Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Eddie Vedder
The idea in persuading Into The Wild song composer Eddie Vedder to perform a short acoustic set at the Paramount theatre last night was to promote Vedder's soundtrack album (featuring nine originals, two covers). It was also, naturally, about refreshing everyone's thinking about Sean Penn's film being a serious Best Picture contender. Which it seems to be. Penn's best-directed, much-admired film has caught a kind of current; ditto Emile Hirsch's Oscar-calibre lead performance and Hal Holbrook's supporting turn.
Into The Wild star Emile Hirsch, director-screenwriter Sean Penn at tonight's Eddie Vedder performance (i.e., songs he composed for the film plus two or three others) at Paramount Studios -- Friday, 11.2.07, 10:10 pm.
Penn and Hirsch introduced Vedder around 10:10 pm following a screening of the film. (I was off seeing the 3-D Beowulf at Universal Citywalk until 9:30 pm.) Vedder sang six or seven tunes, the stand-outs being "Rise Up," "No Ceiling," "Drifting" and "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away." We all love that rough gravelly voice, don't we? I was standing ten or so feet away as he performed, and admiring his fret work as he went through the chords of the John Lennon song.
(l. to r.) Penn, Hirsch, Eddie Vedder following performance -- applause, cheers, whoo-whoos.
Long-haired and bearded, dressed in denim and work boots, Vedder seemed healthy, alert and in good spirits. I noticed and for some reason considered the fact that Vedder has relatively small feet.
I saw Mark Ruffalo milling around, didn't say hi. Kris Tapley reported last night that former HE hombre Cameron Crowe (hasn't responded to e-mails in ages, probably hates me for bringing up the post-Elizabethtown fetal-tuck position syndrome), Ringo Starr and Wynona Rider were there also.
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on November 2, 2007 at 11:54 PM
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silver
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It would be so cool if Vedder got a best song nomination or two. And even cooler if Eddie took home an Oscar.
Those hip hop guys did it a couple years ago. So there shouldn't be any reason an old grunge rocker can't. He was an inspired choice by Penn for his film.
Posted by silver
at November 3, 2007 1:06 AM
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Gabriel
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Jeff - Are you going to post your reactions to the new cut of "Southland Tales"? I just saw it at the AFI screening.....holy SHIT.
Posted by Gabriel
at November 3, 2007 2:43 AM
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Josh Massey
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Hey, is that the guy from Shanghai Surprise?!
Posted by Josh Massey
at November 3, 2007 4:38 AM
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Mark
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Cam. How ya doing? Just saw your name included on Kris Tapley's birthday evite. I didn't know you two knew each other. Not that it bothers me.
It's cool.
Anyway, haven't heard back from you in a while. Did you go to a gmail account? I hope you're still not mad about me bringing the beer to the post Elizabethtown pile-on. You know this biz. Nothing personal...for me at least. Don't go all Wes Anderson on me.
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cya,
Jeffrey Wells
P.S. Tony died at the end, right? i mean what else could the black represent?
Posted by Mark
at November 3, 2007 8:24 AM
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Zimmergirl
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Gee, you're suddenly just now realizing Into the Wild might be a best pic contender? I don't know if it will go the distance or not, though, but it's been one of the strongest so far.
Posted by Zimmergirl
at November 3, 2007 8:33 AM
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berkguru
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Vedder is God
Posted by berkguru
at November 3, 2007 10:11 AM
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buckzollo
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ITW soundtrack is chicken soup for the ears.
Posted by buckzollo
at November 3, 2007 2:04 PM
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Kristopher Tapley
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Emilio Estevez was there too. I forgot to mention him.
Posted by Kristopher Tapley
at November 3, 2007 2:14 PM
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the king
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i hope Into the Wild gets a best picture nom, as does Hal Holbrook, Vedder, and maybe even Penn.
i love this movie. one of my top two or three of the year. magical!
Posted by the king
at November 5, 2007 8:58 AM
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Anyway, haven't heard back from you in a while. Did you go to a gmail account? I hope you're still not mad about me bringing the beer to the post Elizabethtown pile-on. You know this biz. Nothing personal...for me at least. Don't go all Wes Anderson on me.
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Posted by dd
at May 12, 2010 12:53 AM
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Micah Bleecher
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The Pearl Jam vocalist Eddie Vedder did an outstanding job with "Into The Wild" and please with all due respect do not remind fans of his legal dispute with the Canadian singer, the world knows about the original soundtrack. Sean Penn hand-picked Vedder and that was a perfect decision. Hope to see the pair come up with something magical.
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