Production Details - U.K. Premiere
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vardathemessageThe film made its U.K. Premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on
August 16, 1998. Todd won the Channel 4 Director's Award. Todd on the festival:
"Edinburgh was great. We had such a good time. Lizzie Frankie [the director of the Edinburgh Film Festival] really played up the film. They showed Poison and Safe. Lectures? I did one, Christine Vachon and Sandy Powell did one. They also showed films that inspired Velvet Goldmine. It was really an amazing tribute. I feel like I'm really young in my career to have that. It was really sweet. And there was a great party after the premiere.
It was also sort of Ewan's big premiere, cause he couldn't be at Cannes. He wore a kilt. He was so sweet and he was really sort of nervous about it. His parents were seeing it for the first time. He was kind of nervous. It was like forcing these straight guys to have their coming out experience in a way.
Lizzie Frankie, covered herself in glitter for opening night and got some in her eye. So from the second night of the festival on she had to wear a huge pirate eye-patch. It was the first casualty of Velvet Goldmine."
As to whether there were other injuries on the shoot Todd said, "Well, the kids were falling down off their platform heels and spraining their ankles, but no."
Here are Todd, Christian and Ewan looking handsome at the premiere.
We love Todd's crushed velvet suit and iridescent shirt and Christian finally gets to look cooler than Arthur in pinstripes. Ewan's adorable, as always, but what's with Scottish men ~ first they wearskirts kilts, then add dainty laced-up ghillies and then they pin a sprig of heather to their sweaters. Is that gay or what?
August 16, 1998. Todd won the Channel 4 Director's Award. Todd on the festival:
"Edinburgh was great. We had such a good time. Lizzie Frankie [the director of the Edinburgh Film Festival] really played up the film. They showed Poison and Safe. Lectures? I did one, Christine Vachon and Sandy Powell did one. They also showed films that inspired Velvet Goldmine. It was really an amazing tribute. I feel like I'm really young in my career to have that. It was really sweet. And there was a great party after the premiere.
It was also sort of Ewan's big premiere, cause he couldn't be at Cannes. He wore a kilt. He was so sweet and he was really sort of nervous about it. His parents were seeing it for the first time. He was kind of nervous. It was like forcing these straight guys to have their coming out experience in a way.
Lizzie Frankie, covered herself in glitter for opening night and got some in her eye. So from the second night of the festival on she had to wear a huge pirate eye-patch. It was the first casualty of Velvet Goldmine."
As to whether there were other injuries on the shoot Todd said, "Well, the kids were falling down off their platform heels and spraining their ankles, but no."
Here are Todd, Christian and Ewan looking handsome at the premiere.
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We love Todd's crushed velvet suit and iridescent shirt and Christian finally gets to look cooler than Arthur in pinstripes. Ewan's adorable, as always, but what's with Scottish men ~ first they wear
