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December 5, 2005
Well, the festive season is upon
us! I know that all is seemingly quiet on the glennmovie front but let
me assure you that things are barreling full steam ahead!
Check out our new ROCK CLOCK
COUNTDOWN! Yes, that’s right, now you can countdown the days, minutes, and
seconds until the January 24, 2006 DVD release of the film!
Four years ago, we never thought this day would come but it will and
you’ll be able to finally see the end in sight! Enjoy the passage of
time that will bring all of us ever closer to the glorious release
date when the “Glenn Tilbrook: One For The Road” DVD release
will rock the world! Woo! Par-tay! Big thanks to my web guy Jacob for
sorting the clock out!
YES! The DVD of GT:OFTR is
still on track for worldwide release on January 24, 2006! Now, I know
that most of you were hoping to have it for Xmas… but guess what? YOU
CAN! Er… sort of. For those of you living in North America, you
can
PRE-ORDER your DVD copy on amazon.com !
Pre-ordering is actually
quite important (I’m told) as retailers around the country look to the
website to see the demand of titles that they order, so obviously, it
would be great if all you yanks could pre-order your copy. If the DVD
is pre-ordered, you can wrap up the confirmation number/order in a
creative way and give it to your loved one beneath the tree or in a
stocking! I have it on good authority that Santa prefers this to
cookies, so see what you can do!
And, for those of you in the UK, I
would highly recommend running out to your favorite retailer and
joyfully slamming your sterling down for the GT:OFTR DVD on
January 24, 2006 and then rushing out in February to see Glenn on his
extensive solo acoustic tour of the UK where you can buy the DVD
from Glenn’s merch stand! The more copies you buy, the more your
friends and family will love and enjoy you!
I went to New York in November to
join Glenn for a few days to promote the film. I had been led to
believe that loads of film journalists would be eager to interview
Glenn and myself and I looked forward to spreading the
glennmovie love! I couldn’t
really afford the trip, but I couldn’t afford NOT to go if it meant
that some DVD’s might be sold. But, in keeping with the disastrous
nature of this film, my PR person quit on the Friday before I was due
to fly out! And, to top it all off, there was no press arranged!
Leaving me to scramble desperately for press on the following Monday.
Unfortunately, by the time I reached most of the journalists, they had
informed me that it was too late to arrange anything. (Glenn was only
available on the Tuesday and Wednesday!) Unfortunately, that window of
time has passed and I can never get it back, so, you won’t find many
American magazines covering the film because I was unable to get to
them in time. Depressing, but luckily, I managed to scrape together a
few syndicated radio interviews and
VH1Classic
interviewed Glenn and I on the air, which was a laugh but the whole
trip was highly stressful for me. I will NEVER rely on anyone else to
help again and I’ve been busy doing the remainder of the PR myself.
But, the best thing about the whole NY press jaunt for me, was the
fact that the journos LOVED the film! And, they loved the DVD’s
special features - especially the Chris Difford interview! Obviously,
that warmed the old cockles. Glenn and I had such fun doing press
together. I think he feels a bit relieved that I’m there to
shamelessly whore our websites and the film because he never remembers
to plug anything and seems to ramble off topic! But, reliving some of
the movie’s experiences (the good ones!) with him was a ‘right larf’
and I look forward to my trip to the UK in January for press jaunt
number two. All of these trips are going straight onto the credit card
since I cannot afford a
TWIX at the moment, but I’m looking at all of this from a
‘deathbed perspective’. If I’m on my deathbed, what will I regret?
Working for six weeks on some dumb reality TV show or will I regret
not talking to the press about my first one and only film that I
poured my heart and soul into for four years? I’ve seen the film
through to almost the end and I can’t give up now!
So, I’m heading to England in January
and in February, I shall nap. Yes, come February, I’m going to
concentrate on my personal life and hang up my hat as International
Squeeze ambassador for a good while. But, just because the movie will
finally be out into the world, don’t think that there will be no
reason to visit glennmovie.com!
We have many treats in store for you! A press page will be added once
reviews/features start popping up around the world. I’m going to add a
page of comments from fans of the film. (Don’t really want to faff
with a message board, so I thought I’d include people’s comments from
their emails to me.) So please do
email me with your thoughts once you get to see the film! I’ve
slogged my guts out for the past four years and I definitely would
love to hear what you guys think of the DVD!
Since Glenn isn’t touring round the
UK in January, please satisfy your pop sweet tooth by going to see a
good mate of mine
Grant Langston! My best friend
Tony Horkins
plays drums for Grant and he has been unyielding in his support of the
film. Tony wrote the text for the back of the DVD for free as well as
giving buckets of advice and love throughout the past four years. He
even volunteered to help shoot some of the cool RV shots while I drove
past the Cruisemaster. We laughed a lot and the shots turned out
rather sexy, if I do say so myself. But, you should check out
Grant and his band the Supermodels in London. They are a fun bar
band in the genre of Alt-Country-Americana!
Bob Harris even played Grant’s CD on his show! And, you might see
me swaying my lighter from the front row!
In other news: I met
Sheryl Crow! I
have loved Sheryl for a long time now and was backstage at an event in
Los Angeles where Sheryl was appearing. I knew she would be there, so
I took a DVD of the film to give her. I gave her the DVD, she was
unbelievably lovely and she shared that she loves Glenn and Squeeze
and that she can’t wait to see the film. I told her that I dedicated
the film to a handful of musicians who inspired me (including her) and
she asked why I included her and I stammered, “Because I love me some
Sheryl!” I’m an idiot. But, she was very tolerant and patient with me.
She asked me what the film was about and what’s happening with it and
after telling her that it was coming out worldwide on DVD, she looked
at me and said, ‘You should be so proud of yourself Amy, that’s a huge
accomplishment.’ When she said that, IT WAS AS IF SHE SAW INTO MY
SOUL! It was hilarious. At that moment, I thought that she understood
what I went through to with this movie and not many people ‘get it’. I
couldn’t believe that one of my musical heroes was telling me what a
good job I did, and I found myself strangely touched and slightly
tearful so I excused myself quickly before I broke down and she called
security. Later, I ran into her in the hallway and she actually made a
point of thanking me again and telling me how she couldn’t wait to see
the flick. Of course, I fantasize that she skipped home to Lance and
cuddled up together on the couch to watch the DVD! Then, of course,
she would love it so much that she would decide to email me and then
we would become best friends and shop for jeans together on Melrose
and then I can go and live for free in her mansion while she’s on
tour. Seriously though, Sheryl is very warm, sweet and cool. She was
like a bad ass rock and roll mom. She just puts you at ease and I’m in
awe of her talent. I hope she enjoys the film and then decides that
she wants to duet with Glenn!
Since we’re talking about my dorky
fandom, some of you may want to check out the DVD of
Francis
Ford Coppola’s film “The
Outsiders”. I was obsessed with this film when I was a teen
and so I wrote FFC a letter when I was 15 asking him to please include
scenes left on the cutting room floor since I thought it would make a
better film! (Hmm… I was showing signs of a director even then!)
Needless to say, I never heard back from him. Until a few months ago!
I received an email asking if I was Amy Pickard from Dayton, Ohio who
wrote a letter to Francis Ford Coppola when I was 15! I didn’t
remember writing a letter but it sounded like something I would do, so
I called the number on the email and asked what the heck was going on!
Anne, who works for FFC’s company, was ecstatic to hear from me and
said that they have been trying to reach me for months! I couldn’t get
over the shock of FFC having KEPT my letter for over 20 years! Anne
wanted my permission to let them use my letter in a documentary that
they were making for the
Outsiders
DVD release. The point they were making was that many people wrote
asking for the deleted scenes to be included in the film and all these
years later, FFC is including those scenes in the film. Hence, the
director’s
cut of the film being available on DVD. I gave them my permission
and sure enough, in the documentary in the special features, you can
see my koala bear stationery on the woman’s lap (the top of the
stack!) as she talks about the letters from fans. And, then you see a
slow motion close-up of my letter. For those that know me, my perfect
handwriting is instantly identifiable, but sadly, you don’t see my
name on the letter. (I signed it Amy Elizabeth Pickard age 15!!!) It’s
such a crazy thing that they kept my letter and that they used it in a
documentary 22 years after I wrote it. But, check it out if you can. I
think the director’s cut makes it a much better film and it’s
satisfying to know that I gave FFC the right advice when I was 15!
Are there any
MySpace experts
out there? I want to set up a page for the film. I have no clue how to
do it but would like it done before the release of the film so more
people can check it out. I don’t have time to sort it all out myself
since I’m doing all of the PR myself, so I’m looking for volunteers to
help with a GT:OFTR MySpace page!
I want everyone to have a lovely and
safe holiday and I can’t wait for you to see the DVD! I had 100%
complete creative control over it and am bursting with pride over the
whole thing. We’re nearly there!! Many thanks and all the best!
Love,
Amyx
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