this trailer was so funny, and my sides ache everytime i watch it. Seriously, what a brilliant idea this was. they should disguise it as a short film, re-release it and enter it in the academy awards in the respective category. Provided they do have such categories and a movie of its length is eligible.
what do you guys think, and what other trailers did you find to be the best?
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ho yeah! The trailer of Forrest Gump (especially the 4minutes one) gives me goosebump every time :o)
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It is one of the best trailers ever made, I agree on that.
Everything is there, story, style and aspecially character.
http://www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/comedian.html
It's on the internet :
http://www.pirate.ca/spot_of_the_week/archive/video/source_Comedian.html
This is 3d animation of the first 10 seconds of it :
http://i-animate.org/10secondclub.org/files/2003/11/21.mpg
Have you seen the "5 men in a limo" short ?
http://www.donlafontaineonline.com/video/5men.html
It has 5 (actually 6 as Hal Douglas, who did this trailer that you are talking about has 3 lines in it) of the most "voice famous" "movie trailer" guys playing themselves as they ride in a limo to an awards ceremony.
The actors are
Don LaFontaine "Mr. Adventure" (his real life nickname is "In a World ..." <g>
John Leader "Mr. Sensitive"
Al Chalk "Mr. Cool"
Mark Elliot "The voice of Disney"
Nick Tate "Mr. Horror"
Hal Douglas "Mr. Smooth"
Here is the dialog; (the lines are humorous by themselves, by hysterical when you hear the actors speaking them)
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[James Bond theme]
Driver : Well sir, tonight's the night !
Don : That's right !
: In a world .. where the success of an industry, depends upon the creative ability of a few,greatness MUST be recognized !
The 26th annual Hollywood reporter ... Key Art Awards !
[Indian Jones like music]
Driver : Shall I head directly to the DGA ?
Don : No not yet, first we have to assemble our team !
Driver : Our team ?
Don: Imagine. 5 of the top voice over artists in our country. All in one car. Mine !
[ fanfare ]
Don : Meet .... John Leader
John : A simple man, in a complicated world, but tonight, for one hear stopping moment .. quite possibly .. a hero.
[ ominous adventure music]
Nick: Now THAT's a knife !
Don: Nick Tate.
Nick: A voice ... 65 million years in the making.
Don: Ominous
John: Mysterious
Nick: Hung like a horse.
[ominous ]
Don: Rated R
John: Under 17, not admited without parent.
***** I love this line **********
Driver: Well are we prepared to move on to the ceremony ?
(Music - omninous)
Nick; Prepared? Nothing ...could ever prepare you for what awaits you ... at the ceremony.
**********************
Don: Meet. Mark Elliot.
[ragtime piano]
Mark : The cherished voice of the most beloved animated classics of our time.
Featuring all your favorite Disney characters !
Snow White ! Sleeping Beauty ! Tamal, Gumbuk, Pochohotas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame !
Hercules, Beauty and the Beast, Winnie the Poo, Thumper, Dot, Sleepy, Sneezy, and the ever
delightful .. Dopey !
With special songs by the Academy award winning team that got you Beauty and the Beast,
and Aladdin !
Don: O.K. ..
Driver: Anyone left sir ?
Don: Only .. one man.
(phone ring .. [start spreading the news]
Don: Excuse me. Hello ?
Hal : (offscreen on phone)
Hi Don, it's Hal Douglas !
Don: Who?
Hal: Hal !
Don (hangs up phone)
Al Chalk !
[music from "Oh yeah" ]
Al: Action. Adventure. Romance. I make it all look so easy. And sound cool
Driver: Sir, are we going to the awards now?
[orchestral buildup]
Don: Not yet. ...... Now !
Al: Now.
John: Now
Nick: Now.
Mark: Now.
[ceremonial orchestra]
Al: You know Clinton, you may call them the awards ...but for the few with the real courage to call themselves vendors ....
Don: It's gonna be the white knuckle thrill ride of the year !
Nick: For some... it's a night of un ending suspense and terror !
John: But for others, a heart warming affirmation of the can do American Spirit ...inside us all!
[misson impsossible]
Mark: Featuring all your favorite vendors ! Aspect ratio ! BLT ! Creative Domain ! Gazzoo, Zineger, Interlink, Trailer Park, NewWave, Craig Murray, CBO, BD fox !, The Idea Place, Geronimo, Kaleidiscope.
Don: Let's go.
Mark. Ok !!!
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I didn´t know about the animation.
Thanx mstramba!
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The URL seems to have changed. Try:
http://www.donlafontaine.com/video/5men.html
"5 men in a limo" short- i thought it was a funny premise, but it didn't really go anywhere interesting. maybe it shows that more of the same does not mean better.
seinfeld trailer is definitely the best trailer i've ever seen. not only was it funny as hell but it skewered hollywood at the same time. gotta love that.
Oh...My...Goodness!! I found this trailer online before the movie premiered in 2002 and just watched it over and over and over again. Painfully funny, and definitely "the best trailer I have ever seen" as well. Three years later I actually get around to seeing the movie...a 7.5 in my book.
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It is indeed the best trailer ever. And even now, years later, I can still laugh tears when I see it.
But I was at the movies here in the Netherlands last week and there was a new trailer/commercial that had me rolling in the aisle:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6576529333205575670
Great trailer!
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