Werner Herzog's Heartbreaking Documentary for AT&T is No. 5 in Our Best of Film
AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon Join Forces for 'It Can Wait'
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Werner Herzog, the eccentric director known for documenting the lives of unusual heroes (Grizzly Man) and antics like eating his shoe, has applied his skills to a new documentary "From One Second to the Next," a cautionary tale about the dangers of texting while driving from mobile providers AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon.
"I had my brother in my hand, and all of a sudden, my hand was empty," begins the harrowing documentary. The 35-minute tale hopes to reach people with the message of what exactly happens when you text and drive and puts a human face on the tragedies that have resulted from people's bad driving habits -- like Xzavier, a little boy whose mother dreamt of him becoming an athlete. It's sensitively handled, but provides plenty of shocks, like a particularly emotional scene where Xzavier's mom's monologue is interrupted by her son's arrival home -- the first image we get of him, and what has happened to him because of one driver's actions.
Featured in the film, along with Xzavier, is Reggie Shaw, who hit and killed two scientists in Utah in 2006, and spoke with lawmakers in the state after doing jail time to pass a new texting and driving law. There's also Vermont's Debbie Drewniak, who was put into a coma when a driver veered off the road while texting, and Chandler Gerber, who killed three children when he drove into a horse-drawn carriage carrying an Amish family.
The film is an expansion on the 30-second "It Can Wait" spots the wireless carriers launched earlier in the summer and which were also directed by Mr. Herzog. The campaign tries to show that nothing -- no message -- is important enough to put the lives' of others at risk. The documentary is available at ItCanWait.com, along with a place to pledge not to text and drive, a texting-and-driving simulator, statistics, and a chance to let viewers share their own stories.
The film will also be distributed into 40,000 high schools nationwide (according to the site, 75% of teens say texting and driving is "common" among their friends) and will also be available on the companies' YouTube sites and on AT&T's on-demand service, U-Verse.
Credits
- Date
- Aug 08, 2013
- Brand :
- AT&T
- Client :
- AT&T
- Agency :
- BBDO-New York
- Chief Creative Officer :
- David Lubars
- Executive Creative Director/Production :
- Eric Fahrenkopf
- Executive Creative Director/Production :
- LP Tremblay
- Creative Director/ Copywriter :
- Peter Albores
- Creative Director, Art Director :
- Hunter Fine
- Group Executive Producer :
- Julie Collins
- Producer :
- George Sholley
- Music Producer :
- Melissa Chester
- Production Company :
- Saville Productions
- Executive Producer :
- Rupert Maconick
- Line Producer :
- Cliff Schumacher
- Director :
- Werner Herzog
- Director, Photography :
- Peter Zeitlinger
- Music Composer :
- Mark Degli Antoni
- Edit House :
- Rock Paper Scissors
- Executive Producer :
- Eve Kornblum
- Producer :
- Melanie Gagliano
- Producer :
- Toby Louie
- Editor :
- Joe Bini
- Visual Effects House :
- Company 3
- Colorist :
- Stefan Sonnenfeld
- Audio Producer :
- POP Sound
- Audio Engineer :
- Zac Fisher
- Executive Producer :
- Susie Boyajan
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