Roadsterite Movie Buffs:
Just saw "Any Given Sunday" last night--a chick flick it is NOT--and was
caught completely unawares in a scene where Al Pacino, as an aging but
hip NFL coach, pulls into a parking lot in what appears to be a grey
metallic Roadster (although the camera angle cleverly hides all
insignia, and the car can only be glimpsed as it slides into an empty
spot).
In a later scene with Pacino and Dennis Quaid, the car appears framed in
a background doorway, a little out of focus, and again hard to ID, but
the silhouette is VERY familiar.
Movie was directed by Oliver Stone. Either he or his art director may
be closet Roadsterites, or else they couldn't get Nissan to pay a PP
(Product Placement) for a defunct model, and paid them back by
disguising the brand. Thought about sitting throught the flick again,
but it's too long, too full of throbbing rap music and herky jerky
camera work. Stone is still too stoned on his own talent to do anything
simply, as if an NFL game needs any hyping, and he spoils his own work
with a phony ending, IMHO.
So the Roadster may or may not be there. Or maybe the next phase in my
dotage will be a UFO? Confirmations/rebuttals welcomed.
Bob Porter
Harrisburg PA
(Incidently, any time you can clearly ID a brand name or logo for
ANYTHING in a movie--beer bottle labels, Nike swoosh, etc.--you can bet
there was PP money paid. Helps to defray production costs, although it
can get distracting when it's overdone, as with Danny DeVito carrying
boxes of Dunkin' Donuts throughout entire scenes of "Other People's
Money.")
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