The Awaken the Dead
press screening was the place to be
The
Awaken the Dead press screening at the
Culver Studios in Los Angeles on July 11, 2006 was an event where
Director/writer/editor Jeff Brookshire showed off the movie's stars and
music creators - and Best-Horror-Movies.com was there with an insider's
view.
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The Awaken the Dead press screening, which was
actually primarily focused on presenting the film to potential
distributors, was apparently a bit "out of order". As
writer/director/editor Jeff Brookshire put it, "typically independent
films are finished and then go through the festival circuit, and
distributor premier screenings happen after that. We are on the fast
track."
Jeff Brookshire with BHM Editor
Don Sumner
It was certainly quite a party.
All of the stars of the film were there as well as the composers of the
(awesome) music, along with a host of horror writers and industry types
- and some foreign dignitaries! Cameras were flashing and business
cards were flying around faster than the cards of a Vegas blackjack
dealer.
The site of the Awaken
the Dead press screening was pretty cool, The Culver Studios.
This is the site where Gone
with the Wind was
filmed, as well as the original King
Kong
(1933)
and Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca
(1940) and Spellbound
(1945).
BHM Editor Don Sumner, Awaken the
Dead actor Michael Robert
Nyman and horror writer Lisa Morton
While the crowd was schmoozing,
networking and preparing to enter the theater for the screening, a
couple of folks floated around the room with a large movie camera
interviewing people for the movie's "extra features" when a DVD release
finally happens. Of course, when they came up to me and Wayne (who came
along to act as the official BHM photographer) and
found out that we weren't in the movie they promptly moved on to more
interesting fare.
Finally, the point of the Awaken
the Dead press screening arrived: Watching the movie! Wayne
and I, being of the press after all, were escorted to an area roped off
by red velvet that was right in the center of the theater at the
PERFECT viewing angle. Now, if I could just play the "press card" at
our local multiplex...
After
Awaken the Dead played and the applause died down,
the party continued for several hours.
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was
filmed, as well as the original 
(1933)
and Alfred Hitchcock's 
(1940) and 
(1945).
After
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the party continued for several hours.
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