{"id":237458,"date":"2020-02-09T14:47:15","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T19:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/1917-sam-mendes-ad-claims-early-oscars-victory-apparently-a-mistake"},"modified":"2020-02-09T14:47:25","modified_gmt":"2020-02-09T19:47:25","slug":"1917-sam-mendes-ad-claims-early-oscars-victory-apparently-a-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/1917-sam-mendes-ad-claims-early-oscars-victory-apparently-a-mistake","title":{"rendered":"&#039;1917&#039; Sam Mendes Ad Claims Early Oscars Victory, Apparently a Mistake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-143027\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">        \t\t<!-- .entry-meta --><br \/>\n        \t<\/header>\n<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" readability=\"30.6562150056\">\n\t\t<!-- adman_adcode_beginning --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"72.6871202916\">\n<section id=\"cb-887a9e76d60e91c9edb97d8bd698ec09\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-block-is-first \" readability=\"1\">\n<div class=\"image-block\" readability=\"7\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/0391917039-Sam-Mendes-Ad-Claims-Early-Oscars-Victory-Apparently-a-Mistake.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Exclusive<\/p>\n<p>                                  <span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">TMZ\/Getty\/Dreamworks Pictures Composite<\/span>\n                  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-573b166746c76a60b9b138f937ec517f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"29.4269662921\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/sam-mendes\/\"><strong>Sam Mendes<\/strong><\/a> will be THE big winner at the Academy Awards \u2014 at least that\u2019s what an ad that ran for a play he\u2019s directing wanted folks to think \u2026 before it was called a mistake.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-0e43e9a3797534b15d5295888c25907c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"43\">\n<p>Here\u2019s the deal \u2026 Mendes is signed on to direct a play called \u201cThe Lehman Trilogy,\u201d which hits Broadway in about a month from now. \u2018Lehman\u2019 already has got its own Instagram page, and on Sunday \u2026 the account ran an ad calling Mendes the winner of Best Picture and Best Director for his \u201cone-shot\u201d war flick, \u201c1917,\u201d which has gotten tons of love this award season.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-106f60622d449840882703e06f4b1b49\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"35\">\n<p>FYI \u2026 the Oscars haven\u2019t started yet, and the winners certainly haven\u2019t been made public. At least it appears they haven\u2019t, anyway.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-49fb41e4ae2d11cffd5f92d9f33e561a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1581277232_718_0391917039-Sam-Mendes-Ad-Claims-Early-Oscars-Victory-Apparently-a-Mistake.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-de21ded2984332f18b9c22127dfbc935\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"37\">\n<p>The ad \u2014 which was active on IG for at least a few hours \u2014 read in part \u2026 \u201cFrom Sam Mendes, winner of the Academy Award for Best Director and Best Picture for his WWII epic \u20181917,\u2019 THE LEHMAN TRILOGY opens on Broadway March 26. Previews begin March 7.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-50d53cc3b09c0544dc3b79cdee7c2231\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"41\">\n<p>Now, we talked to a spokesman for the \u2018Lehman\u2019 play, and a rep tells us the whole thing was a mistake, and that the ad is being taken down ASAP. We\u2019re told nobody at \u2018Lehman\u2019 knows the results, and they\u2019re simply hoping for Sam to win big.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-77033ce3ef462f45c553f03660c49e51\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"33\">\n<p>Reading between the lines \u2026 it appears somebody on the social team prepped an ad in anticipation of these results, and got ahead of themselves in running it prematurely.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-8454ccedafe6588154f59de1e3c2fbd8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink \"\/>\n<section id=\"cb-c54f83812843be267ef82bff075e40d4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"31\">\n<p>We\u2019ve reached out to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. So far, no word back.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-5cb8e74577f14cf9f827403145b0990d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-block-is-last \" readability=\"35\">\n<p>Oh, and if this does turn out to be how things play out \u2026 talk about botched voting institutions, huh? First Iowa \u2026 now this?!? Say it ain\u2019t so &#x1f613;.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2020\/02\/09\/sam-mendes-broadway-play-instagram-ad-early-oscars-victory-1917\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- adman_adcode_after --><\/p>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\">Sharing is caring!<\/p>\n<p class=\"gasd_author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/about-me\" rel=\"author\" title=\"Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson\">Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\"><span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/category\/categorized\/news\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/span>\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .entry-footer --><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/1917-sam-mendes-ad-claims-early-oscars-victory-apparently-a-mistake\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive TMZ\/Getty\/Dreamworks Pictures Composite Sam Mendes will be THE big winner at the Academy Awards \u2014 at least that\u2019s what an ad that ran for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237458\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}