The Education Foundation for Ector County Independent School District is a fund raising group for the benefit of teachers in the ECISD. And, the group is working toward a goal of having the "Friday Night Lights" movie premiere in Odessa, according to an article by Ginger Pope in the Odessa American.
Members of the Education Foundation will travel to California in July to preview the movie. This is one step closer to a possible communitywide premiere of the movie in Odessa.Lorraine Perryman and Cindi Wiehle, co-chairs of the foundation's "Friday Night Lights" premiere committee, will be traveling to California for the preview. Perryman said so far the only thing nailed down on the project is a signed letter of intent to have a premiere here.
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Perryman said Universal will make a final cut of the movie. Then members of the foundation will preview the movie when they go to California next month. Based upon what they see, the committee will then decide if the foundation can support the movie.
"We've been sworn (by Universal) not to talk about what we'll see," she said/cut/
Venue ideas depend on how many copies of the movie are furnished, Wiehle said. Talk of venues range from a giant screen show at Ratliff to Century Theaters and Graham Central Station to the downtown Ector Theatre. The foundation would like to premiere the movie 10 days before the actual release, she said.
My vote would go to the giant screen at Ratliff Stadium. But, if the group decides after screening the movie not to have a premiere in Odessa then we can all draw our own conclusions about how well the movie might go over here.
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