Photo Essay: 'Gentlemen Broncos' at Fantastic Fest

Last night, I worked the red carpet for a premiere of Gentlemen Broncos, the opening-night film for Fantastic Fest. Gentlemen Broncos is a comedy from the director of Napoleon Dynamite, Jared Hess, who wrote the movie with Jerusha Hess. They were at the screening along with several of the film's stars. Here are some of my favorite photos from the event.

A long line formed at the Paramount of Fantastic Fest attendees and people who had just bought tickets to this movie. It was a good audience -- I can't tell if it was a full house, but from the front of the theater, the balcony looked pretty crowded.

First on the red carpet was Jemaine Clement (The Flight of the Conchords), who plays successful science-fiction author Dr. Ronald Chevalier in the film. I love how his tie matches the purple on the background image. Did he know?

Michael Angarano plays the lead, a teenager named Benjamin who is an aspiring science-fiction novelist and a fan of Chevalier's works.

Jerusha and Jared Hess posed for photos together:

I was lucky enough to grab a photo of all the cast/crew at the screening together: Sam Rockwell, Jerusha Hess, Jared Hess, Mike White, Jemaine Clement and Michael Angarano. White's "Yeast Lords" hat is a reference to a novel in Gentlemen Broncos.

Before the movie, Clement appeared onstage in the character of Chevalier and read some science-fiction haikus to the audience.

After the movie, the actors and filmmakers all stuck around for a Q&A.

And here's one of Sam Rockwell (there ya go, Jenn!):

After the movie and Q&A, the party moved over to the Highball, where the cast posed in front of a "battle stag" and people made popcorn sculptures. We have photos, so keep an eye out! Now I'm off to take some photos of zombies ... you'll see. Check out my Fantastic Fest 2009 Flickr photo set for more photos from the evening, and throughout the fest.