Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Orange Wednesdays: Carrie Fisher

If you're lucky enough not to live in the UK, you have been deprived of one of the greatest movie theatre inventions since buttered pop corn:

the ORANGE FILM FUNDING COMMITTEE short clips.

These are sponsored by the Orange mobile company and feature a different actor every few months trying to pitch their movie idea to the committee, only to have them -- well, you just watch.

The tag line is 'don't let a mobile phone ruin your movie. switch off.'

First up, Carrie Fisher from Star Wars:



p.s. Orange Wednesdays is a term coined by the company for their promotion offering two movie tickets for the price of one to their subscribers, on Wednesdays. It's actually picked up quite well, making Wednesday one of the most popular cinema days.

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