VIDEO: Air New Zealand finds magic in Hobbit flight safety video
Photographer: YouTube / Air New Zealand
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Posted: 11/02/2012
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Perhaps hairy-footed hobbits can teach us all something about safety.
Most regular travelers pay little attention to those snooze-inducing inflight safety videos. But Air New Zealand has found some magic by celebrating the upcoming premiere of the first in the "Hobbit" movie trilogy.
The airline's four-minute safety video featuring the character Gollum and film director Peter Jackson got more than 2 million hits on YouTube within a day of being posted Thursday. The carrier calls itself "the airline of Middle-earth" and cabin staff appear in the clip as film characters.
The hobbits themselves would be proud. After all, author J.R.R. Tolkien created the mythical creatures as risk-averse.
Two of the author's great-grandsons even make cameos. Royd Tolkien appears wearing prosthetic feet.
Big and hairy, of course.
Viewers can enter to win a trip to "The Hobbit" world premiere later this month in New Zealand by spotting elvish letters.
Watch the video below or at youtu.be/cBlRbrB_Gnc .
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