'Elizabethtown' Movie Premiere In Franklin, Tennessee

We ended up taking over 400 photos!

Here are "the best of the best"...

The pre-show activity kicked off with this huge movie tour bus backing up to the stage where I Nine and Patty Griffin were going to perform.

Cameron Crowe appeared to be the only one on the bus, but it's hard to know, because we witnessed a bunch of "shuffling" and "wisking" of people here & there. It almost seemed as if they would divert everyone's attention away from "key areas" while stars slyly snuck inside the movie theater. Examples: Michelle Branch and Ashley Judd. (...and another "mystery girl" in attendance -- see below)

As the director/writer/producer of "Elizabethtown", Cameron Crowe played a huge role at the movie's premiere in Franklin. He personally introduced and shared some interesting things about each of the music performers.

Let's Hear It For The Band
First, the bands went onstage to perform their songs from the movie's soundtrack...

I Nine got the party started. All of the members of this group have such charm and charisma... they made a lot of new fans on this day!

"In addition to writing the script for Elizabethtown, Crowe also co-wrote one of the soundtrack's songs with his wife. I Nine, which recently signed to J Records, recorded "Same in Any Language" for the film."
SOURCE: CMT

Then, Patty Griffin wowed the crowd with her soulful sound. She might have had as many fans in attendance as Orlando Bloom did! (She also had a role in the movie, as well.)

A Walk Down The Red Carpet
Finally, the stars started arriving...

First to arrive were the guitarists from Lynyrd Skynyrd... Gary Rossington and Rickey Medlock.

Followed by Craig Morgan and his wife, Karen:

LeAnn Rimes showed up with her husband, Dean. She spent a lot of time signing autographs for her fans:

CMT's Katie Cook was there. (CMT hosted the day's events. There will even be a special on CMT in the near future showing highlights from the premiere of "Elizabethtown" at Franklin Cinema in Franklin, Tennessee.)

Clint Black made an appearance, but Lisa Hartman-Black was a no-show.

All the music stars in attendance were great, but everyone was DYING to see Orlando Bloom!... The crowd-pleaser for the night was Intern Adam from 107.5 The River in Nashville. He did a fine job of catering to the teeny-boppers in the crowd. Here, Intern Andy is phoning his "friend" Orlando Bloom to see when he's going to arrive:

Even Cameron Crowe was star-struck!... Here he is with his wife Nancy Wilson (from the music group, Heart) and taking pictures of the band, I Nine -- whom you could tell he was incredibly proud of.

Out of all the stars in attendance, Wynonna Judd probably spent the most time signing autographs for her fans. Which is certainly a good thing, but it took her forever to get down the red carpet!

Rebecca ("Bekka") Bramlett knocked the socks off of most guys in attendance. This hottie seemed to have the most fans, gave the most interviews, and had one of the perkiest personalities... and other parts!

Hmmmm, Brooks without Dunn... how is that possible? It was on THIS night! Kix Brooks was there, but Ronnie Dunn was nowhere in sight.

This was just too funny to pass up...
A self-proclaimed "Big Star":

One of the last to arrive was Sara Evans, who was fun and friendly, signing autographs for all her fans. (But doesn't she know it's after Labor Day?... this much white all in one place really messes with the "white balance" on our cameras!)

Orlando Bloom's Elizabethtown Premiere In Franklin, Tennessee
Finally... the star of the show... Orlando Bloom! (Co-star, Kirsten Dunst, was not at this Elizabethtown movie premiere.)

He was nearly IMPOSSIBLE to photograph, because he had bodyguards and movie staff completely surrounding him and watching every move.

He only signed a handful of autographs (the FIRST time), before he was ushered into the movie theater so they could start the movie. But then he came back out on the red carpet and signed more autographs for his loyal fans.

For some reason, there was a lot of "hush hush" activity surrounding the "mystery woman" of the day: Kate Bosworth, rumored to be Orlando Bloom's girlfriend.

This woman was whisked down the red carpet by the guy you see here who appears to be glued to her side... Then she snuck out of the theater moments after the movie started and was rushed into a white SUV with the same man at her side.

We left while Orlando was signing his 2nd round of autographs (while the movie was playing), but I'm guessing he was wisked of to some "undisclosed location" as well. He and Kate were probably among the first at the post-show party...

UPDATE: Orlando bloom went to the Coldplay concert that night at Starwood Amphitheatre in Nashville. A friend of ours won backstage passes to the concert & ended up standing side-by-side with this Hollywood hunk!

Only The Lucky Ones...
While Orlando Bloom was still signing autographs out on the red carpet, "his people" were hand-picking young fans who got to go inside and watch the movie! These girls were among the lucky ones...

Who Are These People?

Okay, I'm sure I'm gonna kick myself when someone tells me who these people are, but I can't identify the following "superstars".

They appeared to have some role in the movie, Elizabethtown, but I'm could use your help confirming who these people are. Anyone?...

What I Learned Today:

Cameron Crowe not only directed a lot of great movies ("Jerry Maguire", "Almost Famous", among others)... he also shines as a writer!

VIDEO: Orlando Bloom and Cameron Crowe... Unscripted

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UPDATE 4/10/07: What was Larry Birkhead doing at the movie premiere in Franklin, Tennessee???