Al Pacino fee for Sky advert
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I find watching telly in the US next to impossible. Take Friends.
There is a break after the opening credits and just before the end credits as well as two breaks during the show.
I was stuck in a hotel watching that film with the deaf actress. Can't remember the name.
It was half hour to the first break so I got sucked into the story. Then it was 10 mins of ads for every 10 mins of film.
This took up over 4 hours of the evening.
There is a break after the opening credits and just before the end credits as well as two breaks during the show.
I was stuck in a hotel watching that film with the deaf actress. Can't remember the name.
It was half hour to the first break so I got sucked into the story. Then it was 10 mins of ads for every 10 mins of film.
This took up over 4 hours of the evening.
dundarach said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
What possesses a legend like Al Pacino to do something like this? he can't need the money. Bruce Willis I can understand, the t
t. But Al Pacino??? Very diappointed in him.
Eh?t. But Al Pacino??? Very diappointed in him. You know he's an actor right...?
He's not a saint you know, the dude works and here is work....
Just because he made some movies we all like, why shouldn't he do this, he might have enjoyed it, he might have thought, 'there's and easy half million' and why not!
If he were a contractor we'd be saying, be flexible, go where the work is, don't burn bridges etc. etc.
Esseesse said:
I thought the US had more ad breaks. That's why you get those funny pauses in Star Trek TNG where they've stitched either side of the ad break together.
They do have more breaks it is irritating. It goes ... two minutes of show, break, 9 minutes, break, 9 minutes, break, 1 minute ... then on to the next show.I guess that here the middle ad break is longer and the program doesn't start on time? I say 'here' as I tend to either Sky+ programs so I can fast forward or watch on 1channel or similar.
The terrible TV in N America was the only thing I was glad to see the back of when I left there. Your normal 'thirty minute' sitcom would start with the credits and about a minute later, would have an advert break. Then there would be another half way through then a final one just before the closing credits.
It felt as though you were spending more time watching st adverts than you were watching the actual programme.
Awful, truly awful.....
It felt as though you were spending more time watching s
t adverts than you were watching the actual programme. Awful, truly awful.....
Guvernator said:
No sorry, gonna have to agree with Twig on this one. A contractor and an iconic actor who earns millions are in now way comparable. If he was a hard up actor or new to the business I'd agree with the go where the money is statement but we are talking about an acting legend with over 40 years in the business, surely he has made\put away enough money in that time to not have to demean himself. If he is so hard up that he has to appear in a sh*te Sky advert then that is one incredibly expensive coke habit he has there, perhaps playing Tony Montana in Scarface wasn't such a great idea afterall.
Really? I think it shows that he doesn't take himself as seriously as you think he does and is capable of taking the piss a bit out of himself.Who knows. Perhaps he did it for a favour. I doubt the fee had much to do with it.
Pugster said:
Really? I think it shows that he doesn't take himself as seriously as you think he does and is capable of taking the piss a bit out of himself.
Who knows. Perhaps he did it for a favour. I doubt the fee had much to do with it.
Oh I'm all for self referential p*ss-taking but IMO it really is a crap and very cringe-worthy advert. I just find old actors who are past their prime appearing in adverts just a bit sad but maybe it's just me and if he didn't do it for the money I think that makes it even worse.Who knows. Perhaps he did it for a favour. I doubt the fee had much to do with it.
Pugster said:
Guvernator said:
No sorry, gonna have to agree with Twig on this one. A contractor and an iconic actor who earns millions are in now way comparable. If he was a hard up actor or new to the business I'd agree with the go where the money is statement but we are talking about an acting legend with over 40 years in the business, surely he has made\put away enough money in that time to not have to demean himself. If he is so hard up that he has to appear in a sh*te Sky advert then that is one incredibly expensive coke habit he has there, perhaps playing Tony Montana in Scarface wasn't such a great idea afterall.
Really? I think it shows that he doesn't take himself as seriously as you think he does and is capable of taking the piss a bit out of himself.Who knows. Perhaps he did it for a favour. I doubt the fee had much to do with it.
But if you have Sky+, start times and advert quantities are irrelevant aren't they?
That's the whole beauty of it. You just sit down when you want to watch something, not clock watching because the thing you want to watch is on at 9.00pm and have a panic because you're going to miss it. And then you fast forward through the adverts.
That's the whole beauty of it. You just sit down when you want to watch something, not clock watching because the thing you want to watch is on at 9.00pm and have a panic because you're going to miss it. And then you fast forward through the adverts.
TwigtheWonderkid said:
croyde said:
Hollywood A listers are often in TV ads in Japan.
There's Hollywood A listers, and then there's Al Pacino.I take the point that he's an actor, and it's a job. Van Gogh was a painter but I wouldn't have expected him to do someone's hall, stairs and landing!
boxst said:
Esseesse said:
I thought the US had more ad breaks. That's why you get those funny pauses in Star Trek TNG where they've stitched either side of the ad break together.
They do have more breaks it is irritating. It goes ... two minutes of show, break, 9 minutes, break, 9 minutes, break, 1 minute ... then on to the next show.I guess that here the middle ad break is longer and the program doesn't start on time? I say 'here' as I tend to either Sky+ programs so I can fast forward or watch on 1channel or similar.
Guvernator said:
Pugster said:
Really? I think it shows that he doesn't take himself as seriously as you think he does and is capable of taking the piss a bit out of himself.
Who knows. Perhaps he did it for a favour. I doubt the fee had much to do with it.
Oh I'm all for self referential p*ss-taking but IMO it really is a crap and very cringe-worthy advert. I just find old actors who are past their prime appearing in adverts just a bit sad but maybe it's just me and if he didn't do it for the money I think that makes it even worse.Who knows. Perhaps he did it for a favour. I doubt the fee had much to do with it.
In fact I'd say he pulls it off perfectly. Shows what a first rate actor he is.
RicksAlfas said:
But if you have Sky+, start times and advert quantities are irrelevant aren't they?
That's the whole beauty of it. You just sit down when you want to watch something, not clock watching because the thing you want to watch is on at 9.00pm and have a panic because you're going to miss it. And then you fast forward through the adverts.
Spot on, I'd be lost without Sky+ - it's very rare that I watch live TV nowadays.That's the whole beauty of it. You just sit down when you want to watch something, not clock watching because the thing you want to watch is on at 9.00pm and have a panic because you're going to miss it. And then you fast forward through the adverts.
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