Well, its been three long days since our last film premiere. Too long!
We discovered last night that we'd forgotten our calendars and that our next outing was just around the corner. Match Stick Production's new movie "In Deep: the skiing experience" was showing at the historic Brattle Street Theatre in historic Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Looking back, the easiest thing to do would have just been to buy tickets on-line last night. Putting it off until today though, just added to the story.
After work I headed out to meet Sean at the theatre, yeah, that's right, its so historic its with an 're'. I arrived first and quickly learned that the show was sold out. The 230 seat theatre had sold 200 tickets and was holding 30 tickets for guests. If those 'guests' didn't show though, the first 30 were in. I was sitting pretty at number 21. Luck would be on our side and $30 later we had 2 tickets and made our way past the gigantic beer line and to our seats in the balcony.
Before the show started, Frankie Alisuag from MSP came on and pumped everybody up. He brought skiers Hugo Harrisson and Bobby Brown to throw out some 'group giveaways'. He also took a minute to pay a quick tribute to the man, the myth, the legend that is Shane McConkey.
The movie began with a segment on a 16 year old kid named Sean Petit and the hits never stopped. Pretty sure 'holy sh*t' was everyone's favorite response. That or 'oh my god'. Either way, it was pretty awe inspiring. After some unreal footage, and some hilarious commentary and passing shots, the movie moved onto an amazing tribute to Saucer Boy himself. Made the whole reason for going to see the movie at a theatre with other people excited about skiing, rather than just buying a DVD, make sense.
The montage to Shane made for a fitting although a bit sad ending to a great film. But then camera cut to one last scene. Say what you want about Billy Joel but his song 'Piano Man' took a whole new meaning tonight. The crew at Match Stick Productions might make some so-so ski movies, but MAN can they make a music video!
All around, just a great movie. If you can get out there and see it in a theatre, don't miss it! If not, the DVD is definitely worth it.
Alright, that's it for tonight. Next stop, Transworld's 'Get Real' at BU Central on 10/27.
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