Want a way to make a quick buck? Head-butt your detestable opponent in front of millions of television viewers and you are on your way to fame. Sell your life-story for £70,000 to national galleries.
National galleries buy Zidane film for £70,000
PHIL MILLER, Arts Correspondent July 26 2006
About £70,000 has been spent securing a film about Zinedine Zidane, the legendary French footballer, for Scotland’s national galleries.
The film will receive its UK premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival this summer and is to be given a theatrical release in September, before being released on DVD in time for Christmas.
But a new version of Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait, created by the award-winning Scottish video artist Douglas Gordon, has been bought by the National Galleries of Scotland.
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Seems like headbutts are still all the rage by advertisers. Thank you, Zizou, for the inspiration!
Headbutts are the new fashion. Since the infamous World Cup 2006 incident between Zinedine Zidane and Marco Materazzi, marketing boys from all over the world are trying to cash in on this new phenomenon.
And suddenly Marco Materazzi is a wanted man in the world of advertising. The tough defender who is infamous for his hard and unfair play has marketers from all sorts of companies lining up for his services. Nike just recently shot a commercial with Materazzi as the lead actor. In it Materazzi plays the unstoppable juggernaut. A big wink, of course, to the Zidane headbutt incident.
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