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reluctantly
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When we'd finished there was
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however, that the success of the Cinzano adverts actually resulted in
promotional
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viewing public, who never tired of seeing them over and over again.
else for Melissa.
1983. first
my ex-wife, a home for my parents and a home for me. me, and I was a bit shy of him." brilliantly-written
ostentation
commercial,
were upper-crust." As if
Finally they came
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top British film director Alan Parker was brought in to direct the
the
and said 'Would you like to do two more?'.
An unprecedented act of great generosity."
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