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    By Sarah Woodward

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    As part of its latest marketing effort, Nike decided to let the world in on a little secret-a secret tournament that is, in which two dozen elite soccer players face off in a series of three-on-three matches.

    But this is no ordinary game of what Europeans call football. Housed below the decks of a giant tanker, a large medieval cage doubles for a playing field. The surreal atmosphere-all dim lights, chains and steel-offers a hint of what is to come: a no-holds-barred competition that spares no sympathy for the losers. Presiding over the match is French soccer star-turned-actor Eric Cantona, whose referee character is reminiscent of some eccentric maestro from a Terry Gilliam film (Brazil).

    That’s no coincidence, as Gilliam directed the three-minute Nike ad, "The Secret Tournament," which was created by Wieden+Kennedy (W+K), Amsterdam, and produced by the London office of bicoastal/international @radical.media. Milan-based Some Of Us provided production support to the 10-day Rome-based shoot. Exterior sequences of the tanker were filmed on location in a harbor about an hour north of Rome, while the interiors were shot at Filmhouse Studios, Rome. Shoot Online subscribers may read this week’s Top Spot of the Week in full by accessing the Current Issue in the Members Area.

    CLIENT

    Nike.

    PRODUCTION CO.

    @radical.media, London.

    Terry Gilliam, director; Nicola Pecorini, DP; Tommy Turtle, executive producer/producer. Shot at Filmhouse Studios, Rome, and on location in Rome.

    Some Of Us, Milan.

    Serena Canevari, first assistant director; Michele Anzalone, producer.

    AGENCY

    Wieden+Kennedy, Amsterdam.

    Glenn Cole and Paul Shearer, creative directors; Tom Wolfe, copywriter; Frank Hahn, art director; Donna Lamar and Susan Cook, producers.

    EDITORIAL

    The Whitehouse, London.

    Russell Icke, editor.

    POST/VISUAL EFFECTS

    The Mill, London.

    Jason Watts, visual effects artist/online editor; Fergus McCall, colorist.

    AUDIO POST

    Scramble Sound, London.

    Rohan Young, mixer.

    J-XL, Amsterdam.

    Tom Holkenborg, remixer.

    SOUND DESIGN

    A-Bomb, London.

    Peter Chellis, sound designer.

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    Stage and Film Actor Tony Roberts Dies At 85

    Friday, February 7, 2025

    Tony Roberts, a versatile, Tony Award-nominated theater performer at home in both plays and musicals and who appeared in several Woody Allen movies โ€” often as Allen's best friend โ€” has died. He was 85.

    Roberts' death was announced to The New York Times by his daughter, Nicole Burley.

    Roberts had a genial stage personality perfect for musical comedy and he originated roles in such diverse Broadway musicals as "How Now, Dow Jones" (1967); "Sugar" (1972), an adaptation of the movie "Some Like It Hot," and "Victor/Victoria" (1995), in which he co-starred with Julie Andrews when she returned to Broadway in the stage version of her popular film. He also was in the campy, roller-disco "Xanadu" in 2007 and "The Royal Family" in 2009.

    "I've never been particularly lucky at card games. I've never hit a jackpot. But I have been extremely lucky in life," he write in his memoir, "Do You Know Me?" "Unlike many of my pals, who didn't know what they wanted to become when they grew up, I knew I wanted to be an actor before I got to high school."

    Roberts also appeared on Broadway in the 1966 Woody Allen comedy "Don't Drink the Water," repeating his role in the film version, and in Allen's "Play It Again, Sam" (1969), for which he also made the movie.

    Other Allen films in which Roberts appeared were "Annie Hall" (1977), "Stardust Memories" (1980), "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy" (1982), "Hannah and Her Sisters" (1986) and "Radio Days" (1987).

    "Roberts' confident onscreen presence โ€” not to mention his tall frame, broad shoulders and brown curly mane โ€” was the perfect foil for Allen's various neurotic characters, making them more funny and enjoyable to watch," The Jewish Daily Forward wrote in 2016.

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