picture, if you will:
a camera follows ilya rozanov on a plane, stowing his baggage and finding his seat, looking out the window at a city below
flight attendant asks if she can get him anything, mr. rozanov
ilya declines
cut to
ilya walking out of the plane. a staffperson says welcome to canada
cut to
ilya picking up his bag at a baggage claim and making his way outside to where a suspiciously un-logoed land rover waits in the pick up area
ilya puts his bag in the trunk and climbs into the passenger seat
shane is waiting and hands him a tall red paper cup and says ‘welcome home’
Tim Horton’s logo appears on the screen
voiceover: They say Canadians are born all over the world, it just takes some of them longer to make it home. Tim Horton’s will always be waiting for you when you get here.
end commercial
Extended version for socials:
Ilya in a generic hotel room, talking on the phone as he brushes back the curtain, revealing the Moscow skyline (or some other far away place). Quick shot of him picking up his suitcase and hockey bag. Cut to him sitting in an airport, waiting for his flight, then him in another airport looking up at a departures screen with all the flights marked cancelled. Ilya sleeping at a gate.
Finally boarding, settles in his seat, offered a drink. He watches the sunset through the window.
Welcome to Canada! He collects his luggage and walks to the pick up area to the Land Rover. He climbs in, Shane says “Welcome home” but before he can offer the cup
Ilya climbs across the centre console and tries to swallow Shane’s face.
Cut to a close up of the Tim Horton’s cup in the cup holder, their grabbing hands knocking up against it.
VO: they say Canadians are born all over the world, it just takes them longer to make it home. Tim Horton’s will always be waiting for you when you get there. It can wait while you say hello though.
Final shot: A security guard taps on the fogged up window “hey, move it along please”
