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Production notes from the Director, Amy Pickard
 


 

July 13, 2006

Hooty Hoot!

Hope all of you are having a wonderful summer. I don't know about you, but I'm all 'sported' out. What with the Tour de France, Wimbledon, and the World Cup, it's time for me to have a Pimm's and get down to glennmovie bidness. First and foremost, we'd all like to give Glenn and his partner/manager Suzanne a hearty congratulations on their newest addition to the Tilbrook/Hunt clan: Wesley Tilbrook! I'm sure big brothers Leon, Ted, and Louis are over the moon and here's wishing them all big healthy, happy love.

Personally, I think they should have given Wesley an RV name like Bounder, Zinger, or my favorite, Crossroads Cruiser. If Gwyneth and Chris can name their kid after a fruit, why not an RV? I suppose if they named their son Cruise Master Tilbrook, it would be but a painful reminder of 'old yeller'-the 88 RV. (which is available for sale if anyone is interested in making their own personal Glenn Tilbrook mobile museum.) Everything is as Glenn left it. Old and falling apart. Actually, that's how Glenn bought it! I KID because I love! The RV is actually in good nick, it's just in North Carolina waiting for someone to give it a new home. In the mad scramble for celebrity baby news and pictures, Glenn and I have signed an agreement that Wesley will exclusively wear only glennmovie.com merchandise when appearing in public. He will only travel in the CruiseMaster RV type baby stroller that I have designed, with MY DAD: ONE FOR THE ROAD on the side and bumper sticker on the back. Instead of a rattle, Wesley is learning to grip Glennmovie postcards promoting the film. You have to start them young and I'm sure Glenn and Suzanne don't mind Auntie Amy tutoring young Wesley in the ways of GT:OFTR promotion. And, if you believe this, I have an old RV in North Carolina I'd like to sell you.....

In addition to brainstorming on baby glennmovie marketing, I've been filling up my time with Gratuitous T&A. And frankly, who wouldn't? Before you think I'm being extra saucy, I'm talking about my new podcast. Yes, after doing all the radio press with Glenn for the DVD, I wanted to go back to my roots - radio. I was a pundit for the BBC when I lived in London and continued to do pieces here and there for them whilst living in LA but I haven't really pursued the radio thing due to all my energies going toward the movie. I asked one of my bessie mates Tony Horkins to join me and we came up with the podcast which can be listened to by clicking here: Gratuitous T&A. We don't really know what exact shape future podcasts will take, all we know is that we have a laugh doing it. We'll definitely be playing more music and generally talking a load of old nonsense. But since that's what people are doing on the radio anyway, we don't feel so guilty!! We're still meddling with the software and trying desperately to make my living room sound like we're in a recording studio instead of a... er... living room, but the rough and rawness of T&A is what makes it so damn fun. Please have a listen and if you want to download it in your iTunes, click Subscribe and it should download quickly. Feel free to email us with your feedback!

Do you like to Dick Around? I know I do. And, so does the band Sparks. Check out their new video for their song "Dick Around". Click here to view: YouTube - Sparks - Dick Around. I have a few cameo appearances in the video. In the beginning, I'm the kitty in the black shirt. Yes, I said kitty. We shot the whole video in front of a green screen and in post production, our heads were cut off and kitty heads were put on our bodies. I've now achieved my dream of morphing into a cat. And, before you ask, no, I'm not the naked kitty playing the cello. I am the kitty holding up the sign that says "MEOW" and the kitty who is holding up the sign that says, 'DICK AROUND WITH ME SPARKS!' whilst dancing up a storm. If you look close at some of the audience shots, you might see me (with a kitty head on my body) waving my arms back and forth and flashing the occasional rock and roll horns. The video shoot was a hoot and such an interesting experience because I had never been on the set of a music video before. Check the video out and enjoy!

Speaking of enjoy - I saw Sparks play their only LA show and they were fantastic. The crowd went nuts and boy did they rock out. I saw Joe Elliot of Def Leppard fame backstage, slightly tipsy and madly in love with the band. Who knew he was such a Sparks fan? He was adoringly telling Ron and Russel about seeing them live when he was 15 in Sheffield and how he was blown away then and he's blown away now. Joe was cute as a button and never one to miss an opportunity, I handed him a GT:OFTR DVD. (I carry five DVD's on me at all times in LA.) I actually knew Joe was a Squeeze fan because Glenn was friends with the guitarist in Def Leppard, so Joe was actually really lovely and excited to see the film. He said that he loves Squeeze and that Glenn has one of the best voices of all time. What great taste he has! It was fun to see a megarich megasuperstar of rock get as excited as a little french girl over Sparks - he was like a ten year old kid. Everyone can relate to being a fan!

How many of you out there live in Minnesota? Well, GT:OFTR is going to be screened at the prestigious Wild River Film Festival in the twin cities. The schedule has yet to be announced, but the festival features comedy, film, and music: the perfect soup and sarnie combo for my film! The festival dates can be found on their website and the festival seems like it's going to be amazing. Al Green will be headlining and the lineup is unbelievable, so please check out their website and give them some love!

As for the film, we are adding new reviews and features all the time, so do check back often. There's a new interview that Glenn and I did on the day of the DVD release that's up now: BBC 6 Music. I had just had a glass of champagne on an empty stomach before the interview and because I'm such a cheap date, I was feeling a bit tipsy. Boy, was it hard for me to say "Transatlantic Ping Pong"! And, I think the host actually slips up and says that Glenn toured in a mobile phone instead of home. Now that would make an interesting film! But, I think I come across as a bit giddy since I had done press all day and it was the day of the DVD release combined with the champagne, well, I couldn't help myself!

If you haven't posted a review of the film, please do so on amazon.co.uk, amazon.com or netflix. Every little bit of PR helps. I hope some of the Brits are able to catch Glenn live at some of his festival dates - always check his site for the latest. We here in the US are looking forward to seeing Glenn on our shores on the East Coast in September. Sadly, all of us on the left side are left with a Glenn shaped hole in our lives and will have to wait til 2007 to experience the ROCK of GT! sigh. S'pose us west coasters will just have to make due with the rather fantastic GT:OFTR DVD! I hope all of you are having a great summer!

Keep Rockin!
amy x

 


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