Have you heard about this.....?

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 linked below. 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 %26quot;free ! viewing s%26quot; (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) are 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 become. They fell off their chairs when they found out it was for



real. Oh, and about those funky windshield wipers you'll see in the



clip.On the new Accords, the wind shield wipers have water sensors and are



designed to start doing their thing automatically as soon as they become



wet. !Have you heard about this.....?
That is so interesting. I think I've heard of someone trying that before, but using the car parts makes it more interesting. I like the part where the window opens. The winshield wipers look funny scooting across the floor! lol! I want to try this. THanks for sharing it with us.Have you heard about this.....?
kewlHave you heard about this.....?
no i haventHave you heard about this.....?
I saw that a couple years ago.Have you heard about this.....?
C 00 lHave you heard about this.....?
I just wasted 3 minutes of my life on THAT???Have you heard about this.....?
That was amazing.......Have you heard about this.....?
saw that a couple days ago....kinda coolHave you heard about this.....?
Right on thats neat.Have you heard about this.....?
that's neatHave you heard about this.....?
yep i heard about it, hmm i gotta have this car.Have you heard about this.....?
rube goldburg lives .LONG LIVE RUBE GOLDBURG .

now for people who dont know who that guy is he created all

sorts of machines like that in the honda add to lake make life

real simple for man .Have you heard about this.....?
cool, seen it before but nice to see it again!