Published 12/12/2008
by Kate Schweitzer
at Usmagazine.com
Golden Globe nominee Brad Pitt stars in a cheeky new Japanese television commercial for Softbank Mobile's winter 2008 collection.
In the 30-second spot, directed by Wes Anderson , Pitt has no speaking lines but has plenty of action.
He helps a group of people in a stalled car, nearly gets run over by a crowd of bicyclists and snaps a photo of a topless sunbather.
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It is a remake of the 1953 French film, Les Vacances de Monseieur Hulot .
Pitt shot the commercial — his fourth for the company -- in Normandy on Sept. 20.
"There were lots of children on the set, and Brad was very friendly to all of them," a set source tells Usmagazine.com . "Some of the children had complicated French names. He turned to them and said, 'What is your name?' in the most perfect French. He's obviously been studying very hard."
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Adds the source: "Brad also used a few Japanese words ...
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