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Which films or television programs you considered have got obvious product placement in it?

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which films or television programs you considered have got obvious product placement in it?

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  1. The most obvious are TV shows are American Idol and Survivor, all the non-scripted shows have obvious placements.  Its the scripted dramas that have more subtle advertising worked in.  Watch for car logos especially.

    The most obvious movie was Talledaga Nights, blatantly worked into the story line humorously making fun of NASCAR.


  2. The WIKIPEDIA article on Product Placement highlights these recent cinematic examples as well :

    2004's Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle was one of the first films to be completely centered around a product or product retail store. The White Castle fast food chain, though very regional, enjoyed a high rise in exposure when the film was released.

    The film I, Robot, loosely based on the story collection by Isaac Asimov, makes heavy use of product placements for Converse trainers, Audi, Fedex, and hi-fi companies among others. One particularly infamous scene borderlines into actual advertisement territory in which a character compliments Will Smith's character's shoes to which he replies "Converse. Vintage 2004" (the year of the movie's release). The film was subject to negative criticism and as a result is being ranked as the worst film for product placement on one site.

    The film The Island, directed by Michael Bay, features at least 21 individual products or brands, including cars, bottled water, shoes, credit cards, beer, ice cream, and even a search engine. The film was highly criticized for this. In movie's DVD Commentary track, Michael Bay claims he added the advertisements for realism purposes.

  3. All of them!

    Clothing, phones, vehicles. There is also technology being developed whereby the viewer can stop the action and cursor a piece of jewelry, for example, and the brand, style, and other information will be displayed!

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