42 Premiere: Harrison Ford SIGNS!!

Every opportunity that arises to go for Harrison Ford, we usually find ourselves saying “he probably wont sign there.”  Don’t get us wrong, Harrison does sign but he’s about what you’d expect – a bit of a grump.  That being said, his premiere’s are usually the last place he signs so we didn’t really expect much heading to the “42” premiere on Tuesday.  Still for a legend like Harrison Ford, we’ve got to try.

 

Arrivals for the premiere started pretty slowly, with a few celebrities who weren’t in the movie showing up; Kim Raver, Alyssa Milano and Naya Rivera among them.  Nobody was prepared to see any of these ladies so no autographs were signed from them at this moment.  After about twenty minutes into the arrivals, we finally seeing cast members from the film show up  

We were happy to see Alan Tudyk of “Firefly” fame show up and pick up a pen, mainly because we’re huge “Wreck it Ralph” fans.  Alan played King Candy in that film… Great voice artist and actor!

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Christopher Meloni from Law and Order SVU is also a cast member in 42 and ran right over to sign a few items.

Christopher Meloni signing our 11x14

 

Other cast members including Lucas Black,  TR Knight, Andrew Holland,  John C. McGinley arrived but weren’t interested in signing at that time.  Ryan Merriman did come over and sign a handful of items.

Finally the moment arrived that Mr. Indiana Jones himself showed up.  Arm and arm with Calistia Flockhart, Harrison immediately took to the red carpet for press photography.  After a moment, he turned to acknowledge the crowd screaming for him, pointed to his watch, and said he was late.  About twenty seconds later, he changed his mind and actually came over and began signing!

Ford signing our 11x14

In all the years we’ve seen Harrison Ford, at charity events, premieres and screenings, we’ve never him walk over to a crowd this size and begin signing.  The sea of never ending photos began as Harrison did his best to sign one each for as many people as he could get to.   If you tried for multiples and Harrison caught you, even at 70 years old he’d remember your face.   Still, we were able to have a very successful night with Harrison, getting multiple items signed!  

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12x18 signed by Harrison Ford (Ed ran out of items and had this on him!) and Chadwick Boseman, who signed later during press for the movie.

Finally, Chadwick Boseman showed up – a guy who has 19 IMDB credits, mostly all television guest star stints.  Chadwick could not be bothered to sign for the group and got booed.  We’re used to newly crowned celebrities starting off very nice and turning to the “dark side” rather quickly, but this guy seems sour from the get go… Just not interested in signing autographs.

Even with as little as we got signed, any night that we walk away with multiple Harrison Ford’s is a great night for us!   Until next time….

Inspector Jesse

At Any Price Premiere: Denied by Clancy, Thanks Dennis.

Went to the At Any Premiere Premiere a few days ago. It was a small event for a movie staring Dennis Quaid, Zac Efron & Heather Graham. Zac wasn't suppose to show but we decided to swing by for the others since we'd be in the area and we could use some Clancy Brown.

Clancy was the first man in the hatch on lost, Brother Justin on Carnivale and he's the voice of Mr.Krabs on Spongebob. Needless to say, we are a fan of his work. Carnivale is a GREAT show that never got a fair shake. We walked up to the premiere and not many were there. Clancy arrived first and wouldn't be bothered with signing. He was over an hour early but didnt matter. He scoffed at the idea and rushed in.

Next up was Kim Dickens from Deadwood. We were able to get her on 2 11x14s from the show.

Kim signing.

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Minutes after Kim, Heather Graham arrived. She came right over and signed and we were able to get her on 2 11x14s as well.

Heather signing.

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 After Kim was Maika Monroe who will be staring in the new Emma Watson movie "The Bling Ring" and is Zac Efron's love interest in this movie. She came over and signed and we had two for her and got both of them done.

Maika signing.

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Last but not least was Dennis Quaid. Dennis came over and was friendly and signed. We got him on 3 11x14s and he stopped to take a picture with Edwin. I botched the photo op as I accidentally turned off my camera while going to take the pic but my friend behind me shot over my head and was able to help Ed get his photo with Dennis. (Good lookin' out! Coop) It's always nice to not invest a lot of time, get what you need done and get out. Successful evening.

Dennis signing.

Dennis & Edwin.

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Tom Cruise...again!

Went for Tom Cruise this week after the Oblivion Premiere to try and knock out a few more 11x14s.  The scene was chaotic as virtually every autograph collector in the LA area was in attendance as well as countless look-e-lous.  Cameras, stools and lawn chairs (courtesy of the Disney pin traders taking up residence in the parking lot) filled the area.  Tom came over and smiled and signed as much as he could.

Fans waiting for Tom to show up.

Tom making his way down the line signing.

My view of Tom.

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11x14 personalized to Enrique for a customer.

Olga Kurylenko of Oblivion & Magic City

Went for Olga Kurylenko a few days ago while she was out promoting Oblivion.  When Olga was finished doing what she needed to do she came over and smiled and signed for the fans.  She was very sweet and signed as much as they would allow her until they told her to stop.  Quick & efficient just how I like it.

Olga signing for us.

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Dr.Ian Malcom

Heard Jeff Goldblum was out so headed over to try to catch him to add him to my Jurassic Park 3-D Poster, a couple of 11x14s and a trading card for a fan.  Was there for a few minutes when a valet said "Jeff's here" and seconds later Dr.Ian Malcom himself walked up.  Jeff was very nice and signed all of our items.  Ed tried to get a picture with him but that didn't work out too well.

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Edwin & Jeff Goldblum blurry.

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27x40 Jurassic Park 3-D Poster.  It now has Steven Spielberg, Laura Dern & Jeff Goldblum.

Oblivion Premiere otherwise known as the night Morgan actually signed...and I had nothing.

Went to the Oblivion Premiere with one goal in mind. Tom Cruise. I know Morgan Freeman doesn't sign...or can't sign anymore (more on that later) and sure, I wouldn't mind more Olga Kurylenko but there was one mission on this day and his name was Tom Cruise.

The ship from the movie was on display on the carpet.

Edwin showing off his Oblivion shirt they passed out to everyone on the rail.  What you see on our friend Will's face is what I like to call the look of disgust.

Arrivals started and Tom was the first one to show up. He came over and began signing right by us. We quickly knocked out four 11x14s and Edwin got a photo op. There were so many people that instead of trying to squeeze in and get more we tried to be smart and go to the section tom had not signed for which was still mellow. Needless to say, our plan backfired and Tom just skipped that section all together.

Tom signing for the fans.

This is my 2nd botched attempt at a photo with Tom Cruise.  I don't know what I'm doing.

Tom, a very happy Edwin and a special appearance by Will the Autograph Guy.

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Combo 11x14 signed by Tom Cruise & Olga Kurylenko.

Morgan Freeman aka the voice of an angel was the next one to show up. Morgan walked along the rail waving when someone yelled at him "use the right hand!" (his signing hand, his left, is damaged from a car accident) to which he shrugged and said okay and signed. This KILLED ME. I always carry my Dark Knight poster to Morgan's premieres in hopes the skies would part and a light would shine down from the heaven's and Mr.Freeman would put his John Hancock on my poster. On this day I gave up and on this day, the heaven's parted and the light broke threw and I watched Morgan Freeman sign for other people. He didn't do much, but he did it. Son of a Beech! (His character in Oblivion.  See what I did there? Nevermind.)

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 Last up was Joseph Kosinski, the director of the film. All I had was an 8x10 and he signed it. Other cast members came and did not sign on arrivals but I got what I came for and decided to head out to another event. Quick & productive day.  On the way back to the car we were able to add Olga Kurylenko to the combo 11x14 to complete it as well.

This man hidden in sunlight is the director of Oblivion, Joseph Kosinski.

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