The Hire

Season 32001

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 films feature popular filmmakers from across the globe, star Clive Owen as the "Driver", and highlight the performance aspects of various BMW automobiles.

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5 Episodes

E01 Ambush

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.

April 26, 2001

E02 Chosen

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.

May 10, 2001

E03 The Follow

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.

May 24, 2001

E04 Star

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.

June 7, 2001

E05 Powder Keg

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.

June 21, 2001

The Hire

E01 Ambush

E02 Chosen

E03 The Follow

E04 Star

E05 Powder Keg

Ani*Kuri15

TekWar

Amend: The Fight for America

Friday Night Lights

John Adams

The Blue Planet

Yes, Prime Minister

Landman

Deutschland

Call the Midwife

3%

Foyle's War

Borgen

Catastrophe

The Glades

Band of Brothers

Mr. Mercedes

Ascension

The Bridge

Wayward Pines

E01 Ambush

E02 Chosen

E03 The Follow

E04 Star

E05 Powder Keg