iProduct Placement: “Get Smart” Chats with iPod

iProduct Placement: “Get Smart” Chats with iPod

In the title sequence for 1960s spy-spoof turned film “Get Smart,” main character Maxwell Smart interprets intelligence chatter on his iPod.

iProduct Placement: “Get Smart” Chats with iPod

He’s first shown without the original earbuds, but shortly afterwards on his way to Control with white headphones plugged in, having traded the intelligence chatter for mood-boosting Abba’s “Take a Chance on Me.”

iProduct Placement: “Get Smart” Chats with iPod

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Arguably the best gadget in what should’ve been a gadget film (anyone hanker for a molar transmitter? Though the Cone of Silence might be nice ), to boost product placement in the movie Apple teamed up with Warner Bros to promote the film by giving away iPod Touch devices to journalists with pre-loaded film clips and having cast members make Apple store appearances.

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  • Mike

    He also uses a macbook close to the start of the movie.

  • http://www.zoomata.com Nicole Martinelli

    Yes — there’s a nice shot of it in the same sequence… but I wasn’t sure even CoM readers would want a single shot of his computer on a desk =)