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Old 06-06-2006, 10:14 AM
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UK Honda Ad-

I got this in an e-mail this AM- pretty cool if you ask me- (If this has already been posted I missed it the first time)

Read the text, then click the link!



Very interesting!!!!


Be sure to read the info first, then watch the clip.


And you thought those people that set up roomfuls of dominos to knock over were amazing. There are no computer graphics or digital tricks in the film. Everything you see really happened in real time exactly as you see it.

The film took 606 takes. On the first 605 takes, something, usually very minor, didn't work. They would then have to set the whole thing up again. The crew spent weeks shooting night and day. By the time it was over, they were ready to change professions.

The film cost six million dollars and took three months to complete including full engineering of the sequence. In addition, it's two minutes long so every time Honda airs the film on British television, they're shelling out enough dough to keep any one of us in clover for a lifetime.

However, it is fast becoming the most downloaded advertisement in Internet history. Honda executives figure the ad will soon pay for its elf simply in "free viewings" (Honda isn't paying a dime to have you watch this commercial!).

When the ad was pitched to senior executives, they signed off on it immediately without any hesitation - including the costs.

There are six and only six hand-made Honda Accords in the world. To the horror of Honda engineers, the filmmakers disassembled two of them to make the film.

Everything you see in the film (aside from the walls, floor, ramp, and complete Honda Accord) is parts from those two cars.

The voiceover is Garrison Keillor. When the ad was shown to Honda executives, they liked it and commented on how amazing computer graphics have gotten.

They fell off their chairs when they found out it was for real. Oh, and about those funky windshield wipers. On the new Accords, the windshield wipers have water sensors and are designed to start doing their thing automatically as soon as they become wet.

Click on the link below or copy & paste.

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/honda.php



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Old 06-06-2006, 11:26 AM
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Wow. All I can say is...wow!!
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Old 06-06-2006, 01:06 PM
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That is a very old advert I think it was out at Xmas or might have been before that! It got loads of awards!
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It's about 3 yrs old AD.
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...and still fantastic. Thanks for posting .
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I love the Acura TSX I mean Honda Accord, Makes me want to buy a Acura lol
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