IFILM Editors Pick Year’s Best Across Music Videos, Movie Trailers, Commercials, and Top 50 Viral Videos
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13 /PRNewswire/ — A viral video trailer expertly blending movie footage from "Brokeback Mountain" and "Back to the Future" plus a popular Folgers commercial are winners in IFILM’s annual "best of" awards which laud the most artistic and entertaining video offerings of 2006. IFILM editors made their selections across four categories including top 25 music videos, top 10 movie trailers, top 10 commercials and the 50 best viral videos. Both professionally produced and user-generated videos were chosen for the lists. A complete list of all video winners is available at www.ifilm.com.
IFILM editors, who throughout the year qualify and organize the content across genres from users and TV, music and movie partners, made their "best of 2006" selections based on viewer popularity and artistic merit.
According to IFILM Producer Doug Hammond, "We vet out and organize content so our visitors don’t have to. 2006 was a bellwether year for online video so we have doubled the number of videos recognized in our annual list."
The following are the top five in each category. For a complete list please visit www.ifilm.com:
Top five of the 50 best viral videos:
1. Brokeback to the Future — This funny trailer from Emerson College’s
Chocolate Cake City mashes up Brokeback Mountain with everyone’s
favorite time travel movie. http://www.ifilm.com/video/2693690
2. Mistaken Interview — An ordinary IT guy is interviewed on the BBC
after being mistaken as an online music expert.
http://www.ifilm.com/video/2727286
3. Connie Chung Sings! — Connie Chung sings goodbye after Weekends with
Maury & Connie is canceled, and it’s creepy.
http://www.ifilm.com/video/2745632
4. Evolution of Dance — "Inspirational Comedian" Judson Laipply
performs five decades of dance styles in six minutes.
http://www.ifilm.com/video/2725768
5. Michael Richards’ Shocking Racist Tirade — Seinfeld star Michael
Richards unloads with an endless string of racial epithets after being
heckled onstage at the Laugh Factory.
http://www.ifilm.com/video/2798666
Top five of the 25 best music videos:
1.) Muse: Knights Of Cydonia — The British trio performs this spacey
new rock tune for a cast of futuristic warriors.
http://www.ifilm.com/video/2755524
2.) OK Go: Here It Goes Again — The Chicago indie geeks perform some
amazing synchronized treadmill acrobatics.
http://www.ifilm.com/video/2762219
3.) "Weird" Al Yankovic: White & Nerdy — "Weird Al" Yankovic does a
brilliant parody of Chamillionaire’s "Ridin’ Dirty."
http://www.ifilm.com/video/2772721
4.) Gnarls Barkley: Crazy — Dirty South veteran Cee-Lo joins forces
with hip-hop producer extraordinaire Danger Mouse.
http://www.ifilm.com/video/2726302
5.) TV On The Radio: Wolf Like Me — The brilliant Brooklynites tear the
roof off with this dreamy dance anthem as hipster werewolves run amuck
around New York City. http://www.ifilm.com/video/2771094
Top five of the 10 best trailers:
1. The Departed — Martin Scorsese’s crime drama about two men from
opposite sides of the law who are undercover within the Massachusetts
State Police and the Irish mafia. http://www.ifilm.com/video/2760412
2. Casino Royale — The 21st installment in the James Bond franchise
stars Daniel Craig as Bond, a reckless and careless new recruit at the
MI6 team. http://www.ifilm.com/video/2771093
3. Mission Impossible III — Tom Cruise is back as former spy Ethan Hunt
who is called back into action to recover a missing IMF Agent.
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2710579
4. 300 — Based on Frank Miller’s graphic novel, "300" concerns the 480
B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army
against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have inspired all
of Greece to band together against the Persians, and helped usher in the
world’s first democracy. http://www.ifilm.com/video/2778013
5. Prestige — Robert and Alfred are rival magicians. When Alfred
performs the ultimate magic trick, Robert tries desperately to find out
the secret to the trick. http://www.ifilm.com/video/2757492
Top five of the 10 best commercials:
Folgers: Happy Mornings — Folgers is now filled with hallucinogens to
help us tolerate our mornings. http://www.ifilm.com/video/2743552
Happydent White — Teeth gleam such a sparkling white that they light up
the night in this creative spot from India.
http://www.ifilm.com/video/2776978
Smirnoff: Tea Partay — The P-Unit is here to represent all of their
blue blooded homies and drink some malt liquor iced tea beverages.
http://www.ifilm.com/video/2765416
Coke: Happiness Factory — So what does happen exactly when we put our
monies into the vending machine? http://www.ifilm.com/video/2749513
Get a Mac: Viruses — The hilariously dry John Hodgman stars with Justin
Long in a new series of ads for Apple.
http://www.ifilm.com/video/2724776
About IFILM
IFILM (www.ifilm.com) is a leading online destination for user-generated and professionally produced content, providing the Internet’s most diverse and compelling selection of short and long-form videos. With one of the industry’s largest online video collections, IFILM’s media library includes movie trailers, music videos, short films, TV clips, video game trailers, action sports content, and its renowned user-generated ‘viral videos’ collection. Through its broad network of distribution partners, IFILM content can be found on portals, social networks, blogs, consumer electronics devices, television networks, and almost every mobile video service. IFILM also offers effective brand-building programs for major consumer advertising partners. The company recently launched its first television series, the popular "WebJunk 20," in collaboration with VH1. IFILM is owned and operated by MTV Networks. IFILM (www.ifilm.com) is a division of Viacom, Inc.’s (NYSE:VIA) (NYSE:VIA.B) MTV Networks.
Source: IFILM
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