Entertainment Japan Troy - Tokyo premiere of epic, 1st figures from US box office
NAME: JAP TROY 170504E
TAPE: EF04/0518
IN_TIME: 10:47:40:20
DURATION: 00:04:40:14
SOURCES: APTN
DATELINE: Tokyo, May 17, 2004
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SHOTLIST
APTN
Tokyo.17th May 2004
1. Wideshot of news conference room
2. SOUNDBITE(Japanese) Shingo Sekine, PR Director, Warner Brothers Japan:
"The doctor has formerly diagnosed Brad Pitt as flu and an acute gastritis caused by flu."
3. Pan of cast of 'Troy'
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Wolfgang Petersen, Director
:"Brad was a trooper, he was very tough......"
5. Brad Pitt joins the photo opportunity.
6.Close-up of Pitt
7. Group shot
8. Cutaway photographers
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Brad Pitt, an actor of "Troy"
10. Wide shot of the news conference
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Brad Pitt:
12. Pan from 'troy' poster to Brad Pitt
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Brad Pitt:
14. Shot from crowds of fans to red carpet
15. Pitt being interviewed by press on red carpet
16. Eric Bana giving autograph to fans
17. Fans screaming with begging for autograph
18. Wide shot of Pitt slowly walking on red carpet
19. Pitt walks towards fans, who are waiting behind the fence
20. Pitt signing autograph
21. close up of fans trying to touch Pitt
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Brad Pitt:
23. Fans waving to the team
24. Mid shot zoom out to wide shot of red carpet step
25. Diane Kruger enters to the premiere venue and Pitt follows
26. Photographers
27. SOUNBITE (English) Brad Pitt:
28. Wide shot of photo opportunity
30. Zoom-in from wide shot of photo opportunity to a group shot
TROY HITS TOKYO AS MONEY STARTS TO ROLL IN
As 'Troy,' reputed to have cost nearly $200 million to make, opened in Tokyo the all important figures from the first weekend's US box office were released.
The financial backers of the the 'swords and sandals' epic will be relieved to discover that it took $45 million, a good if not amazing start - The last 'Lord of the Rings' took over $73 million.
Now they will wait anxiously for the second weekend results to see if it's a genuine hit - in other words to see if the movie's legs are as notable as Brad Pitt's in a skirt.
Meanwhile, a flu-stricken Pitt soldiered on in Tokyo at the final stop of the world promotion tour of 'Troy', before heading back to Los Angeles.
"It's really surprised, I've never seen him being sick" said Director Wolfgang Petersen, at the packed news conference, which Brad Pitt was not able to attend the start.
Pitt finally showed up at the very last part of the press conference, joining a photo opportunity with other casts and staff. "Thank you very much for waiting for me." Although, he looked a little pale, "I am ready to roll."
Later in the evening, the venue was moved to Budokan, a major arena in Tokyo, where over 1,000 fans gathered catch a glimpse of Hollywood's hottest star and his fellow cast members including Eric Bana and Diane Kruger .
Pitt attracted not only 6,500 fans but also over two hundred press photographers and cameras.