Nokia X Gary Oldman
I know this ad has hit cinemas long ago but having seen it again on tv, I was much enamoured to write about it. Featuring Gary Oldman and the city of New York, its a real delight to watch, which is rare for ads. Its one ad i could actually watch again and again. Primarily because the focus isn't on trying to deliver some mood or idea for a product. Rather the ad is shot much like a very, very short film with a superb actor in Oldman helming it and a brilliant concept.
The scene above shows an old lady asking Oldman how to get to Carnegie Hall, to which he replies, "You gotta practise lady, you gotta practise.", my favourite bit in the ad.
You just have to love Gary Oldman, who's appeared in films as diverse as Leon (The Professional), The 5th Element and Harry Potter: The Prisoner of Azkaban. You wish he played the bad guy in every single film. In this ad, he's clearly the driving force behind it all and his charm comes through very naturally. Even at the end, when he references the Nokia phone, he does it superbly.
If you can't actually catch the entire ad on tv or in the cinema, there's always the low res version on Youtube or a slightly better one at Nokia itself which you can download as well.
