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This is so yesterday (2001-2005 in fact), but I don't care. Remember BMW Films The Hire? It was a series of shorts done by a variety of directors. The catch being that each film featured a different BMW. They stared Clive Owen as the driver. And honestly I had never noticed him until I saw a particular BMW Film called Star. It was directed by Guy Ritchie, and features of course, Madonna.

If you haven't seen it you're in for a treat, if you have and you're like me, you'll likely watch it again anyways. And then maybe again, but skipping straight to the good stuff in the middle.

When these films first came out they were distributed on disc, but could also be viewed on the BMW Films web site. That site no longer exists, but the films live on thanks to YouTube and the like.

An interesting tidbit I learned is that Clive Owen didn't actually drive in most of the scenes. The cars were right-hand drive with a fake steering wheel for Clive to play with on the left. Thus he was free to twirl the wheel of the M5 while a stunt driver actually made the car juke and jive around the city. You can watch the making of video below, but it's not nearly as entertaining as the finished product above.

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