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#1 2011-04-30 05:31:08

-iNetMaster-
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Did YA hear?

This guy changed the name of Altoona, PA, for 60 days to POM: THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER for advertising his movie. He bought the rights for 23,000$.

Discuss

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#2 2011-04-30 05:33:44

ssss
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Re: Did YA hear?

-iNetMaster- wrote:

This guy changed the name of Altoona, PA, for 60 days to POM: THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER for advertising his movie. He bought the rights for 23,000$.

Discuss

Should have spent it on Minecraft


Hey.  It's me SSSS, back from the dead!  smile

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#3 2011-04-30 05:41:15

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Re: Did YA hear?

True

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#4 2011-04-30 09:43:43

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#5 2011-04-30 09:50:12

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Re: Did YA hear?

Aidan wrote:

What is "pom"

A bad movie, perhaps?


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#6 2011-04-30 10:33:05

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Re: Did YA hear?

They let him buy it for so little?

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#7 2011-05-03 11:47:05

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Re: Did YA hear?

12three wrote:

They let him buy it for so little?

The name rights for 2 months?


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#8 2011-05-03 12:10:34

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Re: Did YA hear?

Pom is a highly advertised pomegranate drink.


https://encrypted-tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR1SONrHUmdKZXQNDgtN_vpycOOo-BDMfnlqHZRA1lMpYXhX7Jc

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#9 2011-05-03 15:09:22

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Re: Did YA hear?

Andres-Vander wrote:

12three wrote:

They let him buy it for so little?

The name rights for 2 months?

Yeah

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#10 2011-05-03 15:20:29

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Re: Did YA hear?

It's a documentary by the Supersize Me guy about product placement, the whole movie is funded by product placement also.


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#11 2011-05-03 18:16:13

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Re: Did YA hear?

ssss wrote:

-iNetMaster- wrote:

This guy changed the name of Altoona, PA, for 60 days to POM: THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER for advertising his movie. He bought the rights for 23,000$.

Discuss

Should have spent it on Minecraft

Can anyone have a simple discussion without someone mentioning minecraft?


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#12 2011-05-03 18:54:27

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Re: Did YA hear?

soupoftomato wrote:

It's a documentary by the Supersize Me guy about product placement, the whole movie is funded by product placement also.

That's genius. I need to watch it now.


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#13 2011-05-03 19:44:42

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Re: Did YA hear?

johndo77 wrote:

soupoftomato wrote:

It's a documentary by the Supersize Me guy about product placement, the whole movie is funded by product placement also.

That's genius. I need to watch it now.

Coming out in theaters, sometime  tongue

And it has POM in the name because he gave name rights to the biggest sponsor.  big_smile


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#14 2011-05-03 19:48:49

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Re: Did YA hear?

soupoftomato wrote:

johndo77 wrote:

soupoftomato wrote:

It's a documentary by the Supersize Me guy about product placement, the whole movie is funded by product placement also.

That's genius. I need to watch it now.

Coming out in theaters, sometime  tongue

And it has POM in the name because he gave name rights to the biggest sponsor.  big_smile

Here you go, a trailer

"What if we loaded it [the ad] with tons of nudity"
"That would help"

XD

Look at comment, "they got my town renamed after this" lol

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