Australian electronic duo Flight Facilities have released a new music video for the title track from their 2014 debut, full-length album Down to Earth, and boy, is it something special. Actor Sam Rockwell serves as a co-star to his extraordinary dance moves in the new video, and it should definitely be one of the frontrunners for end-of-year, best-of lists.
Showcasing a famous person's dance skills is nothing new for Flight Facilities. In the music video for their song "Sunshine," musician/comedian Reggie Watts shows what he's got in a memorable role. For "Down to Earth," Flight Facilities makes great use of Sam Rockwell, who is no stranger to shaking his stuff on the big screen in films like Charlie's Angels, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Rockwell gives Christopher Walken in Fatboy Slim's "Weapon of Choice" video a run for his money for all-time best use of an actor's skills on the dance floor in a music video.
The video has a trashy-looking Rockwell in a Hawaiian shirt and some old-school glasses, looking for some service in a dingy diner but nobody answers the bell. All of a sudden the radio plays the Flight Facilities jam and Rockwell is transformed into a nice-looking suit. Rockwell makes fantastic use of all the diner's props while he dances, including a mop. Eventually, Rockwell wakes up in the diner -- no longer empty -- back in his Hawaiian shirt with the waitress presenting his tab. It may have been a dream, but Rockwell's dance moves were real.
Readers: Make sure to check out the video below and to also catch Flight Facilities if you can while they finish out the remaining U.S. dates on their tour.
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