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BMW Films presents "The Hire", a series of nine short films produced for the Internet in 2001 and 2002, with a ninth short film following in 2016. A form of branded content, all nine short

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Season 1

  • Ambush
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    Ambush

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/26/2001

    On a dark freeway, a van swerves close to the driver and the door slides open. From inside, masked gunmen threaten to fire unless the driver stops and surrenders his passenger, a seemingly harmless man they accuse of smuggling diamonds. It's a simple choice: do or die.

    Director: John Frankenheimer

    Writer: Andrew Kevin Walker

  • Chosen
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    Chosen

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/10/2001

    The driver meets a ship carrying an eight-year-old Tibetan boy at a dark, deserted New York shipyard. But he's not the only one waiting.

    Director: Ang Lee

    Writer: David Carter

  • The Follow
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    The Follow

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/24/2001

    The driver is hired by a nervous movie agent to spy on a paranoid actor's wife. During his tailing of the wife, the driver describes the right way to tail someone. As he follows her, he begins to fear what he might learn of her apparently tragic life. He discovers the wife is fleeing the country and returning to her mother's, and that she's been given a black eye, likely by her husband. He returns the money for the job, refusing to tell where the wife is, and drives off telling the agent never to call him again.

    Director: Wong Kar-Wai

    Writer: Andrew Kevin Walker

  • Star
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    Star

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 6/7/2001

    The driver faces perhaps his most perplexing challenge: Coming face-to-face with a hugely talented and successful rock star. But beneath her beauty lies a problem: she always gets what she wants.

    Director: Guy Ritchie

    Writer: Joe Sweet, Guy Ritchie

  • Powder Keg
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    Powder Keg

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/21/2001

    Soldiers patrol fields and rural villages. Their mission: find a photojournalist who has snapped a picture certain to unite the world against their leader. Alejandro González Iñárritu directs Clive Owen as the photographer's driver and sole hope of getting him and his film beyond the strongly guarded border.

    Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu

    Writer: Alejandro González Iñárritu, David Carter, Guillermo Arriaga