To the aspiring moviemakers in CS, this film was made for US$300, and after some Hollywood directors saw it on Youtube, the director was offered US$30 million to make it into a new movie.
The sponsor? Sam Raini, the director of Spiderman.
The full article is here, but the movie isn't half bad too. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8417789.stm