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    The Car’s The Star

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    By Brian Diedrick

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    Though Tom Cruise seems secure in his bankable star status for the time being, the box office sensation of the future might well come fully equipped with turbo-charged acceleration power and a shiny red paint job. For Team One Advertising, El Segundo, Calif., and client Lexus, the future, it seems, is now.

    Team One’s new :30 "Warehouse" promotes the prominent role of Lexus automobiles in the new Steven Spielberg-directed feature Minority Report, a futuristic thriller set in 2054. The spot, directed by bicoastal Villains’ Phil Joanou and lensed by DP Jeff Cronenweth, is a cinematic combination of Joanou’s live-action footage and the CG effects work of Sight Effects, Venice, Calif. Though "Warehouse" is shot in the style of Minority Report, no actual footage from the film was used in making the spot. 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

    Toyota Motor Sales/Lexus.

    PRODUCTION CO.

    Villains, bicoastal.

    Phil Joanou, director; Jeff Cronenweth, DP; Robin Benson, executive producer; Lori Boccacio, producer. Shot on location in Vernon, Calif.

    AGENCY

    Team One Advertising, El Segundo, Calif.

    Tom Cordner, executive creative director; Jack Fund and James Dalthorp, creative directors; Tito Melega, art director; Josh Stern, copywriter; Jack Epsteen, executive producer/producer.

    EDITORIAL

    FilmCore, Santa Monica.

    Paul Norling, editor; Tiffany Burchard, assistant editor; Therese Hunsberger, executive producer; Christie Price, producer.

    POST/VISUAL EFFECTS

    Sight Effects, Venice, Calif.

    Alan Barnett and Adrian Hurley, visual effects supervisors; Mike Cosola, colorist; Joanna Cruz, online editor/compositer; Chris Stevens and Brian Buongiorno, compositers; Stephen McClure, Chris Wells, Kim Dail, Jason Mortimer and Dariush Derakhshani, animators; Jeff Blodgett, producer.

    AUDIO POST

    Skywalker Sound, San Rafael, Calif.

    Bob Edwards, engineer.

    MUSIC

    Elias Arts, bicoastal.

    Jimmy Haun, composer/arranger; David Gold, creative director; Ann Haugen, producer.

    SOUND DESIGN

    Skywalker Sound.

    Bob Edwards, 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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