Terry Gilliam's Nike ad # 1 - "The Secret Tournament"

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During Spring 2002, new advertisements from Nike were broadcast featuring many of the world's best footballers. The short films - made to tie in with the 2002 World Cup in Korea/Japan - were directed by Terry Gilliam. Two advertisements were filmed - "The Secret Tournament" and "The Rematch". This webpage contains stills and behind-the-scenes pictures from the adverts.

"The Secret Tournament" was filmed in December 2001. Gilliam worked with Nicola Pecorini as Director of Photography and set designer Stefano Maria Ortolani. The advert, shot at Rome's Filmhouse Studios, is set in the belly of a cargo liner. Within the cargo liner is a massive cage with turf. Where eight teams of three players play a tournament under the watchful eye of Eric Cantona.

"The Rematch" was filmed on January 28 and 29. Fraser Taggart was Director of Photography for this second shooting session.

The action takes place to the scintillating backdrop of a re-mixed version of the Elvis Presley song "A Little Less Conversation." It's the first time one of the King's songs has been remixed.

- Text by Phil Stubbs, editor of "Dreams - the Terry Gilliam Fanzine"


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Channel: Sports
Uploaded: July 7, 2006 at 2:44 am
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Length: 00:03:00
Rating: 4.86
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Tags: Terry Gilliam World Cup Nike Football Cantona Monty Python Brazil Elvis Soccer WorldCup

Video Comments:
waqsnasir007 (October 11, 2008 at 12:03 am)
da songs frm elvis
CraZhore (July 10, 2008 at 1:03 am)
man i remember watchin this when the world cup was on lol
i used to look forward to halftime of games just to see this ad
and to top it all off BRAZIL WON THE WORLD CUP
cant get any sweeter than that :p
rolandjrz88 (June 30, 2008 at 4:56 pm)
damn good...bravo
gladiatordriver (May 15, 2008 at 3:01 am)
they should make a movie where the best football players of the world + the not so old legends like zidane, cantona, figo. but without c. ronaldo and other wanna be zidanes and cantonas
kille9ar (May 8, 2008 at 3:35 pm)
wats the song name dude?wan hell of a video i love it its the best!!!of the best!!
Harvy355 (April 30, 2008 at 4:52 pm)
Ronaldo Figo and Carlos should have won lol sneaky Henry n Totti
one of the best videos ever, they should make a game of this lol
*****
knudsen1111 (April 1, 2008 at 12:48 am)
love the end
lizathepuppy (February 27, 2008 at 3:17 am)
OFCOURSE IT IS STUBID!
xxkrazykid7xx (February 25, 2008 at 1:54 pm)
whats the song called????
xxkrazykid7xx (February 25, 2008 at 1:53 pm)
awesome