Brad Pitt Stars In Spike Jonze Directed Ad


Spike Jonze, Brad Pitt – Softbank Sumo Ad 2009

Money, money, money is what it would’ve taken to bring this one together, Spike Jonze VS Brad Pitt for an ad for Japanese Telco and media company Softbank. But when your business name has the character combination that spells the word “bank” in it you would naturally assume that dollar bills aren’t really an issue.

Brad Pitt plays the role of a personal assistant to a Japanese Sumo, from holding his umbrella to taking his calls; it’s mega cute. And of course in usual Spike Jonze form it’s a great watch. The only time we’ll potentially see this ad on Australian TV is when Bert Newton does one of those queer 20 to 1 round ups.

This isn’t the first time Brad Pitt has starred in a Softbank commercial though, from a quick google trawl it seems as though he’s played the main man in quite few, but they were all directed by a bunch of nobodies Wes Anderson??? David Fincher (Fight Club)????

Watch the Spike Jonze commercial here..

View David Fincher’s commercial here.

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