Singing in the Rain Gene Kelly VW ad .mov .mpeg .mpg .wmv

Gene Kelly goes hip hop in this awesome Singin in the Rain VW ad.  (~5MB .mov)  VIA Coudal.

Some people think the ad is creepy but I think its brilliant...  The idea of Blingin in the rain is pure genius.

Comments

[JON]

WHAT AN INCREDIBLE COMMERCIAL!!! That was DOPE!!!! Sick moves too! Napoleon eat your heart out.

[Duncan]

Check this out

http://www.colorfront.com/img/fordmustangcornfield.mov

not as cool but still innovative

[Socom]

Found a remix of the tune

http://designdesires.pengus.net/singing_in_the_rain_remix.mp3

[jj]

wow wot an amazing ad .... plz plz plz plz plz release the track its class .

[Truckin]

Simply an amazing Ad and the remix is beatiful! Can wait for the track!!!

Nice mp3 also ! : D

[span]

hey socom i love u man,the remix of that tune has put me in a good mood,i couldnt find the original anywhere,nice 1 m8

[Raw]

Da advert is raw and live. They updated a classic making it present. "Mint Royale" done well remixing da tune and well done to VW 4 ever thinginh of it. This is da DOPEST advert out there!!

(This is da website to da remixers of da classic tune)

[Raw]

Yeh guys, You really want to know who remixed da classic song. Well here are da Producers, Mint Royale. VW got da right people. Nice one !!!

http://www.mint-royale.com

[m.a.]

You should go back to a film called 'BREAKIN'(1984) where a young break dancer dances with a magic broom ala Gene Kelly...so you see we are back to the future with VW's commercial...

[Mewski]

I love this and Citroens Dancing Robot advert. I have the song for Citroens advert and downloading the one now from the VW advert. My question is How did they make it? Now as a media student I feel I should figure this one out. My best bet is they did the same as The Polar Express which was get someone to walk around and get the netting of a human then put on his face and then using a computer were able to change movements like the hands (if you watch how he moves his hands they look very animated not real). Thats how I think they did it.

[leonard]

Mewski, Moving Pictures did the VFX for this. Here's a press release with a detailed description of what they did: http://www.moving-picture.com/htmlsite/i_sectionspress.php?id=82&section=commercials

Basically, the three dancers were composited together w/ Gene Kelly's head

Here's an interview w/ Elsewhere, one of the dancers. The reason the hands look animated is because he's insane. :)

http://www.kottke.org/05/02/golf-gti-commercial-and-elsewhere

[iron2000]

Wow, it really blew my mind!!

Is there any clip to the Heineken Commercial mentioned in the kottke article?

[andrew]

That advert is good,whith sum slick moves

VW know how to make an advert

[ARTI]

Ive seen on TV the Heineken ad, the moves in the ad are much more crazy/fantastic than the VW Golf GTI one. Yet, its nowhere to be found on the web, I searched everywhere.

[SparkS]

That was incredable.
The mind is stil burning. :)

How they do that? I need to buy this car! (joke? i heav no mony) :)

[johnny]

ultimately the coolest ever.. i could watch it over and over....wow

[jon]

i'm looking for the heineken ad too! and yes its no where on the web. ( tts how i even stumbled upon here btw) my local radio once played the track in the ad... and i FORGOT the title! does anyone know?

[jez]

dope dancing at it's best, apparently the dancer is french. You can get the tune on vinyl on ebay. GET IT NOW EVERYONE

[wade]

Someone wanted to know the name of the track in the ad - its 'Singing in the Rain' by Mint Royale, due to be released soon.

[mat]

thx so much i just love that song

[Istvan]

Can anybody tell me , where can i find Heineken`s new advertisment `s song ? Where the people dance .. break dance , or i don`t know ! Or just tell me , the name of the song , i would appreciate it ! Thx

[Duncan]

I can't help sorry...

[Adman]

Heineken: Cobra Style by Teddybears

[Andrea]

The haineken ad should be this one: http://expanic2.kapper.net/forceDownload.php?file=downloads/heineken.mov

and yeah, the music rocks! =)

[jon]

ANDREA! you're heaven sent!