VW Advert - Not banned yet ;-)

bstardchild · Post by **bstardchild** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 12:05 am

Broadband again i'm afraid!!

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-video/M ... olfgti.mov

PS I liked it

Clever...... For an ad!!!

robz · Post by **robz** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 10:45 am

i cant see anything.....

bstardchild · Post by **bstardchild** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 11:17 am

robz wrote:i cant see anything.....

Have you got quicktime?

dubpolo · Post by **dubpolo** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 12:58 pm

ace! thats a really good advert

robz · Post by **robz** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 1:38 pm

still cnt get it to wrk.

is it the 1 with the guy doing "singing in the rain?" if not any1 seen that?

SiDaBa · Post by **SiDaBa** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 2:57 pm

robz wrote:still cnt get it to wrk.

is it the 1 with the guy doing "singing in the rain?" if not any1 seen that?

that's the one

Petrified · Post by **Petrified** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 3:11 pm

It was aired first time yesterday on channel 4. My g/f has a magazine with how the made it. I'll see if we can get it scanned if anyones interested??

It is ace though.

James.

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 3:58 pm

robz wrote:still cnt get it to wrk.

is it the 1 with the guy doing "singing in the rain?" if not any1 seen that?

shuld work wif quick time, just downloaded it and workd

toXXin · Post by **toXXin** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 5:41 pm

James, I saw it on Monday on C4!

Excellent video, saved on my PC!

robz · Post by **robz** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 5:44 pm

yeh i seen it on Tuesday, was watching some

home make over prog

on UK Living or sumfin.

* the TV is crap when ur off wrk sick!

Petrified · Post by **Petrified** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 6:22 pm

Yeah, my mistake

I read a thread yesterday that said it was aired for the first time yesterday, the thread must have been a few days old

I havn't seen it on tv yet, my g/f is doing a project on the gti for college. One is making a video, I'll be taking it for another test drive soon. and get some fottage of the CTR before that goes.

For me the ad does nothing to sell the car though. But it is cool.

James.

bstardchild · Post by **bstardchild** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 8:31 pm

Interesting facts:

The title scene from Singin' in the Rain was updated with permission from Turner Entertainment, The Gene Kelly Image Truest, EMI and Warner Bros.
Over 52 Years after the release of the Hollywood classic the legendary scene where Gene Kelly dances in the rain has been carefully reconstructed at Shepperton Studios.
It took a crew of 22 men 14 days to put together a set for the advert shoot using meticulous attention to detail, ensuring the advert is as close as possible to the original.
The dancers used in the advert all had to under go 3 hours of prosthetic make - up , padding inside their suits and wear a wig to ensure that they looked as close as possible to the Gene.
The music in the advert is a remix of the original musical score and has been remixed by Mint Royale to give it a contemporary feel
The new Golf GTI retails from Â£19,995 and is available to order now.
The adverts break in the UK from January 27th

Ok i didnt find the info out,someone replyed on another forum i posted it on...

cyhliu · Post by **cyhliu** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 9:07 pm

I love that ad, and the music, it rocks!

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 10:28 pm

52 years - thats not much longer than the first release of Blue Suede Shoes

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 10:56 pm

Saw this on the TV in the pub the other day.. one of my friends who has absolutely no interest in volkswagen and who doesn't usually comment on adverts commented on how well done it was, so it's obviously made a bit of an impact