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Alan Partridge movie gets Norwich premiere after campaign | Alan Partridge movie gets Norwich premiere after campaign |
(about 3 hours later) | |
Fans of comedy character Alan Partridge have won their campaign to get his forthcoming film premiered in Norwich. | Fans of comedy character Alan Partridge have won their campaign to get his forthcoming film premiered in Norwich. |
The movie will receive its first public screening on 24 July at the Hollywood Cinema in Anglia Square, Norwich - the fictional broadcaster's home city. | The movie will receive its first public screening on 24 July at the Hollywood Cinema in Anglia Square, Norwich - the fictional broadcaster's home city. |
Later that evening the film, Alpha Papa, will be screened in Leicester Square, London. | Later that evening the film, Alpha Papa, will be screened in Leicester Square, London. |
Fans had campaigned for the Norwich premiere using the slogan "Anglia Square, not Leicester Square". | Fans had campaigned for the Norwich premiere using the slogan "Anglia Square, not Leicester Square". |
'Big city fame' | |
The film's producers Studio Canal released a "message from Alan" on Twitter announcing the move. | The film's producers Studio Canal released a "message from Alan" on Twitter announcing the move. |
In a statement, Partridge, played by Steve Coogan, said: "You can imagine how hurt and litigious I felt when people said I was planning to debut my movie in London instead of Norwich, or that I'd allowed my head to be turned by the prospect of big city fame. | In a statement, Partridge, played by Steve Coogan, said: "You can imagine how hurt and litigious I felt when people said I was planning to debut my movie in London instead of Norwich, or that I'd allowed my head to be turned by the prospect of big city fame. |
"Any suggestions I've hastily cobbled together the lunchtime Norwich screening in response to a local Twitter campaign will be met with the full force of the law." | "Any suggestions I've hastily cobbled together the lunchtime Norwich screening in response to a local Twitter campaign will be met with the full force of the law." |
Rob Wilkes, who started the campaign with his friend Rafiq Turnbull, said: "It's fantastic news. We're blown away. | |
"The people of Norwich need to embrace that. The streets need to be lined, more so than for the Lord Mayor's celebrations at the weekend. | |
"We need to bring out the red bus, perhaps, and give him a ride from City Hall down to Anglia Square." | |
Trevor Wicks, owner of Hollywood Cinema in Anglia Square which will host the premiere, said: "It's definitely the biggest event at the Hollywood and probably the biggest event there's ever been in the city for many years. | |
"We hope Steve Coogan and the other stars of the film will be there. We're just waiting for the finer details." | |
Parts of the film, which goes on general release next month, were shot on location in Norfolk. | Parts of the film, which goes on general release next month, were shot on location in Norfolk. |
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