Soft Rock Hit-Making Duo Air Supply Steals the Scene in TV Commercial for Disney’s Latest Film ‘Old Dogs’ Starring John Travolta & Robin Williams as Seth Green Creates Monkey Business with Their Classic Hit ‘I’m All Out Of Love’
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Years after dominating pop charts with their romantic perennials, Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock of Air Supply are still making fans of all species fall in love. Released on Thanksgiving eve, Disney’s new movie “Old Dogs” with a star-studded cast including John Travolta, Robin Williams, Matt Dillon and Seth Green, features a trailer (movie-speak for TV commercials to promote a film) with Air Supply’s 80’s hit “I’m All Out Of Love” as the punch line. The commercial has become a favorite online and on the TV talk show circuit where the clip has been previewed by such closeted Air Supply fans as Jay Leno and Jimmy Kimmel.
The commercial’s attention-grabbing scene is set in a zoo where Travolta, Williams and Green inadvertently end up inside a gorilla enclosure where Green is unable to escape. Despite the dreaded outcome, he unexpectedly sings the timeless classic “I’m All Out of Love” to the gorilla to save himself from harm. Green carries on belting out lyrics to calm the beguiling creature, creating a hysterical moment for audiences. Click here to see the trailer on YouTube.
Air Supply’s Graham Russell explains, “I think because our music is known to be so passionate and heartfelt, the lyrics are actually being used in film and commercial plot-lines, sometimes to break the tension with comic relief. That’s better than simply being used as background music. We really get a kick out of it!”
“Humor aside, it’s an honor to have our music included in a movie trailer associated with such admirable award-winning actors,” adds Russell Hitchcock of the duo.
Air Supply’s music is no stranger to adding to plot lines. In “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” released in 2005, the classic tune “Making Love Out Of Nothing At All” makes a cameo as Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt also attempt to escape a dangerous situation. And who can forget the widely seen Carl’s Jr. commercial with the hilarious Air Supply burger?
Air Supply is currently on a worldwide tour and gearing up for their new album Mumbo Jumbo and 35th anniversary in 2010. For tour information, visit www.airsupplymusic.com.