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On this Day: June 01, 2001 Madonna's BMW short film debuts

Madonna's BMW short film debuts - Madonna appears in Star, a BMW promotional short film. 

 

 
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STAR

 "I am so over black!"

Production

Directed by: Guy Ritchie
Written by: Guy Ritchie & Joe Sweet
Produced by: Robyn Boardman, Nicole Dionne, David Fincher, Aristides McGarry, Tony McGarry
Production company: BMW Films
Location: /
Date of filming: /
Budget: /

Cast

Clive Owen
Michael Beattie
Toru Tanaka Jr.
Madonna
Woon Young Park		 The Driver
Glen
Bodyguard
Star (uncredited)
Madonna's Bodyguard (uncredited)

Trivia

Madonna certainly likes to work with the same people:
  • Toru Tanaka Jr., who plays the bodyguard, also appears as Oddjob in Madonna's Die Another Day video. Funnily, he is the son of Harold Sakata, who played the original role of Oddjob in 1964's Goldfinger.
  • Sophia Crawford, who is Madonna's stunt double in Star, was also a stand-in during the fencing scenes in Die Another Day.
  • Michael Beattie, here in the role of the manager Glen, plays Todd in Swept Away.
  • Madonna's costume was designed by Arianne Philips, who made the Geisha outfit for the Drowned World Tour that same year.

Soundtrack

There is no official soundtrack for this movie. Two songs are used:
  • Blur - Song 2
  • Richard Wagner - The Ride of the Valkyries

Release

Released as: Star (part of The Hire)
Released online: June 2001
Runtime: 7 minutes
Genre: Action/Comedy/Short
Official site: BMW Films

Synopsis

The Hire is a series of short movies, each in which the driver (Clive Owen) encounters some unexpected obstacles that put his abilities to the test. In Star, a superstar (Madonna) unexpectedly demands him to drive her to her venue. He calmly undergoes her humiliating be haviour, until he decides to take her demands a bit too literal...

Rating

This short is pure genius! While Guy Ritchie's directing totally flopped for Swept Away, he proves here to be a real pro after all. The casting of his wife Madonna was of course no coincidence but works perfectly. Madonna is her best in bitchy roles, because she likes that attitude a lot herself. And we know that Madonna's acting is always better when she can play herself, and playing a bitchy superstar doesn't seem to be too hard for her ;-) Big thumbs up! 8,5/10


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