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THE HOUSE OF ROLLS-ROYCE PREMIERES THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF FASCINATING FILMS – ‘THE SPIRIT OF ECSTASY’
Mon Dec 12 20:02:00 CET 2016 Press Release
The House of Rolls-Royce premieres the first in a series of fascinating short films today, telling how it became the world’s leading and most respected luxury house. ‘The Spirit of Ecstasy’ film will premiere at www.rolls-roycemotorcars.com.
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The House of Rolls-Royce premieres the first in a series of
fascinating short films today, telling how it became the world’s
leading and most respected luxury house. ‘The Spirit of Ecstasy’ film
will premiere at
www.rolls-roycemotorcars.com
.
Kate Winslet, the Academy Award winning actress, will
give voice to the Spirit of Ecstasy in this first film for the House
of Rolls-Royce as she retells luxury’s most fascinating and enduring
story. The British actress will recount the story of the muse that
guides the world’s most celebrated luxury house.
The premiere signals the beginning of a year of celebrations for
the House of Rolls-Royce as it prepares, once again, to reset the
standard by which all other luxury goods are judged with the arrival
of the New Rolls-Royce Phantom later in the year. This landmark moment
will also herald the beginning of the second chapter of the remarkable
story of Rolls-Royce since its renaissance began in 2003 at the
marque’s centre of luxury excellence in Goodwood, West Sussex.
“The Spirit of Ecstasy has stood on the prow of every
Rolls-Royce since 1911, representing ‘the best’ of everything, whilst
silently guiding through life those exceptional people who have made
our world turn. This is a story that inspires greatness and needs to
be told,” said Torsten Müller-Ötvös, Chief Executive Officer,
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. “Our world-wide search for the perfect voice
of the Spirit of Ecstasy led us back to West Sussex, England, where
both Kate Winslet and Rolls-Royce, two British icons reside. Kate
Winslet brings her great talent to this role.”
The Premiere: Episode 1 – ‘The Spirit of
Ecstasy'
The first episode of The House of Rolls-Royce
series, ‘The Spirit of Ecstasy’, retells the story of the muse that
has guided and inspired the world’s most celebrated luxury house for
the past 105 years.
Since her creation in 1911, the Spirit of Ecstasy, modelled by
sculptor and artist Charles Sykes, has silently guided every
Rolls-Royce and its prestigious owner through momentous events in
their lives and the lives of others. She has stood as an elegant
presence and witness at some of history’s most notable events.
This first episode uses cutting edge motion capture and 3D
scanning techniques to bring back to life one of the most fascinating
legends in the mythology of Rolls-Royce – how and why the Spirit of
Ecstasy, which is the most recognised luxury icon in the world, came
to be.
Our story begins in the milieu of Belle Époque London, where
artists and inventors, scientists and engineers, aristocrats and
bohemians collaborate and compete in the white heat of early
20th Century creativity. Fittingly, this time very much
echoes the path of today’s Rolls-Royce patrons, visionary men and
women who take risks and boldly innovate to achieve their success.
The film opens when Rolls-Royce has been in business since 1904
and has spent several years ‘taking the best that exists and making it
better’ for its wealthy and discerning clientele.
Relentless in their quest to create ‘the Best Car in the World’,
driven by an ethereal muse, Rolls and Royce go out into the world to
test, to perfect and to secure the fundamentals of this great brand
that endure to this day: an unparalleled combination of pace,
elegance, engineering, comfort and handcraftsmanship.
Only when this perfection is secured does the resulting
Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost merit the muse’s approval; an approval that
comes in the shape of the iconic ‘Spirit of Ecstasy’. This ecstatic
status of perfection finally allows it to carry the ‘Flying Lady’ on
its prow, a fact that has endured for every Rolls-Royce since, and
will do into the future. A muse that leads the dreamers, visionaries,
innovators and those leaders who make our world turn.
The House of Rolls-Royce
The legend of the House
of Rolls-Royce will unfold over the year and beyond through further
short films as the marque prepares for another landmark moment in
automotive and luxury history: the arrival of the benchmark for luxury
goods worldwide, the New Rolls-Royce Phantom.
This series of films will serve as a new platform in the
ethereal, virtual sphere where followers and devotees of Rolls-Royce
can engage further with the marque.
In addition to exclusive early views of the next episodes of the
story of the House of Rolls-Royce, those advocates and followers of
the marque will be offered the opportunity to attend exclusive
Rolls-Royce gatherings around the world. Further news on such events
will come next year.