Thursday, February 5, 2009

The Vanguard hits the "Coraline" Red Carpet Event



The Vanguard hit the Red Carpet Premiere of Laika's new stop-motion feature film Coraline at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. Check out some photos from the premiere, and check the Vanguard on Tuesday for interviews with Neil Gaiman, Dakota Fanning and Henry Selick. Also, check back here next week for video footage from the premiere. (All photos by Marni Cohen)
Left: Coraline Director Henry Selick  Right: Nike Co-founder and Laika owner, Phil Knight
Left: Actress Teri Hatcher voices Coraline's mom  Right: Coraline Author, Neil Gaiman

Above: Lead Animator on Coraline and son of Phil Knight, Travis Knight

Above, from left: Phil Knight, Producer Bill Mechanic and Lead Animator Travis Knight

Above, from left: Actress Teri Hatcher and Director Henry Selick

Above: Author Neil Gaiman is interviewed by KGW NewsChannel 8

Above: Actress Dakota Fanning voices the title character Coraline

Above: Actor Robert Bailey Jr. voices Wybie

17 comments:

  1. Someone get Neil some conditioner, pronto!

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  2. Leave Neil alone. His affectations are his trademarked persona ;-). I paid for FIFTY 3D glasses to give away to family, friends with crazy designs on them. Thank God they only cost $20.

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  3. Hey, wild hair is a sign of wild creativity! I'm a better artist since I gave up trying to tame my curly mop. Leave him alone Joey! :)

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  4. I wish I had enough hair to make mine look like that. If it is good enough for Tim Burton and Einstein, then what the heck!

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  5. erm... weird conversation, but I guess I'll join in :)

    I like Neil's hair. What's the problem. I'd kill for curlier hair. Hell, I'd kill for any hair, mine seems to be going the way of the ice caps :(

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  6. I like Neils hair and I can't wait to read the book about it... so THERE!

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  7. Fantastic shots. Looks like it was a great night! And now they make sense after all the Tweets I kept getting about the event, too, from Neil's page. :D

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  8. PurpleSparkleBright - Crazy Hair, right? You're not the only one!

    And I am notoriously bad at recognizing most actors, but Robert Bailey Jr.'s picture makes him look quite the adorable fellow.

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  9. He wrote a story called "Crazy Hair"

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  10. The Mean Bookstore GirlFebruary 6, 2009 at 11:48 AM

    Hey, Rob Pattinson's hair was worse and he kept getting hailed as "super sexy" because of it. At least Neil Gaiman's seems clean! (And I plead the fifth on if he should be declared the descriptor above...)

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  11. Neil's hair is... distinctive. As a person with thin, flat, somewhat boring hair, I'm jealous.

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  12. It's one of my goals in life to sneak up behind Neil and ruffle his hair someday.

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  13. DJ: Does Neil's hair really need any more ruffling? I'd rather sneak up with some hairgel and a comb, just cause I'm curious how he'd look with slicked-back hair!

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  14. Katja: ...I'm picturing pleasant, middle-aged Dracula. And yes, Neil's hair always needs more ruffling, mostly because I suspect he would protest, and I further suspect that said protests would be adorable.

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  15. Thank you for the great photos, I was there too, here is a link to my CORALINE premiere
    blog...
    http://kittysneverwear.blogspot.com/

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  16. Being a big fan of all of Neil Gaiman's writings, I'm thrill the reviews on Coraline have all been glorious! Stop with the hair criticisms already, he's a writer not a Hollywood glamour boy! He looked great! Like what he is, a writer with a dark edge! Bravo Gaiman!

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  17. But.... can't he just TRY to comb it or something? I mean, it's a fancy pants Hollywood red carpet premiere, dude.

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