gwtwbooklover Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 I saw a commercial where a soldier was trying to give a pepsi to someone named Spartucus and then the famous scene where everyone says I'm Spartucus starts only there is a super imposed Pepsi and a man not in the original movie holding it. It was the movie with Kirk Douglas and all. Of course in this spin instead of Spartucus being grateful everyone stuck up for him he cries because everyone claims his Pepsi. Have you all seen this commercial? Does anyone know if Douglas okayed this? I for one find it hard to belive since Spartucus is Douglas' baby. I will check to see if anyone else has posted about it already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erzbet Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 Yes, I saw the commercial -- and was sorta taken aback. Of course in this day and age anything goes -- but somehow SPARTACUS is not a film I want messed with..and particularly that very moving moment. The mood of the scene has always moved me -- and to see it used for consumer consumption -- well, it goes against the grain. I guess I'm hopeless -- I don't know if Mr. Douglas has commented on this commercial -- doubt that it would have done any good anyway. I'm not totally adverse to using classic movie footage to tout new products -- I remember a clever Hoover vacuum ad with Fred Astaire -- thought it clever -- but then Fred Astaire fans might have cringed. Chacun a son gout I guess (each to his own taste). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 GWTW, you can be sure that Pepsi got the rights prior to producing such a commercial. I also don't believe that Kirk Douglas had much say-so in the matter since he didn't produce the saga that was "Spartacus". Mongo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt_Markoff Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Was this a commercial which came out in the 1960s or contemporary times? Because if it came out in recent times I swear there's no one today in this country of dumb-clucks who would know what movie Pepsi is even harkening back to. Grown men walking around streets in our cities today, don't even know who David Carradine was! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Been polling a lot of "grown men on the street", have you? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 On 6/11/2005 at 2:03 AM, gwtwbooklover said: I saw a commercial where a soldier was trying to give a pepsi to someone named Spartucus and then the famous scene where everyone says I'm Spartucus starts only there is a super imposed Pepsi and a man not in the original movie holding it. That man was Senator Cory Booker. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr6666 Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 3 hours ago, Sgt_Markoff said: Was this a commercial which came out in the 1960s or contemporary times? Because if it came out in recent times I swear there's no one today in this country of dumb-clucks who would know what movie Pepsi is even harkening back to. Grown men walking around streets in our cities today, don't even know who David Carradine was! GEEZ...... this was from 2005?!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt_Markoff Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 I forgot to apologize for becoming interested in this thread I had never seen before, since I am new to this website. But I am very interested in the links between commercial products and Hollywood movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonCole Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 On 12/19/2018 at 7:14 PM, Sgt_Markoff said: Was this a commercial which came out in the 1960s or contemporary times? Because if it came out in recent times I swear there's no one today in this country of dumb-clucks who would know what movie Pepsi is even harkening back to. Grown men walking around streets in our cities today, don't even know who David Carradine was! Just wanted to express my appreciation for your usage of the term "dumb-clucks" as I haven't heard that one in many moons. Would it be wrong to blame John Carradine for having too many sons that aid in the Carradine confusion? No, I guess not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonCole Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 On 12/19/2018 at 8:06 PM, LawrenceA said: Been polling a lot of "grown men on the street", have you? But aren't you glad he didn't designate them as "groan men"? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonCole Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 15 hours ago, Sgt_Markoff said: I forgot to apologize for becoming interested in this thread I had never seen before, since I am new to this website. But I am very interested in the links between commercial products and Hollywood movies. When big stars started doing commercials it was fun to see, but thankfully people like Orson Welles did not perform his Paul Masson commercials in costume as the Thane of Cawdor. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 14 minutes ago, GordonCole said: But aren't you glad he didn't designate them as "groan men"? I enjoy the thought of some random guy approaching young men on the streets of New York and quizzing them on David Carradine. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt_Markoff Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 These men milksops should be interrogated on such important questions by roving squads of cultural anthropologists--and if any American should fail to know names like Yul Brynner or Charles Bronson--they should have their man-cards revoked and firmly escorted to the border! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonCole Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 5 minutes ago, LawrenceA said: I enjoy the thought of some random guy approaching young men on the streets of New York and quizzing them on David Carradine. Yeah, and when said men run off screaming from the random guy who is into David Carradine, he can yell out "Shane, come back, please come back. I love you, Mother loves you...not so sure about Father but please come back, Shane." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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