BMW FILMS : The Hire [must watch]

[BimmerK]

The BMW film series, The Hire was a series of eight short films (averaging about ten minutes each) produced for the Internet in 2001 and 2002. A form of branded content, all eight films featured popular filmmakers from across the globe, starred Clive Owen!!! as the "Driver", and highlighted the performance aspects of various BMW automobiles.Episode One: Ambushhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo5cZhfsP2Y&fmt=18The Driver escorts an elderly man to an undisclosed location, where he is confronted by a van full of armed men and is warned that the old man has stolen a large amount of diamonds. The old man claims to have swallowed the diamonds and that the men will likely cut him open to retrieve the diamonds. The Driver decides at the last minute to help him, participating in a car chase and shootout with the van. The Driver eventually evades his pursuers and watches their destruction. He then delivers the old man to a town nearby and asks the merchant if he did indeed swallowed the diamonds. The client merely chuckles and walks away. The Driver smiles and leaves.with Tomas Milian Directed by John Frankenheimer Featured the BMW 740i

 

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Episode Two : Chosen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaV0c5kvYbc&fmt=18

The Driver protects a holy Asian child that was brought to America by boat. The child gives the Driver a gift but says that he is not supposed to open it yet. After being pursued by many armed assassins, and being grazed in the ear, he delivers the boy to another holy man. The Boy however signals silently to the Driver that the man is not actually a monk, indicated by his footwear. The Driver defeats the impostor holy man and rescues the boy. As he leaves the Driver opens the gift which is revealed to be a Hulk bandage for his bleeding ear.

Directed by Ang Lee
Featured the BMW 5 Series M-Sport

 

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Episode Three : The Follow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBCDc7yonyE&fmt=18

The Driver is hired by a nervous movie manager to spy on a paranoid actor's wife. During his tailing of the wife, the Driver describes the right way to tail someone. As he follows her he begins to fear what he might learn of her apparently tragic life, which ends with him giving the manager's money back. The wife was evidently trying to leave the country to find her mother but was beaten at one point, most likely by her husband.

with Forest Whitaker, Mickey Rourke, and Adriana Lima
Directed by Wong Kar-wai
Featured the BMW 3 Series Coupe and the Z3 roadster

 

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Episode Four : Star
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1dYv_gKTA8&fmt=18

The Driver is chosen by a spoiled and shallow celebrity to drive her to a venue. Unbeknownst to her, her manager has actually hired the Driver to teach the celebrity a lesson. Pretending to escape her pursuing bodyguards, the Driver recklessly drives through the city, tossing the hapless celebrity all around the backseat. They arrive at the venue, where she is thrown out of the car and photographed by paparazzi in an embarrassing end on the red carpet. Available on hdshare.tv

with Madonna
Directed by Guy Ritchie
Featured the BMW M5

 

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Episode Five : Powder Keg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80cPxtj00T8&fmt=18

The Driver is drafted by the UN to rescue a wounded war photographer named Harvey Jacobs from out of hostile territory. While they are leaving Jacobs tells the Driver about the horrors he saw as a photographer, but he regrets his inability to help war victims. He gives the Driver the film needed for a New York Times story and also his dog tags to give to his mother. When they reach the border, they are confronted by a guard who begins to draw arms as Jacobs begins taking pictures, trying to get himself killed. The Driver drives through a hail of gunfire to the border, but finds Jacobs killed by a bullet through the seat. The Driver arrives in America to give the dog tags to Jacobs' blind mother.

with Stellan Skarsgård and Lois Smith
Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
Featured the BMW X5

 

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Episode Six : Hostage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZN6vhiYnZA&fmt=18

The Driver is hired by the FBI to help defuse a hostage situation. A disgruntled employee has kidnapped a CEO and has hidden her, demanding $5,088,042. The Driver delivers the money, writing the sum on his hand as instructed by the hostage taker. After he is told that he holds the life of a person in his hand, he is ordered to burn the money. As he complies, the federal agents break in and attempt to subdue the man, who shoots himself in the head before he reveals where the woman is hidden. The Driver then tries to find the hostage before she drowns in the trunk of a sinking car. As a twist, the kidnapped woman is revealed to be the hostage taker's lover. She coldly taunts the dying man in the hospital.

with Maury Chaykin and Kathryn Morris
Directed by John Woo
Featured the BMW Z4

 

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Episode Seven : Ticker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfjOK-6c4Lk&fmt=18

The Driver drives a wounded diplomat, who carries a mysterious briefcase, while under helicopter attack. The Driver manages to destroy his pursuers, but refuses to proceed without knowing the contents of the damaged briefcase. It is revealed that the diplomat guards a human heart for a peacekeeper, whose life is needed for the continued freedom of the people. The case is delivered, and the tyrant is forced to give up his attempt to take the country by force. The Driver leaves for another mission.

with Don Cheadle
cameos by Ray Liotta, F. Murray Abraham, Robert Patrick, Clifton Powell and Dennis Haysbert as US
agents.
Directed by Joe Carnahan
Featured the BMW Z4

 

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Episode Eight : Beat The Devil
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQsVsQDXM0E&fmt=18

The Driver drag-races the Devil, in order to earn James Brown his soul.

with James Brown, Gary Oldman, Danny Trejo and Marilyn Manson
Directed by Tony Scott
Featured the BMW Z4

 

[loafer]

http://amd.co.at:8083/bmwfilms/

Download it from here. Better quality.

They used to have a website for this but it's been taken down for quite a while already.

 

[venger]

Best Ads ever!

Some Audi Ads that equally as good..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mubxBqxZVi0

 

[BimmerK]

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[BimmerK]

Best Ads ever!

Some Audi Ads that equally as good..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mubxBqxZVi0

this one seems nice~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INSqLtw8gIw&fmt=18

 

[BimmerK]

bump for da day~

 

[saat]

Where were you when the short films were released.

They gave out DVDs even.

 

[BimmerK]

its 7years ago lo, no one posted any films here, so I tried~
do they gave out dvds in Masia BMW showrooms??

 

[azam318]

Good one Bro... :top:

 

[shyful313]

very nice short movies..:top: