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Atlantic Tunnel - Hoax?

Anyone know anything about this?

http://www.atlantictunnel.com/index.html

Obviously it's a fake site, but for what purpose? A movie?

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A whois on the domain name gave me:

Domain name: ATLANTICTUNNEL.COM

Registrant Contact:
TBWA-GGT
Mark Andersson (MARK.ANDERSSON@TBWA-GGT.COM)
+44.02074394282
Fax: None
82 Dean Street
London, London W1D 3HA
GB

Administrative Contact:
Interservers Technology Inc
Enom Admin (enom@interservers.com)
+1.4123817750
Fax: +1.2911789
18 Terminal Way
Suite 400
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
US

Technical Contact:
TBWA-GGT
Mark Andersson (MARK.ANDERSSON@TBWA-GGT.COM)
+44.02074394282
Fax: None
82 Dean Street
London, London W1D 3HA
GB

Billing Contact:
TBWA-GGT
Mark Andersson (MARK.ANDERSSON@TBWA-GGT.COM)
+44.02074394282
Fax: None
82 Dean Street
London, London W1D 3HA
GB

So, at tbwa-ggt.com, some marketing company, if you click on clients -> TBWA\GGT -> Atlantic tunnel it says:
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The Atlantic Tunnel is a high-speed rail link beneath the Atlantic Ocean, between the UK and the US. It is launching early September 2009, and at 3261 miles long, it is the longest tunnel in the world. Well, that's what we wanted people to believe, but really it was an April Fool from TBWA\GGT. People received the link to the site either virally or as part of an online TBWA group memo.
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Thanks guys. For whatever reason I couldn't figure out where the gag was.

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