Rogers TV commercial - director Mike Christie

I was asked to make this spot for Rogers - the Canadian mobile network - after they saw one of my Parkour feature doc, Jump Britain (the sequel to Jump London, which I also directed). It was shot in temperatures of -5 in the UK in early January 2006, premiered during the SuperBowl in February 2006 and aired with great success on on North American TV and cinema for many months.

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Entertainment

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• Parkour
• inspired
• TV
• commercial

[sil3ntking]

Ok I'm a little confused. If it was shot early January 2007, how was this posted in 2006? I'm sure it's just a typo, but I thought it strange. Where was this aired?

[MikeChristie]

Well spotted. It's a typo (obviously) and now corrected.

[DarcyandElizabeth]

the actual ad has a kick-ass music track on it. why did you change it?

[MikeChristie]

The ad was originally cut to his track - by Ian Masterson and Thomas Beach, who wrote the Jump soundtracks for me. It was subsequently changed by Rogers, who wanted a vocal track they could market as a song. I posted this version of the ad because its the original cut, contains shots that were deemed too risqué to broadcast, and - I believe - the TV version featuring the vocal track Tipping On The Brink is somewhere on the Rogers site to download anyway. Hope that explains. Mike.

[1RedFox2]

do you know what song this is?

[1RedFox2]

this was amazing i wish i could go here and parkour

[MikeChristie]

Actually, they do.

[solidgino54]

nobody knows who that is.

[drls1313]

daniel and chase are in there. niiiice

[pkunderlord]

wooo go daniel ilabaca!!!