bmw movies.

[cjm]

have you chaps/chapettes seen the bmw movies? less than 10mins long, great entertainment. amongst the titles i remember are ambush, chosen and ticker, sure theres more.linked are my two favourites:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tDg1YKp8M0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06NMiUR5mqU

 

[aerog]

I saved the originals - too bad they didn't keep their own site up with the full size video files!

 

[Scott_Hower]

"Star" is my personal favorite. The M5 they used for the infamous jump scene died and no amount of tinkering could get it running again.

My 8yr old has probably watched it about 1000 times.

 

[rulle7]

Just watched the James Brown one ... sadly, seems to me he didn't get his extra fifty years after all.

 

[tony barnhill]

Love 'em...wonder where they're all found - in 1 place?

 

[cjm]

Just watched the James Brown one ... sadly, seems to me he didn't get his extra fifty years after all.

i like to think he did,(not with the shown deal)but not in the conventional sense. maybe his life,(hopefully others aswell) was so diverse and fullfilled, that he lived his life as though it was doubled.

 

[Mental]

After the second series, BMW made the DVD availible for purchase to owners. I have the whole set, and I bet you could find it on E-Bay.

"Star" is great, but "Star" in 5.1 surround on my big screen, well thats the way it was meant to be.

The first season all featured different directors and cars;
(Stolen from Wipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hire )

"Ambush" - John Frankenheimer 7-Series

"Chosen" - Ang Lee - 5-Series

"The Follow" - Wong Kar-wai - 3-Series and the Z3 roadster This one starred Mickey Rourke and Forest Whitaker

"Star" - Guy Ritchie - M5

"Powder Keg" - Alejandro González Iñárritu - X5

The second season was all about the Z4 and was produced by Ridley Scott

"Hostage" - John Woo also starring Maury Chaykin and Kathryn Morris (Cold Case)

"Ticker" - Joe Carnahan and stars Don Cheadle as well as Ray Liotta, F. Murray Abraham and Dennis Haysbert (24 and the Unit). This is actually my favorite

"Beat The Devil" - Tony Scott starring of course, James Brown, and Gary Oldman. Also has Danny Trejo (the guy with the Lady of Guadaloupe tattoo on his chest from all the Robert Rodriegez films) and Marilyn Manson

If you get the chance to see these on DVD, its pretty cool, but I bet a lot can be found on YouTube or the like.