The Hire 2001-2002 Short Films 360p-720p H264

The BMW financed film series, The Hire was a series of eight short films (each about eight minutes long, on average) produced for the Internet in 2001 and 2002. A form of branded content, all eight films featured popular directors from across the globe, starred Clive Owen as the "Driver", and highlighted the performance aspects of various BMW automobiles. Directed by: John Frankenheimer Ang Lee Wong Kar-Wai Guy Ritchie Alejandro González In~árritu John Woo Joe Carnahan Tony Scott Ambush (2001) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283875/ Dir.: John Frankenheimer A mysterious BMW driver must protect an eccentric old foreigner from criminals. Chosen (2001) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283994/ Dir.: Ang Lee The Driver is carrying an Asian child who has been chosen for a strange ritual. He must drive him through a dark night in the city to get to a monk's house, while eluding several American cars out to get the child. The Follow (2001) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0285104/ Dir.: Kar Wai Wong The Driver is now spying on a celebrity's wife suspected of adultery. Star (2001) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286151/ Dir.: Guy Ritchie The Driver now carries an arrogant rock star who is visiting a major city (not Pittsburgh as earlier believed). Played by Madonna, this title character wants to get away from her bodyguards in the Driver's BMW. He soon gets tired of her and decides to have a bit of fun. Powder Keg (2001 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0285930/ Dir.: Alejandro González In~árritu January 13, 2001. Times war photographer Harvey Jacobs is wounded while witnessing a massacre at Nuevo Colon by terrorists. In a desperate effort, the United Nations sends a vehicle to get him out, a BMW driven by the mysterious Driver. Season 2 Hostage (2002) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338111/ Dir.: John Woo The driver races to locate a kidnapped victim locked in the trunk of an abandoned car somewhere on the water's edge. Linked to her only by cell phone, the driver narrows in on her location in a desperate race against time and tide. Ticker (2002) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0340398/ Dir.: Joe Carnahan The Driver finds himself in a dangerous, yet highly political situation; this time being pursued by a helicopter gunship while carrying a passenger with a suitcase... the contents of which will decide the fate of a nation. Beat the Devil (2002) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338768/ Dir.: Tony Scott Decades ago, the legendary James Brown sold his soul to the devil for fame and fortune. Now he wishes to renegotiate. Hired to take Mr. Brown to a rendezvous with the devil (Gary Oldman), the driver soon finds himself entangled in fiendish plans. Driving Techniques (Extra) **************************************************************************** "Home" of my torrents (for Bookmark/Favorites in your browser) http://thepiratebay.se/user/twentyforty NOTE: 272p = frame-size 480x272 pixels, 16:9 aspect ratio, playable on all kinds of MP4 capable devices/players/playback systems 360p = frame-size 640x360 pixels, 16:9 aspect ratio, middle-format, playback as for 272p (except streaming) 480p = frame-size 720x480 pixels for 16:9 aspect ratio (TV) or 720x304 for 2.35:1 (movies/theatrical AR) 720p = frame-size 1280x720 pixels for 16:9 aspect ratio (TV) or 1280x544 for 2.35:1 (movies/theatrical AR), hardware intensive Most problems people have are with frame-sizes 1280x720 (720p). I recommend and have used one system for years - CoreCodec for H264 ("Deblocking" set to "Standard") and part of DivX7 for AAC. Both are proved perfect, fastest and provide seamless playback up to 1080p on new generation of computers. Newer NVIDIA graphic cards processors (GPU) decode H264 using dedicated subroutines directly served from CoreCodec (I have an ATI card, just in case you were wondering). Problems one can have may come from either one of the following and/or a combination of these – the playback system itself, a malfunctioning device or lack of knowledge. For instance, any so called "jerky" playback of "system-heavy" 720p comes from insufficient CPU and graphic engine power or simply - overloaded computer. Use of ddshow filters and "codecs" is suicidal. This is not Russian 720p Matroska format ("official" 720p) and completely different setup is required (extremely high bit-rates of .mkv 720p to some extent "hide" bad encoding style). In low bit-rate H264, such as mine, those errors and bad technique cannot be hidden and therefore are avoided as much as possible. Any 'blurriness' of video comes from less-than-recommended media player. VLC and a few other players are the most versatile and, generally speaking, good - but quality is 10-20% lower. Any ‘blockiness’ comes from 'system-too-slow' situation, when decoding engine of ones device become over-capacitated and cannot process all frames as it supposed to. On "I have no video" and "I have no sound" I don't waste my time as this is generally a complete lack of knowledge and/or understanding. RTFM is the best response I can give. MP4 is absolutely ISO 14496-1 compliant. There are no B-frames, no CABAC entropy in 272p and 360p, no strange filtering and no AV weirdness of any kind. Recommended resolution for computers is 1024x768 (no matter frame-size). PS3 + HDMI cable + newer TV have been reported as best combination. I am very proud on sound quality and hence I recommend use of stereo system and proper loudspeakers (connect Line Out of Soundcard or standalones with Line In of any Stereo rack). I encode H264 for six years and I have experienced (first-hand) any problem one might have or imagine. I have heard almost every ‘complaint’ out there and would, if asked POLITELY, be happy to answer questions and give as much help as humanly possible I always have.

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 twentyforty (2010-06-01)

Well, it's rarity, especially in this format. Besides, one asked me to find this collection and encode in 720p. Some shorties are filmed in 16/9 TV aspect, hence couple of 360p mixed in.
If you're unsure, maybe you should download one movie only at first, to see if that is your cup of tea.

lilars26 (2010-06-01)

Sorry about that.I didn't realize it was initial seeding so I jumped out.

htctouch (2010-06-01)

NICE RELEASE MAN . LOOKS INTERESTING . THANX ALOT .

jjabrams (2010-06-01)

yes a real rarity - any chance you have: wong kar wai - fallen angels or john woo's the killer and upload?
more classic movies should be uploaded while tv is in between seasons
thanks

fourty80 (2010-06-01)

superb...........like this bmw movies.....john woo is the best....

manoharpandey (2010-06-01)

U r the biggest and so ar the best Uploader when it comes to Tv shows, so I thought it the most appropriate to request u to upload all episodes of Monk in any format feasible for u. Will be grateful...............

kanha (2010-06-01)

Thankx 20-40, for accepting my request.....
+1 for the print....
thankx again!

lilars26 (2010-06-01)

@houruoha
It's not your connection.Lots of hit and runs I think.It should speed up as more kindly people get 100%.
Thank you 20/40.

 twentyforty (2010-06-02)

@houruoha : It's constant problem. 98% of peers. without any doubts, without any questions (I have statistics for each torrent) - are - pure and simple - in true "leeching" mode.
Here comes ONLY 24-27 normal people, and I bet that you know all of them by their screen-names.
These are only seeders we and I have constantly - and that's the reason why my torrents dies within days, one week top.
People-leeches want light-speeds - but when it comes to "how-much-they-give" - answer is - crumbs, almost nothing. They (98% is devastating percentage) keep DL speed on unlimited and UL on 1, 3 or up to 10 kB/s, but ready to bitch about "how slow download is".
Well, almost whole "speed" comes from the exchange between the peers - not from me.
What people obviously cannot understand is that torrents are no JUST for download, but for SHARE.
I suggest you, here, now and always in the same situation, that you set your UL speed at bare minimum, finish what you've started and simply - unload the torrent. Say bye-bye to pricks and punks and leeches couldn't survive too long. Such "people" would suck that minimum from each other and probably stay stuck at some percentage. And - I will delete such torrent anyway.

Demise69 (2010-06-02)

Hey broda ...
this is till season 2 episode 3 .. What abou the rest ?

 twentyforty (2010-06-02)

@Demise69: Ask Bee-Emm-Double-Vee. Maybe they have the answer.

jjabrams (2010-06-02)

well since its not a mainstream torrent, it cant be expected that there will be too much seeders. but yes it was slow - well at least i tried - uploaded 2gb.
the wkw one was the best imo

sdcheeran (2010-06-03)

i will seed this file forever because its not well known where i'm from, and its some of the best car-chase sequnces ever filmed

bagpipegml (2011-08-12)

Thanks! Just saw an ad for this in a 10 year old Ghost Rider comic. I remember when BMW had split one of the stories up as commercials on TV, but never knew it was a collection. Very hard to find. Thanks again!!!

suresh999 (2011-12-09)

Thnq :)