And you thought those people that set up a room 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 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 is 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.
>
> Click here:
>
> http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/honda.php

 

Yeah, cool video.

That video is really old though. On some forums they will ban you for posting that link, due to the fact that it gets reposted so often.

 

That video is like three years old at least...

 

Wouldn't mind that Accord wagon though.

 

Was that aired in the UK? Where was that wagon sold?

 

omfgomfgomfgomfgomfg

 

Have you never seen that ad? GG, that's an internet staple link.

 

Yeah. Oldie but a goodie. Actually, I've never seen the full story behind it up until now though. I never realized that there was no movie magic in the sequence. That makes it 1,000,000 times cooler. Thanks for posting that.

 

I have a hard time believing the tires can roll up the incline without some assistance we can't see.

That Accord wagon is called the Odyssey in Thailand. It was 2.4m Baht when I saw it at the auto show 2 years ago. That is over $63k. Imported cars get hit with HUGE taxes and duties.

 

The tires had weights in them; thats how they rolled.

 

Ah-HAH. Those sneaky devils. What will they think of next?