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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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  1. suanie said,

    May 26, 2006 @ 1:35 am

    IMHO, this was Madonna’s best screen performance.

  2. Paul Tan said,

    May 26, 2006 @ 1:36 am

    Definitely better than her “Hung Up” video anyway :P

  3. suanie said,

    May 26, 2006 @ 1:38 am

    Please, don’t remind me of the repulsion.

  4. Joe Ooi said,

    May 26, 2006 @ 1:40 am

    Wah good video

  5. tbcheese said,

    May 26, 2006 @ 5:12 am

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

  6. assimo said,

    May 26, 2006 @ 9:00 am

    hahaha…nice video…make me recall The Transporter movie….thanks Paul.
    p/s- Nice BMW logo ’shape’ sunglasses she wear…:-)

  7. rexis said,

    May 26, 2006 @ 9:29 am

    O.O” whao…… the steering wheels…

  8. mycar_stolen said,

    May 26, 2006 @ 10:44 am

    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.

  9. marmitecrab said,

    May 26, 2006 @ 11:03 am

    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.

  10. jtshin said,

    May 26, 2006 @ 11:05 am

    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… @_@

  11. jtshin said,

    May 26, 2006 @ 12:44 pm

    correction… is more than rm800k…

  12. whitE zoMbiE said,

    May 26, 2006 @ 3:39 pm

    awesome! woohooo

  13. blazerSST said,

    May 26, 2006 @ 4:19 pm

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

  14. acbc said,

    May 26, 2006 @ 5:15 pm

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

  15. topgunthang said,

    May 26, 2006 @ 5:20 pm

    nice video paul.

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

  16. tbcheese said,

    May 26, 2006 @ 6:04 pm

    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.

  17. suanie said,

    May 26, 2006 @ 11:35 pm

    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’.

  18. karheng said,

    May 27, 2006 @ 11:13 am

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

  19. òmnícp said,

    May 27, 2006 @ 11:59 am

    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.

  20. DAN said,

    May 27, 2006 @ 6:07 pm

    ha………….ha..ha..!! is nice wa!…

  21. bigcow said,

    May 27, 2006 @ 8:00 pm

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

  22. Paul Tan said,

    May 27, 2006 @ 8:04 pm

    bigcow: the song is called “Song 2″ by Blur.

  23. neurra said,

    June 1, 2006 @ 8:05 pm

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

  24. ilmcrx said,

    June 11, 2006 @ 4:53 am

    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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