Top 10 Branded Videos: Air New Zealand Enlists The Hobbit for In-Flight Safety Video, Again

Peter Jackson reminds you to store your electronic devices

Air New Zealand's quirky "The Most Epic Safety Video Ever Made" marks the airline’s latest go at enlisting characters from J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth to spoof the stuffy in-flight safety video.

The four-minute video—which grabs the No. 3 spot on this week’s Adweek/VidIQ top branded video chart—follows a pair of Hobbit fans as they are transported into scenes from the trilogy while on an airplane. For example, when one loses a gold ring (similar to the One Ring at the heart of the Lord of the Rings saga), he is instructed to inflate his life vest before bungee jumping off of a bridge to recover it.

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