Susan Sarandon
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Susan Sarandon is a movie actress who has appeared in several films that have given deliberate exposure to branded tobacco products. A 1981 memo from Associated Film Productions to Mr. E. Ted Parrack, Jr. of Brand Management at Brown & Williamson indicates a pay-for-placement scheme occurred in a movie starring Sarandon called "The Tempest." Parrack wrote,
The two principal characters [in the movie] will both use Barclays cigarettes in such a way that the packages will be readily identified by movie-goers, as well as future cable television, video cassette, video disc, and network viewers. The total investment to Brown & Williamson for the above service is seventy-thousand dollars ($70,000.00), payable upon the commencement of production of The Temptest.
While Sarandon starred in "The Tempest," apparently she was not one of the characters use used nicotine. [1]
In 1988, Sarandon appeared in the film "Bull Durham," about a minor league baseball team. At the local Durham stadium in the movie, there is a sign displayed in the outfield advertising "Lucky Strike Lights."[2] In 1991, Sarandon starred with Geena Davis in the film "Thelma and Louise," about two adventurous women to take a road trip together. While a character in the movie waits for Louise to call him, he smokes Lucky Strike cigarettes.[3]
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Affiliations
- Director, Amazon Conservation Team [4]
- Advisory Committee, FilmAid International
- Advisory Board, Yele Haiti [5]
- Advisory Board, RefugePoint [6]
- Advisory Board, Creative Coalition [7]
- Former President, MADRE
- Liberty Hill Foundation
Resources and articles
Related Sourcewatch
References
- ↑ Robert H. Kovoloff, Associated Film Promotions Placement of Barclay billboards in The Tempest Letter. August 4, 1981. University of California Brown & Williamson (UCSF B&W) Collection Bates No. 2400.16
- ↑ Gary Mezzatesta, UPP Result in "Bull Durham" Memorandum/correspondence. June 20, 1988. American Tobacco Bates No. 970311978
- ↑ Gary Mezzatesta, UPP Feature Memorandum Memorandum/Correspondence. February 8, 1991. American Tobacco Bates No. 970196146
- ↑ Directors, Amazon Conservation Team, accessed December 9, 2007.
- ↑ Advisory Board, Yele Haiti, accessed April 19, 2009.
- ↑ RefugePoint People, organizational web page, accessed May 26, 2013.
- ↑ Advisory Board, The Creative Coalition, accessed November 29, 2011.
External links
- Mohammed Khatib and Sharif Omar, "Two Palestinian Villages Ask Susan Sarandon to Repudiate Leviev over Israeli Settlements", Znet, (An Open Letter), December 26, 2007.
- Steven Novella, "Lorenzo’s Oil", Science-based Medicine, October 30, 2013. (Review of film she stars in)
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