Visa “Go World” 2008 Olympic Commercial “Come Together” gets a voice-over (narration) by Morgan Freeman. In this exclusively made-for Beijing Olympics ad, he said, there are only six billion people worldwide. Maybe the ad was recorded some time back, because by a conservative estimate, approximately the number is 7 million people.
This is what he exactly said with his Godish heavenly voice:
“There are six billion of us. We all come from unique places and ways of looking at the world. We don’t always agree, but we set it all aside for a few shining weeks. We come together to stand and cheer and celebrate as one. We think about all the things that make us different and remember all the things that make us the same.”
Visa’s “Go World” Olympics campaign featuring US athletes celebrates human accomplishment, and the border-transcending connectedness people experience during the Games’ few short weeks. From epic to personal, the spots celebrate the human experience, designed to be both timeless and contemporary, writes Duncan.
Visa World: Come Together Olympics Commercial
Series of athletes whose inspirational stories are mentioned in the promotional website are:
Billy Mills
Kerri Walsh
Jim Thorpe
Paul Hamm
Steven Lopez
Bryan Clay
Dwight Phillips
Erin Popovich
Bob Beamon
Robert (“Bob”) Beamon (born August 29, 1946) is an African American former track and field athlete, best known for his long-standing world record in the long jump.
Beamon, from South Jamaica, Queens in New York City, attended Jamaica High School[1] and the University of Texas at El Paso. On October 18, 1968 at Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Beamon set a world record for the long jump with a jump of 8.90 m (29 ft. 2½ in.). It was one of the most astounding feats in the history of the Olympics. Wikpedia
Nastia Lukin
Anastasia “Nastia” Valeryevna Liukin is an American artistic gymnast of Russian origin. She is the 2005 and 2007 World Champion on the balance beam and the 2005 World Champion on the uneven bars. With nine World Championships medals, seven of them individual, Liukin is tied with Shannon Miller as having won the most World Championship medals of any American gymnast in history. Wikipedia
Kip Keino
Kerri Strug
Derek Redmond
Derek Redmond (born 3 September 1965, in Bletchley, England) is a retired British athlete. During his career, he held the British record for the 400 metres sprint, and won gold medals in the 4×400 metres relay at the World Championships, European Championships and Commonwealth Games. However his career was blighted by a series of injuries, and he is best remembered for his performance at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona where his hamstring tore during the 400 metres semi-final but he fought through the pain and, with assistance from his father, managed to complete a full lap of the track as the crowd gave him a standing ovation. Wikipedia
Aly Wagner
Cheri Blauwet
Michael Phelps
Michael Fred Phelps II is the famous American swimmer and a World Recorder Holder in various swimming championship. Born in June 30 1985, Michael Fred Phelps II hails from Baltimore, Maryland. One of his greatest achievements is holding 8 medals in Summer Olympic 2004 held in Athens. Among the 8 Olympic medals, 6 were gold thus holding the world record for achieving greatest number of medals in a single Olympic. Michael Fred Phelps II first took part in 2000 Summer Olympics held in Sydney at the age of 15 as the youngest American male swimmer in an Olympic event in 68 years! He became 5th in 200 meter Butterfly.
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