[Scpg] [hd-films-sb] [Age-of-Stupid] 5 days to go.... / spread the word!!

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> From: Franny Armstrong <franny at spannerfilms.net>
> Date: September 15, 2009 5:46:19 PM PDT
> To: age-of-stupid at aos.dh.bytemark.co.uk
> Subject: [Age-of-Stupid] 6 days to go.... Radiohead fans crash  
> Stupid server
> Reply-To: postie at ageofstupid.net
>
> Hello,
>
> Global Premiere going swimmingly...
>
> 2 Presidents, 1 Ex-President, 1 Pulp Fiction actor, 6 models, loads  
> of movie stars and the Chair of the IPCC
> The scramble for a place on the guest list is reaching fever pitch,  
> with all sorts of dubious shenanigans going on for one of those  
> coveted tickets (though said tickets have just missed their print  
> deadline, so here's hoping they make it back from the printers in  
> time to avoid a riot).
>
> Money shot
> The sailing boat which will cruise round the Hudson full of movie  
> stars supping on champers and waving to the Statue of Liberty before  
> gliding tastefully up to the premiere is funnily enough over- 
> subscribed. Whereas we were having trouble finding someone to arrive  
> in the rowing boat. One brainwave from Lizzie later and we have just  
> confirmed the single most perfect person currently alive on the  
> planet to arrive at a climate premiere in a rowing boat. 100 quid  
> says this is the photo in the news the next day.
>
> Ebay: two tickets to the New York green carpet premiere
> If you're near New York and fancy snuggling up to a President or  
> two, you're very welcome to try to buy your way in: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160362777046
>
> 5,000-seater stadium in pacific island of Kiribati
> Eagle-eyed Stupid fans will remember Pelenise Alofa as the "climate  
> witness" who spoke so movingly at the Oz/NZ premiere a couple of  
> lifetimes ago (oh, it was only three weeks). Now she is the human  
> dynamo who has organised the biggest Stupid screening anywhere in  
> the world. "We are aiming to have 5,000 people, God willing!  But I  
> am optimistic because we are sending the information out to the  
> churches, schools, government offices and our advertisement will be  
> on air, tv and newspapers starting tomorrow. We will have  
> preliminary and closing programme: dramas, songs, speeches (by youth  
> going to Copenhagen) and dancers. Thanks for this tool to use for  
> campaign and also for the opportunity to serve and save my country."
>
> UK: Watch in London
> We felt bad that most of Team Stupid back in London couldn't watch  
> the Global Premiere, so we've booked the Odeon Covent Garden. A few  
> tickets are on sale if anybody would care to join them. You'll get  
> to see the whole show: green carpet celebs, sailing boat, Kofi  
> Annan, Thom Yorke singing, launch of 10:10 Global etc etc.
>
> UK, Australia & NZ: Watch anywhere you want
> Any Brits, Aussies or Kiwis holding their own screening on Global  
> Premiere day (Sept 22nd) will be able to get a password to long on  
> to a special web stream to watch the live event from New York. Book  
> via the Indie Screenings website. (Only in these three countries cos  
> they've already had a cinema release, so can't be part of the  
> premiere. Oh, the world of distribution windows is a gloriously  
> exciting one.)
>
> Coral Reef Tax
> Everyone going to the screening on the tiny island of Utila, off the  
> coast of Honduras, has to pay a small charge to help protect the  
> coral reef. Perfect.
>
> La Vie en Rose en Buenos Aires
> At the Argentina screening, top singer Elena Roger - currently  
> starring in the musical Piaf - will sing for the crowd.
>
> Empty-handed no more
> Another one of our brainwaves: let's give everyone in every cinema  
> an Action Pack full of suggestions for getting involved in climate  
> action. But who knew that Portuguese in Portugal is different to  
> Portuguese in Brazil is different to Portuguese in Mozambique? An  
> exceptionally big round of applause for Jahlia, Vicky, Tom, Satu and  
> 12 volunteer translators who have spent more than a month producing  
> 100,000 packs in 12 languages (see attached).
>
>
>
> Stupid photos
> Loving the competition an activist group in LA is running to win  
> tickets to their local screening - best photo of a stupid thing wins.
>
> Toilets taken
> Generous Stupid supporter Alex Jelly just donated 1,700 pounds to  
> pay for the toilets at the New York premiere, “Glamorous no ...  
> necessary yes!”.  There's only a few things still left on the  
> wedding list if anybody can help further. Buy yourself a policeman  
> or two: http://www.ageofstupid.net/money
>
> Welcome welcome
> More cinemas joining the party in Finland, France, Sweden, Iceland  
> and Switzerland.
>
> Go go go Gideon
> I was rejected as the host - bit of a relief really - for  
> incomprehensibility and have been replaced by the totally cool and  
> very clever ("and hot!" - Laurel) Gideon Yago from MTV. Perfect. So  
> he'll be doing the interviews and links and stuff and all Lizzie and  
> I have to do is run the whole show, speak succinctly yet eloquently  
> and passionately, look like super models, preside over guestlist  
> squabbles and then stay up all night (can't even go to our own  
> party) editing the US show and sending it in ten minute chunks to  
> the translating team in London, who will get the subtitles slapped  
> on for the re-broadcast to the rest of the world a few hours hours  
> later....
>
> Will they ever learn?
> .... Our long-suffering cinema partners, Arts Alliance, mentioned  
> the other day that this is the first time anyone has ever attempted  
> a live event which needs translating. There's been global live  
> events,  of course, but always things like pop concerts, which don't  
> need translating. Or there's events like operas which have all the  
> subtitles lined up and ready to go as they've had several hundred  
> years to get the translations done.... The sooner someone splits up  
> Lizzie and me, the better for all concerned.
>
>
> Global Premiere going not swimmingly...
>
> Radiohead fans crash our server
> Thom Yorke blogged about playing at the premiere last night ("Now I  
> believe it's true" - Rhiannon, Team Stupid & Radiohead obsessive),  
> which caused the biggest spike of traffic our website has ever seen,  
> followed by the meltdown of our server. Particularly unfortunate as  
> tech support was tucked up in bed in the UK, what with it being 4am  
> over there.
>
> Trouble in the Himalayas
> The Greenpeace gang currently hiking up the mountains with satellite  
> gear in their rucksacks are battling against late monsoons, rock  
> strewn roads, mudslides, and "lunatic bureaucratic hurdles". But we  
> have absolutely no doubt that, when Gideon says "And now we're going  
> live to a melting glacier in the Himalayas", a friendly and calm  
> face will pop up onto cinema screens across the planet.
>
> Trouble in Spain
> While yesterday's press screening in Paris was packed to the rafters  
> with enthusiastic journos scrabbling for exclusive Stupid angles, a  
> grand total of nobody attended Barcelona's. Yikes. That'll be no  
> Spanish publicity for us then. Please forward this link to all your  
> friends in Spain, she said pitifully: http://www.ageofstupid.net/spain
>
> Trouble in Japan
> Equal lack of interest in Japan, though at least there's only one  
> screening there. Any friends in Tokyo? http://www.ageofstupid.net/japan
>
> Trouble in Germany
> Despite having an astounding level of press - see below - the  
> Germans just ain't buying no tickets. Is this because:
> a) It's illegal to buy tickets in advance in Germany
> b) The Germans have built a giant rocket to evacuate all their  
> citizens when the climate goes pear-shaped
> c) There's a football match on that night
> Answer on a postcard to whynogermans at ageofstupid.net
>
> And if you have any friends over there, please point them towards: http://www.ageofstupid.net/germany
>
> Bayern-online.de <http://nuernberg.bayern-online.de/magazin/kino/artikelansicht/veranstaltungen-kultur-auffuehrung-kino-the-age-of-the-stupid-nuernberg-2009/ 
> >
> Berlinonline.de <http://www.berlinonline.de/kino-und-film/vorschau/_bin/filmdetail.php?id=179908 
> >
> Critic.de <http://www.critic.de/filme/detail/film/the-age-of-stupid-1818.html 
> >
> Commonsblog.de <http://commonsblog.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/the-age-of-stupid/ 
> >
> DigitalVD.de <http://www.digitalvd.de/entertainment/2009/09/10/the-age-of-stupid-das-einmalige-event-zur-gruensten-filmpremiere-der-welt/ 
> >
> Es-presso.de <http://www.es-presso.de/index.php?site=news_details&id=3009&no=0 
> >
> Filmstarts.de <http://www.filmstarts.de/kritiken/103587-The-Age-Of-Stupid.html 
> >
> Filmjournalisten.de <http://www.filmjournalisten.de/2009/08/21/the-age-of-stupid/ 
> >
> Filmmag.de <http://www.filmmag.de/index-seitenid-9~filmid-3901-Age-of-Stupid.html?PHPSESSID=e7leevc1ts9a9jmhtqoebge651 
> >
> Filmreporter.de <http://www.filmreporter.de/kino/33519;The-Age-of-Stupid 
> >
> Filmz.de <http://www.filmz.de/film_2009/the_age_of_stupid/>
> Freitag.de <http://www.freitag.de/alltag/0936-10-ten-klimakampagne-franny-armstrong-miliband-graswurzel-age-of-stupid 
> >
> Gamingmedia.de <http://kino.gamingmedia.de/news,id15072,age_stupid_globales_event_weltklimagipfel_2009.html 
> >
> Kino.de <http://www.kino.de/kinofilm/age-of-stupid/fotoshow/119110.html 
> >
> Kino-zeit.de <http://www.kino-zeit.de/filme/the-age-of-stupid>
> Lohas.de <http://www.lohas.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=933&Itemid=87 
> >
> Moviemaze.de <http://www.moviemaze.de/filme/3074/the-age-of-stupid.html 
> >
> Natur.de <http://www.natur.de/scripts/basics/natur/news/basics.prg?session=d96ec7c24aa951d6_28035&a_no=3240&r_index=2 
> >
> Outnow.ch <http://outnow.ch/Movies/2009/AgeOfStupid/Bilder/>
> Prinz.de <http://www.prinz.de/kino/kinoplaner/the-age-of-stupid,673394,1,Article.html 
> >
> Prosieben.de <http://www.prosieben.de/kino_dvd/kino/galleries/filme/popup_import/t/the_age_of_stupid_10915518/index_1.php 
> >
> Spielfilm.de <http://www.spielfilm.de/kino/2985413/the-age-of-stupid.html 
> >
> Subway.de <http://www.subway.de/news/shortnews/?hnr=&tx_mfarticle_pi1%5bshowUid%5d=9219&cHash=9d172f5d2a&hnr= 
> >
> Tagesblick.de <http://www.tagesblick.de/kino/32/2030/ver%C3%A4ndern_statt_verbl%C3%B6den.html 
> >
> Yahoo Video <http://de.video.yahoo.com/watch/4679987/12507743>
> 3PLUSX.Net <http://www.3plusx.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=78:age-of-stupid&catid=1:neuigkeiten&Itemid=37 
> >
>
>
> Scheduling Skills 1
> Really bad news just in: Michael Moore's new doc Capitalism: A Love  
> Story, is also premiering on Sept 21st in New York. How can that  
> possibly be?!? We checked and re-checked the list of scheduled  
> events a million times to make sure there was no clash - and,  
> besides, nobody premieres on a Monday.... That could be a killer  
> blow for the press coverage. Quelle bummer.
>
> Scheduling Skills 2
> Who the hell decided that we should finish the double-disc DVD  
> extravaganza (8 deleted scenes, 12 short films, crew commentary and  
> on and on) in the week before the Global Premiere?!? Oh, it was me.  
> Did I forget that the McLibel DVD took three of us a year to make?  
> Speaking of the DVD, if you are planning to buy a copy, please could  
> you pre-order it now? It would really help our small (well, very  
> large) cash flow problem. Order here: http://www.ageofstupid.net/ 
> shop and you'll get your parcel in the post in mid October. Thank you.
>
>
> Other things also happening on the same planet as the Global Premiere
>
> Taking a beating
> I got a bit of a kicking in both The Times and on Newsnight this  
> week for flying to New York. Oh well, take it on the chin. And it  
> was worth it to get Ed Miliband to agree on national TV that the  
> best chance the governments are giving us is a 50/50 chance of  
> avoiding climate catastrophe.
>
> A big week for the Big If
> Remember Pete threatening to give back his OBE at the premiere if  
> said Ed commissions new coal power stations? Pete was the first  
> signatory on the Big If campaign (as in: if you commission  
> Kingsnorth, I promise to do X), which now has 6,000 people pledging  
> to do all sorts of funny stuff.
>
> Serena Williams played tennis in high heels in the street outside  
> our window today... See evidence attached.... Did anyone realise she  
> is absolutely stunning looking as well as rather argumentative?  
> (Oops, that wasn't about climate change, was it?)
>
> See you,
> Franny
>
> - and very-stressed Lizzie
> - and head-down-keep-designing Tom
> - and still-smiling Rhiannon
> - and just-off-the-boat Jahlia
> - and squatter-in-the-office Susan from tcktcktck
>
>
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