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What a Difference a Song Makes

By Steven Lloyd Wilson | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (13)

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A month ago, TK posted the first trailer for Clooney’s new assassin spy thriller The American. Above all else, TK observed that the trailer was endowed with an indubitable Clooneyness that made it irresistible. Well, quality control got ahold of it, and by “quality control” I mean most literally that Hollywood studios have a quality control department that is responsible for controlling quality the way that secret police control the population.

Here’s the original trailer:

As TK said, Clooneyness, right? Now here’s the second trailer:

That is almost exactly the same trailer except that they made the cuts quicker, added the movie trailer guy to intone ominously, and changed the music from thoughtful piano to banging generic action movie score. Slam! Gunshot! Growly intonation! Hammer hitting metal! Bang of indeterminate origin! It doesn’t feel like Bourne IV yet, ADD A FIREBALL!









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Comments

And yet I still cannot resist the Clooneyness.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at June 21, 2010 10:36 AM

Glad I'm not the only one who...
A.) Can't resist the Clooneyness
B.) Thought the first trailer looked more awesome, in a Casino Royale-ish sort of way.

Posted by: DoctorControversy at June 21, 2010 10:54 AM

I want to see the first movie.

Posted by: Nimue at June 21, 2010 10:58 AM

So he's the same guy from "Up in the Air", but he kills people?

I'm in.

Posted by: Paul Southworth at June 21, 2010 11:01 AM

Never seen as big a difference in two trailers since the Avatar trailer that made it look like a nickelodeon film based on a nicktoon.

Also, I can't explain it but, anytime I see the Focus Features logo I automatically gain five point bias Towards the movie. The only logical conclusion I can come up with is the one time when I tried to get a few of my friends into Special and they all hated with such a fury that I think my love of Focus movies is out of spite

Posted by: Mr. Patches at June 21, 2010 11:12 AM

American action movies do better overseas (and probably better here, too) than thoughtful character studies or whatever this movie is supposed to be. They (the studio) are thinking about future profitability, so they want to promote it as an action movie (a la the Bourne movies) vs. anything else.

I also find it hard to resist the Clooney. In just about anything.

Posted by: Slash at June 21, 2010 11:28 AM

Did the second trailer just give away the whole plot?

As in, the woman is an assasin, too?

Posted by: BWeaves at June 21, 2010 11:31 AM

Does he just shoot the goats in this one?

Posted by: Old guy at June 21, 2010 11:54 AM

Great topic. I've been saying for weeks that if they would just change from that shitty "Victory" song for the trailer for "Day and Night" that I might see it. To me just an egregiously bad choice of music.

Posted by: Derrick at June 21, 2010 12:36 PM

Which is better? A? or B? A.......? or B.......?

Doctor, I see better movie with A...

Posted by: dammitjanet at June 21, 2010 1:01 PM

I'm surprised they didn't go the extra ten feet on this one and rename it:
"The American, FUCK YEAH!"

Posted by: Odnon at June 21, 2010 1:20 PM

I would say that "The First Trailer was more awesome" because it even explained the whole story and also had a nice editing.

I hope that the movie also turns out as great as the Trailer.

Posted by: Saurav at September 6, 2010 1:27 PM

Anyone know what the name of the song in the first trailer is?

Posted by: Kurt at September 7, 2010 10:59 PM