If you’ve already seen “Elysium,” “Kick-Ass 2,” or “2 Guns” and need to get a quick action fix, then you can always check out Verizon’s new thriller, “Catch Me If You Can.” The plotting and scriptwriting is probably on par with regular films that fizz out in theaters, and this spot, which was created by mcgarrybowen, even has The Bourne Identity/Swingers/Mr. And Ms. Smith director Doug Liman behind the camera.
In the one-minute spot, an unnamed protagonist races to find his Droid phone after leaving it in a New York City cab. Making the stakes even higher, the cabbie drives like a typical cabbie, so the phone is sliding all over the place and smacking into windows. Luckily, Droid phones now have scratch-resistant glass. I don’t want to say anymore and spoil the ending, but as with most action movies, the hero gets the girl, or phone, or whatever object is the focus of the chase.
Credits after the jump.
ECD: Russell Lambrecht, Mark Koelfgen
GCD: Frauke Tiemann
CD: Laurence Gega, Jason Slack
SR. PRODUCER: Skip Allocco
AGENCY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Dante Piacenza
HEAD OF BROADCAST PRODUCTION: Roseanne Horn
ACCOUNT SUPERVISOR: Joey Ziarko
DIRECTOR: Doug Liman
DP: Chung-hoon Chung
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Independent Media
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Suzanne Preissler
EDITOR: Hank Corwin
EDITORIAL COMPANY: Lost Planet
SR. CUTTING ASSISTANT: Liza Espinas
SR. CUTTING ASSISTANT: Ben Rodriquez
ASSISTANT EDITOR: John Ryan Stacom
PRODUCER: Lauren Hefner Addison
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Krystn Wagenberg
SOUND MIX: Sonic Union
MIXER: Paul Weiss
POST PRODUCTION EFX: Method
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Stuart Robinson
VFX PRODUCER: Heather Saunders
VFX SUPERVISOR: Jay Hawkins
VFX SUPERVISOR: Doug Luka
COMPOSITOR: Aaron Baker
COMPOSITOR: Robert Nick Dauphinais
LIGHTING: Jaemin Lee
ANIMATOR: Joon Lee
ANIMATOR: Matt Hackett