Hey folks, Harry here and this was a nice little surprise. Last night, a flurry of tweets, Facebook & Myspace & traditional E-Mail messages... and a couple of phone calls - alerted me that Elijah Wood was on Conan O'Brien's THE TONIGHT SHOW... which I'm still not used to the concept of... But not only was he on THE TONIGHT SHOW, but he was chatting about seeing AVATAR at BUTT-NUMB-A-THON 11!!! That's just cool! I'm sorry, but it is.
I've been friends with Elijah since he was a student in a film where I played one of the titular characters for, THE FACULTY, back in early 1998. We started hanging out, he'd come over to the house for late night Film & BBQ orgies at my house - where Father Geek & I would show a shitload of cool films, trailers & cartoons on 16mm in the backyard, with fires, food, booze and at the time... Elijah's favorite drink, Stewart's Orange Creme Soda... you have to remember, he was a youthful teenager in those days. But we would show films from Dusk til Dawn in the backyard - and Elijah would come over early in the day to watch rare things on VHS, in those pre-DVD days.
He missed the first several BNATs - but has come aboard for the last 3. That said - Elijah fills out and sends in his application like everybody else. As does his brother, Zach.
Since Elijah decided to bring up BNAT in such a public forum, I figured you folks might enjoy some of his answers from Elijah's application to BNAT. As - well these are questions you probably wouldn't see people ask Elijah... Like... What is Elijah's favorite "special drug"?
Coffee & Cigarettes.
What is his fave Masturbation material?
Vintage Playboys 1955-1975! (Very cool)
In a Dystopian Future, what would Elijah hope to be doing?
Living amongst a rebellion deep in Earth's last remaining jungle, plotting a movement to restore humanity. (He cares about the preservation of humanity!!!)
What is Elijah Wood's favorite Dystopian Film about the Future?
BATTLE ROYALE (trivia - I showed him that film!)
When asked to describe in single words only the good things that come into his mind about... George Lucas, he answered:
Luke. Leia. Han. Chewbacca. Darth. Yoda. Obi-wan.
His favorite Sid Haig performance?
Ruben in BLACK MAMA, WHITE MAMA!
His fave Robert Duvall role?
Euliss "Sonny" Dewey from THE APOSTLE.
His fave Donald Pleasence role?
Dr. Sam Loomis from HALLOWEEN!
His fave film that Walter Murch was involved in?
THE CONVERSATION!
Then... What is his favorite song to perform at Karaoke?
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY!
Lastly - what were the 3 Future & Past films he most wanted to see at BNAT 1138?
Future: AVATAR, LOVELY BONES & KICK ASS (his dream came true!)
Past: PIT STOP - a very cool Jack Hill film with Sid Haig, Ellen Burstyn and Brian Donlevy! EL TOPO by Alejandro Jodorowsky - and one of the trippiest flicks you'd ever see! And lastly HEAD, hands down one of the craziest most insane musicals that I've ever seen, which features THE MONKEES, Annette Funicello, Sonny Liston, Frank Zappa, Teri Garr, Tor Johnson, Dennis Hopper, Victor Mature, Ronald Reagan, Jack Nicholson and the fucking Radio City Music Hall ROCKETTES!!!
Then there was the matter of his shaved head!
I just have to say, just seeing BUTT-NUMB-A-THON discussed on the friggin' TONIGHT SHOW - and not just any TONIGHT SHOW, but the last TONIGHT SHOW before Christmas - as tonight, the big Vatican MASS will play instead. But that's just so cool! It is also nice to see Elijah geeking out on AVATAR, then following that up by talking about his audition tape for LORD OF THE RINGS, which is basically - a one, two punch of saying, "Ok, I'm a geek!"
Funniest thing is, Elijah is an awesome film geek. Outside of BNAT, the only other film going experience I had with Elijah was the infamous Comic Con DISTRICT 9 screening which was incredible!
So, Yes... Elijah is not just a geek, but one that loves Comic Con, Weird Cool Movies & Butt-Numb-A-Thon! Here's what he said last night:
