His Highness Hollywood Movie Premiere: Excitement, Entertainment and Sabotage - Page 3
The screening was held in a an upstairs area set up just for this type of event. There was seating for approximately 200 people and by the time we finally sat down to watch the film, all seats were filled and at least 70 people were turned away for lack of room.
While we waited for the screening to begin, Jon and I were getting to know each other. He was shared some of the rich history of the NAC which is located in the historic Tilden Mansion in Gramercy Park. Jon, who'd been there before, discussed the architecture and amazing art work display throughout the center. It was quite breath-taking and a real honor to be there.
At some point, I caught sight of Andrew Morton and before long, Ian, incredulous and smiling, joined us and we descended on a literary hero for us both. When I spoke with Ian later about Morton's surprise and impromptu attendance, he had this to say:
"I was amazed with how Glosslip secured and delivered Morton to the premiere. I was the most shocked person in the room."
That makes two of us. Ian admitted later this was a amazing feat, as Morton is one of the most in demand and famous writers in the world. We were both stricken by how all of this fame had very little bearing on Andrew's personality, and Ian was not shy in expressing his delight:
"In my 15 years in this rather sleazy industry, it was refreshing to meet a man with as much class as Morton, I have never met a more solid, upfront, and genuine person as Andrew. It was the highlight of my career, and I've met Oprah, Bill Clinton and the Dali Lama. I advise anyone reading this to buy every one of his books because there's no finer writer in the business."
I can't disagree with any of those sentiments.
The cocktail hour carried on a bit past the screening time and the space was filling up with media people, arty types, patrons of the NAC, friends of Ian, and several important people who worked on the film itself. I was delighted to meet Ian's close associates including a Broadway music legend, the suave Laurent Medelgi who did the original score for the film and treated the audience to beautiful classical guitar, as well as, a rocking blues number with Ian on sax performing an original number written by Ian's 6-year old daughter, Clover. Apples do NOT fall far from the tree!
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