A man walks up a flight of stairs to his apartment. As he puts the key in the door to enter, a pair of rabbit’s feet are thrown onto his welcome mat.
Whoever threw the rabbit’s feet is not yet seen. But we hear his off-camera voice: “You’re a hard man to find, Eric.”
Eric turns around with some trepidation and nervously responds, “Hey, I’ve been meaning to call you.”
The camera then reveals the cause of Eric’s angst: a bunny rabbit with two front peg legs. The bunny explains that he found the two rabbit’s feet in his mailbox so he decided to pay Eric “a little visit.”
Eric hesitatingly responds, “Just thought you might”–but he can’t complete the sentence.
The bunny does it for him–“Might what? Want them back.”
“Yes,” confirms Eric, at which point a supered message appears that reads: “You won’t need luck anymore.”
We are then introduced to Poker Wingman, an odds calculator that shows you when to call, fold or raise “so you’ll win more online poker.”
This darkly humored, offbeat spot was directed by Detroit (formerly known as the directing team of Woods+Low) of production house OPC, Toronto, directly for the client. The DP was James Gardner.
DGA Feature Nominees: Audiard, Baker, Berger, Corbet and Mangold
The field of feature nominees for the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards spanning two categories is set. Nominated for the DGA honor for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for 2024 are: Jacques Audiard for Emilia Pérez, Sean Baker for Anora, Edward Berger for Conclave, Brady Corbet for The Brutalist, and James Mangold for A Complete Unknown.
The DGA also revealed the nominees for the Michael Apted Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Theatrical Feature Film. The first-time narrative feature directors are: Payal Kapadia for All We Imagine as Light, Megan Park for My Old Ass, RaMell Ross for Nickel Boys, Halfdan Ullman Tondel for Armand, and Sean Wang for Diddy.
“2024 has been a truly extraordinary year for storytelling--and today’s nominees have created audacious and unique films that expand the possibilities of cinematic excellence,” said DGA president Lesli Linka Glatter. “I am thrilled to congratulate all our nominated directors for their brilliant work, which is visionary, inspirational and speaks to the depth of the human experience. To be chosen by one’s peers is the true marker of outstanding directorial achievement and what makes these nominations so very special.”
The winners will be announced at the 77th Annual DGA Awards on Saturday, February 8.
Here’s a fuller rundown of the nominees in both DGA Award categories:
THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for 2024 (in alphabetical order):
JACQUES AUDIARD
Emilia Pérez
(Netflix)
SEAN... Read More