Title: P2 Premiere info
Description: Archived info on the 06 Premieres
Description: Archived info on the 06 Premieres
Karen - December 18, 2006 12:48 AM (GMT)
3/05/06 at 02:36 AM
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JDR has just learned from a Disney exec at the Weinstein pre Oscar bash held earlier today in LA that June 24 will be the date for the POTC 2 DMC premiere at Disneyland in Anaheim.
More info as we get it.
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JDR has just learned from a Disney exec at the Weinstein pre Oscar bash held earlier today in LA that June 24 will be the date for the POTC 2 DMC premiere at Disneyland in Anaheim.
More info as we get it.
Karen - December 18, 2006 12:51 AM (GMT)
Karen - December 18, 2006 12:54 AM (GMT)
Originally posted by Jeppody on 3/28/06 at 08:10 AM
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I think they have been reading JDR. I could have sworn that a few of these paragraphs are what Karen has been telling us for months, word for word.
Click here
this business of show
Eastside Westside all Around the Premiere
By C. W. Oberleitner
March 28, 2006
Spring has sprung and it’s a time when a young, and not so young, movie geeks’ fancy turns toward, summer blockbusters? Yep, awards season is over, last winter’s big hits are now, or soon will be, out on DVD and from here to May the new feature film release schedule looks pretty uninspiring to say the least.
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By the Numbers
The wonderful thing about Hollywood and the entertainment industry is that it’s the home of short-term memory loss, at least when it comes to bad news. You’d starve to death before you could find a film industry executive willing to go to lunch and talk about last year’s box office totals.
For the record ticket receipts in North America dipped by 6% in 2005 to $8.99 billion, down from $9.4 billion in 2004.
That’s the main reason that these days most of buzz that you do hear about the movie business is all about the coming slate of this summer’s big, big movie releases. And, there’s going to be quite a few of them.
May will see the debut of four highly anticipated films, three live action and one animated. Mission Impossible III directed by J. J. Abrams and starring Tom Cruise The DaVinci Code directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks, X-Men: The Last Stand—also a threepeat—directed by Brett Ratner with Kelsey Grammer joining the X cast of regulars and the DreamWorks Animation adaptation of the popular daily comic strip Over the Hedge kick start the summer 2006 box office derby.
Two of this summer’s most anticipated films are both from Walt Disney Pictures. They are the CG animated Disney-Pixar production of the John Lasseter film Cars, and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. The latter being the second of three films starring Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightly based upon the popular Disney theme park attraction Pirates of the Caribbean.
Cars will be released on June 9 and Dead Man’s Chest will open four weeks later on July 7. For this reason there’s currently a lot more known about the Mouse’s plans to promote Cars than there is about what lies ahead for the Pirates franchise.
For example, Cars has already had its first full screening earlier this month at ShoWest”s annual convention for the motion picture industry. ShoWest is billed as the, “largest international gathering of motion picture professionals and theatre owners in the world.”
The time and place of Cars world premiere has also been announced. It will take place on May 26th at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina. Paul Newman, Owen Wilson, Bonnie Hunt, Larry the Cable Guy, NASCAR legends Richard Petty and Darrell Waltrip, and other members of the voice cast of Cars are scheduled to attend. They will be joined by director John Lasseter and “other key players” from Pixar Animation along with a host of stars from the racing world and 30,000 guests.
According to Disney this will be “first multi-screen digital cinema premiere ever.” Four giant custom-built outdoor movie screens will be constructed at Lowe's Motor Speedway at Turn #2 of the track. Each screen will have three DLP Cinema 2K digital projectors dedicated to it.
The world premiere of Cars will also be a charity fund raising event. Proceeds from the sale of an estimated 30,000 tickets will benefit Speedway Children's Charities, and Association of Hole in the Wall Gang Camps. Admission to Lowe’s Motor Speedway Charlotte for the Cars world premiere is $10. Tickets are available thru Ticketmaster.
[A link to complete ticketing information for the Cars world premiere can be found at the end of this article.—Editor]
Joining the Walt Disney Company in promoting this event are Texas Instruments, supplier of those DLP Cinema 2K projectors, NASCAR, Lowe’s Motor Speedway and tire maker Goodyear. Goodyear has also agreed to do a flyover in one of its trademark blimps, which for the premiere will be redubed the Lightyear blimp after the brand of tires used by Cars leading, er, car, Lighting McQueen.
Culture Clash
Most movie world premieres are held in and around Hollywood. Disney frequently uses its historic and beautifully restored classic movie palace the El Capitan Theatre, in the heart of the Hollywood media district, for premieres, but not always.
In 1995 Disney held the world premiere of Pocahontas on the Great Lawn of New York City’s Central Park. Last year the world premiere of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe took place in London. Back on the west coast one of the splashiest premieres ever staged by the Mouse was the 2003 when Disneyland played host to the world premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.
The first of the Pirates movie premiere was held inside Disneyland to, as a Disney spokesman said, “show the movie right in front of the attraction that inspired the film.” The irony being that seating for the film’s premiere almost completely obscured access to the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction.
While there has been no formal announcement regarding the date and location for the world premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest it’s widely believed that it too will debut in front of the Disneyland attraction that inspired the Pirates film franchise.
If history is any indicator don’t plan on ordering tickets for the premiere of Dead Man’s Chest at Ticketmaster.
Hollywood premieres are notoriously restricted events. Hollywood premiere guests are just that, guests. The studios pick up the tab for everything and that often includes goody bags full of cool stuff, meals and drinks. The common folk, along with the media, are kept well back behind barriers and rows of security people.
“Fans at movie premieres are basically just there to make sure the stars look good walking down the red carpet,” o-meon.com advisor and entertainment industry analyst Dickson Ticonderoga said. “The whole point of a premiere is to make sure your movie shows up in the media. That’s what the stars are for, to attract the cameras. Screaming fans are just a backdrop to make the stars look good.”
People often ask, “How can I get on the list to be invited to the premiere of (movie title here)” The answer, sadly, is that unless you’re either a big star or entertainment industry heavyweight you can’t. And, while you may want to attend a real live Hollywood premiere a lot of television and film stars don’t. Free food and goody bags not withstanding, for them its work and work that doesn’t pay very well in relation to the effort required.
Last year at the premiere of one of Disney’s films, less than a third of the celebrities scheduled to attend actually showed up for the event. Despite the fact that Disney owns the ABC television network few if any of the alphabet network’s stars, while listed as attendees on media handouts, made an appearance. Only one Desperate Housewives star was there and she blew off the fans and assembled media as she marched, her children in tow, double time down the red carpet.
As with the premieres of Pocahontas in New York’s Central Park and Cars at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Charlotte, you’re far more likely to be able to attend the world premiere of a major motion picture if you live almost anywhere else but Southern California. In addition, you’ll also have piece of mind from knowing that the proceeds from the event went to a worthy cause.
There be Sunburn Ahead
How different might the premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest be to the world premiere of Cars?
To answer that question let’s take a look back at the premiere of the first Pirates movie, The Curse of the Black Pearl.
In the spring of 2003 Walt Disney Pictures announced that the premiere of the Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl would take place along the banks of The Rivers of America in Disneyland on June 28, eleven days before it was to open nationwide. There was nothing unusual about the timing of the announcement.
What was different was that the announcement left the staff of the Disneyland Resort with little more than a month to notify hundreds of guests with reservations at resort and nearby hotels that Disneyland would close at 6:00 p.m. on a Saturday evening. In addition to the usual costs associated with a premiere event Disney also had to pony up thousands of dollars in make-good comps to its hotel guests expecting to spend a summer Saturday evening at the Happiest Place on Earth.
One-sheet from the Walt Disney Pictures production of
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.
Image copyright Disney.
In an attempt to give both overnight and local guests the longest day possible in the Magic Kingdom, Disneyland announced that it would open at 6:30 a.m. instead of its usual opening time of 8:00 a.m.
Those few hardy soles that did arrive early that day found the park’s iconic Main Street USA cordoned off with barricades as workmen finished laying a giant red carpet down the length of the street. Foot traffic was forced onto the sidewalks on either side of Main Street. As the morning wore on traffic up and down Main Street became increasingly dense.
Eventually park managers decided to restrict inbound traffic to the eastside of the street and outbound traffic to the westside. The only problem was that Disneyland cast members (CMs) assigned to directing traffic at either end of the street got the directions mixed up thereby, for a brief period, bringing all traffic in either direction to a complete standstill.
For the most part pedestrian traffic problems on Disneyland’s Main Street only occurred on the day of the premiere. Over on the slopping banks of the Rivers of America, it was a different story.
The bowl shaped area created by Disneyland to provide a wide open viewing area for performances of the nighttime spectacular Fantasmic had, for nearly two weeks, been barricaded as well, this time to allow workmen to erect tiers of bleachers facing Tom Sawyer’s Island. On the island a giant outdoor movie screen was erected.
What all of this meant was that for the two weeks prior to the premiere, and approximately one week following it, traffic around this very busy part of Disneyland was squeezed on to two narrow walkways, one of which was directly beneath the bleachers. Access to Tom Sawyer’s Island was limited and finally halted and performances of Fantasmic were canceled during this period.
Meanwhile back on Main Street a new situation developed.
Movie stars have fans and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl had two really big fan favorites; Orlando Bloom, who soared to stardom based on his performance as elfin archer extraordinaire Legolas Greenleaf in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and master method actor Johnny Depp. Additionally, Black Pearl production partner Jerry Bruckheimer’s Bruckheimer Productions, along with Disney, got out the word that a host of well known movie and TV stars would be walking the red carpet with Depp, and Bloom.
The result; Disneyland was invaded by celebrity groupies, those screaming fans so important as a backdrop to the media coverage of movie premieres invaded the park en masse. They began arriving around 8:00 a.m. and promptly took up positions along the eastside of Main Street, which had been reserved for park guests. The westside was reserved for the media.
With traffic up and down Main Street already a headache the hundreds of rabid fans staking out claims to bits of curb along the eastside of the street only made matters worse. This was of course June, which meant after a few hours of cooling early morning, low clouds and fog the skies gave way to a brilliant and blazing sun and these poor folk were exposed to it for hours on end.
All’s Well That Ends In Publicity
Even though Disneyland was scheduled to remain open until after the arrival of the studio’s guests it was necessary to close the entire westside of the park, Adventureland, Frontierland, New Orleans Square and Critter Country, at four o’clock in the afternoon. This was done so that the decorators and Disneyland Resort hotel caterers could have everything set up in time for the pre-screening dinner party.
It took Johnny Depp longer than anyone else to traverse the red carpet. He graciously stopped, paused for pictures, answered interviewers questions and signed countless autographs. He was the last premiere guest to make it to the pre-show party. And, as he entered the cordoned off westside of Disneyland the park’s public address system rang out with the announcement that Disneyland was now closed.
Exiting Disneyland guests were offered free passes for the remainder of the day to the resort’s second theme park, Disney’s California Adventure. Not one of the resort’s paying guests, displaced by this event, was offered admission to the premiere screening of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Thousands of people paid to enter Disneyland that day, either to enjoy a day in the Magic Kingdom or stand in line to see a movie star. As far as anyone knows none of that day’s proceeds was donated to a charity of any kind.
How exclusive and restricted is a big Hollywood premiere?
Dozens of Disneyland CMs were needed to stay in the park after the paying guests left, in order to assist the guests of The Curse of the Black Pearl premiere before and after the screening of the film. Their services were not required while the movie was being shown.
As the premiere’s guests enjoyed the first showing of Black Pearl, seated on chairs set up in the bleachers around the Rivers of America, the Disneyland CMs asked to work during the event were herded off to the park’s Festival Arena area, located behind the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster.
To maximize the viewing experience lighting throughout Disneyland was turned off. The Festival Arena was completely blacked out. During Fantasmic the lights are only dimmed and then only in the immediate arena area.
Because of the chaotic conditions inside Disneyland that day many CMs corralled in the Festival Arena hadn’t had an evening meal. Some hadn’t eaten since breakfast. After being made aware of this park managers sent the leftover fruit and sandwiches from the media hospitality center over to the Festival Arena. There was far from enough and what there was was stale at best.
For more than two hours Disneyland’s cast was forced to sit in the dark, on the ground while Hollywood’s elite got its first look at Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. In the days and weeks that followed the film’s premiere news of what happened in Disneyland that day and to its hard working cast flew around the Internet on fan sites and was later picked up by main stream media.
As if to prove the old PR saying, “I don’t care what they say about me as long as they spell my name right,” none of this seemed to have an adverse effect on the film. To date Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl has earned an estimated $653,913,918 worldwide. It was the third highest grossing film of 2003 after Finding Nemo and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
“That’s the film business,” said A. B. DeLine, an entertainment industry analyst and o-meon.com advisor. “Behind the scenes it ain’t very pretty and most of the time it’s not very nice. But people still love the movies.”
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I think they have been reading JDR. I could have sworn that a few of these paragraphs are what Karen has been telling us for months, word for word.
Click here
this business of show
Eastside Westside all Around the Premiere
By C. W. Oberleitner
March 28, 2006
Spring has sprung and it’s a time when a young, and not so young, movie geeks’ fancy turns toward, summer blockbusters? Yep, awards season is over, last winter’s big hits are now, or soon will be, out on DVD and from here to May the new feature film release schedule looks pretty uninspiring to say the least.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
By the Numbers
The wonderful thing about Hollywood and the entertainment industry is that it’s the home of short-term memory loss, at least when it comes to bad news. You’d starve to death before you could find a film industry executive willing to go to lunch and talk about last year’s box office totals.
For the record ticket receipts in North America dipped by 6% in 2005 to $8.99 billion, down from $9.4 billion in 2004.
That’s the main reason that these days most of buzz that you do hear about the movie business is all about the coming slate of this summer’s big, big movie releases. And, there’s going to be quite a few of them.
May will see the debut of four highly anticipated films, three live action and one animated. Mission Impossible III directed by J. J. Abrams and starring Tom Cruise The DaVinci Code directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks, X-Men: The Last Stand—also a threepeat—directed by Brett Ratner with Kelsey Grammer joining the X cast of regulars and the DreamWorks Animation adaptation of the popular daily comic strip Over the Hedge kick start the summer 2006 box office derby.
Two of this summer’s most anticipated films are both from Walt Disney Pictures. They are the CG animated Disney-Pixar production of the John Lasseter film Cars, and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. The latter being the second of three films starring Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightly based upon the popular Disney theme park attraction Pirates of the Caribbean.
Cars will be released on June 9 and Dead Man’s Chest will open four weeks later on July 7. For this reason there’s currently a lot more known about the Mouse’s plans to promote Cars than there is about what lies ahead for the Pirates franchise.
For example, Cars has already had its first full screening earlier this month at ShoWest”s annual convention for the motion picture industry. ShoWest is billed as the, “largest international gathering of motion picture professionals and theatre owners in the world.”
The time and place of Cars world premiere has also been announced. It will take place on May 26th at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina. Paul Newman, Owen Wilson, Bonnie Hunt, Larry the Cable Guy, NASCAR legends Richard Petty and Darrell Waltrip, and other members of the voice cast of Cars are scheduled to attend. They will be joined by director John Lasseter and “other key players” from Pixar Animation along with a host of stars from the racing world and 30,000 guests.
According to Disney this will be “first multi-screen digital cinema premiere ever.” Four giant custom-built outdoor movie screens will be constructed at Lowe's Motor Speedway at Turn #2 of the track. Each screen will have three DLP Cinema 2K digital projectors dedicated to it.
The world premiere of Cars will also be a charity fund raising event. Proceeds from the sale of an estimated 30,000 tickets will benefit Speedway Children's Charities, and Association of Hole in the Wall Gang Camps. Admission to Lowe’s Motor Speedway Charlotte for the Cars world premiere is $10. Tickets are available thru Ticketmaster.
[A link to complete ticketing information for the Cars world premiere can be found at the end of this article.—Editor]
Joining the Walt Disney Company in promoting this event are Texas Instruments, supplier of those DLP Cinema 2K projectors, NASCAR, Lowe’s Motor Speedway and tire maker Goodyear. Goodyear has also agreed to do a flyover in one of its trademark blimps, which for the premiere will be redubed the Lightyear blimp after the brand of tires used by Cars leading, er, car, Lighting McQueen.
Culture Clash
Most movie world premieres are held in and around Hollywood. Disney frequently uses its historic and beautifully restored classic movie palace the El Capitan Theatre, in the heart of the Hollywood media district, for premieres, but not always.
In 1995 Disney held the world premiere of Pocahontas on the Great Lawn of New York City’s Central Park. Last year the world premiere of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe took place in London. Back on the west coast one of the splashiest premieres ever staged by the Mouse was the 2003 when Disneyland played host to the world premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.
The first of the Pirates movie premiere was held inside Disneyland to, as a Disney spokesman said, “show the movie right in front of the attraction that inspired the film.” The irony being that seating for the film’s premiere almost completely obscured access to the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction.
While there has been no formal announcement regarding the date and location for the world premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest it’s widely believed that it too will debut in front of the Disneyland attraction that inspired the Pirates film franchise.
If history is any indicator don’t plan on ordering tickets for the premiere of Dead Man’s Chest at Ticketmaster.
Hollywood premieres are notoriously restricted events. Hollywood premiere guests are just that, guests. The studios pick up the tab for everything and that often includes goody bags full of cool stuff, meals and drinks. The common folk, along with the media, are kept well back behind barriers and rows of security people.
“Fans at movie premieres are basically just there to make sure the stars look good walking down the red carpet,” o-meon.com advisor and entertainment industry analyst Dickson Ticonderoga said. “The whole point of a premiere is to make sure your movie shows up in the media. That’s what the stars are for, to attract the cameras. Screaming fans are just a backdrop to make the stars look good.”
People often ask, “How can I get on the list to be invited to the premiere of (movie title here)” The answer, sadly, is that unless you’re either a big star or entertainment industry heavyweight you can’t. And, while you may want to attend a real live Hollywood premiere a lot of television and film stars don’t. Free food and goody bags not withstanding, for them its work and work that doesn’t pay very well in relation to the effort required.
Last year at the premiere of one of Disney’s films, less than a third of the celebrities scheduled to attend actually showed up for the event. Despite the fact that Disney owns the ABC television network few if any of the alphabet network’s stars, while listed as attendees on media handouts, made an appearance. Only one Desperate Housewives star was there and she blew off the fans and assembled media as she marched, her children in tow, double time down the red carpet.
As with the premieres of Pocahontas in New York’s Central Park and Cars at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Charlotte, you’re far more likely to be able to attend the world premiere of a major motion picture if you live almost anywhere else but Southern California. In addition, you’ll also have piece of mind from knowing that the proceeds from the event went to a worthy cause.
There be Sunburn Ahead
How different might the premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest be to the world premiere of Cars?
To answer that question let’s take a look back at the premiere of the first Pirates movie, The Curse of the Black Pearl.
In the spring of 2003 Walt Disney Pictures announced that the premiere of the Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl would take place along the banks of The Rivers of America in Disneyland on June 28, eleven days before it was to open nationwide. There was nothing unusual about the timing of the announcement.
What was different was that the announcement left the staff of the Disneyland Resort with little more than a month to notify hundreds of guests with reservations at resort and nearby hotels that Disneyland would close at 6:00 p.m. on a Saturday evening. In addition to the usual costs associated with a premiere event Disney also had to pony up thousands of dollars in make-good comps to its hotel guests expecting to spend a summer Saturday evening at the Happiest Place on Earth.
One-sheet from the Walt Disney Pictures production of
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.
Image copyright Disney.
In an attempt to give both overnight and local guests the longest day possible in the Magic Kingdom, Disneyland announced that it would open at 6:30 a.m. instead of its usual opening time of 8:00 a.m.
Those few hardy soles that did arrive early that day found the park’s iconic Main Street USA cordoned off with barricades as workmen finished laying a giant red carpet down the length of the street. Foot traffic was forced onto the sidewalks on either side of Main Street. As the morning wore on traffic up and down Main Street became increasingly dense.
Eventually park managers decided to restrict inbound traffic to the eastside of the street and outbound traffic to the westside. The only problem was that Disneyland cast members (CMs) assigned to directing traffic at either end of the street got the directions mixed up thereby, for a brief period, bringing all traffic in either direction to a complete standstill.
For the most part pedestrian traffic problems on Disneyland’s Main Street only occurred on the day of the premiere. Over on the slopping banks of the Rivers of America, it was a different story.
The bowl shaped area created by Disneyland to provide a wide open viewing area for performances of the nighttime spectacular Fantasmic had, for nearly two weeks, been barricaded as well, this time to allow workmen to erect tiers of bleachers facing Tom Sawyer’s Island. On the island a giant outdoor movie screen was erected.
What all of this meant was that for the two weeks prior to the premiere, and approximately one week following it, traffic around this very busy part of Disneyland was squeezed on to two narrow walkways, one of which was directly beneath the bleachers. Access to Tom Sawyer’s Island was limited and finally halted and performances of Fantasmic were canceled during this period.
Meanwhile back on Main Street a new situation developed.
Movie stars have fans and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl had two really big fan favorites; Orlando Bloom, who soared to stardom based on his performance as elfin archer extraordinaire Legolas Greenleaf in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and master method actor Johnny Depp. Additionally, Black Pearl production partner Jerry Bruckheimer’s Bruckheimer Productions, along with Disney, got out the word that a host of well known movie and TV stars would be walking the red carpet with Depp, and Bloom.
The result; Disneyland was invaded by celebrity groupies, those screaming fans so important as a backdrop to the media coverage of movie premieres invaded the park en masse. They began arriving around 8:00 a.m. and promptly took up positions along the eastside of Main Street, which had been reserved for park guests. The westside was reserved for the media.
With traffic up and down Main Street already a headache the hundreds of rabid fans staking out claims to bits of curb along the eastside of the street only made matters worse. This was of course June, which meant after a few hours of cooling early morning, low clouds and fog the skies gave way to a brilliant and blazing sun and these poor folk were exposed to it for hours on end.
All’s Well That Ends In Publicity
Even though Disneyland was scheduled to remain open until after the arrival of the studio’s guests it was necessary to close the entire westside of the park, Adventureland, Frontierland, New Orleans Square and Critter Country, at four o’clock in the afternoon. This was done so that the decorators and Disneyland Resort hotel caterers could have everything set up in time for the pre-screening dinner party.
It took Johnny Depp longer than anyone else to traverse the red carpet. He graciously stopped, paused for pictures, answered interviewers questions and signed countless autographs. He was the last premiere guest to make it to the pre-show party. And, as he entered the cordoned off westside of Disneyland the park’s public address system rang out with the announcement that Disneyland was now closed.
Exiting Disneyland guests were offered free passes for the remainder of the day to the resort’s second theme park, Disney’s California Adventure. Not one of the resort’s paying guests, displaced by this event, was offered admission to the premiere screening of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Thousands of people paid to enter Disneyland that day, either to enjoy a day in the Magic Kingdom or stand in line to see a movie star. As far as anyone knows none of that day’s proceeds was donated to a charity of any kind.
How exclusive and restricted is a big Hollywood premiere?
Dozens of Disneyland CMs were needed to stay in the park after the paying guests left, in order to assist the guests of The Curse of the Black Pearl premiere before and after the screening of the film. Their services were not required while the movie was being shown.
As the premiere’s guests enjoyed the first showing of Black Pearl, seated on chairs set up in the bleachers around the Rivers of America, the Disneyland CMs asked to work during the event were herded off to the park’s Festival Arena area, located behind the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster.
To maximize the viewing experience lighting throughout Disneyland was turned off. The Festival Arena was completely blacked out. During Fantasmic the lights are only dimmed and then only in the immediate arena area.
Because of the chaotic conditions inside Disneyland that day many CMs corralled in the Festival Arena hadn’t had an evening meal. Some hadn’t eaten since breakfast. After being made aware of this park managers sent the leftover fruit and sandwiches from the media hospitality center over to the Festival Arena. There was far from enough and what there was was stale at best.
For more than two hours Disneyland’s cast was forced to sit in the dark, on the ground while Hollywood’s elite got its first look at Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. In the days and weeks that followed the film’s premiere news of what happened in Disneyland that day and to its hard working cast flew around the Internet on fan sites and was later picked up by main stream media.
As if to prove the old PR saying, “I don’t care what they say about me as long as they spell my name right,” none of this seemed to have an adverse effect on the film. To date Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl has earned an estimated $653,913,918 worldwide. It was the third highest grossing film of 2003 after Finding Nemo and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
“That’s the film business,” said A. B. DeLine, an entertainment industry analyst and o-meon.com advisor. “Behind the scenes it ain’t very pretty and most of the time it’s not very nice. But people still love the movies.”
Karen - December 18, 2006 12:58 AM (GMT)
Originally posted by SavvyAngelUK on 4/28/06 at 05:56 AM
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I hope i have put this in the right place the UK premiere for Dead Mans Chest is Monday 3rd July 2006 at the Odeon at Leicester Square.
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I hope i have put this in the right place the UK premiere for Dead Mans Chest is Monday 3rd July 2006 at the Odeon at Leicester Square.
Karen - December 18, 2006 01:00 AM (GMT)
JDR reports P2 Premiere date; originally posted on:
5/29/06 at 05:16 PM
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We've heard over the holiday weekend that on Friday many Disney employees were sent emails saying that the park would be blocked to them to due to the DMC premiere June 24th.
That means they will not be able to get in for free. Therefore, if you were going to have a Disney employee sign you in -- you better have them double check if they will have that option on that day.
We've also learned that New Orleans Square will be closed all day the 24th for preparations. If New Orleans Square is closed I can't help but wonder if the train will run or even if you can get over to Splash Mountain. My thought is that they are preparing for capacity issues if they are limiting off duty employees.
5/29/06 at 05:16 PM
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We've heard over the holiday weekend that on Friday many Disney employees were sent emails saying that the park would be blocked to them to due to the DMC premiere June 24th.
That means they will not be able to get in for free. Therefore, if you were going to have a Disney employee sign you in -- you better have them double check if they will have that option on that day.
We've also learned that New Orleans Square will be closed all day the 24th for preparations. If New Orleans Square is closed I can't help but wonder if the train will run or even if you can get over to Splash Mountain. My thought is that they are preparing for capacity issues if they are limiting off duty employees.
Karen - December 18, 2006 01:22 AM (GMT)
Official Press release posted
6/16/06 at 02:34 PM
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World Premiere of Walt Disney Pictures' PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
World Premiere of Walt Disney Pictures' PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST at Disneyland in Anaheim, California
NEW YORK, June 16 /PRNewswire/ --
WHO: From the film - Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Naomie
Harris, Stellan Skarsgard, Bill Nighy, Tom Hollander, Kevin
McNally, Lee Arenberg, Mackenzie Crook, Martin Klebba, producer
Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski.
Other guests include - Cuba Gooding Jr., Christina Applegate,
Rachel Bilson, James Cameron, Kristin Cavalleri, Michelle
Trachtenberg, Blink 182's Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker,
Shanna Moakler, Jennifer Love Hewitt, James Denton, Matt Leinart,
Jane Russell, Andy Samberg, Jon Voight, Tony Shalhoub, Jane
Kaczmarek, Bradley Whitford, Lynda Carter, Melinda Clarke, Rodney
Peete and Holly Robinson Peete, Dennis Rodman, Erik Estrada,
Billy Ray Cyrus, "Dancing with the Stars" Stacy Keibler, Lisa
Rinna, Louis van Amstel, Tia Carrere, and Cheryl Burke, Harry
Hamlin, Olympian Chad Hedrick, Cal Ripken, Kareem Abdul Jabbar,
Dylan and Cole Sprouse, Kyle Massey, Simon Wakelin, X Atencio,
"Cheetah Girls" Kiely Williams and Adrienne Bailon, Chris Harrison,
"Disney's High School Musical" stars Zac Efron and Vanessa Anne
Hudgens.
WHAT: World Premiere of Walt Disney Pictures', in association with Jerry
Bruckheimer Films, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST at
Disneyland in Anaheim, California.
WHEN: Saturday, June 24, 2006 WHERE: DISNEYLAND
Press Arrivals: 3:00 PM Red Carpet on Main Street USA
Talent Arrivals: 5:00 - 6:00 PM 1313 South Harbor Boulevard
Anaheim, CA 28027
YOUR COVERAGE IS INVITED - PLEASE CALL FOR CREDENTIALS
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST is rated PG-13 and
opens July 7, 2006.
6/16/06 at 02:34 PM
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World Premiere of Walt Disney Pictures' PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
World Premiere of Walt Disney Pictures' PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST at Disneyland in Anaheim, California
NEW YORK, June 16 /PRNewswire/ --
WHO: From the film - Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Naomie
Harris, Stellan Skarsgard, Bill Nighy, Tom Hollander, Kevin
McNally, Lee Arenberg, Mackenzie Crook, Martin Klebba, producer
Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski.
Other guests include - Cuba Gooding Jr., Christina Applegate,
Rachel Bilson, James Cameron, Kristin Cavalleri, Michelle
Trachtenberg, Blink 182's Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker,
Shanna Moakler, Jennifer Love Hewitt, James Denton, Matt Leinart,
Jane Russell, Andy Samberg, Jon Voight, Tony Shalhoub, Jane
Kaczmarek, Bradley Whitford, Lynda Carter, Melinda Clarke, Rodney
Peete and Holly Robinson Peete, Dennis Rodman, Erik Estrada,
Billy Ray Cyrus, "Dancing with the Stars" Stacy Keibler, Lisa
Rinna, Louis van Amstel, Tia Carrere, and Cheryl Burke, Harry
Hamlin, Olympian Chad Hedrick, Cal Ripken, Kareem Abdul Jabbar,
Dylan and Cole Sprouse, Kyle Massey, Simon Wakelin, X Atencio,
"Cheetah Girls" Kiely Williams and Adrienne Bailon, Chris Harrison,
"Disney's High School Musical" stars Zac Efron and Vanessa Anne
Hudgens.
WHAT: World Premiere of Walt Disney Pictures', in association with Jerry
Bruckheimer Films, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST at
Disneyland in Anaheim, California.
WHEN: Saturday, June 24, 2006 WHERE: DISNEYLAND
Press Arrivals: 3:00 PM Red Carpet on Main Street USA
Talent Arrivals: 5:00 - 6:00 PM 1313 South Harbor Boulevard
Anaheim, CA 28027
YOUR COVERAGE IS INVITED - PLEASE CALL FOR CREDENTIALS
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST is rated PG-13 and
opens July 7, 2006.
Karen - December 18, 2006 01:26 AM (GMT)
Originally posted on 6/21/06 at 06:41 AM
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I know we have all of this info already, but I thought you might like to see what it looks it, so here are the scans. Note some of the info has been blurred or blanked out as this is not for fan use.
This was scanned exclusively for JDR and our donor requests that this info remain on JDR. They ask that to share, please only use a link to bring them back here to view. Thanks
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I know we have all of this info already, but I thought you might like to see what it looks it, so here are the scans. Note some of the info has been blurred or blanked out as this is not for fan use.
This was scanned exclusively for JDR and our donor requests that this info remain on JDR. They ask that to share, please only use a link to bring them back here to view. Thanks
Karen - December 18, 2006 01:28 AM (GMT)
Originally posted 6/24/06 at 06:44 AM
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I've been told that Johnny's suite has been decorated in a pirate theme....LOL... too cool!
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I've been told that Johnny's suite has been decorated in a pirate theme....LOL... too cool!
Karen - December 18, 2006 01:32 AM (GMT)
Originally posted 6/24/06 at 06:39 AM
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I thought these were interesting to see how things were setup for today's event.
Premiere set up
Premiere stadium seating
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I thought these were interesting to see how things were setup for today's event.
Premiere set up
Premiere stadium seating
Karen - December 18, 2006 01:33 AM (GMT)
Originally posted on 6/24/06 at 09:22 AM
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I've had so many conflicting bits of info from so many Disney people and industry people who are usually spot on about their info. Even within the past couple of hours the info is still conflicting about what will go on tonight as far as red carpet arrivals. We've also seen changes or conflicts as far as press release info and webcast info. I always try to get the most up to date info for you all that I can and I am sorry to say that I can't say for certain what will take place. We know Disney is very concerned over crowd control, everyone's personal safety and security so they may be staying vague on purpose.
So the best I can offer is to go, be prepared to go with the flow and be flexible. Have a great time and please tell us all about it.
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I've had so many conflicting bits of info from so many Disney people and industry people who are usually spot on about their info. Even within the past couple of hours the info is still conflicting about what will go on tonight as far as red carpet arrivals. We've also seen changes or conflicts as far as press release info and webcast info. I always try to get the most up to date info for you all that I can and I am sorry to say that I can't say for certain what will take place. We know Disney is very concerned over crowd control, everyone's personal safety and security so they may be staying vague on purpose.
So the best I can offer is to go, be prepared to go with the flow and be flexible. Have a great time and please tell us all about it.
Karen - December 18, 2006 01:37 AM (GMT)
MSN Webcast info
Originally posted on: 6/22/06 at 06:09 AM
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This info is coming out of Spain and you can easily see it's been translated but it was in a google alert so I hope it's true! LOL
MSN webcast link
Fuente: © Microsoft
http://www.microsoft.com/
Microsoft : MSN and Disneyland Resort to Webcast the “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” Red Carpet World Premiere Live From Southern California
MSN and Disney will give fans around the world an opportunity to watch the celebrity arrivals and red carpet interviews from the world premiere.
/noticias.info/ ANAHEIM, Calif. — June 21, 2006 — MSN® Video will broadcast live the world premiere of Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” on Saturday, June 24, from 7–8:30 p.m. PDT to a worldwide audience on MSN Video at http://movies.msn.com/movies/pirates_webcast. Pirates of the Caribbean, the popular Disney theme park attraction that inspired the movie, is once again brought to the big screen in Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.” In a unique twist, the movie has now inspired the attraction, which will welcome new characters and elements — including the crafty Captain Jack Sparrow — from the blockbuster entertainment franchise as part of a spectacular, star-studded movie premiere. The attraction officially re-opens to guests June 26 at Disneyland and July 7 in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Florida.
The webcast will be hosted by the MSN “Dish Diva” Taylor Johnson along with a Disneyland historian and Disney Imagineer who will go live at remote locations along the red carpet at the premiere. The 90-minute webcast will include interviews from the A-list celebrities on the red carpet along with information about the fun and exciting history of Disney’s beloved attraction that inspired the movies.
“We’re thrilled to give our worldwide audience exclusive live access to the premiere event for one of this year’s most highly anticipated films,” said Rob Bennett, general manager of Entertainment and Video Services for MSN. “Our rich catalog of unique video content from leading producers like Disney is what makes MSN the best destination for online entertainment.”
Starring a humorous cast of rascals, scoundrels and villains, the world-famous attraction sends guests of all ages on a voyage through mysterious caverns where “Dead men tell no tales” and then into a colonial-era Caribbean seaport under siege by a band of fun-loving pirates. The attraction’s jaunty theme song, “Yo Ho (A Pirate’s Life for Me),” sets the show’s light tone with its tongue-in-cheek depiction of high-seas lawlessness now featuring Captain Jack Sparrow, Barbossa and Davy Jones, stars from “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.” Captain Jack Sparrow appears in the attraction on three occasions. In addition, the treacherous Barbossa can now be seen as the Captain of the Wicked Wench in the attraction’s famous battle scene. An apparition of the ghostly Davy Jones, a prominent character in “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” can be seen in the attraction’s mysterious grotto labyrinth, materializing via a fantastic waterfall effect.
“The Pirates of the Caribbean attraction and movie have brought a lot of enjoyment to kids and adults of all ages, and this webcast will continue to bring millions of Internet users worldwide into the magic,” said Jay Rasulo, chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. “Working with MSN and this exciting technology allows people the world over to experience the excitement and fun of a movie premiere at the ‘Happiest Place on Earth.’”
Disney Imagineers have also enhanced the attraction experience with an all-new dynamic digital sound design, the addition of musical cues from the movie soundtracks, enhanced theatrical lighting designs, and an improved battle sequence between a pirate galleon and Spanish fortress.
Featuring more than 120 Audio-Animatronics performers, lavishly decorated sets and special effects, Pirates of the Caribbean is one of the most spectacular attractions ever created for Disney Parks. More than 500 million people have experienced the rollicking fun of the immersive adventure in California and Florida during the past 39 years.
About “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”
Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley reunite in Walt Disney Pictures’, in association with Jerry Bruckheimer Films, “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” an all-new epic tale chronicling the further misadventures of Captain Jack Sparrow.
Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Gore Verbinski from a screenplay written by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio, Captain Jack sets sail on an all-new adventure — filled with more intrigue, more spectacular special effects and more comedy — in July 2006.
About MSN Video
MSN Video is one of the largest video-only streaming services on the Web, watched by more than 11 million unique users per month. In addition to streaming news, entertainment and sports video clips from more than 45 content partners, MSN Video presents a broad array of live events to online audiences worldwide. More than 50 top advertisers support MSN Video, which is available to consumers at no charge. MSN Video is available on the Web at http://msnvideo.com to consumers in the U.S. MSN Video is also live in Australia, Canada and Japan, and in Spanish in the U.S.; the service also is in beta testing in the U.K.
About Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.
Microsoft and MSN are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries.
The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
Originally posted on: 6/22/06 at 06:09 AM
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This info is coming out of Spain and you can easily see it's been translated but it was in a google alert so I hope it's true! LOL
MSN webcast link
Fuente: © Microsoft
http://www.microsoft.com/
Microsoft : MSN and Disneyland Resort to Webcast the “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” Red Carpet World Premiere Live From Southern California
MSN and Disney will give fans around the world an opportunity to watch the celebrity arrivals and red carpet interviews from the world premiere.
/noticias.info/ ANAHEIM, Calif. — June 21, 2006 — MSN® Video will broadcast live the world premiere of Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” on Saturday, June 24, from 7–8:30 p.m. PDT to a worldwide audience on MSN Video at http://movies.msn.com/movies/pirates_webcast. Pirates of the Caribbean, the popular Disney theme park attraction that inspired the movie, is once again brought to the big screen in Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.” In a unique twist, the movie has now inspired the attraction, which will welcome new characters and elements — including the crafty Captain Jack Sparrow — from the blockbuster entertainment franchise as part of a spectacular, star-studded movie premiere. The attraction officially re-opens to guests June 26 at Disneyland and July 7 in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Florida.
The webcast will be hosted by the MSN “Dish Diva” Taylor Johnson along with a Disneyland historian and Disney Imagineer who will go live at remote locations along the red carpet at the premiere. The 90-minute webcast will include interviews from the A-list celebrities on the red carpet along with information about the fun and exciting history of Disney’s beloved attraction that inspired the movies.
“We’re thrilled to give our worldwide audience exclusive live access to the premiere event for one of this year’s most highly anticipated films,” said Rob Bennett, general manager of Entertainment and Video Services for MSN. “Our rich catalog of unique video content from leading producers like Disney is what makes MSN the best destination for online entertainment.”
Starring a humorous cast of rascals, scoundrels and villains, the world-famous attraction sends guests of all ages on a voyage through mysterious caverns where “Dead men tell no tales” and then into a colonial-era Caribbean seaport under siege by a band of fun-loving pirates. The attraction’s jaunty theme song, “Yo Ho (A Pirate’s Life for Me),” sets the show’s light tone with its tongue-in-cheek depiction of high-seas lawlessness now featuring Captain Jack Sparrow, Barbossa and Davy Jones, stars from “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.” Captain Jack Sparrow appears in the attraction on three occasions. In addition, the treacherous Barbossa can now be seen as the Captain of the Wicked Wench in the attraction’s famous battle scene. An apparition of the ghostly Davy Jones, a prominent character in “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” can be seen in the attraction’s mysterious grotto labyrinth, materializing via a fantastic waterfall effect.
“The Pirates of the Caribbean attraction and movie have brought a lot of enjoyment to kids and adults of all ages, and this webcast will continue to bring millions of Internet users worldwide into the magic,” said Jay Rasulo, chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. “Working with MSN and this exciting technology allows people the world over to experience the excitement and fun of a movie premiere at the ‘Happiest Place on Earth.’”
Disney Imagineers have also enhanced the attraction experience with an all-new dynamic digital sound design, the addition of musical cues from the movie soundtracks, enhanced theatrical lighting designs, and an improved battle sequence between a pirate galleon and Spanish fortress.
Featuring more than 120 Audio-Animatronics performers, lavishly decorated sets and special effects, Pirates of the Caribbean is one of the most spectacular attractions ever created for Disney Parks. More than 500 million people have experienced the rollicking fun of the immersive adventure in California and Florida during the past 39 years.
About “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”
Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley reunite in Walt Disney Pictures’, in association with Jerry Bruckheimer Films, “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” an all-new epic tale chronicling the further misadventures of Captain Jack Sparrow.
Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Gore Verbinski from a screenplay written by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio, Captain Jack sets sail on an all-new adventure — filled with more intrigue, more spectacular special effects and more comedy — in July 2006.
About MSN Video
MSN Video is one of the largest video-only streaming services on the Web, watched by more than 11 million unique users per month. In addition to streaming news, entertainment and sports video clips from more than 45 content partners, MSN Video presents a broad array of live events to online audiences worldwide. More than 50 top advertisers support MSN Video, which is available to consumers at no charge. MSN Video is available on the Web at http://msnvideo.com to consumers in the U.S. MSN Video is also live in Australia, Canada and Japan, and in Spanish in the U.S.; the service also is in beta testing in the U.K.
About Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.
Microsoft and MSN are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries.
The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
Karen - December 18, 2006 01:40 AM (GMT)
Originally posted on 6/25/06 at 05:51 AM
Click here
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Sunday, June 25, 2006
'Pirates' sets sail at Disneyland
Fans get a glimpse of cast members and other Hollywood stars strolling down the red carpet on Main Street.
By SARAH TULLY
The Orange County Register
By 5:30 a.m., Shelley Thompson and Caitlin Bruffey were already on a mission at Disneyland - to see Johnny Depp.
The 17-year-old Orange girls, sporting yellow T-shirts stating: "Captain Jack is Back," camped out all day on a blanket along the red carpet for the world premiere of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" sequel at Disneyland. The park opened early, at 6:30 a.m., because it closed early for the premiere festivities.
"At first we were scared we weren't going to get in," Bruffey said. The girls were among thousands of fans who lined Main Street for a chance to see their favorite stars of the movie, including Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley.
Some came from out of state for the chance. "It's a premiere inside the park. How could you not do it?" said Ken Williamson, 37, of Washington D.C.
When Martin Landau heard some screaming girls, the actor quipped, "They think I'm Johnny Depp." Landau co-starred with Depp in the 1994 film Ed Wood.
Bill Nighy, who plays Davy Jones in the movie and came down the red carpet before him, jokes that he was just a warm-up for Johnny Depp. "It's a nice feeling. It's a nice vibe," he said. "They dig the movie and there's a warm feeling for it."
When the first "Pirates" movie premiered at Disneyland in June 2003, it featured the longest red carpet in history at the time, stretching 900 feet down Main Street to New Orleans Square. Saturday's premiere also sported a lot of red.
"To have a movie premiere here is amazing," said skateboarder Tony Hawk. "I can't believe they have a red carpet this long."
Musician Mark Hoppus of the band Blink 182 said he grew up at Disneyland because he has family in Orange County. His wife's parents met while working at Disneyland, he said.
Hoppus also went to the first movie premiere at Disneyland. "It's the best thing that ever happened from being in a band."
To accommodate the big event, Disneyland had shortened hours Saturday - 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. - so the park could clear out for the premiere. Parades were canceled for the day.
Disney's California Adventure offered extended hours to accommodate guests.
After the stars had arrived, viewers were set to watch the movie from bleachers set up in New Orleans Square on a screen erected on Tom Sawyers Island.
The interest was intense: about 200 media outlets were set to come, compared with the usual 50 or 60 for a standard premiere.
Before the movie was shown, the revamped Pirates of the Caribbean ride made its private debut, allowing invited guests and stars, such as Johnny Depp and his family, to try it out first. Disney Imagineers have integrated movie characters Capt. Jack Sparrow and Barbossa into classic scenes along the route.
The official public opening for the ride is set for Monday when the theme park opens at 8 a.m. But today, Disneyland patrons are expected to get an unofficial sneak peak."Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" moves to theaters on July 7.
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Sunday, June 25, 2006
'Pirates' sets sail at Disneyland
Fans get a glimpse of cast members and other Hollywood stars strolling down the red carpet on Main Street.
By SARAH TULLY
The Orange County Register
By 5:30 a.m., Shelley Thompson and Caitlin Bruffey were already on a mission at Disneyland - to see Johnny Depp.
The 17-year-old Orange girls, sporting yellow T-shirts stating: "Captain Jack is Back," camped out all day on a blanket along the red carpet for the world premiere of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" sequel at Disneyland. The park opened early, at 6:30 a.m., because it closed early for the premiere festivities.
"At first we were scared we weren't going to get in," Bruffey said. The girls were among thousands of fans who lined Main Street for a chance to see their favorite stars of the movie, including Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley.
Some came from out of state for the chance. "It's a premiere inside the park. How could you not do it?" said Ken Williamson, 37, of Washington D.C.
When Martin Landau heard some screaming girls, the actor quipped, "They think I'm Johnny Depp." Landau co-starred with Depp in the 1994 film Ed Wood.
Bill Nighy, who plays Davy Jones in the movie and came down the red carpet before him, jokes that he was just a warm-up for Johnny Depp. "It's a nice feeling. It's a nice vibe," he said. "They dig the movie and there's a warm feeling for it."
When the first "Pirates" movie premiered at Disneyland in June 2003, it featured the longest red carpet in history at the time, stretching 900 feet down Main Street to New Orleans Square. Saturday's premiere also sported a lot of red.
"To have a movie premiere here is amazing," said skateboarder Tony Hawk. "I can't believe they have a red carpet this long."
Musician Mark Hoppus of the band Blink 182 said he grew up at Disneyland because he has family in Orange County. His wife's parents met while working at Disneyland, he said.
Hoppus also went to the first movie premiere at Disneyland. "It's the best thing that ever happened from being in a band."
To accommodate the big event, Disneyland had shortened hours Saturday - 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. - so the park could clear out for the premiere. Parades were canceled for the day.
Disney's California Adventure offered extended hours to accommodate guests.
After the stars had arrived, viewers were set to watch the movie from bleachers set up in New Orleans Square on a screen erected on Tom Sawyers Island.
The interest was intense: about 200 media outlets were set to come, compared with the usual 50 or 60 for a standard premiere.
Before the movie was shown, the revamped Pirates of the Caribbean ride made its private debut, allowing invited guests and stars, such as Johnny Depp and his family, to try it out first. Disney Imagineers have integrated movie characters Capt. Jack Sparrow and Barbossa into classic scenes along the route.
The official public opening for the ride is set for Monday when the theme park opens at 8 a.m. But today, Disneyland patrons are expected to get an unofficial sneak peak."Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" moves to theaters on July 7.
Karen - December 18, 2006 01:43 AM (GMT)
Originally posted on 6/26/06 at 06:06 AM
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variety.com
Park sparks to 'Pirates' hoopla
Mouse open 'Chest' in big way
By BILL HIGGINS
It's good to own a theme park.
The Mouse House put its most iconic piece of real estate to maximum use for the Saturday preem of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," offering everything from a 2,000-foot red carpet down Main Street past thousands of screaming fans to an outdoor screening just yards from the revamped ride that inspired the movie.
"It deserves this kind of hoopla," said production prexy Nina Jacobson.
The park was shut down at 5 p.m., with paying guests gently herded out of every nook. However, they were allowed to linger along Main Street during the arrivals. And the screaming reception from fans (Disney estimated them at 25,000) was staggering.
"You can't manufacture this kind of enthusiasm," said marketing prexy Oren Aviv.
The invite mentioned "pirate garb," which Dennis Rodman interpreted as black leather jacket with red sarong over khaki slacks. Marilyn Manson, on the other hand, took it as a command to be photographed with a pirate-garbed Mickey Mouse.
Along the red carpet, Disney had "pirate improv groups" (bearded, club-wielding thugs who approached guests and said "We're from security. We have to take your valuables"); small bands singing "Yo ho! Yo ho! A pirate's life for me!"; jugglers; and six "pirate babes" who looked like modestly dressed Laker cheerleaders.
A five-piece band of costumed musicians -- including a profusely sweating tuba player -- played their instruments while stilt-walking down the packed red carpet. As they passed, composer Hans Zimmer looked over and said: "Now that's a man who is passionate about tuba."
Of course, the big event was the appearance of Johnny Depp, who made a point of signing every autograph with an obsessive intensity.
The red carpet ended at the gates of Adventureland, where guests could go on the Pirates, Haunted Mansion and Splash Mountain rides, and then eat at any of five buffets before the sun set.
The tickets requested aud members take their seats by 8:15 p.m., but the pic didn't unspool until a few minutes before 10.This left the thankless task of entertaining the seated crowd to a 12-piece band set on Tom Sawyer's rafts doing covers of "Proud Mary" and "Everyday People."
However, the 1,800-strong crowd, which included Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wearing what appeared to be a ping-pong-ball-size, pirate-like silver skull ring, was remarkably docile throughout the wait.
Disney had set up "bleachers," but they were fairly luxurious, with stadium seating and an airline-style blanket on each numbered seat. These were the same seats the Mouse House has used for other outdoor preems, including "Pearl Harbor" in Hawaii.
They faced a 100-by-50-foot screen set across the river on Tom Sawyer's Island. Film was projected with three 2K digital projectors going simultaneously to ensure sufficient brightness.
Again, Disney put the park's props to full use with the talent arrival: The ship Columbia was redone as the ghostly Black Pearl, making for a much more impressive sight than stars arriving in limos in Westwood.
"Dick Cook knows we're in the entertainment business," said producer Jerry Bruckheimer. "He knows how to launch a movie."
Date in print: Mon., Jun. 26, 2006
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variety.com
Park sparks to 'Pirates' hoopla
Mouse open 'Chest' in big way
By BILL HIGGINS
It's good to own a theme park.
The Mouse House put its most iconic piece of real estate to maximum use for the Saturday preem of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," offering everything from a 2,000-foot red carpet down Main Street past thousands of screaming fans to an outdoor screening just yards from the revamped ride that inspired the movie.
"It deserves this kind of hoopla," said production prexy Nina Jacobson.
The park was shut down at 5 p.m., with paying guests gently herded out of every nook. However, they were allowed to linger along Main Street during the arrivals. And the screaming reception from fans (Disney estimated them at 25,000) was staggering.
"You can't manufacture this kind of enthusiasm," said marketing prexy Oren Aviv.
The invite mentioned "pirate garb," which Dennis Rodman interpreted as black leather jacket with red sarong over khaki slacks. Marilyn Manson, on the other hand, took it as a command to be photographed with a pirate-garbed Mickey Mouse.
Along the red carpet, Disney had "pirate improv groups" (bearded, club-wielding thugs who approached guests and said "We're from security. We have to take your valuables"); small bands singing "Yo ho! Yo ho! A pirate's life for me!"; jugglers; and six "pirate babes" who looked like modestly dressed Laker cheerleaders.
A five-piece band of costumed musicians -- including a profusely sweating tuba player -- played their instruments while stilt-walking down the packed red carpet. As they passed, composer Hans Zimmer looked over and said: "Now that's a man who is passionate about tuba."
Of course, the big event was the appearance of Johnny Depp, who made a point of signing every autograph with an obsessive intensity.
The red carpet ended at the gates of Adventureland, where guests could go on the Pirates, Haunted Mansion and Splash Mountain rides, and then eat at any of five buffets before the sun set.
The tickets requested aud members take their seats by 8:15 p.m., but the pic didn't unspool until a few minutes before 10.This left the thankless task of entertaining the seated crowd to a 12-piece band set on Tom Sawyer's rafts doing covers of "Proud Mary" and "Everyday People."
However, the 1,800-strong crowd, which included Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wearing what appeared to be a ping-pong-ball-size, pirate-like silver skull ring, was remarkably docile throughout the wait.
Disney had set up "bleachers," but they were fairly luxurious, with stadium seating and an airline-style blanket on each numbered seat. These were the same seats the Mouse House has used for other outdoor preems, including "Pearl Harbor" in Hawaii.
They faced a 100-by-50-foot screen set across the river on Tom Sawyer's Island. Film was projected with three 2K digital projectors going simultaneously to ensure sufficient brightness.
Again, Disney put the park's props to full use with the talent arrival: The ship Columbia was redone as the ghostly Black Pearl, making for a much more impressive sight than stars arriving in limos in Westwood.
"Dick Cook knows we're in the entertainment business," said producer Jerry Bruckheimer. "He knows how to launch a movie."
Date in print: Mon., Jun. 26, 2006
Karen - December 18, 2006 01:46 AM (GMT)
Originally posted by SavvyPeppers on 6/27/06 at 03:05 PM
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Here's the link...enjoy!
Great miceage pics
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Here's the link...enjoy!
Great miceage pics
Karen - December 18, 2006 02:06 AM (GMT)
Originally posted on 6/26/06 at 08:21 PM
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06.26.2006 3:04 PM EDT
Girls Swoon, Pirates Duel And Johnny Depp Rolls Along
Johnny Depp in "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"
Photo: Walt Disney Pictures
The 'Pirates of the Caribbean' star stares down failure and puts words in a naughty parrot's mouth.
Like Captain Jack Sparrow himself, Johnny Depp is a man, a mystery and something of a legend who has young lasses swooning wherever he goes. MTV News recently unearthed some gold of its own while dueling with Depp over would-be sequels, his obscure classics and his weeping fans. "Dead Man's Chest" sails into theaters July 7; the third chapter, "At World's End," resumes filming in August.
MTV: If you woke up tomorrow and found that you were a pirate, what would you want to do?
Johnny Depp: What would I wanna do? I'd be chasing the horizon, wouldn't I? [He laughs.] I'd escape.
MTV: You've been in this business for more than 20 years, you've made a lot of movies we love, but up until this point you've avoided sequels. Why?
Depp: It wasn't by design or choice. I always thought, years and years ago, that there should have been a sequel to "Edward Scissorhands." I guess it just wasn't necessary. It's funny because at the end of the first "Pirates" film I wasn't anywhere near ready to say goodbye to Captain Jack. So I was very happy to be given the opportunity to explore a little more, and step back into those shoes.
Heeere's Johnny!
Watch as Depp and friends come back for another round of swashbuckling, and find out why Jack Sparrow's as odd as ever.
MTV: Some actors hate sequels, thinking they're just rehashes. But is there a skill to making them?
Depp: It's a great challenge for the writers — thinking in terms of a trilogy and the math that's involved. Making this fit here and making that make sense over there. And all that correlates to something that happened in '"Pirates" one, and it'll go all the way to "Pirates" three. That's madness! For those guys to be able to put that together, and at the same time be able to keep each film individual and unique so it has its own foundation to stand on, it's kind of miraculous.
MTV: People are describing Captain Jack as the first iconic film character of the 21st century. Is it dangerous for an actor to listen to those things before reprising a character?
Depp: I think there's a danger in believing anything — taking any of it to heart, or taking any of it seriously. Starting to buy your own press is the biggest no-no in the world, man. I think you need to, or at least I need to, stay focused on what's real. The reason that I'm around is the work. I just keep moving forward.
MTV: Whenever people bring up your performance as Jack Sparrow, I tell them, "You wanna see Depp really blow your mind? Rent 'Dead Man.' "
Depp: Yeah, that's a nice film. Thank you.
MTV: After so many great performances, Jack Sparrow might be the one that overshadows all the rest. Does that bother you?
Depp: It doesn't bother me, no. I'm proud of the role and of the films. See, the funny thing is I haven't changed. My approach, my process to the work hasn't changed at all. I'm still the same as I was when I was considered, in the language of Hollywood, to be "poison" [at the box office]. I'm still doing the same things today.
MTV: Orlando Bloom has said that once the "Pirates" films are over, he wants to get away from the period stuff and establish himself in some contemporary films. You've been stereotyped and pigeonholed numerous times in your career and gotten out of it. What advice would you have for him?
Depp: For Orlando? Oh boy, I don't know if there's any advice I can give anybody. [He laughs.] I think the most important thing anyone can do is just to follow your instincts. If you're afraid to take a risk or to go outside the box that you are perceived to sort of roam around in, it's okay — you should feel fear. You should acknowledge it, and look it in the eye. Then just keep moving forward. I think it's okay for an actor to actually take the chance of failing. [You should] teeter on the brink of failure.
MTV: Being on the set of one of the biggest productions of all time [with the "Pirates" films], did you ever think, "I'd love to take this away from Gore Verbinski, hand it over to ['Dead Man' director and indie veteran] Jim Jarmusch and see what he'd do with all this power"?
Depp: Well, it's a different language. Someone like Jim, he wouldn't want to bounce around in this arena. Jim's stuff comes from Jim; I think they're all his original stories. Gore is equally amazing to watch work, though. Here's how great the guy is: You could actually do the entire movie, as an actor, without having read the script. I mean, I wouldn't suggest it. [He laughs.] But he's that tapped into what just happened before, and the underlying subtext of each scene. At the same time, he's doing all this huge action stuff. He's kind of a miracle.
MTV: About 20 years ago, you were on "21 Jump Street" and became famous as a pin-up idol for teenage girls. You turned 43 earlier this month and teenage girls are still crazy about you. Which period was more chaotic?
Depp: [He fidgets uneasily.] You know — I'll have to get back to you on that.
MTV: What's it like to walk down a red carpet as Johnny Depp?
Depp: It's overwhelming, you know? It's a little overwhelming, but people are just real nice. They're super sweet.
MTV: At the premiere, people were swooning, some were even crying, just because they got a glimpse of you. What's that like?
Depp: I actually came to [the premiere] to see you cry. [He laughs.] I wanted to see if you'd weep.
MTV: If you had a parrot on your shoulder, what would it have to say?
Depp: [He laughs again.] It would say, "I just took a sh-- on you, man."
Check out everything we've got on "Pirates of the Carribbean: Dead Man's Chest."
Want trailers? Visit Movies on MTV Overdrive for the newest, scariest and funniest coming attractions.
Visit Movies on MTV.com for Hollywood news, interviews, trailers and more.
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06.26.2006 3:04 PM EDT
Girls Swoon, Pirates Duel And Johnny Depp Rolls Along
Johnny Depp in "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"
Photo: Walt Disney Pictures
The 'Pirates of the Caribbean' star stares down failure and puts words in a naughty parrot's mouth.
Like Captain Jack Sparrow himself, Johnny Depp is a man, a mystery and something of a legend who has young lasses swooning wherever he goes. MTV News recently unearthed some gold of its own while dueling with Depp over would-be sequels, his obscure classics and his weeping fans. "Dead Man's Chest" sails into theaters July 7; the third chapter, "At World's End," resumes filming in August.
MTV: If you woke up tomorrow and found that you were a pirate, what would you want to do?
Johnny Depp: What would I wanna do? I'd be chasing the horizon, wouldn't I? [He laughs.] I'd escape.
MTV: You've been in this business for more than 20 years, you've made a lot of movies we love, but up until this point you've avoided sequels. Why?
Depp: It wasn't by design or choice. I always thought, years and years ago, that there should have been a sequel to "Edward Scissorhands." I guess it just wasn't necessary. It's funny because at the end of the first "Pirates" film I wasn't anywhere near ready to say goodbye to Captain Jack. So I was very happy to be given the opportunity to explore a little more, and step back into those shoes.
Heeere's Johnny!
Watch as Depp and friends come back for another round of swashbuckling, and find out why Jack Sparrow's as odd as ever.
MTV: Some actors hate sequels, thinking they're just rehashes. But is there a skill to making them?
Depp: It's a great challenge for the writers — thinking in terms of a trilogy and the math that's involved. Making this fit here and making that make sense over there. And all that correlates to something that happened in '"Pirates" one, and it'll go all the way to "Pirates" three. That's madness! For those guys to be able to put that together, and at the same time be able to keep each film individual and unique so it has its own foundation to stand on, it's kind of miraculous.
MTV: People are describing Captain Jack as the first iconic film character of the 21st century. Is it dangerous for an actor to listen to those things before reprising a character?
Depp: I think there's a danger in believing anything — taking any of it to heart, or taking any of it seriously. Starting to buy your own press is the biggest no-no in the world, man. I think you need to, or at least I need to, stay focused on what's real. The reason that I'm around is the work. I just keep moving forward.
MTV: Whenever people bring up your performance as Jack Sparrow, I tell them, "You wanna see Depp really blow your mind? Rent 'Dead Man.' "
Depp: Yeah, that's a nice film. Thank you.
MTV: After so many great performances, Jack Sparrow might be the one that overshadows all the rest. Does that bother you?
Depp: It doesn't bother me, no. I'm proud of the role and of the films. See, the funny thing is I haven't changed. My approach, my process to the work hasn't changed at all. I'm still the same as I was when I was considered, in the language of Hollywood, to be "poison" [at the box office]. I'm still doing the same things today.
MTV: Orlando Bloom has said that once the "Pirates" films are over, he wants to get away from the period stuff and establish himself in some contemporary films. You've been stereotyped and pigeonholed numerous times in your career and gotten out of it. What advice would you have for him?
Depp: For Orlando? Oh boy, I don't know if there's any advice I can give anybody. [He laughs.] I think the most important thing anyone can do is just to follow your instincts. If you're afraid to take a risk or to go outside the box that you are perceived to sort of roam around in, it's okay — you should feel fear. You should acknowledge it, and look it in the eye. Then just keep moving forward. I think it's okay for an actor to actually take the chance of failing. [You should] teeter on the brink of failure.
MTV: Being on the set of one of the biggest productions of all time [with the "Pirates" films], did you ever think, "I'd love to take this away from Gore Verbinski, hand it over to ['Dead Man' director and indie veteran] Jim Jarmusch and see what he'd do with all this power"?
Depp: Well, it's a different language. Someone like Jim, he wouldn't want to bounce around in this arena. Jim's stuff comes from Jim; I think they're all his original stories. Gore is equally amazing to watch work, though. Here's how great the guy is: You could actually do the entire movie, as an actor, without having read the script. I mean, I wouldn't suggest it. [He laughs.] But he's that tapped into what just happened before, and the underlying subtext of each scene. At the same time, he's doing all this huge action stuff. He's kind of a miracle.
MTV: About 20 years ago, you were on "21 Jump Street" and became famous as a pin-up idol for teenage girls. You turned 43 earlier this month and teenage girls are still crazy about you. Which period was more chaotic?
Depp: [He fidgets uneasily.] You know — I'll have to get back to you on that.
MTV: What's it like to walk down a red carpet as Johnny Depp?
Depp: It's overwhelming, you know? It's a little overwhelming, but people are just real nice. They're super sweet.
MTV: At the premiere, people were swooning, some were even crying, just because they got a glimpse of you. What's that like?
Depp: I actually came to [the premiere] to see you cry. [He laughs.] I wanted to see if you'd weep.
MTV: If you had a parrot on your shoulder, what would it have to say?
Depp: [He laughs again.] It would say, "I just took a sh-- on you, man."
Check out everything we've got on "Pirates of the Carribbean: Dead Man's Chest."
Want trailers? Visit Movies on MTV Overdrive for the newest, scariest and funniest coming attractions.
Visit Movies on MTV.com for Hollywood news, interviews, trailers and more.
Karen - December 18, 2006 02:10 AM (GMT)
Originally posted by Mary Kay on 6/24/06 at 07:52 PM
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Here you go... getting a little distracted by all this Johnny lately..
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Here you go... getting a little distracted by all this Johnny lately..
Karen - December 18, 2006 02:12 AM (GMT)
Karen - December 18, 2006 02:18 AM (GMT)
Originally posted by Jeppody on 6/28/06 at 06:15 AM
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There appears to be a video clip too, but i can't get it to work.
Click here
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There appears to be a video clip too, but i can't get it to work.
Click here
Karen - December 19, 2006 03:06 AM (GMT)
Originally posted by MerryK 7/10/06 at 05:17 AM
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Japan Photo call DMC premiere
Lordy.. has this been a non-stop week of Johnny.. isnt it wonderful!!! I do hope he gets some good down time after all this promotion is over.
Here's some of the choice .. well.. they all are cause it's Johnny.. clickable thumbnail pics from Wireimage.
~ Mary Kay
*credit and thanks to Wireimage*
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Japan Photo call DMC premiere
Lordy.. has this been a non-stop week of Johnny.. isnt it wonderful!!! I do hope he gets some good down time after all this promotion is over.
Here's some of the choice .. well.. they all are cause it's Johnny.. clickable thumbnail pics from Wireimage.
~ Mary Kay
*credit and thanks to Wireimage*
Karen - December 19, 2006 03:21 AM (GMT)
Originally posted by MerryK on 7/09/06 at 07:55 AM
More Johnny
Here's some choice WI pics from Johnny's arrival in Japan..
I love how his hair is curling.. and it looks like he's got his guitar with him.. I like seeing that!!!
~ Mary Kay
More Johnny
Here's some choice WI pics from Johnny's arrival in Japan..
I love how his hair is curling.. and it looks like he's got his guitar with him.. I like seeing that!!!
~ Mary Kay
Karen - December 19, 2006 03:25 AM (GMT)
Originally posted by MerryK on 7/09/06 at 08:04 AM
Here's some other pics of Johnny's arrival in Japan from Getty.. watermarked of course..
~ Mary Kay
Here's some other pics of Johnny's arrival in Japan from Getty.. watermarked of course..
~ Mary Kay
Karen - December 19, 2006 03:28 AM (GMT)
Originally posted by Merry K 7/07/06 at 04:58 AM
Paris DMC premiere WI pics
All I can say is WOW!!!! I knew there was a reason for waking up earlier today before going into work
Here's some clickable thumbnail wireimage pics from the Paris Premiere of DMC. Johnny looks great!! All in black... no hat.. hair flowing. I liked seeing Vanessa there with him.. they make such a cute couple.. they look great together.
~ Mary Kay
Paris DMC premiere WI pics
All I can say is WOW!!!! I knew there was a reason for waking up earlier today before going into work
Here's some clickable thumbnail wireimage pics from the Paris Premiere of DMC. Johnny looks great!! All in black... no hat.. hair flowing. I liked seeing Vanessa there with him.. they make such a cute couple.. they look great together.
~ Mary Kay
Karen - December 19, 2006 03:31 AM (GMT)
Originally posted by Gabriele on 7/07/06 at 11:04 AM
Look!!Isn`t it amusing????
Look!!Isn`t it amusing????
Karen - December 19, 2006 03:47 AM (GMT)
Our TeamDeppUK people wanted to share their experiences at the London premiere. Here are their stories:
Shared by:
oprahnoodlemantra1
7/05/06 at 01:16 PM
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Hey, there may already be a section for this but i couldn't find it so i thought i would create a thread for anyone who went to the london premiere.
I went and it was absoulutly amazing. I was dying to share it with you guys. I never in my wildest dreams thought that i would get an autograph from johnny as there was loads and loads of people in front of me. However i managed to stretch over them and he signed my paper!! it was so lovely, he could have easily not signed it because i was so far away from him, but he streched up and signed it anyway. Bless Him!! I couldn't see him while he signed my paper, but i could feel him grab the other end of the pad and scribble on it. It was amazing, i almost got hysterical!! I also got loads of pics which i will try and upload but it may take a while because my computer is so slow.
Did anyone else go? Please share your experiences.....
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Shared by
SavvyAngelUK
7/04/06 at 12:17 PM
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Here is a link to my pictures taken at the UK premiere of Dead Mans Chest. I hope this works as im not good with things like this. if you need password its tina260903
Edited to say - I have just checked and its not working properly but you will just have to use the password to get in and then go to Johnny Depp and then go to POTC2 Premiere
http://s20.photobucket.com/albums/b212/sav...&slideshow=true
It was definately a day to remember. Had been queuing since 1am that day. So a long wait was ahead of me, but i'm used to queuing up for hours as i do the same when going to see Bon Jovi, and it was totally worth it.
When Johnny turned up I was absolutely hysterical. Started crying and hyperventilating. Couldnt believe I had that kind of reaction as I had met him before and was fine then. Was really embarassing and I felt really silly but couldnt control it . I was outside the cinema and he was at the other end of the carpet but then he walked past to do some interviews and I was off crying again . Then he was getting closer and closer and then he was in front of me. Unfortunately someone behind blocked my view as she had put her magazine over my face. My friend pushed it away and I saw him standing in front of me and see him sign my pic. I was so happy, I started crying again . He looked directly at me at this point, eye contact, and mouthed to me "are you okay" but his security people moved him along. But to have that little personal moment was, well, I have no words . But apparently a lot of tears LOL JOhnny looked absolutely gorgeous and was making sure he saw as many fans as he could possibly reach. He was one of the first to arrive and one of the last to enter the cinema. Gotta love him.
Managed to get to see a lot of people and got Orlandos autograph, Kieras (who looked stunning), Kevin McNally, Stellan Skasguard, Jack Davenport, Jerry Bruckheimer and Freddie Highmore.
Now only 2 more days to the film. I cant wait
Chez
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Shared by strawberrybumfluff
7/06/06 at 03:53 PM
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Met Johnny again, not even a year after my last encounter, but this time was alot more rewarding. I won't go into fine detail lol. I hadn't even made eye contact with him the last time, so I really wanted this time to even just catch his eye or something like that. I also hadn't heard his voice, so I made sure to listen when he was talking to people around me. I was at the very front of the barriers, so once he came over, all the hands and arms of the people behind me were over my head... I think he must sign those first in order for the people at the front to be less squished. So he was signing them with, I wouldn't call it a blank look, but with a look of concentration on his face. I made sure to keep looking at his face while he was this close, in case he glanced up. I was holding my oooold copy of The Ginger Man out to be signed, and he eventually got to it, with the same look on his face as he had had while signing other things, until he was almost finished signing (sounds like it takes him forever, but everything just kinda went in slow mo lol) and a look of recognition suddenly came on his face and he looked up, looked straight into my eyes and said "Oh wow, The Ginger Man!" and smiled at me. I nodded and smiled back, it didn't even register that I could talk to him and he would actually hear! I managed to wait until moved down the line of people until I burst into tears lol. I was conscious this time of not crying in front of him, so as not to make him uncomfortable. I still don't know how I managed it!! And as a side note, when he was driving down the red carpet on his way out, he randomly had the person in his car wind down the window so he could wave to a group of us... he had it wound up before he came to us, and apparently had it wound back up after he waved to us. :S Weird and inexplicable, but I'm not complaining!!
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Shared by oprahnoodlemantra1
7/10/06 at 01:49 PM
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Hey, ive finally managed to upload my pics from the premiere. Sorry it took so long, Enjoy!
Sorry about the blurryness! My hands were shaking so much lol
Also there is a couple of english celebs that you may not know. The woman in the blue dress is Jenni Falconor (i think thats how to spell it!). Shes is on an english show called GMTV and she interveiwed all the stars that day.
The man in the pink jumber is Steve Jones. Hes a presenter on an english channel called T4.
xxxxxxxx Lisa xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Shared by:
oprahnoodlemantra1
7/05/06 at 01:16 PM
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Hey, there may already be a section for this but i couldn't find it so i thought i would create a thread for anyone who went to the london premiere.
I went and it was absoulutly amazing. I was dying to share it with you guys. I never in my wildest dreams thought that i would get an autograph from johnny as there was loads and loads of people in front of me. However i managed to stretch over them and he signed my paper!! it was so lovely, he could have easily not signed it because i was so far away from him, but he streched up and signed it anyway. Bless Him!! I couldn't see him while he signed my paper, but i could feel him grab the other end of the pad and scribble on it. It was amazing, i almost got hysterical!! I also got loads of pics which i will try and upload but it may take a while because my computer is so slow.
Did anyone else go? Please share your experiences.....
_______________________________________
Shared by
SavvyAngelUK
7/04/06 at 12:17 PM
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Here is a link to my pictures taken at the UK premiere of Dead Mans Chest. I hope this works as im not good with things like this. if you need password its tina260903
Edited to say - I have just checked and its not working properly but you will just have to use the password to get in and then go to Johnny Depp and then go to POTC2 Premiere
http://s20.photobucket.com/albums/b212/sav...&slideshow=true
It was definately a day to remember. Had been queuing since 1am that day. So a long wait was ahead of me, but i'm used to queuing up for hours as i do the same when going to see Bon Jovi, and it was totally worth it.
When Johnny turned up I was absolutely hysterical. Started crying and hyperventilating. Couldnt believe I had that kind of reaction as I had met him before and was fine then. Was really embarassing and I felt really silly but couldnt control it . I was outside the cinema and he was at the other end of the carpet but then he walked past to do some interviews and I was off crying again . Then he was getting closer and closer and then he was in front of me. Unfortunately someone behind blocked my view as she had put her magazine over my face. My friend pushed it away and I saw him standing in front of me and see him sign my pic. I was so happy, I started crying again . He looked directly at me at this point, eye contact, and mouthed to me "are you okay" but his security people moved him along. But to have that little personal moment was, well, I have no words . But apparently a lot of tears LOL JOhnny looked absolutely gorgeous and was making sure he saw as many fans as he could possibly reach. He was one of the first to arrive and one of the last to enter the cinema. Gotta love him.
Managed to get to see a lot of people and got Orlandos autograph, Kieras (who looked stunning), Kevin McNally, Stellan Skasguard, Jack Davenport, Jerry Bruckheimer and Freddie Highmore.
Now only 2 more days to the film. I cant wait
Chez
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Shared by strawberrybumfluff
7/06/06 at 03:53 PM
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Met Johnny again, not even a year after my last encounter, but this time was alot more rewarding. I won't go into fine detail lol. I hadn't even made eye contact with him the last time, so I really wanted this time to even just catch his eye or something like that. I also hadn't heard his voice, so I made sure to listen when he was talking to people around me. I was at the very front of the barriers, so once he came over, all the hands and arms of the people behind me were over my head... I think he must sign those first in order for the people at the front to be less squished. So he was signing them with, I wouldn't call it a blank look, but with a look of concentration on his face. I made sure to keep looking at his face while he was this close, in case he glanced up. I was holding my oooold copy of The Ginger Man out to be signed, and he eventually got to it, with the same look on his face as he had had while signing other things, until he was almost finished signing (sounds like it takes him forever, but everything just kinda went in slow mo lol) and a look of recognition suddenly came on his face and he looked up, looked straight into my eyes and said "Oh wow, The Ginger Man!" and smiled at me. I nodded and smiled back, it didn't even register that I could talk to him and he would actually hear! I managed to wait until moved down the line of people until I burst into tears lol. I was conscious this time of not crying in front of him, so as not to make him uncomfortable. I still don't know how I managed it!! And as a side note, when he was driving down the red carpet on his way out, he randomly had the person in his car wind down the window so he could wave to a group of us... he had it wound up before he came to us, and apparently had it wound back up after he waved to us. :S Weird and inexplicable, but I'm not complaining!!
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Shared by oprahnoodlemantra1
7/10/06 at 01:49 PM
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Hey, ive finally managed to upload my pics from the premiere. Sorry it took so long, Enjoy!
Sorry about the blurryness! My hands were shaking so much lol
Also there is a couple of english celebs that you may not know. The woman in the blue dress is Jenni Falconor (i think thats how to spell it!). Shes is on an english show called GMTV and she interveiwed all the stars that day.
The man in the pink jumber is Steve Jones. Hes a presenter on an english channel called T4.
xxxxxxxx Lisa xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Karen - December 19, 2006 03:50 AM (GMT)
Looks like we have a star in the group!
Originally posted by FlyingAce1975
12/13/06 at 04:30 PM
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Hi everyone!
A friend of mine just emailed me exciting news. I actually made it onto the 2 disc set of DMC. The Pirates on Main Street extra on disc 2. Right at the beginning Gore Verbinski is talking in a vehicle and says something like Have you seen the red carpet? Then the camera literally goes right to us. I'm the one with the serious look on my face looking earnestly I'm sure for Johnny. LOL! The girl with the glasses and Pirate Mickey ears next to me let me know. I think she was actually written about online somewhere. They spoke of a younger teenage girl who Orlando took a picture with then the girl burst into tears. Dozens of cameras bombarded her after this. I can't remember where I read it on the internet.
I'm rambling. I just know you wonderful Deppsters love news from one of your own. I can't believe it; really it's surreal. Of all the thousands of people and countless hours of footage and we made it on there. Woohoo!
Just thought I'd share. Thanks again to all the good folks here and especially Karen who was sooooo good with the premiere info at the time.
I sure hope to be at AWE!
Joanne
Originally posted by FlyingAce1975
12/13/06 at 04:30 PM
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Hi everyone!
A friend of mine just emailed me exciting news. I actually made it onto the 2 disc set of DMC. The Pirates on Main Street extra on disc 2. Right at the beginning Gore Verbinski is talking in a vehicle and says something like Have you seen the red carpet? Then the camera literally goes right to us. I'm the one with the serious look on my face looking earnestly I'm sure for Johnny. LOL! The girl with the glasses and Pirate Mickey ears next to me let me know. I think she was actually written about online somewhere. They spoke of a younger teenage girl who Orlando took a picture with then the girl burst into tears. Dozens of cameras bombarded her after this. I can't remember where I read it on the internet.
I'm rambling. I just know you wonderful Deppsters love news from one of your own. I can't believe it; really it's surreal. Of all the thousands of people and countless hours of footage and we made it on there. Woohoo!
Just thought I'd share. Thanks again to all the good folks here and especially Karen who was sooooo good with the premiere info at the time.
I sure hope to be at AWE!
Joanne
Karen - December 19, 2006 03:53 AM (GMT)
We had a preview of the new POTC ride!
Originally posted by sally2jack
6/27/06 at 06:06 AM
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**********************MAJOR ATTRACTION SPOILERS INCLUDED!!!!************************
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I was able to ride the "new" Pirates of the Caribbean during the Premiere.
Now, I love the movie, and with that nowadays being most kids' first impression of POTC, I understand why the addition of film elements were rapidly becoming a necessity. Still, being a Disney girl at heart I had some misgivings. I mean, a ride based on a movie based on a ride? It's like the Victor/Victoria of theme park attractions.
No more worries. Boy, oh boy, did they do it right.
It's an almost seemless blend of the traditional pirates and the movie ventures, with a much needed sprucing up of the attraction in general to boot.
The enhancements in the sound are fabulous! I heard things I never had before, and heard things clearly that I didn't recall having been there, but immediately sparked memories of going on the ride in my childhood, which was pretty cool to me. Of course there is some new dialogue referencing Jack Sparrow and movie elements as well.
The first differences I noticed in actual ride content were in the caverns, some new props. In the Captain's Quarter's, wherer they added a coat, wig and other adornments.
The treasure room was glittering like mad. Lots of new treasures. I heard rumor that Davy Jones's chest may be in there, but I didn't see it. I did see a large chest that bears a remarkable resemblance to one that housed some Aztec Gold. It is an actual prop from the movie.
Deeper into the caverns for the first huge enhancement. Davy Jones. This effect is nothing short of phenomenal. As you head straight for a waterfall, your adult mind knows that it is a mist screen projection of some sort. The apparition of Davy appears in the waterfall and yells at you a bit, then disappears again.
(The paragraph following is courtesy of a Disneyland Press release):
“Dead men tell no tales...”As a ghostly voice echoes through the dark, underground grottos and waterway the specter of Davy Jones appears. “Ah, but they do tell tales...” he says in reply, inviting all those “brave or fool enough to face a pirate’s curse...” to continue on their voyage.
As you near the waterfall you start realizing "Wait, this thing has some *substance* to it!" I don't know if they use dry ice or liquid nitrogen, but it truly is remarkable.
Once through the waterfall you hear the familiar sounds of battle. The Wicked Wench is still attacking the fort, only is now captained by Barbossa, yelling out some familiar lines (those from the movie they actually took from the ride such as, "Strike your colors you bloomin' cockaroaches!") and some new ones, like "It's Jack Sparrow we're after, and a fortune in gold!"
The cannonball effects are greater than ever, and this scene is underscored by some of the music from the film.
Safely past the threat of cannon fire you sail to the edge of town. This is where we get our first glimpse of our boy. One of the shops is now a "Costumeria". Standing in front are some dressmaker's dummies. Between two of these female forms staggers Captain Jack, in true Sparrow style, one hand on each of their bottoms. This Audio Animatronic is amazing. Newer technology has allowed them recreate the distinct style of movement associated with the Captain, not to mention some facial movements like eyes widening and looking in different directions. It is poetry of motion.
Continuing along the outskirts, the redhead is still on the auction block. After sailing under the bridge you enter the heart of the city. Amidst plenty of flowing ale we catch our dear Captain again, popping in and out of one of the barrels. I didn't pay attention to the new dialogue here, I was enraptured again by precision of Jack's movements.
After pirate pillaging, you leave the blazing town behind you, wave at the prisoners who are still trying to persuade the puppy to give them their freedom, float through an arsenal, being careful to avoid the shots of some tipsy pirates playing with pistols.
At last you see the hope of escape ahead, so long as your boat is able to make it "up" a waterfall.
If you're wondering how Captain Sparrow fared, rest easy because on your way up you see him in his best of sorts, one hand full of drink, the other full of treasure as he waxes piratical and sings his favorite song.
I wasn't as impressed with this figure as the others. It looks odd, not quite like the Captain, but all in all it still captures the spirit of the rogue we all know and love.
Up top the fiber optic treasure map has been replaced with a map of the city.
Along the inside walls of the atraction topside, there are likenesses of pirates painted on the walls. One new pirate is among them and that is our dear Captain jack Sparrow. Mind you, Jack Sparrow is the first and only fictional name on these walls. All the others are known pirates throughout history.
All in all the enhancements really do justice to one of the most classic and beloved Disneyland adventures.
Originally posted by sally2jack
6/27/06 at 06:06 AM
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I was able to ride the "new" Pirates of the Caribbean during the Premiere.
Now, I love the movie, and with that nowadays being most kids' first impression of POTC, I understand why the addition of film elements were rapidly becoming a necessity. Still, being a Disney girl at heart I had some misgivings. I mean, a ride based on a movie based on a ride? It's like the Victor/Victoria of theme park attractions.
No more worries. Boy, oh boy, did they do it right.
It's an almost seemless blend of the traditional pirates and the movie ventures, with a much needed sprucing up of the attraction in general to boot.
The enhancements in the sound are fabulous! I heard things I never had before, and heard things clearly that I didn't recall having been there, but immediately sparked memories of going on the ride in my childhood, which was pretty cool to me. Of course there is some new dialogue referencing Jack Sparrow and movie elements as well.
The first differences I noticed in actual ride content were in the caverns, some new props. In the Captain's Quarter's, wherer they added a coat, wig and other adornments.
The treasure room was glittering like mad. Lots of new treasures. I heard rumor that Davy Jones's chest may be in there, but I didn't see it. I did see a large chest that bears a remarkable resemblance to one that housed some Aztec Gold. It is an actual prop from the movie.
Deeper into the caverns for the first huge enhancement. Davy Jones. This effect is nothing short of phenomenal. As you head straight for a waterfall, your adult mind knows that it is a mist screen projection of some sort. The apparition of Davy appears in the waterfall and yells at you a bit, then disappears again.
(The paragraph following is courtesy of a Disneyland Press release):
“Dead men tell no tales...”As a ghostly voice echoes through the dark, underground grottos and waterway the specter of Davy Jones appears. “Ah, but they do tell tales...” he says in reply, inviting all those “brave or fool enough to face a pirate’s curse...” to continue on their voyage.
As you near the waterfall you start realizing "Wait, this thing has some *substance* to it!" I don't know if they use dry ice or liquid nitrogen, but it truly is remarkable.
Once through the waterfall you hear the familiar sounds of battle. The Wicked Wench is still attacking the fort, only is now captained by Barbossa, yelling out some familiar lines (those from the movie they actually took from the ride such as, "Strike your colors you bloomin' cockaroaches!") and some new ones, like "It's Jack Sparrow we're after, and a fortune in gold!"
The cannonball effects are greater than ever, and this scene is underscored by some of the music from the film.
Safely past the threat of cannon fire you sail to the edge of town. This is where we get our first glimpse of our boy. One of the shops is now a "Costumeria". Standing in front are some dressmaker's dummies. Between two of these female forms staggers Captain Jack, in true Sparrow style, one hand on each of their bottoms. This Audio Animatronic is amazing. Newer technology has allowed them recreate the distinct style of movement associated with the Captain, not to mention some facial movements like eyes widening and looking in different directions. It is poetry of motion.
Continuing along the outskirts, the redhead is still on the auction block. After sailing under the bridge you enter the heart of the city. Amidst plenty of flowing ale we catch our dear Captain again, popping in and out of one of the barrels. I didn't pay attention to the new dialogue here, I was enraptured again by precision of Jack's movements.
After pirate pillaging, you leave the blazing town behind you, wave at the prisoners who are still trying to persuade the puppy to give them their freedom, float through an arsenal, being careful to avoid the shots of some tipsy pirates playing with pistols.
At last you see the hope of escape ahead, so long as your boat is able to make it "up" a waterfall.
If you're wondering how Captain Sparrow fared, rest easy because on your way up you see him in his best of sorts, one hand full of drink, the other full of treasure as he waxes piratical and sings his favorite song.
I wasn't as impressed with this figure as the others. It looks odd, not quite like the Captain, but all in all it still captures the spirit of the rogue we all know and love.
Up top the fiber optic treasure map has been replaced with a map of the city.
Along the inside walls of the atraction topside, there are likenesses of pirates painted on the walls. One new pirate is among them and that is our dear Captain jack Sparrow. Mind you, Jack Sparrow is the first and only fictional name on these walls. All the others are known pirates throughout history.
All in all the enhancements really do justice to one of the most classic and beloved Disneyland adventures.