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• • MikeyRix

    Oct 13th 2011, 12:21

    RE #5: Russo was in "Thor". Admittedly for about five seconds, but she was there.

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  • McSerious

    Oct 13th 2011, 13:14

    You can't include Bond! Simply because its all about the product placement! What watch he wears, what laptop he uses, what car he drives, what sunglasses etc... Its a part of each Bond film. Bond WITHOUT product placement would be missing something. Also you should've included Hackers! I've seen that ONCE and all I can remember is COCA-COLA! BUY COCA-COLA!

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  • badger86

    Oct 13th 2011, 13:18

    Inspector gadget always sticks in my head. A yahoo billboard falls and as it does all we hear is 'YAAAAAHHHHOOOOO' not the films lowest point perhaps but very very bad.

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  • Trunkman14

    Oct 13th 2011, 13:35

    Surely Pizza Hut and Budweiser from 'The Invention of Lying' gets a look in. The only way they got the budget extended to finish the film was from the cash they threw at it I believe.

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  • writerdave87

    Oct 13th 2011, 13:41

    I like that in the Mac and Me clip the waitress drops the milkshake straight into the litlte girl's lap.

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  • KerrAvon

    Oct 13th 2011, 14:23

    There's another good one in Spiderman where he is testing his webshooting in his room and he places a can of Dr Pepper on the cabinet which fills the screen. There's also some stupid flag waving behind him all the time as if we've forgotten where Spiderman is based.

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  • ck100

    Oct 13th 2011, 18:19

    Nothing from "Men In Black II"? That movie was full of product placement. Mercedes, Victoria's Secret, Ray Ban, Playstation, Mountain Dew, Burger King, eBay, etc.

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  • ck100

    Oct 13th 2011, 18:20

    If anything, "Superman II" should have been mentioned here instead of "Superman IV". Remember when Superman threw General Zod at that huge Coca Cola sign? I think there was also a part where Superman or one of the villains was thrown into a Marlboro truck.

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  • doctorluck

    Oct 13th 2011, 19:15

    No 28 Days Later with the blatantly obvious National Lottery placements. There's more Crossed Blue Fingers then there are Zombies. I'm sorry I mean Infected.

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  • StevePotter

    Oct 13th 2011, 20:04

    I'm always happy when I see The Truman Show mentioned on a website I like, especially in a positive light. I love that movie.

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  • StevePotter

    Oct 13th 2011, 20:14

    AND you mentioned Wings! I love that movie, too. That's a great movie, you should totally see it.

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  • Hadouken76

    Oct 13th 2011, 21:13

    The Bourne trilogy isnt without its PP...things like The Guardian, limp-wristed liberals facing extreme danger? Yeh right,! Bourne Supremacy? I was half-tempted to buy a knackered Russian taxi on the basis of that film...disgusting!

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  • Gav83

    Oct 13th 2011, 21:58

    Pretty much every Bay movie should be in here; the man takes it to a whole new level. Also, the Matrix sequels were pretty bad as well from what I remember.

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  • FEBear

    Oct 14th 2011, 2:26

    Paul Giammatti's Win Win, good film though it is, has some blatant product placement in it. He visits a friend's house who just happens to be playing Wii Tennis and tells him just what a wonderful game it is. Not only that, they repeat the scene a bit later on.

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  • joker16

    Oct 14th 2011, 4:12

    For my money The Island features the most overt product placement I've ever seen in a film, well, except for The Greatest Movie Ever Sold. The scene in which Ewan McGragor puts a vodka bottle down on a counter filling the frame for a good 2 seconds is so obvious it's laughable.

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  • joker16

    Oct 14th 2011, 4:12

    For my money The Island features the most overt product placement I've ever seen in a film, well, except for The Greatest Movie Ever Sold. The scene in which Ewan McGregor puts a vodka bottle down on a counter filling the frame for a good 2 seconds is so obvious it's laughable.

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  • ash333

    Oct 14th 2011, 10:29

    That's a Crown Victoria in the A-Team shot

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  • MrScary

    Oct 14th 2011, 18:44

    Don't really know if you should have Days of Thunder in here for the simple fact theat the advertisments on the driver's jumpsuits and cars are a 100% realistic aspect of NASCAR and its culture. Not having them would be like Bull Durham without ads on the baseball field fences or the US Hockey team not wearing red, white, and blue in Miracle.

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  • MrScary

    Oct 14th 2011, 18:51

    You also missed another obvious one; Return of The Killer Tomatoes. George Clooney actually breaks character, turns to the camera, and pitches several products, including Pepsi and Honda four-wheelers.

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  • jws1272

    Oct 14th 2011, 20:13

    In Casino Royale, there's SONY product placement everywhere too. Both Bond & Vesper use SonyEricsson phones, plus her camera is a Sony, and I believe Bond's laptop is a Vaio.

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  • Hybrid

    Oct 15th 2011, 11:17

    Casino Royale, not Casino Royal. Jesus

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  • scowler

    Oct 15th 2011, 12:27

    There is blatant shots of budwieser and a motorbike joust in front of two big pepsi/mountain dew billboards in the film Torque. Kinda adds to the guilty pleasure of it though.

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  • Hadouken76

    Oct 15th 2011, 20:34

    Theres also tremendous amount of piuggin for Facebook in The Social Network... blooming cheek!

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  • nkutzler

    Oct 16th 2011, 3:39

    I can stand marketing much better if it helps the movie, as in characterization. But making a product some strangely convenient solution for the film. I appreciate Bond, some people just want to be Bond. I like the Converse and everything Iron Man because it modernizes, but I will still go back to the movie for the action and characters- and I still can't eat Burger King. But Fantastic Four, Blade, Bay films- all ridiculous if that isn't what the story is. I'm still waiting for my damn Autobot Vs. Decepticon movie.

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  • acuteringsting

    Oct 16th 2011, 23:35

    Not strictly in movie PP, and more than a little meta - for your viewing pleasure: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdQzGPz-wLM The resignation and disgust on Liam Neeson's face is priceless. Now imagine if they'd done this with Schindler?

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  • Siban1982

    Oct 17th 2011, 10:50

    No Brit has heard of a Twinky before Zombieland? Wayne's World "whiffs of selling out"? Lastly, Surf Ninjas? Seriously? You went down that road? Wow.

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  • FranJester

    Oct 20th 2011, 22:53

    Wayne's World 'whiffs of selling out'?! Surely that was the whole point and joke of that bit! I don't think that should be included! And a film that was missed out: Big! He was asked the question, coke or pepsi? Answered pepsi and was then given a pepsi vending machine!

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  • FeanorCulnamo79

    Oct 25th 2011, 16:04

    Hey, my thesis's topic :p

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