The event, An Experience with…Al Pacino, is taking place on Saturday 18th April at the Leeds Centenary Pavilion at Elland Road and is being organised by the events company, Olexy Productions.
The event will include a revealing Q&A with the star as he regales anecdotes of his illustrious film career that has spanned over five decades. This is the first time Al Pacino will host a dinner of this kind in the UK.
Ahead of the event, we were privileged to have a chat, albeit, brief with the man himself who told us that he had expressed his excitement of visiting Yorkshire and meeting his northern fans. He told us of his connection with Yorkshire having played the region’s most infamous monarch Richard III several times on Broadway in the Shakespeare play of the same name. Asked if he had any words for his fans in Yorkshire Pacino said “'I am really looking forward to once again meeting the fans from the UK, but this time the fans from the north. I love Yorkshire and Leeds is a fantastic city. I can’t wait to share untold stories with my fans in this intimate setting”
Die-hard fans are also being given the opportunity to ‘say hello to bad guy’, as platinum and VIP tier tickets offer opportunities to meet and have their photo taken with Pacino, who is renowned for his roles as Michael Corleone in The Godfather Trilogy and Tony Montana in Scarface, the character behind his most famous line ‘say hello to my little friend’. VIP tickets retail for £1250 and platinum tickets retail at £2000.
Guests will also have the opportunity to buy exclusive and rare Al Pacino memorabilia at the event during the charity auction. Auction items include a framed gun from Scarface and paintings of scenes from Godfather. A percentage of the profits from auction will be donated to Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust. Their Leeds-ambassador Jenny Croston, recently gained national coverage encouraging professional women to make time for Smear Tests after she was diagnosed with stage 2 cervical cancer. January is national Cervical Cancer Awareness Month.
Established in 2009, Olexy Productions have a reputation for creating unique experiences and bringing Hollywood A-list celebrities to the UK, such as last November’s dinner with Arnold Schwarzenegger, which was hosted by Jonathan Ross. They also hosted An Experience with…Sylvester Stallone in Manchester, which attracted over 4000 attendees.
An Experience with Al Pacino is taking place in association with Rocco Bounvino promoted by the Leeds-based full service marketing agency Pink Gorilla and Hairy Lemon.
Recognised as one of the greatest actors of all time, Pacino has been nominated for the Best Actor award eight times, finally taking home the award in 1993 for the his role in Scent of a Woman, two decades after he was first nominated.
Stephen Oleksewycz, Managing Director, of Olexy Productions told us:
“There’s Hollywood legends and then there’s Al Pacino. He truly is one of the world’s greatest actors with a career that has seen him both in front of and behind the camera, as well as on the stages of Broadway.
“Pacino has already stated that he will never write an autobiography, so this event is a very rare opportunity to hear directly from the star on his life and his outstanding movie career”
There has never been another chance to get so close to the Hollywood legend in the UK.
Several different tickets are available, starting from £150, and all include a three course dinner.
Tickets are available from www.olexyfresh.com/
The video from their last event with Arnold Schwarzenegger is available to view here http://vimeo.com/116189071
The event is taking place 7.30pm, 18th April 2015 at Leeds Centenary Pavilion at Elland Road
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