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Wednesday, July 13, 2005 1:36 AM

http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/movies/show/serenity/

Edinburgh Film Festival. Serenity. Completed film. Joss Whedon. Joss Whedon documentary ("Reel Life"). August.

Book Friday.

Edit: You may need to goto "find films" and enter "Serenity" to see it - Fireflyfans.net forum software is messing up the link above.

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005 1:39 AM

TRASK43

That is just too shiny. Any idea on a number of tickets that will be available.

www.summer-glau.com

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005 2:29 AM

PHOEBE

I don't BELIEVE it *wails* I'm in Spain the 18th-28th.

*wanders off up a corner to cry(*

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005 3:01 AM

HUITZIL

sorry, doubled up the thread again - think i'll just wait for you to post first gossi!

Quote:
Originally posted by Phoebe:
I don't BELIEVE it *wails* I'm in Spain the 18th-28th.

*wanders off up a corner to cry(*

I'm sure (fingers crossed) there will be more preview screenings at various dates and locations across the UK.

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All guilt is relative. Loyalty counts. And never let your conscience be your guide.

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005 4:00 AM

EXCITINGNEWCRIME

Wheeee! I'm on holiday in Sunderland til the 22nd, so I'll just mosey on up right after! This is awesome! *and* I'm off work Friday so I can spend my day booking tickets :D

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005 4:13 AM

FANTASTICLAUGHINGFAIRY

OMG - that is SO shiny! I hope I'll be able to make it! Will there be other screenings nearer the rest of the country (as in Wales/Manchester/Liverpool etc.)? Keep me posted!

...and we will call it...this land...

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005 4:45 AM

PHYSCHICK

Hmm, does anyone know how far ahead of the wide release the "World Premiere" usually happens? Could we possibly be getting Serenity at the end of August?

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005 4:50 AM

DIETCOKE

Does anyone one else find this interesting that they are having the World Premiere in Scottland at a film festival? Showing it twice?

I'm not sure what it means....anyone else?

NY/NJ Browncoats: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/firefly_nyc

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005 5:06 AM

EMMA

I have no idea what they mean by World Premiere - I suppose it might mean that it will be the first time the film will be shown in its complete version.

Tickets go on sale on the 15th but bloody hell - Scotland! I hope they announce more places.

gorram it hotels will be booked up or way too expensive - f*@k a duck

extremely dimensionally transcendental

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005 5:21 AM

COSMICFUGITIVE

BLOODY HELL!!! *Jumps up and down with excitement*.

I have to book a ticket NOW! I need to sit down... (Wait.. I am sitting down..

) This is too gorram shiny. Thanks for posting WhoisRiver!

- Cos.

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005 5:23 AM

EXCITINGNEWCRIME

I'm a member of staff at one particular hotel chain and can (hopefully) get staff discount on a twin room. I've checked, and they have rooms available, and it would be £90 for two nights (I don't want to book a room til I've got tickets booked, just in case! *g*) so I'd be looking for someone to share - in effect, paying for a night each.

If I get my staff discount, it'll probably work out at around £50 for two nights.

Edit: When I say £90, I mean for the room, not per person. So £45 each. £25 each if I get the discount. The issue with the discount is, they only have a certain number set aside, and sometimes in the busier months they don't allow it at all.

Edit again: Gorram it, my employers are trying to bankrupt me - they meant £90 per night! *dies* So back to the drawing board - I also will be looking for somewhere to stay :D

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005 5:24 AM

BROWNCOAT1

May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

You lucky Scots! My two favorite things, Serenity and Scotland together. Shiny!

__________________________________________

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

Richmond, VA & surrounding area Firefly Fans:

http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/richmondbrowncoats/

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005 5:29 AM

COLONELBLUEHANDS

damn...have to make a plan!

"Two by two, hands of blue..." River Tam

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005 6:05 AM

IAMZOE

Quote:
Does anyone one else find this interesting that they are having the World Premiere in Scottland at a film festival? Showing it twice?

I'm not sure what it means....anyone else?

It is interesting they are having the world premiere in Scotland (one 't' there) - but only from my personal point of view that it is so close to me that attending is easy - assuming I can get a ticket!

The Edinburgh Film Festival is huge, and part of the still huger Edinburgh Festival, where the population of the city pretty much doubles for one month. It is a crazy time, and no fun to be a local (except from the increase in jobs). One year, when I still lived there, I was late almost every day for work. I just gave up the day a troop of penguins crossed the road in slow motion in front of the bus. That's people dressed as penguins. They close the high street completely, and everything is just chaos and madness. An inordinate amount of English university students who want to be actors and Americans who want to go to the theatre drink all the bars dry and talk in incredibly loud and heavily accented voices and kiss all the time.

The film festival is one of the best bits. They often show films two or three times if demand is high. Last year, I saw a screening (which was the second or third due to demand) of the Metallica film 'Some Kind of Monster' - it was one of the weirdest queues for a film I've ever seen, and so funny.

Other big previews are often held too - one year Rushmore was the big one. There's always a lot of good European stuff too - the programme is usually excellent, often a bit quirky. Seems like the perfect place for 'Serenity'...

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005 6:10 AM

DIETCOKE

Well, thank you. I'm beginning to understand why they are doing it. I'm also curious about the documentary. Be sure to give us a full report.

Sorry, for spelling your country with two "T". Won't happen again!

NY/NJ Browncoats: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/firefly_nyc

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005 6:25 AM

IAMZOE

Sorry for the spelling checker!

Partly obsessiveness (is that spelt right?) and partly touchiness...

Here's another link, to a bio one of the best Scottish film reviewers (in my opinion, anyway) - check out what she has to say about the Edinburgh film festival:
http://scotland.ideasfactory.com/writing/features/feature3.html
She also has some interesting comments about working in Scotland. If you can find any of her film reviews online (try through the Glasgow Herald newspaper), they are usually quite good - she did a fantastic one recently panning Vera Drake.

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005 6:31 AM

NIKNAK

Just recieved this from the cantstopthesignal.co.uk mailing list:

Quote:
[Serenity UK Screenings] Edinburgh Film Festival screening

Two, in fact, of the finished film. Joss at the first screening. In August.

Info and tickets: http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/movies/show/serenity/

Q&A with Joss.

Also, a documentary on Joss Whedon is screening.

Tickets go on sale Monday morning.

Screenings around the UK will follow shortly after.

Kev

So it looks good for other screenings. Note that edfilmfest.org.uk says tickets go on sale Friday and not Monday as it says in the email.

I'm now considering having a holiday in Scotland around the showings - assuming I can get tickets before the sell out.

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005 6:36 AM

DIETCOKE

Does anyone know anything about the documentary he is going to be showing? Is this the one about the fans?

NY/NJ Browncoats: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/firefly_nyc

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005 7:00 AM

ZOL

Great Stuff,

I`ve secured a couple of days off, although I will be gutted if I can`t get tickets.

Thinking of driving up there but may just take a slow train.

I hope that everybody will be sinsible about purchasing tickets and not have the eBay debarcle happen in the UK.

If you get tickets and find you can not go, offer them up at the list price and not go through eBay - be a good Browncoat & not a profiteer (even if you only want to sell one ticket, it`s still profiteering off others)

Darin (Zol.)

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005 7:04 AM

WHOISRIVER

press release: http://www.cantstopthesignal.co.uk/pr.html

TheInside.org - Firefly Producers NEW TV series

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005 9:46 AM

CAPNERIC

Quote:
Originally posted by iamzoe:
It is interesting they are having the world premiere in Scotland (one 't' there) - but only from my personal point of view that it is so close to me that attending is easy - assuming I can get a ticket!

Hi, Lady! I am sooo jealous of you right now. I've really no reason to be as I can't get the time off anyway. Besides, it's only fair - you flew down for Starfury.

Stay shiny!

"How drunk was I last night?"

"I dunno, I passed out"

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005 10:19 AM

THESTEVE

Man are you lot jealous!! hahaha Guess who has delegate passes for the festival. Shiny!!!!

We deserve after rioting all last week by anarchists. You guys get 99% of world premiere's in the states. share the love

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005 10:25 AM

ZOL

Anyone seen signs of Pixel? there seams to be a few regulars who are miussing that would surely like to know about all this.

unfortunetely Petit_rhino is still up in the shetlands and I think may be leaving before the premier. she`s not easily contactable

I`m goingf to try my damdest to get tickets, but as it`s in the middle of a work day and I will be winging my way to Torquay it will be quite difficult (although not totally impoossible)

Darin (Zol.)

p.s. the problem after getting a ticket(s) is hotel or guesthouse accomodation - it`s not cheap and there`s bound to be quite a few places already booked up.

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005 11:25 AM

GROUNDED

Well if I don't get somewhere to stay I'll be knocking on my mate's door come the night of the 21st ;)

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005 11:31 AM

SIMONWHO

Oooh, this is exciting. Severely tempted to book tickets just on the off chance that things work out that allow me to go. I do know the odd person in Scotland that might let me crash at their place. That or take the "when in Rome" approach and just drink my way through the night.

Also of peripheral interest is the fact that Kinky Boots is also being shown at the festival, starring one Chiwetel Ejiofor. Certainly a change of pace for him and the film is currently scheduled to be opening oppposite Serenity in November.

Interestingly, the site has a "show me films like..." option, presumably to let you make random choices but still in genre. One of the films listed is Blade Runner. No, Serenity isn't linked to that one. Instead it is linked to 'The Silence of the Lambs'. Um...

Plus a little warning; the description of the movie gives spoilerish hints. Best just to go straight to booking. On July 15th. After I have booked. Yeah.

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005 11:46 AM

ZOL

It will be great if some of the regulars on here get tickets, I`ve also looked attravel arrangements too although everythingh hangs on getting a golden ticket

Darin (Zol.)

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005 12:43 PM

EXCITINGNEWCRIME

Yeah, I lurk here a lot more than I post, but I'd like the chance to run into a few people to add faces to names!

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005 12:51 PM

NWUKSTEVE

Cost of movie ticket : 7.50

Cost of return train ticket : 18.00, and >2.5hrs each way

Cost of hotel (1 night) : ~50.00?, if find someone to share?

That's a lot of money and effort for one film, but I am SO tempted. Hopefully all the movie tickets will have gone before I get one!

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"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." - Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005 1:30 PM

SOUTHERNSLAYER

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005 8:28 PM

IAMZOE

I am so excited about this! I am even online in the morning, just to make sure noone went and put the tickets on sale early... look, does everyone want to just hold off booking on Friday till I get my tickets? Just for an hour or so?!

Seriously, if anyone is thinking about coming up to Edinburgh for the event, accomodation costs should be factored in: the city and surrounding area are always fully booked for the festival - often years in advance. I work in tourism, and have heard stories about people showing up in Edinburgh, going to the tourist office looking for accomodation and being told the nearest hotel with rooms is in northern England. This is the biggest festival in Europe, if you count everything in it. Accomodation is probably still available (just), but prices could be high - all discounts are probably out, and anyone with a flat/room to lease for the month of August makes up for the enormous disruption to their city by charging extortionate prices. There are even landlords who specialise in renting accomodation just for the festival.

Incidentally, if Misters J. Whedon or N. Fillion or any of their close friends are looking for a place to crash, I can offer a sofa-bed :)

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005 9:59 PM

HUITZIL

if you want to keep your costs down there are a couple of youth hostels in central edinburgh - more like £12 per night

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All guilt is relative. Loyalty counts. And never let your conscience be your guide.

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005 10:46 PM

AVANI

Oh this is just too shiny!!! I live in Dunfermline, which is just across the forth from Edinburgh and i have that week off as we were planning on doing the whole festival thing that week anyway....

Now all i need to do is get my paws on a pair of tickets :)

Avani

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005 11:13 PM

CALHOUN

Sounds like a lot of you are poms. I'm an Australian so Scotland is a bit further for me... but while I am here thought i'd comment on the English cricket team, losers!

Gawd I love beating the Poms at cricket. Rugby union and League too for that matter.

Well you lot are annoying me with Serenity screenings and such.. seems only fair to mock your sporting prowess(or lack thereof). Hehe

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005 11:39 PM

SIMONWHO

Well, I guess England can't beat Australia at cricket, we have to leave it to the giants of the game like Bangladesh and Somerset.

By the way, did you enjoy it when we went right to your home and kicked you from one end of the field to the other to win the Rugby World Cup? Your Prime Minister didn't look too happy about it, what a shame.

How are your football team doing? Still slightly worse than Kuwait? No wonder you invented 'Aussie Rules' to replace soccer's skill and talent with people punching each other.

Plus your TV's crap. Except for the Micallef Programme. Now that was funny.

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Thursday, July 14, 2005 12:05 AM

NEPHRON

There are Greater Union cinemas claiming to have advance screenings on the 4th of August. They're taking bookings and all.

???

ETA: the one I was particularly looking at was in Western Australia- the Innaloo Greater Union

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Thursday, July 14, 2005 12:05 AM

NEPHRON

Sorry, double post. Can't find a delete button, only edit.

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Thursday, July 14, 2005 12:31 AM

BECSTHEBEAST

just to let you all know - i was up in edinburgh for the G8 stuff recently and we stayed in a youth hostel called budget backpackers - but you will have to book right away as it gets really busy up there around festival time
it cost £12 a night in a six bed room - so i'm sure if browncoats got it together then we could get in the same rooms

'forgive my rudeness. i cannot abide useless people'

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Thursday, July 14, 2005 1:10 AM

INARALOVER

Quote:
Originally posted by nwuksteve:
Cost of movie ticket : 7.50

Cost of return train ticket : 18.00, and >2.5hrs each way

Cost of hotel (1 night) : ~50.00?, if find someone to share?

been at the shiniest event in the verse : priceless

somethings money cant buy for every thing else thers mastercard

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Thursday, July 14, 2005 2:03 AM

ZOL

I`m working on this whole thing, definitely a Priceless Moment to be up in Scotland (Going where no Zol.has gone before!) & trying my best to get everything sorted - I`m laying the Emergency `Red Phone` line uptoi Edinburgh, you knopw, it`s the one that comssioner Gordon contact Batman on

Darin (Zol.)

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Thursday, July 14, 2005 2:34 AM

BECSTHEBEAST

can't find on the website what time stuff goes on sale - any ideas? - have managed to negotiate time off so i wanna try my best to get tickets

I'm slow today - just found an info phone line - if anyone else was wondering its 12 noon

'forgive my rudeness. i cannot abide useless people'

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Thursday, July 14, 2005 7:09 AM

NIKNAK

Yup 12 noon. I emailed them to ask and you just beat me to posting it.

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Thursday, July 14, 2005 9:40 AM

EMMA

Well I'm out. Flights between Amsterdam and Edinburgh are very expensive at that time - the cheapest flights I could find were about £100. When you add the additional travel costs, hotel, food and stuff it just becomes too much. Pooooooo - I hope you all get tickets though.

May the force be with you

extremely dimensionally transcendental

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Thursday, July 14, 2005 10:41 PM

CALHOUN

Quote:
SimonWho wrote:
Wednesday, July 13, 2005 23:39
Well, I guess England can't beat Australia at cricket, we have to leave it to the giants of the game like Bangladesh and Somerset.

By the way, did you enjoy it when we went right to your home and kicked you from one end of the field to the other to win the Rugby World Cup? Your Prime Minister didn't look too happy about it, what a shame.

How are your football team doing? Still slightly worse than Kuwait? No wonder you invented 'Aussie Rules' to replace soccer's skill and talent with people punching each other.

Plus your TV's crap. Except for the Micallef Programme. Now that was funny.

Typical whingin Pom... Had a bath lately?

I liked Micallef too, particularly his "high horse". hehe

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Thursday, July 14, 2005 11:54 PM

SIMONWHO

Everybody ready? Starter's orders in just one hour.

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Friday, July 15, 2005 12:10 AM

BECSTHEBEAST

omg omg omg!!!!!
i am getting a touch over excited - sitting down here at work in my dungeon and no-one else is around!!!!!

'forgive my rudeness. i cannot abide useless people'

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Friday, July 15, 2005 12:35 AM

KITTYKAT

Quote:
I'm slow today - just found an info phone line - if anyone else was wondering its 12 noon

*sigh* I'm so dumb. I stayed up 'til gone midnight to see if I could get tickets. Then one of my friends was up til five checking out the website. And I've been on all morning at work refreshing whenever no one else is looking.

Unbelievably excited at the prospect! It's going to cost me about £50 for my train from London and we're planning on just pulling an all-nighter and sleep on the train home on Tuesday.

Pretties! http://icons.funkydory.net/firefly.htm

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Friday, July 15, 2005 1:03 AM

PAULROCKS

Go go go go go!

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Friday, July 15, 2005 1:06 AM

KITTYKAT

*screams in anguish* Damn site! Give me my gorram tickets and stop giving me errors!

Pretties! http://funkydory.net/firefly.htm

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Friday, July 15, 2005 1:11 AM

PAULROCKS

I know, I've got 5 windows open constantly switching between them trying whilst ringing but still getting nowhere :(
They just weren't ready for the Browncoat invasion :)

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Friday, July 15, 2005 1:12 AM

GROUNDED

Although the site says Friday for tickets, didn't the official release say Monday? Either way the booking option isn't available right now and it's past midday on Friday...

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