Ah.  The good ol' days before GI.  Althought I was slghtly involved in this project, I do remember that the entire scene file was lit with a ton of standard lights with fall-offs all set up.  Bobby Valentine was the power behind this effort and produced some great renderings and animations.  With all the raytraced reflections and refractions, you can imagine that the render times were way up there. 

Glen Loyd

Lead Design Visualization Specialist  | Parsons Brinckerhoff
www.pbprojectviz.com