| | Yep, an audience has sat through the film in a dark room, popcorn and Raisinettes aplenty. So I guess it's a done deal now, a reality. A film is born unto the world!
I took some really shitty pics at the event, in between meeting voice-over artists and producers for the first time and re-uniting with old friends from my days in the animation industry. WAAAY fun, and rewarding as hell.
See a full set of great photos on Lili Chin's flickr site:
Los Campeones: the official screening pics
But for what they're worth, here's mine:
That's a nervous Lili Chin standing in front of the illuminated movie poster. Poor thing had a hard time watching the film, divorcing herself from the glitches and compromises that one has to go through in the production process. The audience didn't notice anything wrong though!
The poster is just something I whipped out for this event, maybe some other promo work, but nothing for official studio marketing use. That's in the hands of other people for once! Can't wait to see what the home studio comes up with when the time comes.
The crowd gathers out front. That's Daddy-O Grande of Los Straitjackets, one of the film's music providers and long-time masked compadre.
The father-son combo that is the real heart of the film - Armando Valdes-Kennedy (the voice of Dragon Rojo Jr.) and Eduardo Antonio Garcίa (the abusive Dragon Sr.). These guys are way too handsome for voice-over careers. Eduardo pointed out something I hadn't thought of - the scenes where father and son bicker about the traditions of lucha libre and the tough road of being a masked hero are basically Enmascarado Sanford and Son. Too funny!
That the lovely Ruth Livier (familiar to 90210 fans) who voiced Sorpresa, and Richard Green - aka Mr. Profesional (and the voice of UFC and Spike TV). Poor Richard had this crazy night where one of his kid's friends broke a jaw in a bizarre kitchen accident, so he got there late, rushing right from the emergency room. Sounds like a "don't try this at home kids" moment to me...
The Vista Theatre's patio - **How did Ray Harryhausen do such wonderful stop-motion, with such massive hands???** (Blazing Saddles gag there).
And there's the Vista filling up! Great crowd for a midnight show of a niche flick...
Mariachi's los Toros played not only in the film's soundtrack, but live before the film as well. How 'bout that gorgeous Vista...
This is a special pic. That's "American Wild Child" Ron Rivera with some of his worker friends (I believe that's XPW standout Angel) who came up from Orange County. Ron ran the Revolution Pro wrestling promotion putting on amazing Michinoku Pro-style shows in SoCal in the mid to late 90's. One of his shows was the first wrestling I saw out here the month I moved out in 2000. Really feuled my love of live lucha, and it's great to entertain these guys with my work for once. Full circle indeed...
More later.
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