MONDO DIABLO!

HI EVERYBODY,

I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THE FUN TIME I HAD ON SUNDAY NIGHT.

DIABLO CODY HAD A FILM FESTIVAL AT THE NEW BEVERLY CINEMA OF HER ALL-TIME FAVORITE FILMS. THEY CALLED THE FILM FEST MONDO DIABLO.

DIABLO CODY, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, WON THE OSCAR FOR WRITING THE SCREENPLAY OF JUNO EARLIER THIS YEAR. SHE IS SUCH AN AMAZINGLY NICE LADY! (VERY PRETTY TOO!) I INSTANTLY FELL IN LOVE WITH HER!!!!

ANYWAY, SHE HAD AN OLD FILM I WAS IN, MIDNIGHT MADNESS, SCREENED (IT RUNS THROUGH TONIGHT) AND SHE INTRODUCED THE FILM HERSELF. I HADN'T SEEN "MM" IN ALMOST 30 YEARS, WE FILMED IT IN 1979!!! IT WAS A REAL TRIP SEEING IT AGAIN.

I LOOK LIKE A CRAZED DRUG FREAK! I SWEAR, I LOOK LIKE A BAD ACID TRIP IN THOSE DAYS. MAN, I WAS REALLY OFF-KILTER - AND MAN, WAS I EVER SKINNY - I MUST HAVE WEIGHED 120 LBS!

I SAW HOW MUCH I HAVE CHANGED (AT LEAST I HOPE SO!) THE CROWD WENT CRAZY WHEN MICHAEL J. FOX CAME ON SCREEN, THEN "PEE WEE" HERMAN GOT A BIG REACTION ("M.M." WAS THE FIRST FILM FOR EACH OF THEM).

THERE WERE SOME GENUINE GOOD LAUGHS, IT IS A VERY CAMPY, HOKEY FILM. BUT BETTER THAN SOME COMEDIES YOU SEE ON CABLE!

AFTER THE MOVIE, DIABLO CONDUCTED AN AUDIENCE Q & A SESSION, WHICH WAS REALLY FUN. IT WAS ME AND THE FILM'S DIRECTOR, DAVID WECHTER, AND MY OLD PAL, ALAN SOLOMON, WHO WAS IN THE FILM TOO (HE PLAYED LEON). DAVID, ALAN AND I WERE REALLY EXCITED TO MEET DIABLO.

I SAW SEVERAL OTHER OLD PALS THERE TOO. THE PEOPLE I MET COULDN'T HAVE BEEN NICER. I'D SAY, HONESTLY, THE THEATER WAS 80-90% FULL, NOT A FULL HOUSE. BUT IT WAS A LIVELY "CULT FILM" TYPE CROWD.

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[Carol Elaine]

Hi Eddie!

It was great meeting you at the New Beverly on Sunday night! I'll make sure to sent your regards to Jerry Layne when I talk to him next!

Take care,
Carol