A. Unofficial music video cover on Kingsnake song "Tip toe with the devil" from the 2010 album "Book of Promises".
Kingsnake was started in 2006 by Bill Jenkins (vocals, rythm guitar), Brian Merrit (lead guitar), Matt Kahn (bass), and Matt Farnan (drums, percussion). For the past 7 years Kingsnake has been playing live and recording music. They've shared the stage with bands such as: Fu Manchu, Atomic Bitchwax, Clutch, The Sword, Backwoods Payback, Lionize, American Speedway, and The Bakerton Group. Their first release was a self title EP in 2007, followed by their first full length LP released in 2010 titled "Book of Promise." Kingsnake resides in the Philadelphia area in Pennsylvania, and more information can be found on Kingsnake's reverbnation page,
www.reverbnation.com/kingsnake.
B. The Driver is employed by James Brown, who goes to meet the Devil to re-negotiate the deal he made as a young man in 1954 to trade his soul for fame and fortune. He is worried about his ageing and the fact he can no longer do his moves like the splits, and says his lessened ability to perform means he cannot maintain his fame and fortune. He proposes a new wager, for the stakes of the Driver's soul against another 50 years for his career, betting on the Driver drag racing against the Devil's doorman/driver Bob on the Las Vegas Strip at dawn. The race ends with the Driver swerving to pass around a train while the Devil's car crashes and explodes. Having won the race, the Driver leaves James Brown in the desert, but as he drives away he sees him as a young man again, who then does a handspring into the splits. The final scene shows Marilyn Manson who lives down the hall from the Devil, complaining that the noise is disturbing his bible reading, much to the Devil's fear. with James Brown, Gary Oldman, Clive Owen and Danny Trejo cameo by Marilyn Manson Directed by Tony Scott Written by David Carter, Greg Hahn and Vincent Ngo Featured the BMW Z4 3.0i
The BMW film series, The Hire was a series of eight short films (averaging about ten minutes each) produced for the Internet in 2001 and 2002. A form of branded content, all eight films featured popular filmmakers from across the globe, starred Clive Owen as the "Driver", and highlighted the performance aspects of various BMW automobiles.
The plots of each of the films differ, but one constant remains: Clive Owen plays "The Driver", a man who goes from place to place (in presumably rented BMW automobiles), getting hired by various people to be a sort of transport for their vital needs.
The films proved to be so popular that BMW ended up producing a free DVD for customers who visited certain BMW dealerships. However, BMW hit a small snag and ran out of DVDs. In September, BMW and Vanity Fair magazine decided to release a more public version of The Hire.
Nonetheless, the DVD was highly sought on Internet forums as the September issue of Vanity Fair quickly vanished from shelves and became a rare find. BMW also pulled off a major coup when the movies were reviewed by Time Magazine and The New York Times who praised BMW for creating entertaining content for "discerning movie watchers"
The series continued in October 2002, replacing producer David Fincher with Ridley and Tony Scott due to Fincher's continuing work on Panic Room.
Season 2 opened in big, loud fashion by debuting a dark action/comedy piece by Tony Scott called Beat the Devil. The movie, shot in Scott's trademark pseudo-psychedelic style, featured James Brown enlisting The Driver to take him to Las Vegas to re-work a decades-old deal he made with the devil which evidently gave Brown his "fame and fortune".[7]
Some differences were evident. Whereas the first season was serious and subdued with tiny bursts of action and comedy, the second season was all flash and fun. To fit this motif, John Woo and Joe Carnahan were hired to direct Hostage and Ticker, respectively. The other main difference was that, instead of showcasing several differen...