball

    Jackie Gleason

    Humphrey Bogart

    ???????????

    Jerry Lewis

    Marilyn Monroe

    Clark Gable

    Peter Sellers

    ???????????

    Richard Dreyfuss

    Burt Reynolds

    Betty Rubble

    Robert Redford

    Michael J. Fox

    Harrison Ford

    ???????????

    Audrey Tautou

    Kevin Spacey

    William H. Macy

    Dustin Hoffman

    Will Farrell

    Sara Jessica Parker

    Jeff Bridges

    Billy Crystal

    Cameron Diaz

    Samuel Jackson

    John Travolta

    Robert Di Niro

    Ben Stiller

    Michael Douglas

    Bob Incredible

    John Appleseed
  • Reply 67 of 112
    Just wondering: are all of the movies used in the ad available on iTMS?



    Sorry if this has been covered...
  • Reply 68 of 112
    cakecake Posts: 1,010member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by rongold View Post


    I'm working on it:





    Lucile Ball

    Jackie Gleason

    Humphrey Bogart

    ???????????

    Jerry Lewis

    Marilyn Monroe

    Clark Gable

    Peter Sellers

    ???????????

    Richard Dreyfuss

    Burt Reynolds

    Betty Rubble

    Robert Redford

    Michael J. Fox

    Harrison Ford

    ???????????

    Audrey Tautou

    Kevin Spacey

    William H. Macy

    Dustin Hoffman

    Will Farrell

    Sara Jessica Parker

    Jeff Bridges

    Billy Crystal

    Cameron Diaz

    Samuel Jackson

    John Travolta

    Robert Di Niro

    Ben Stiller

    Michael Douglas

    Bob Incredible

    John Appleseed



    The people are easy - name the TV shows and films.

    BTW, Marlon Brando, Steve McQueen and John Cusack
  • Reply 69 of 112
    Thanks.





    Lucile Ball

    Jackie Gleason

    Humphrey Bogart

    Marlon Brando

    Jerry Lewis

    Marilyn Monroe

    Clark Gable

    Peter Sellers

    Steve McQueen

    Richard Dreyfuss

    Burt Reynolds

    Betty Rubble

    Robert Redford

    Michael J. Fox

    Harrison Ford

    John Cusack

    Audrey Tautou

    Kevin Spacey

    William H. Macy

    Dustin Hoffman

    Will Farrell

    Sara Jessica Parker

    Jeff Bridges

    Billy Crystal

    Cameron Diaz

    Samuel Jackson

    John Travolta

    Robert Di Niro

    Ben Stiller

    Michael Douglas

    Bob Incredible

    John Appleseed
  • Reply 70 of 112
    The main point of their ad was to give it some "Hollywood relevance" (and if ever there was an oxymoron, I think I just invented it) for the Academy Awards... that is all (in best Radar O'Reilly impression).
  • Reply 71 of 112
    flounderflounder Posts: 2,674member
    I liked the ad.



    I love that the call is from "John Appleseed"



    Spread those seeds, Johnny
  • Reply 72 of 112
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by rongold View Post


    Thanks.





    Lucile Ball

    Jackie Gleason

    Humphrey Bogart

    Marlon Brando

    Jerry Lewis

    Marilyn Monroe

    Clark Gable

    Peter Sellers

    Steve McQueen

    Richard Dreyfuss

    Burt Reynolds

    Betty Rubble

    Robert Redford

    Michael J. Fox

    Harrison Ford

    John Cusack

    Audrey Tautou

    Kevin Spacey

    William H. Macy

    Dustin Hoffman

    Will Farrell

    Sara Jessica Parker

    Jeff Bridges

    Billy Crystal

    Cameron Diaz

    Samuel Jackson

    John Travolta

    Robert Di Niro

    Ben Stiller

    Michael Douglas

    Bob Incredible

    John Appleseed



    You mean Colin Farrell, not Will Ferrell.
  • Reply 73 of 112
    Its on Apples website now



    I thought it was good, themed towards film and the old way of making a phonecall, shows it as being something that is a part of human life



    http://www.apple.com/iphone/hello/
  • Reply 74 of 112
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by gregmightdothat View Post


    You mean Colin Farrell, not Will Ferrell.



    No, I'm pretty sure it's Will Ferrel, from Anchor Man.







    Here is what I have seen. The rest I don't think I can identify. Anyone else??



    Lucile Ball

    I Love Lucy



    Jackie Gleason

    The Honeymooners



    Humphrey Bogart

    Key Largo



    Marlon Brando



    Jerry Lewis

    The Bellboy



    Marilyn Monroe

    Some Like It Hot



    Clark Gable

    It Happened One Night



    Peter Sellers

    The Pink Panther



    Steve McQueen



    Richard Dreyfuss

    American Graffiti



    Burt Reynolds

    Boogie Nights



    Betty Rubble

    The Flintstones



    Robert Redford



    Michael J. Fox

    Back to the Future!

    Harrison Ford

    The Fugitive



    John Cusack

    High Fidelity?? Seen it like 5 times but just not sure.



    Audrey Tautou

    Amélie



    Kevin Spacey



    William H. Macy

    Fargo



    Dustin Hoffman



    Will Farrell

    Anchor Man



    Sara Jessica Parker

    Sex In the City ???



    Jeff Bridges

    The Big Lebowski



    Billy Crystal

    When Harry Met Sally



    Cameron Diaz



    Samuel Jackson

    Jackie Brown



    John Travolta



    Robert Di Niro



    Ben Stiller

    Zoolander



    Michael Douglas



    Bob Incredible

    The Incredibles



    John Appleseed

    MacWorld Keynote
  • Reply 75 of 112
    cakecake Posts: 1,010member
    You missed the phone at the beginning - just a guess, but I think it's Dial M for Murder.
  • Reply 76 of 112
    I thought it was really good, it wasn't technical at all, so it could reach a broader, albeit more oblivious, audience. I thought it felt sort of reminiscent of the past, and then brought it all to the near future.

    All I have to say is "Wow"! lol









    Quote:

    As I recall, Cingular acquired AT&T wireless and then chaged its name to AT&T. It was the Monday after the iPhone's annoncement that the name "officially" changed to AT&T.



    I thought Cingular acquired AT&T Wireless, and then sometime last year, AT&T bought SBC, so Cingular became part of AT&T.
  • Reply 77 of 112
    The initial phone that is seen, I believe is from "Dial 'M' for Murder"



    Lucile Ball

    I Love Lucy



    Jackie Gleason

    The Honeymooners



    Humphrey Bogart

    Key Largo



    Marlon Brando

    Streetcar Named 'Desire'



    Jerry Lewis

    The Bellboy



    Marilyn Monroe

    Some Like It Hot



    Clark Gable

    It Happened One Night



    Peter Sellers

    The Pink Panther



    Steve McQueen



    Richard Dreyfuss

    American Graffiti



    Burt Reynolds

    Boogie Nights



    Betty Rubble

    The Flintstones



    Robert Redford

    All the President's Men



    Michael J. Fox

    Back to the Future!



    Harrison Ford

    The Fugitive



    John Cusack

    High Fidelity



    Audrey Tautou

    Amélie



    Kevin Spacey

    A Time to Kill (?)



    William H. Macy

    Fargo



    Dustin Hoffman

    Meet the Fokers (?)



    Will Farrell

    Anchor Man



    Sara Jessica Parker

    Honeymoon in Vegas (?)



    Jeff Bridges

    The Big Lebowski



    Billy Crystal

    When Harry Met Sally



    Cameron Diaz

    Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle



    Samuel Jackson

    Jackie Brown



    John Travolta

    Face Off (?)



    Robert Di Niro

    (Anybody's Guess!)



    Ben Stiller

    Zoolander



    Michael Douglas

    The American President



    Bob Incredible, aka Mr. Incredible

    The Incredibles



    John Appleseed

    MacWorld Keynote
  • Reply 78 of 112
    wircwirc Posts: 302member
    The tell that Sarah jessica Parker's clip is from Sex in the City is the PowerBook G3 on the bed.
  • Reply 79 of 112
    Anybody know the song in the background?



    And who is this "John Appleseed" character?



    Is it the trender way to say "John Doe"



    edit found the song:



    Inside Your Head by Eberg
  • Reply 80 of 112
    macgregormacgregor Posts: 1,434member
    Nice work at getting all of the clips (stars and roles)!!! And THAT is why it is a really good, not great ad, everyone who watches it and doesn't hang out at AppleNerd sites will be looking to identify a new person every time it airs.



    Thus it will be successful.
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