Check this out - Clappy, you are going to go crazy! It was sent to me by a friend. It's a modern day Rube Goldberg and it's totally for real.
Altair19 (I copied the email too)
Go to the link at the end of this message,
> > click on it, or cut and paste, and then watch
> > -- in fact you need to watch it more than
> > once to really appreciate all the action.
> >
> > It's the new Honda commercial in the UK.
> > Very important that you understand:
> > There are NO computer graphics nor digital
> > tricks in the film.
> >
> > Everything you see really happened, in real time,
> > in ONE SHOT (#606), exactly as you see it, with
> > no film cuts.
> >
> > 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
> > (holy ----!) and took three months to complete,
> > including a full engineering of the sequence.
> >
> > In addition, it's two minutes long, so every time
> > Honda airs this LONG film ad 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
> > itself 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 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 at
> > the end) are parts from those two cars. The
> > voiceover is by 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. It looks a bit weird in the commercial, but
> > that water triggered them.
> >
> > Link to Honda's new Accord Ad
> > or
> > home.attbi.com
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