Soho by night

Tuesday 7th April. Around a hundred people stopped what they were doing and made their way to the Curzon Soho for the London execs screening of Oscar and Jim. I had the posters and the crisps. Paul had the Blu-tack, the DVDs and the digibeta master. The cinema had everything else. Paul W was there early - reassurance and moral support. Armando Iannucci was next door with an advance screening of In the Loop. The Class was playing in another auditorium - better neighbours you couldn’t hope for. Lovely Laura from the Curzon helped us set up and rope off a section of the bar. And then in they came. I went down to the front and blinked into the light and said a few things about Anchovy Pictures and a few other things (mainly ‘thanks’) and then went and curled up into a ball at the back of the cinema. I sat next to Charlie and Harry, who watched as long as he could - and then a bit more - before legging into the night and onto the stage of the Duke of York’s Theatre. Everyone (bar me - I went to arrange crisp bowls and align postcards) stayed for the credits and no-one (thank God) came up after and said ‘I wasn’t on there’). But people did come and say things after - almost all nice things - tho’ what else can you say to a bunch of nervous filmmakers who have shown their first film? I forgot my camera. Seiji Okumiya obliged with a few snaps. And that (drum roll) is that - the film is out there and must make its way in the world.

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