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Minghella directs new Guinness television ad.(Brief Article)

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Diageo is looking to update the Guinness brand through the second ad in its 'out of darkness comes light' series, created by Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO.

'Mustang', which follows on from 'moth', was directed by Anthony Minghella, the director of films including The English Patient and Cold Mountain.

The star of the 60-second spot is a convict who is transported from LA to a ranch in the desert, where, as part of their rehabilitation, the men learn to tame wild horses.

Most of them attempt - and fail - to do so by restraining the horses.

But the newcomer takes a different approach, choosing instead to set his black horse free so that he can gain its trust.

The ranch rangers then take the convict out to the desert to find the animal. When he does, it allows him to stroke it. As the convict looks into the horse's eyes, the scene changes to resemble the swirl on the head of a pint of Guinness. The endline reads: 'A story of ...

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