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Mafioso (The Criterion Collection, 3.18.2008) Nino Badalamenti is a supervisor in a car manufacturing plant who hasn't taken a vacation in over two years. On his way out the door to visit his beloved childhood hometown of Sicily -- with his blonde wife and daughters -- Nino is handed a package by his boss and asked to deliver it to a powerful and influential Sicilian gangster named Don Vincenzo. Once in Sicily, Nino has a hoot seeing friends and family, but his wife has trouble fitting in and is unfairly dismissed as a snob by Nino's family. Even more worrisome, Nino finds himself entangled in an intricate web of secret mafioso dealings and is eventually sent on an unexpectedly... elaborate errand. (continued)

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Tommy Lee Jones coffee spots

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N.Y. Times Oscar blogger David Carr (a.k.a., "the Bagger") linked to a site ("the Shanghaiist") with six or seven Japanese- produced Tommy Lee Jones commercials for Suntory Boss coffee drink.

Sorry, but I 'm not getting whatever it is I'm supposed to get. The juiice isn't seeping in; I'm not feeling the tingle. The spots aren't that clever or witty or "cinematic." They're decent, servicable, not terrible, etc., but all they do is make you wonder how much Jones was paid.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on January 29, 2007 at 12:47 PM

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jeffmcm says ...

I don't think you're their target market.

Posted by jeffmcm at January 29, 2007 01:42 PM

comment #2

EDouglas says ...

What crackhead at the NY TImes thought that David Carr should be doing on-camera stuff? The guy has the personality of a half-dead turtle and there's nothing even remotely hip or cool about him as much as he thinks he is. I want to slap whoever decided it was a good idea silly, because it just gives my editor the excuse "Well, if the NY TImes can put someone like David Carr on camera, what's your excuse?" (And I know my limitations.)

Posted by EDouglas at January 29, 2007 01:43 PM

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EDouglas says ...

"I don't think you're their target market."

Which would be the horny 60 year old Japanese women who find Tommy Lee Jones sexy.

Posted by EDouglas at January 29, 2007 01:44 PM

comment #4

Terry McCarty says ...

Maybe it's time for LOST IN TRANSLATION 2
with Jones playing a thinly-disguised version
of himself and Rinko Kikuchi as the production
assistant hired to escort him around Tokyo.

Posted by Terry McCarty at January 29, 2007 02:19 PM

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Geoff says ...

The Nic Cage Japanese spots are the best.

Posted by Geoff at January 29, 2007 02:52 PM

comment #6

D.Z. says ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz7fQCE_icU

Posted by D.Z. at January 29, 2007 07:13 PM

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cjKennedy says ...

I don't know EDouglas, in the clips I've watched, David Carr makes a point of how spectacularly unhip he is. He's a refreshing change from the usual stuffed, fluffed and blow dried talking heads.

Posted by cjKennedy at January 29, 2007 07:13 PM