The eagerly anticipated Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 opens tomorrow but fans are already lined up for midnight screenings around the county. KPBS reporter Beth Accomando checked in with a group that is first in line in Mira Mesa. __________________________________________________ HARRY 1 (ba) :45 The Edwards Mira Mesa Cinemas has already sold out 6 of its 11 Harry Potter midnight shows. The theater is expecting as many as 2000 fans to line up by this evening. Fifteen-year-old Carly Mullins was at the front of the IMAX line sitting amidst pillows, sleeping bags, and snack food. HARRY 1a :19 "I got here at 10:30 at night last night and slept out here. Just to say that we were here, first in line, it's pretty memorable… It is my 8th birthday and I am here to watch Harry Potter." Eighteen-year-old Anjela Fajardo [pronounced FAH-HAR-DOUGH] was the birthday girl trying to secure a bouquet of balloons. She's made a tradition of celebrating her birthday with Harry Potter. The film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part One opens Friday but fans will have to wait until July of next year for the final installment of the franchise. Beth Accomando, KPBS News.
The eagerly anticipated "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1" opens tomorrow but fans were already lined up for 12:01 screenings around the county. I spoke with a quartet of girls who were at the head of the IMAX line at Edwards Mira Mesa CInemas.
You can listen to an audio postcard of fans in line.
According to the online ticketing company Fandango, the Edwards Mira Mesa Cinemas had already sold out 6 of its 11 "Harry Potter" midnight shows by Wednesday afternoon. The theater is expecting as many as 2000 fans to line up by Thursday evening. Fifteen-year-old Carly Mullins was at the front of the IMAX line sitting amidst pillows, sleeping bags, and snack food: "I got here at 10:30 at night last night and slept out here. Just to say that we were here, first in line, it's pretty memorable."
"It is my 18th birthday and I am here to watch Harry Potter."
Eighteen-year-old Anjela Fajardo was the birthday girl juggling a bouquet of balloons. She's made a tradition of celebrating her birthday with Harry Potter.
The film "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part One" opens Friday but fans will have to wait until July of next year for the final installment of the franchise. That's almost nine months so it'll be like waiting for an eagerly anticipated baby to be born.
I have to say, I love anyone who's this passionate and obsessive about a film. Be listening Friday morning for some fan reactions to the film. Here are photos of the girls' homemade t-shirts. Monica's was a spoof of the Mastercard ads.
