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I got this on another list today, it is really fun to watch! Oh, and the
kids like it, too! :)
Leslie in SC (I found more info on snopes at
_http://www.snopes.com/autos/business/hondacog.asp_ (http://www.snopes.com/autos/business/hondacog.asp) )
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Background on Honda commercial:
“And you thought those people who set up rooms full 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 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 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. It looks a bit weird in the commercial.”



_http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/honda.php_
(http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/honda.php)






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Elissa Jill Cleaveland

Neither link worked for me. I tried the snopes link and albino black sheep and both told me file not found (404)
Elissa Jill
The music in me is a gift from the Universe.
My job is to care for it and use it well; I am its bearer, not its owner.
~Johnny Cash's Moma

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