hello-SMITHERS-you're-quite-GOOD-at-TURNING-me-ON (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} mykwud) wrote,@ 2006-09-08 02:50:00 |
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i liiike!!!
Just came back from the attempted World Premiere of the new BORAT movie which was scheduled to start at midnight thursday on opening night of the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival.
It started just fine, but then the projector broke about 10 minutes into the movie. After being told to expect repeated 5 minute delays after 5 minute delays, everyone in the upper balcony where i was started muttering and pointing towards the projection booth, where a recognizably obese MICHAEL MOORE was frantically trying to fix it. Moore eventually came out onstage to explain that he used to do this for a living and knew that there was some new part the projector needed, and our theatre had sent someone to the nearby Elgin to try and borrow that part from their projector. Moore and the film's director Larry Charles then hung around onstage for about 20minutes to answer questions, "on any subject at all, really", which included a few political barbs before 20minutes dragged on and there apparently wasn't much else to ask but "WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE CHEERS EPISODE?" and "WHAT'D YOU THINK OF TOM CRUISE'S BABY PHOTO?".
Borat himself eventually came back out onstage, very embarassed about the holdup, answering more questions until we were all told that the projector couldn't be salvaged and the screening had to be rescheduled for the Elgin Theatre at midnight this Friday the 8th (which is a much larger venue and likely means there'd be more lastminute tickets available for those who couldn't get 'em before the Ryerson Theatre showing sold-out).
And yes, there are apparently creepy zombie fanboys for anyone remotely famous.
[UPDATE] -sonjaaa, sister of Thai action superstar Tony Jaaa, is graciously hosting some audio files of the pre-movie intro and post-accident Q&A!
Just came back from the attempted World Premiere of the new BORAT movie which was scheduled to start at midnight thursday on opening night of the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival.
It started just fine, but then the projector broke about 10 minutes into the movie. After being told to expect repeated 5 minute delays after 5 minute delays, everyone in the upper balcony where i was started muttering and pointing towards the projection booth, where a recognizably obese MICHAEL MOORE was frantically trying to fix it. Moore eventually came out onstage to explain that he used to do this for a living and knew that there was some new part the projector needed, and our theatre had sent someone to the nearby Elgin to try and borrow that part from their projector. Moore and the film's director Larry Charles then hung around onstage for about 20minutes to answer questions, "on any subject at all, really", which included a few political barbs before 20minutes dragged on and there apparently wasn't much else to ask but "WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE CHEERS EPISODE?" and "WHAT'D YOU THINK OF TOM CRUISE'S BABY PHOTO?".
Borat himself eventually came back out onstage, very embarassed about the holdup, answering more questions until we were all told that the projector couldn't be salvaged and the screening had to be rescheduled for the Elgin Theatre at midnight this Friday the 8th (which is a much larger venue and likely means there'd be more lastminute tickets available for those who couldn't get 'em before the Ryerson Theatre showing sold-out).
And yes, there are apparently creepy zombie fanboys for anyone remotely famous.
[UPDATE] -
sonjaaa, sister of Thai action superstar Tony Jaaa, is graciously hosting some audio files of the pre-movie intro and post-accident Q&A!
