Hey everyone. Capone in Chicago here.
As of this posting, we’re about eight hours from the AICN exclusive Chicago unveiling of STAR TREK, and my balls have literally retreated into my lungs with excitement.
Based on a few of the emails I’ve gotten from some of the winners in the last few days, I felt like I should make it clear exactly what is going to happen tonight. First of all, security is going to be as tight as any event we’ve ever done here in Chicago. So if you’re wondering if you can/should bring a phone or camera or anything, the answer is No. I don’t know whether electronics will be confiscated or not, but if you bring anything into the theatre that emits sound or light, and security sees or hears them during the movie, your ass is out. We’re seeing this film before most critics in Chicago, so Paramount is taking no chances.
For those of you who did not win, stay home. There will NOT be a stand-by line, and no amount of begging is getting you into this movie. For those of you who did win, the only people getting into the movie tonight are those of you on the list below. The list below includes the names of the winners and the names of their guests. If your guest’s name has changed, let me know right away! You guest must have an ID. The good news is that if your guest shows up before you, they can go in and save seats, since their name is on the list. To summarize: if your name isn’t on this list, you ain’t getting in. If your guest’s name isn’t on this list, he/she ain’t getting in.
You may not “gift” your winning email to someone else. We had more than 400 people attempt to get tickets for this event, and there’s no way we’re letting someone who didn’t win get in (unless they are someone’s guest). One you check in in the lobby, both you and your guest will be given a hard-copy pass. Hold onto this for dear life. This is the only thing that will get you in the theater. If you leave the theater for food or a pee break, bring the pass with you. There will be someone at the theater door checking passes.
Here’s the most important thing. I’m very proud of the fact that we’ve never had to turn people away from our screenings, and that’s because I either don’t overbook at all or only overbook a little bit. I’ve overbooked STAR TREK by about 30 people. That’s really not a lot, but there’s a very good chance that nearly everyone on the list below will show up tonight, so there remains a very small possibility that late-comers either won’t get in, or they’ll be in one of the first two rows. Every email I’ve responded to lately regarding this screening has ended with “Get there early!” And so I’m saying it one last time. The weather in Chicago is colossally shitty today, so leave extra time for traffic and other delays.
The list below incorporates all of the changes you winners have emailed to me over the last week and a half, so it should be up to date. If you are bringing someone not on this list, give me that person’s name as well as the name of the person who is dropping off the list. I’ll see you all tonight. This is going to kick your ass into the middle of next month.
Angel Alanis (+1)
Todd Anderson
Phillip Apostolou
Matthew Arauz
Andrew Barchus
Brad Barchus
Joe Barrett
Lori Barrett
Christopher Bartone
Tracy Benbrook
Amanda Bentz
Chris Bentz
Erik Beresoff
Patricia Beresoff
Melissa Biney
Katie Boeder
Alex Bohan
Rick Bohan
Jim Bojan
Veronica Bond
Bob Boord
Carolyn Boord
Sean Brennan
Seth Bright
Steve Burkland
Ryan Burtis
Megan Byrd
Vince Cancasci
Travis Cavanaugh
Tony Ceccarelli
Anthony Celia
Chase Christopherson
Andy Cole
Megan Coleman
Timothy B. Cooper
Barry Crain
Stuart Creason
Kevin Curran
Brooke Dahmen
Gayle Dalicandro
Robert Dalicandro
Alex-Ben David
Jasmine Davila
Aaron Degrado
Jameson DenHartog
Zach Dixon
Clinton Doiron
Fred Donald Jr.
Fred Donald Sr.
Katie Donbavand
Benjamin Dopson
Norm Doucet
Bill Douglas
Dave Dreghorn
Griffen Eckstein
Ellen Endres
Mike Endres
Jeffrey Fapp
Scott Fedor
Joseph Felix
Andy Fink
Katherine Fitzpatrick
Patrick Fleming
Nicholas Fortman
Mike Fourcher
Casey Franklin
David C. Garris, Jr.
David C. Garris, Sr.
Anita Giles
Josh Gillispie
James Gingold
Joe Glynn
Lauri Gordon
Ted Gordon
William Granberry
Tom Gronkowski
Kay Guebert
Diana Guzman
Naz Hamid
Reginald Hansbrough
Melissa Hansbrough
James Harbin III
Tina LaTosha Harbin
Perry Harovas
Nick Harris
Amy Hastings
Jenny Held
Nathan Herring
David Hoffer
Melanie Hoffer
Jeffrey Holdvogt
Anne Holub
Natalie Holz
David Howells
Andrew Huff
Danny Huff
Chelsea Ives
Ben Jackson
Jill Jackson
Brenda Janish
Chris Janonis
Nick Janquart
Stephen Jensen
Sylvia Jensen
Austin Johnson
Matthew Johnson
Charles Jones
Phineas Jones
Joseph Judt
Carson Junginger
Maggie Kalomallos
Cameron Keheler
Christopher Patrick Kelley
Sean Kelley
Ross Kennerly
Rick Kintigh
Amy Knickrehm
Kevin Knipstein
Lara Kocab
Nite Konghtahworn
Kathy Kretschman
Christian Krostal
Sam LaFountain
Jorge Lagunas
Nyssa Lajcin
James Larew
Leah Lawson
Tony Lazzara
Claudia Leon (+1)
Rachel Levine
Jared Light
Samuel Locke
Holly Loiacono
Richard Lorenc
Geoff Lowrey
Vanessa Luna
Brian Lydon
Olivia Lydon
Alice Maggio
Christen Mahlmeister
Don Mahlmeister
Donnie Mahlmeister
Jeff Mahlmeister
Nick Mallios
Karen Malsom
Zachary Malsom
Anthony T. Maravola
Margie Maricich
Heath Marks
Irene Marquette
Matt Mayes
Patrick McCarron
John McCartan V
Justin McClain
Kristen McDermott
Gabriel McElwain
Deanna McGregor
Scott McGregor
Gabe Mejia
Christopher Messer
Michelle Meywes
Raf Miastkowski
Mark L. Miller
Brittany Mitchell
John Mokhtarei
Aaron Morgan
Mark Morgan
Dan Morgridge
Elisa Morreale
Ali Mostrom
Shannon Mueller
Edward Mui
Caitlin Musick
Donald Musick
Kevin Muszynski
Shannon Myers
David Neal
Janet Neal
Daniel Nelson
Susan Neumann
Shamus Nondorff
Barbara Noverini
Peter Noverini
Ben Nunez
Alexander Nuttall
Tara O'Shea
Sean Ohlson
David Olszowy
Alex Palczynski
Mimi Patel
Michael Pawlak
Jonathan Peck
Simeon Peebler
Danielle Pernini
Ian Perscke
Elizabeth Peters
Glen Peters
Alyssa Peterson
Gemma Petrie
Kiley Piercy
Michael Pileczka
David Pistello
Claire Plowgian
Evan Plowgian
Dennis Powers
Jill Powers
Andrew Prete
Jenni Prokopy
Steve Prokopy
Trevor Purvines
Sean Raders
Jeff Ramone
Alan Reck
Kiki Reef
Emily Ann Reusswig
Daniel Rezac
Jay Ritchie
Shawn M. Ritchie
Lindsay Robertson
Gavin Robinson
Michael Rolfsmeyer
Andy Rosen
Shaun Ruddy
Meghan Rutledge
Richard Sanders
Ryan Sanders
Christopher Sanew
Vlad Sava
Benjamin Sawyer
Christian Scheuer
Michael Schindler
Kate Schlachter
Ray Schnoebelen
Nick Schroeder
Jen Schuetz
Mike Semer
Evan Sharenow
Rebecca Sharenow
Brian Skrivan
Scott Smith
Tawnee Smith
Michael Sobczynski
Shane Soboroff
Alex Soldano
Greg Sorenson
Dominic T Soria Jr.
Jason Sperb
Corey Standley
Evan Steele
Jeremy Stein
Dee Stiffler
Peter Stilwell
Matt Streets
Alissa Strother
Jacob Sulski
Jim Sulski
John Sygaco
Megan Teeters
Elizabeth Thom
Jerry Treml
Kieron Tse
Lori White
Austin Urlaub
Anna VanSlee
Pat VanSlee
Mark Vernon
Veronica Villarreal
Brian Waggoner
Jeffrey Waggoner
John White
Ted Wilkinson
Matthew Wisz
Brock Woldman
Peter Woodruff
Troy Woodtke
Alexis Yablon
Susan Yopchick
Rachel Zanders
Barbara Zaucha
Peter Zelchenko
James Ziegenfus
-- Capone
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