Tonight while vegging out watching some “must see TV” (well, at least Lost is finally on again), I caught again the Kate Winslet American Express commercial. I appreciate commercials like this — smart and subtle. It wasn’t until the very end (when Kate picks up a hook) that I figured out who it was.
A little digging on IMDB helped me piece together (I think) the movies with the dialog:
“At 17 I went to prison for murder” (Heavenly Creatures, 1994)
“By 19, I was pennyless and heartbroken” (Sense and Sensibility, 1995)
“I almost drowned at 20” (Titanic, 1997)
“My mind started to go at 24” (Iris, 2001)
“Then I had my memory erased at 28” (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 2004)
“And by 29, I was in Neverland” (Neverland, 2004)
For more celebrity commercials, check out the American Express site.
Update 2005-10-20: The Fort Worth Star-Telegram just published a column mentioning my breakdown of this commercial.
Brian:
Thanks so much for the match-up of Kate's comments from the American Express commercial with her movies. I was searching for a listing of Kate's movies so that I could try to match up the ones I was unsure of when I came upon your site. Now I will try to see the of her movies that I've missed.
Thanks!
Brian,
I do Web research for a columnist here at our newspaper, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He takes readers' questions on just about every topic under the sun. One reader just didn't get the Kate Winslet AmEx commercial and while trying to explain it, I came across your blog entry. Would it be OK if I published a portion of your entry in our column. It would be attributed to you and/or to cantoni.org, just let me know what you prefer.
Let me know something.
Thanks. Sandy Guerra-Cline
Features Department
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
(817) 390-7545
Sandy, of course, I'm glad this little snippet of information was useful!
Oh the comercial is great.. i love it!!!