Yesterday & Today

Friday night at 6:00 pm I picked up Jay at his hotel and drove over to the Sarasota Opera House to meet Danielle & our exec producer Wendy Williams for the Opening Night Red Carpet Event for the Sarasota Film Festival. As we entered the venue all the news organizations stopped us, took pics and interviewed us about our movie. It was a bit surreal but a lot of fun. After the documentary about the behind the scenes action at the NY Times we mingled with the 1000+ people at the reception, got our face time in...then bolted for Mattison's Grille downtown for a bite. Wendy's insider stories of her legendary Hollywood career kept us mesmerized all night. It was fun to be with the 3 of them the night before our premiere. It took my mind off what Saturday will bring...

Saturday morning: I can't believe this day has finally come. A reporter asked me last night how I felt about everything. My first response was about how thrilled I am that it appears all 6 screenings are Sold Out for Beautiful Noise (there may be a handful of tix still available for Tuesday night); and my second response was that there was absolutely nothing more I can do to affect the outcome. The movie is screening tonight, the premiere party is set, everyone has their tix, friends and family and cast & crew are all ready to go - so I'm in that uneasy position, at least for me, where I may as well just buckle the seat belt tight and go with the flow, 'cause this rollercoater is off and running and I have no way to steer it anymore. It's like Butch & Sundance jumping off that cliff and Sundance yelling "Ohhhhhhhh Shiiiiiiit!!!!!" all the way down. They survived the leap and splashed into the raging waters and were basically helpless as the rapids pulled them along down the river. Get the picture? I'm Sundance. I'm better when I move...but now it's all out of my control.

I'm meeting Jay & Danielle at the film festival at 2:00 pm for a slew of press interviews. Then it's on to our 5:00 pm VIP cocktail reception to meet with friends and potential investors...then at 7:00 pm...the first-ever screening of our Musical-Drama takes place...followed by a Q+A with the audience...then the 9:15 screening...then another Q&A...then I get to walk a block over to our premiere party and finally relax. I'm looking forward to a few glasses of red and celebrating with the Cast & Crew and about 500 of our closest family, friends and fans of Beautiful Noise.

But right now...I gotta take a walk on the beach and sort it all out in my head.
It's all moving pretty fast now.

Everything changes tonight.

ST