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PR-Tom Cruise Website Launches
Note from author Robert Marich. I’ve always been surprised that talent hasn’t been more aggressive in marketing itself via the Internet, often proving too cheap to put up decent websites. Such websites typically don’t develop a community and often offer little in terms of commerce, which is a lost opportunity. The Tom Cruise website is sleek but light on content and not particularly engaging—once will be enough for most visitors. But it’s adequate and safe to assume it’ll be of interest to his fans.
Rogers & Cowan—which is cited in the PR below-- is one of Hollywood’s two dozen film and talent promotion public relations agencies. Getting clips from one’s own career can be difficult because film distributors control those rights. One thing the press release lays it on a bit thick is praising Cruise as a producer, given he and partner Paula Wagner have developed unimpressive films at their United Artists base (at MGM). Their inside-Sunset Blvd. film choices have been out of synch with mainstream tastes.
PRESS RELEASE May 5, 2008 LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Marking the 25-year anniversary celebration, as seen today on the Oprah Winfrey Show, of Tom Cruise’s iconic portrayal of a teenager looking for fun at home in Risky Business, TomCruise.com today continues the celebration by launching with a world-wide exclusive at 9 a.m. PST: A Tom Cruise career retrospective compilation reel containing movie clips from many of Tom Cruise’s movies over the last 25 years and spanning from 1981’s Taps to 2007’s Lions for Lambs.
Additionally, Tom Cruise fans around the world will find many site exclusives including: Tom Cruise News & updates, a definitive Tom Cruise biography, a comprehensive Tom Cruise filmography complete with movie trailers from 27 Tom Cruise films including Taps, Outsiders, Risky Business, All The Right Moves, Legend, Top Gun, The Color of Money, Cocktail, Rain Man, Born on the 4th of July, Days of Thunder, Far and Away, A Few Good Men, The Firm, Interview with a Vampire, Mission Impossible, Jerry Mcguire, Eyes Wide Shut, Magnolia, Mission Impossible II, Vanilla Sky, Minority Report, The Last Samurai, Collateral, War of the Worlds, Mission Impossible III, and Lions for Lambs, and an image gallery filled with exclusive Tom Cruise pictures.
Also found on the site, an image from the recent Oprah Winfrey Show and link to Oprah.com.
About TomCruise.com
TomCruise.com is the official website for film star and producer Tom Cruise. Tom Cruise has achieved unprecedented success as an actor and producer in a career spanning over two decades. He is a three-time Academy Award® nominee and a three-time Golden Globe winner whose films have broken numerous records at the box office. For more information, visit the Tom Cruise Official Website at www.TomCruise.com.