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Subject: this is pretty cool...
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 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 6 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
> funkywindshield wipers. On the new Accords, the windshield wipers have
> water sensors designed to start doing their thing automatically as soon as they
> become wet.
> It looks a bit weird in the commercial.
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 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 6 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
> funkywindshield wipers. On the new Accords, the windshield wipers have
> water sensors designed to start doing their thing automatically as soon as they
> become wet.
> It looks a bit weird in the commercial.
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