This is about a short film made by Nissan for the 350Z called

(The Run). They say it will be at Nissan dealers on DVD.

Has anyone seen this movie? I called the Nissan dealer here and they dont know anything about it. I want a copy!!!!

The movie, like the Z itself, is all about the car and the driver, with no distractions. "It really excited a lot of the professionals in Hollywood," Schoonover says. "Professional stunt drivers started to clamor to come and do this because it really hadn't been done before."

The car is the star, and all the star does is race across the wide avenues and winding cobblestone alleys of Prague. Of course, it does it at 123 mph. Nissan marshaled 400 volunteers to line the 5.7-mile raceway. They blocked off intersections, keeping errant cars out of the path of danger with the help of 150 police officers.

Bruno set up 14 cameras on the car. The cameras were rolling continuously for the entire length of the run. Everything from a lipstick cam, a "scorpion" cam hanging 5 feet off the back of the car, a helicopter camera, chase cameras, and much more followed the action.

"It sounds fun at first but it's enormously complicated," the director says. Besides the 14 cameras, more cameras were set up along the streets, on top of buildings, and along the route. The hardest part, however, was getting moving shots from behind the Z and in front. It's not an easy thing to do when you're topping 100 mph and going through sharp turns.

"They tried several vehicles but found that they couldn't keep up," Schoonover says. "Ultimately, what we had to do was take another Z and mount those cameras on the other Z to be able to keep up."

When the DVD is released, you'll be able to watch Bruno's version of the event, or select your own view from eight different camera angles.

For the whole story.

http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?r60014631

nissan included one of those dvds in each press packet they released for the z.

Didn't we have that video posted here about a month ago. I know I have seen it online.

It may have been posted. But I am looking for the DVD. Some people like myself are still on dialup for the net. :stupid: So video clips dont work good here.

The article did say that the interactive DVD was going to be available at Nissan dealers at the end of January... Guess it's time to go visit the dealership and bug em....:devious:

But I wonder how much the dealers are going to ask for them considering the way some of the dealers are gouging the prices of the 350's....:tapemouth

I posted this back in december. I'm glad to see there is finally some feedback on this topic. Try this site as it's a registration for getting a copy of the DVD. http://www.nissanusa.com/ms/zDVD/dvdReg.html

It should be noted that I had to download a flash player or something to get into the original site. Hopefully this link will bypass that part.

The video is pretty cool. Good luck.

I posted a direct link to the run promo quicktime movie file so it can be downloaded and saved to you pc.

Do a search for "Prague" to find the previous thread, "350Z on car and driver" and you'll find the link. Its about 40meg file i believe.

Ah what the hell. I did it myself, heres the link to the file.

Use a download manager.

http://a400.g.akamai.net/7/400/8182/3de3f3cf/nissannort1.download.akamai.com/8182/nissan/m/v/zdvd/HR_QT.mov

YES I have seen it, in all its glory. Great piece of racing - very similar to Getaway in Stockholm except better camera angles and it's LEGAL !

I saw it at the official 350Z launch here at the Versace hotel oh yes oh yes it looks a hellavalot better in the flesh than in photos.

I have the DVD that I could sell, brand new unopened. If interest, shoot me a pm and we could agree on price.

G

It was pretty cool, it played during the trailors while I was whatching the Lord Of The Rings Two Towers around Christmas, I thought it was getaway in stockholm at first :stupid:

-Ben

Thank You everyone . I broke down and went to the Nissan dealership. Talked with the guy at the parts counter. Turns out he was looking for some side markers for a Z. I will have a copy in a few days.