BMW The Hire Short Films – Star

An old series of short promotional films by BMW starring Clive Owen as a driver. The Driver comes face-to-face with a successful star with a major attitude problem. She always gets what she wants, and expects it to be the same this time. Featured BMW car is the E39 M5, my favourite BMW of all.

Video: BMW The Hire Short Films – Madonna

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After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history.

 

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  • suanie (Member) on May 26, 2006 at 9:35 am

    IMHO, this was Madonna's best screen performance.

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  • Paul Tan on May 26, 2006 at 9:36 am

    Definitely better than her "Hung Up" video anyway :P

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  • suanie (Member) on May 26, 2006 at 9:38 am

    Please, don't remind me of the repulsion.

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  • Joe Ooi (Member) on May 26, 2006 at 9:40 am

    Wah good video

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  • tbcheese (Member) on May 26, 2006 at 1:12 pm

    I love the part where he flicks the steering wheel and snaps his fingers

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  • assimo (Member) on May 26, 2006 at 5:00 pm

    hahaha…nice video…make me recall The Transporter movie….thanks Paul.

    p/s- Nice BMW logo 'shape' sunglasses she wear…:-)

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  • rexis (Member) on May 26, 2006 at 5:29 pm

    O.O" whao…… the steering wheels…

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  • mycar_stolen (Member) on May 26, 2006 at 6:44 pm

    this car actual price less than 300k. Thanks to the tax you need to pay up to one million now… 968k.

    One time I feel sad to be Malaysian…to drive a car is a burden of a lifetime.

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  • marmitecrab (Member) on May 26, 2006 at 7:03 pm

    There is another video showing the "making of" of the short films and in it is an interview with Clive Owen where he mentions the snapping-fingers-while-cornering shot. Actually, there was another stunt driver seated next to him doing all the driving but it was executed so well that for awhile, everyone thought that he was the one doing the actual driving.

    Fyi, these short videos also appear in marketing books as a lesson in online marketing where exclusive short films were made by BMW specifically for downloading on the internet.

    Clever move as these videos were very popular when they were launched a few years back.

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  • jtshin (Member) on May 26, 2006 at 7:05 pm

    Damn!!! I lvoe that M5!!! That's the M5 I love most over the series!!! BMW Big fan here! haha… BMW The Ultimate Drving Machine… with M5 the world's fastest Saloon!!!! cost rm80k… @_@

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  • jtshin (Member) on May 26, 2006 at 8:44 pm

    correction… is more than rm800k…

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  • whitE zoMbiE (Member) on May 26, 2006 at 11:39 pm

    awesome! woohooo

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  • blazerSST (Member) on May 27, 2006 at 12:19 am

    There is only one M5 in my world and this is the one.

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  • acbc (Member) on May 27, 2006 at 1:15 am

    Hahaha… must be her husband's way of teaching her a lesson… :)

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  • topgunthang (Member) on May 27, 2006 at 1:20 am

    nice video paul.

    interesting to see not all M5 boys like the new M5. hehe

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  • tbcheese (Member) on May 27, 2006 at 2:04 am

    Yeah the car was both left and right driven. So if Clive hung on to the steering wheel too tight then they probably would have crashed.

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  • suanie (Member) on May 27, 2006 at 7:35 am

    clive owen is so hot. period.

    guy ritchie still has a lot to give. too bad the cow he's married to stumped his credibility with that movie 'swept away'.

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  • karheng (Member) on May 27, 2006 at 7:13 pm

    Hahah Show her breakfast, lunch and dinner…Sweet….(make her puke)

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  • òmn&Ati (Member) on May 27, 2006 at 7:59 pm

    sigh… another smoking gun.

    she din actually puke as many claimed. the stain (more like pee stain) was actually from her spilled coffee hung on in between her legs.

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  • DAN (Member) on May 28, 2006 at 2:07 am

    ha………….ha..ha..!! is nice wa!…

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  • bigcow (Member) on May 28, 2006 at 4:00 am

    Anyone know the song in the clip which goes like "woohoo…. woohoo…. "?

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  • Paul Tan on May 28, 2006 at 4:04 am

    bigcow: the song is called "Song 2" by Blur.

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  • neurra (Member) on Jun 02, 2006 at 4:05 am

    ROFL the part where he puts his hands off the wheel is great

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  • ilmcrx (Member) on Jun 11, 2006 at 12:53 pm

    man i have to say thats her best vid ever and the driving was GREAT loved it where can i download this vid so i can show my friends

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