Video: Hovis Bread Ad

Penguin September 26th, 2008

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In 1973, before Body of Lies, before Blade Runner, before Alien before his famed Apple Big Brother commercial, Ridley Scott did an ad for bread:

Now, how do you top Ridley Scott doing your commercial? This is how:

Ringan Ledwidge, who directed the new ad does a fantastic job of building off the original and adding new meaning through some great editing and powerful visual storytelling.

-Penguin

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  • My friend, G. loves Hovis and says that Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 in E Minor From the New World, Op. 95 (used in the original Hovis adverts) gives him warm memories of childhood.
  • stephanie
    epic win. that gives much-needed relief from those disgusting Bob furniture advertisements. DD:
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