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Cooing over a Deal with Dove; What's a First AD?

Dove beauty products inked an inventive deal to help finance the long-languishing remake of the 1939 classic The Women . Plus, what's a first assistant director?

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By Claude Brodesser-Akner • Jun 25, 2007 • 30m Listen

Dove beauty products inked an inventive deal to help finance the long-languishing remake of the 1939 classic The Women. It's good for the film and its director, it's good for Dove, and it's great for the agency that put the two together. Plus, what the hell is a first assistant director?


Illustration by Christian Kasperkovitz

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    Claude Brodesser-Akner

    Star-Ledger / NJ.com

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    Matt Holzman

    Producer, 'The Document'

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