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Documentary On The Rise Of MuchMusic at SXSW Film Festival
The 118 minute documentary is called 299 Queen St. West and will have it's first run at Austin's South By Southwest Film Festival in March. From the Toronto Star...
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This film is scheduled to debut in Toronto on Sept. 22nd. The website for the movie has a short trailer if you're curious what it looks like.
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Just a reminder that this film gets its premiere this coming Friday. But it will also be on the move to other locations as well, including (eventually) Hamilton.
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If anyone would like to go to the premiere this Friday at Roy Thomson Hall, I’d be happy to get you +1 on the guest list. I have a handful of tickets left. Red Carpet is at 7pm, doc at 8pm.
Don’t worry, I won’t ask for your username. Deadline is this Wednesday at 9pmET, and hope to see you there! Eric@ThatEricAlper.com
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That is a very kind offer, Mr. Alper and I hope someone or many "someones" here takes you up on it. Thanks for the nice gesture. Did you ever visit MuchMusic in its heyday? Sounds like it might have been your kind of place!
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Absolutely! It was an astonishing time to be a music fan - you can go down to Much, see the biggest musicians in the world feet away from you, hop on over to CFNY or Q and catch artists there, too, then Sam’s of A&As and a bookstore or three, and that’s your weekend. It’s an absolute honour to be working this film and hanging with the VJs throughout the process.
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An amazing time that we won't see again. I've also been in that building as well, and I recall how alive the place always seemed. Sad that it's over. Great that it happened at all.
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Just one final memory. I'm not the kind of person who goes to see or is terribly impressed by rock stars. But there was one person I did make an effort to take a look at: George Harrison came to Much one day to promote what was then his new single called "I Got My Mind Set On You." I mean, how could you not go and have a gander at an honest-to-God Beatle?
The only other one I made a point of going to see was Stevie Wonder. But I strongly suspect he didn't see me...
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The premiere seems to have been a huge hit with the audience, which took many of the former VJs by surprise.
'Spirit of MuchMusic' still alive at doc premiere with former VJs in attendance
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ThatEricAlper wrote:
If anyone would like to go to the premiere this Friday at Roy Thomson Hall, I’d be happy to get you +1 on the guest list. I have a handful of tickets left. Red Carpet is at 7pm, doc at 8pm.
Don’t worry, I won’t ask for your username. Deadline is this Wednesday at 9pmET, and hope to see you there! Eric@ThatEricAlper.com
Thank you so much for the tickets Eric, I took a trip down memory lane! There was even a clip of a promo I worked on back in the day, wow. I think all MuchMusic fans from the 80s/90s will appreciate this doc.
I also saw people I worked with at Much over 20 years ago, and we all agreed we had the time of our lives, never again to be repeated.
Thanks again Eric, made my week and great job filmmaker Sean Menard, you nailed it!
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