Yep. I thought the same thing back when Nat King Cole has his duet with his daughter.
I noticed that too. I swear, I think they used a scene from Poltergeist II, where the tag-line is, “They’re back …” You can sort of see her starting to say that, but then it changes to “They’re here …”
Also, I’m pretty sure for half the commercial it’s not even that kid, but a double.
Maybe if they CGI’ed her little mouth to give the pitch, I’d be bothered by it. But it’s just a clip from a movie tacked on to Craig T. Nelson shilling for DirecTV. I don’t think it’s a big deal.
Another vote for creepy.
I swear, the other day as soon as I saw that commercial, I said, “man, that was in poor taste, the poor girl’s dead and they picked THAT movie to try and sell something.” Weird that you mention this, because yeah, it is in poor taste.
Yes, they definitely have to get permission from the actor, the actor’s next of kin, or whoever owns the actor’s right of publicity.