No, Phil - the clip was used to satirize a statement of Obama's making it sound like he, Obama, was promising to stop the tides himself, miraculously. You'd have to be following the campaign here to understand. And it was a web ad, not a TV ad, and included other in-jokes. A more recent web Ad - "The One II" - reprised the parting of the Red Sea clip - in this case leading to a shot of Obama body-surfing during his recent Hawaii vacation - and added Yul Brynner as well.
Here's a link to the McCain ads on Youtube - The One and the One II - which will go down in history, regardless of the outcome of the election. http://www.youtube.com/user/johnmccaindotcom?ob=4 There was a third web ad - "Fan Club" - whose original version concluded with Wayne and Garth doing their "I'm not worthy" genuflection. Mike Myers objected, and the clip was removed. Another ad somewhat in the same vein - Celeb, at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHXYsw_ZDXg - got a lot of notice for comparing Obama to Paris and Britney as an empty celebrity. I'm not sure, however, that anyone who hasn't been following the election fairly closely, in particular the messianic overtones of the Obama campaign, will get them, especially the two "One" ads. "Running on Empty" was a reference to energy policy, in particular the Democrats' resistance to new drilling for oil. Colin CK MacLeod Collectibles at ckmac.com Kymar's on eBay -----Original Message----- From: MoPo List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Phil Edwards Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 02:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOPO] McCain Ad Featuring The Ten Commadments McCain is going to part the Red Sea if elected? Or be in a remake of THE TEN COMMANDMENTS? RUNNING ON EMPTY is about the state of his campaign funds warchest? Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick Michael Tupy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 5:58 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] McCain Ad Featuring The Ten Commadments > Don't know about any infringement with the usage of film clips, but > McCain has continued to use music without permission from several > artists including Jackson Browne who is suing his campaign for > $75,000 for using his song "Runnin' On Empty" in one of his t.v. ads > without permission. > > Patrick > > > On Aug 21, 2008, at 11:40 PM, channinglylethomson wrote: > >> I was really surprised to see the TEN COMMANCMENTS footage of the >> parting of the Red Sea with Charlton Heston as Moses used in the >> recent McCain TV ad. From what I understand the film is heavily >> copyrighted (it's shown yearly still on network TV around Passover/ >> Easter). Also, I think the ad includes music by Elmer Bernstein >> from the original soundtrack. Anyone know if they are using this >> footage with permission? Maybe the DeMille estate granted this. >> Seems strange to me. >> >> Channing Thomson in San Francisco >> >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >> Send a message addressed >> to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >> The author of this message is >> solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
