Sinead’s Hand in Marriage

This campaign from Ireland’s Marriage Equality asks the question “What if you had to ask four million people to marry someone?”

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This ad is a copy of one that ran in New York years ago. Did they get permission to remake it? I sure hope so…

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Hi there,

I was the actor in Sinéad’s Hand, and we certainly did get permission.
When I was approached to act in it the producers were very clear
that they were remaking the ad from the original filmmakers for the
Irish market, and the original work is clearly credited on the Irish
Marriage Equality website, http://www.marriageequality.ie. It was
for a good cause, and everyone worked for free.

The question was recently (and quite properly) asked on an Irish
filmmaking website, and both myself and the producer responded – http://www.filmmakersnetwork.ie/forums/showthread.php?t=5704.

Hope this clears it up, and the subject returns to the most important
thing in question…

best

Hugh

I was a fan of the original ad, and I think that remaking it to cater to different countries is fantastic, if permission is granted and remaking is encouraged.