The filming of this video commercial for Honda took 606 takes.  On the first 605 takes, something -- usually minor -- didn't work perfectly and they would have to set the whole thing up again.

The crew spent weeks shooting night and day. By the time it was completed, the commercial cost six million dollars and took three months to complete, including the full engineering of the sequential actions.

Also, the video is two minutes long so every time Honda airs it, they're really shelling out the dough. However, it is getting a tremendous number of "free viewings" on the Internet -- enough exposure value to pay for the whole project.

Everything you see in the video (except the walls, floor, ramp and the completed Honda vehicle) are actual parts removed from two of only six existing hand-assembled Honda Accords.

There are no camera tricks here, and no computer graphics were used.  This is the real deal!  Oh, you'll notice some weird-looking windshield wipers doing a funky dance. Those are real wipers, because on the new Accords, the windshields have built-in water sensors that automatically start the wipers when they get wet.

Turn up the volume, click on the hotlink below (or cut and paste it into your browser address bar) and be amazed . . .

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/honda.php