Officially known as "Orange Gold Spots", the adverts feature short sketches involving various celebrities. The fictional Orange executives started out hearing pitches from stars including Sean Astin and Rob Lowe, then after many, many adverts moved into the world of producing the films of the likes of Macaulay Culkin and Val Kilmer with frequently very funny results. Recently Mr Dresden and his team have disappeared from the adverts and they’ve never been the same since. So here is my salute to the best, the great, the good, and the just ok of the now disbanded Orange Film Funding Board. Thank God they’re fictional.
The Best
Sean Astin is good with the goblins
Darth Vader underestimates the power of the Orange side
Rob Lowe’s a sex object
Steven Seagal pitches a rom-com
Roy Scheider’s gonna need a bigger boat
Patrick Swayze is a mute assassin
The Great
Anjelica Huston is creepy
Verne Troyer needs one million pounds
Macauley Culkin’s all grown up
Val Kilmer is difficult to work with
The Good
Snoop Dogg
John Cleese has a funny walk
Mena Suvari swaps leading for cheerleading
Michael Madsen is the call box killer
Sigourney Weaver and snake
Dennis Hopper pitches on the bus
The OK
Danny Glover in Dial Hard
Juliette Lewis is going to sue
Ewan Macgregor makes poverty history
Spike Lee’s down with Orange
Carrie Fisher’s pitch
Daryl Hannah dazzles Mr Dresden
Emilio on the red carpet
Now there’s no more Mr Dresden and pals but at least The Muppets one is quite funny.
And Jack Black’s was ok
And the A Team’s had its moments
Just don’t mention the bloody awful Rio one. What's your favourite? Anyone up for starting a petition to get Mr Dresden back?
